Interesting trivia thread

[Pow-Lo]

Pork sword?
Beef bayonet?
Mutton dagger?

None of the above. Just my shake and overnight oats. Never was one for corn flakes.

 

[andyBeaker]

There have been 31 Carry On films

 

[derek kelly]

There have been 31 Carry On films

Leslie philips (97) & Jim dale (85) are the only regular cast members still alive.
Kenneth Williams had the most appearances (26)

 

[Cougar377]

In Carry On Up The Khyber the uniforms worn by the 3rd Foot and Mouth regiment are the same ones that were used in the film Tunes of Glory.

 

[Malone]

Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t allowed to be the German voice when his films were dubbed, because his Austrian accent made him sound like a country bumpkin

 

[Malone]

Mentioned elsewhere, the Germans like to string words together to make one. I rather like this one

Backpfeifengesicht.

A face badly in need of a fist.

 

[Jaws]

In the 1400,s a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb, hence todays saying, the rule of thumb

 

[derek kelly]

I bet cobbler’s wives were terrified

 

[Squag1]

I bet cobbler’s wives were terrified

They would be the last

 

[andyBeaker]

In Carry On Up The Khyber the uniforms worn by the 3rd Foot and Mouth regiment are the same ones that were used in the film Tunes of Glory.

The military uniforms worn by Adam Ant were originally used in The Charge of the Light Brigade - they were bought from a used props,shop in Covent Garden.

 

[andyBeaker]

Brits on average eat around one hundred bananas a year.

There could be a problem.

What we know as an everyday banana is the Cavendish variety. They are unable to reproduce sexually, instead being propagated via identical clones. Due to this the genetic diversity of the Cavendish banana is very low. The extreme lack of any biodiversity and the fact the Cavendish is planted in dense chunks in a monoculture without any other natural species or plants buffering them, means the Cavendish is extremely vulnerable to disease, fungal outbreaks, and genetic mutation possibly leading to eventual commercial extinction

 

[derek kelly]

Swallows have a more forked tail than a swift, they also have a distinctive red chin strap.

 

[Pow-Lo]

Swallows have a more forked tail than a swift, they also have a distinctive red chin strap.

I've never seen a swallow wearing a helmet. Are you sure they're swallows?

 

[Pow-Lo]

Bullfrogs never sleep.

 

[jerryt]

In the UK, in terms of maps and general navigation, there are actually 3 Norths....

True North - this is based on the Earth's rotational axis.

Grid North - based on the northerly convergence of the OS grid lines on maps.

Magnetic North - based on the current magnetic effects created by the Earth's molten core.

Magnetic North is always moving.

You forgot 'Up North' where I live!

 

[Cougar377]

You forgot 'Up North' where I live!

Isn't that Oop North...?

 

[jerryt]

Isn't that Oop North...?

Eye Lad Tis!

 

[andyBeaker]

The tomb of the first Emperor of China covers 22 square miles. This is where the Terracotta Army was discovered, some 8000 soldiers.
i was lucky enough to see a small part of the army in Sydney, at a site just next to a McDonald’s.

Not that it was commercial exploitation. Oh no.

 

[Malone]

Isn't that Oop North...?

Which is anywhere above the M4 corridor.

 

[Cougar377]

Which is anywhere above the M4 corridor.

Nah.... The North is anywhere past Glasgow. Everything else is the Midlands.