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1001 of Life's very best odd questions
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1. When I was a kid, I had British Knights trainers. Are they in fact British, and if not, why not?
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2. I have no idea, why is poxy resin called poxy resin though? Done a bloody good job everytime I've used it.
3. And why does bottled water that has supposedly trickled down a mountain for years have a use by date?
4. And why don't supergule stick to the inside of the tube?0 -
It's epoxy resin Carter 'not' poxy!
Meaning a synthetic resin derived from epoxide.
Yeah well, I know what your thinking, no one likes a smart arse!0 -
Why do so many people, 40 and above, decide to put their seatbelt on only when they've started driving up the road?0
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Because they learned to drive well before it became compulsory and didn't have to do it for practicly all their adult lives, unlike many under 40's who mostly do it as a matter of course and hardly know anything different.0
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6. Did Noah have woodpeckers on the ark? If he did, where did he keep them?
7. Do bald chefs have to wear a hairnet?
8. Do prison buses have emergency exits?0 -
Do fags have a sell by date?0
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Why do so many people, 40 and above, decide to put their seatbelt on only when they've started driving up the road?
Because we are forgetful and didn't have to do it when we were little.0 -
10. Where can I buy some dehydrated water?
11. Which two countries played the first test match at cricket?0 -
12. Simon Jordan? What's that about???0
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13. How can you explain the unexplainable ?0
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14. What did doctors attribute illnesses to before the 'mystery virus' come along ?0
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15. What if there were no hypothetical questions?0
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16. Why is a 99 ice cream called a 99 ?0
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[cite]Posted By: Shag[/cite]16. Why is a 99 ice cream called a 99 ?
For us oldens it was actually called a 69 until the PC brigade came along0 -
[cite]Posted By: Shag[/cite]16. Why is a 99 ice cream called a 99 ?
Bit like the Addicks myth according to wiki:
The origins of the name are uncertain. One claim is that the '99' was coined in Portobello, Scotland, in 1922, by the Arcari family, who owned a well known ice cream shop there. They sold ice-creams with half a large 'Flake' inserted in the top, and reputedly gave it the name simply because the shop was sited at 99 High Street. The idea spread locally, then further afield.
Another possibility is that it was named by Italian ice-cream sellers (many of whom hailed from mountainous areas in the Veneto, Trentino, Bellunese and Friuli) in honour of the final wave of conscripts from the First World War, born in 1899 and referred to as "i Ragazzi del 99" - the Boys of '99. They were held in such high esteem that some streets in Italy were named in honour of them. The chocolate flake may have reminded them of the Alpine Regiment's hat, with a long dark feather cocked at an angle.
Another suggestion is that the initials of "Ice Cream", IC, form the Roman numerals for 99 (being 100 - 1). In practice, the number 99 is not written like this but as XCIX. It could be that the name was coined by someone who either did not know this or ignored it.
One more explanation suggests that the original length of the flake chocolate bar was 99mm, but this is an unlikely explanation as the chocolate bar preceded the introduction of the metric system to the UK.
And, finally, a company known as "Askey's" first established a cone called "99". As people ordered this, "99 with a flake" would have been shortened over the years to "99 flake".
There is also a theory to suggest that the term was coined by a Miss Anna Ohrling, who was the first to sell Ice Cream in Helsinki for 99 pennies (pre euro), however this theory has been criticised by historians like Alex Ibrahimov who claims that the 99 Flake was created in Azerbaijan by Hosan Mak Duk
It has also been suggested that a Chinese ice-cream seller in the 1920s was approached by a group of British Deaf, who asked for extra chocolate with a doubled sign of a hooked finger. The Chinese seller, not certain what to call the chocolate flake, interpreted this sign as the number 99.
The Cadbury's website says that the reason behind the Flake being called a 99 has been "lost in the mists of time".[1]
Cadbury started manufacturing chocolate and cocoa from its first factory in 1831. The invention of the 99 Flake was 99 years later in 1930, hence the name.0 -
Whys it called The G spot ?
And where is it ?0 -
[cite]Posted By: The Equaliser[/cite]Whys it called The G spot ?
Gräfenberg spot...named after Ernst Gräfenberg, a gynecologist.0 -
"Whys it called The G spot ?
And where is it ?"
Who cares!!!0 -
Why is a sausage in a roll called a hot dog?0
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Its not - its called a sausage roll.[cite]Posted By: Valley McMoist[/cite]Why is a sausage in a roll called a hot dog?
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no one has ever told me what did come first the chicken or the egg and it is fecking annoying?0
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if something can become unravelled why do you never hear of someone coming along and ravelling it up again?
Why do many names of irish origin sound so different to how they are spelt? Eg. "my name is david, spelt deoghianeineghan". that just insane.0 -
[cite]Posted By: nth london addick[/cite]no one has ever told me what did come first the chicken or the egg and it is fecking annoying?
The egg. It comes down to genetic mutation - at some point an embryo in an egg mutated, possibly even probably as a result of inter-species breeding and that eventually evolved into the chicken. As living DNA/genetic material does not mutate then the mutation must have occurred at the egg stage. But then again I'm no eggspert.0 -
Of all the millions of words to choose from, who decided to call somewhere you sit, a stand ??????????0
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if shoes have soles why do some religions ask you to take them off before you enter their place of worship?0
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Why does the South Stand at The Valley not have a proper name?0
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Why do we need so many strikers but no midfielders?0
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[cite]Posted By: BlackForestReds[/cite][cite]Posted By: The Equaliser[/cite]Whys it called The G spot ?
Gräfenberg spot...named after Ernst Gräfenberg, a gynecologist.
Wasn't that an airship??0 -
[cite]Posted By: The Equaliser[/cite]Whys it called The G spot ?
And where is it ?
Who knows.......my other half reckons if it was a pub I wouldn't miss it.0 -
[cite]Posted By: AFKABartram[/cite]14. What did doctors attribute illnesses to before the 'mystery virus' come along ?
Demons mate. They drilled a hole in your head to release them and then bled you just for good measure.0
