Spotty's Little Known Facts
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I heard that one of these comets, crashing into an early Earth, could well have been responsible for bringing water to this planet.
Now THAT's interesting.
Now THAT's interesting.
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"could", "may well" ..... then again quite possibly didn't.Gary the Enfield wrote:I heard that one of these comets, crashing into an early Earth, could well have been responsible for bringing water to this planet.
Now THAT's interesting.
There are hundreds of highly trained and capable scientists who have worked on this, using public money of course, for 25 years. I just think we could have done more with that money ... and they could have done more with their lives.
Not advocating mass-murder as an entirely positive experience, of course, but it had its moments.
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Well I think it's fecking astonishing. The thing is 6bn km away, a couple of miles across and travelling at 30,000kmph. Just wow.
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bobo the clown wrote:"could", "may well" ..... then again quite possibly didn't.Gary the Enfield wrote:I heard that one of these comets, crashing into an early Earth, could well have been responsible for bringing water to this planet.
Now THAT's interesting.
There are hundreds of highly trained and capable scientists who have worked on this, using public money of course, for 25 years. I just think we could have done more with that money ... and they could have done more with their lives.
Ahem. Then again they quite possibly couldn't.

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No-one likes a smart-arse.Gary the Enfield wrote:Ahem. Then again they quite possibly couldn't.bobo the clown wrote:"could", "may well" ..... then again quite possibly didn't.Gary the Enfield wrote:I heard that one of these comets, crashing into an early Earth, could well have been responsible for bringing water to this planet.
Now THAT's interesting.
There are hundreds of highly trained and capable scientists who have worked on this, using public money of course, for 25 years. I just think we could have done more with that money ... and they could have done more with their lives.
Not advocating mass-murder as an entirely positive experience, of course, but it had its moments.
"I understand you are a very good footballer" ... "I try".
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Can somebody stop the lander and the fecking rosetta thing stopping talking on twitter.
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feck off.
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feck off.
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bobo the clown wrote:No-one likes a smart-arse.Gary the Enfield wrote:Ahem. Then again they quite possibly couldn't.bobo the clown wrote:"could", "may well" ..... then again quite possibly didn't.Gary the Enfield wrote:I heard that one of these comets, crashing into an early Earth, could well have been responsible for bringing water to this planet.
Now THAT's interesting.
There are hundreds of highly trained and capable scientists who have worked on this, using public money of course, for 25 years. I just think we could have done more with that money ... and they could have done more with their lives.
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Found out the other day Anne Boleyn was born in Tipperary.
And yes, it IS a fecking long way.
And yes, it IS a fecking long way.

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That is soooooo sad. I mean really sad.KeyserSoze wrote:
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Whereas Catherine of Aragon wasn't born in Aragon and the Mare of Flanders wasn't a horse.Gary the Enfield wrote:Found out the other day Anne Boleyn was born in Tipperary.
And yes, it IS a fecking long way.
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In 1818, a German artist, Caspar David Friedrich, painted a picture called "The Wanderer above the Sea of Fog". (It's the one L.K uses for his avatar.) Just thought I'd mention it. 

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Bollocks! Bruce Willis made it look a piece of piss! Ok. He may have died in the end, but that's not the point.Prufrock wrote:Well I think it's fecking astonishing. The thing is 6bn km away, a couple of miles across and travelling at 30,000kmph. Just wow.
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You surprise me. I thought no one knew when she was born so had no idea where. Even then Tipperary, however far and no matter where your heart is, seems improbable. Or has a joke gone over my head comme d'habitude.Gary the Enfield wrote:Found out the other day Anne Boleyn was born in Tipperary.
And yes, it IS a fecking long way.
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I was listening to it live on Five... er Live. Was disappointed that instead of delighted applause when it landed, they didn't belt out a pre-rehearsed French accented version of Don't Wanna Miss A Thing.Burnden Paddock wrote:Bollocks! Bruce Willis made it look a piece of piss! Ok. He may have died in the end, but that's not the point.Prufrock wrote:Well I think it's fecking astonishing. The thing is 6bn km away, a couple of miles across and travelling at 30,000kmph. Just wow.
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But was Katherine over Parr ?Lost Leopard Spot wrote:Whereas Catherine of Aragon wasn't born in Aragon and the Mare of Flanders wasn't a horse.Gary the Enfield wrote:Found out the other day Anne Boleyn was born in Tipperary.
And yes, it IS a fecking long way.
Not advocating mass-murder as an entirely positive experience, of course, but it had its moments.
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Can't find anything to support her being anything but English with a grandfather who was Lord Mayor of London...Not claiming it as true mind...Montreal Wanderer wrote:You surprise me. I thought no one knew when she was born so had no idea where. Even then Tipperary, however far and no matter where your heart is, seems improbable. Or has a joke gone over my head comme d'habitude.Gary the Enfield wrote:Found out the other day Anne Boleyn was born in Tipperary.
And yes, it IS a fecking long way.
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That's why it's a little known fact!TANGODANCER wrote:Can't find anything to support her being anything but English with a grandfather who was Lord Mayor of London...Not claiming it as true mind...Montreal Wanderer wrote:You surprise me. I thought no one knew when she was born so had no idea where. Even then Tipperary, however far and no matter where your heart is, seems improbable. Or has a joke gone over my head comme d'habitude.Gary the Enfield wrote:Found out the other day Anne Boleyn was born in Tipperary.
And yes, it IS a fecking long way.
http://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/sir-t ... ne-boleyn/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
According to my father and historians local to the area she was born in Ormond Castle, Carrick on Suir, County Tipperary.
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Interesting .... it's not right, but it's interesting.Gary the Enfield wrote:According to my father and historians local to the area she was born in Ormond Castle, Carrick on Suir, County Tipperary.
Her great grandparents had some link to Tipperary. There is no record at all of her birth ... they aren't even sure what year she was born, but her mother rarely moved out of Norfolk. She was occasionally in Suffolk or London but no record of her traipsing around the South of the island of Ireland ... and highly unlikely she'd have travelled far from her home while pregnant. Especially in 1501 or so.
Maybe if anyone here was pregnant they could shine a light on that likelihood but no-one is, so they can't.
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I wouldn't let the missus travel to Yorkshire (quite a few other places too) when she was preggers, and that was in the 21st Century.
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