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[Suffolkboy]

Latest post of the previous page:

Black Friday yesterday and apparently Saturday and Sunday.

[Trigger]

Albert Einstein's eyeballs are in a safety deposit box in New York.

I see!

There are more bacteria in your armpit than there are people in the world.

The button was invented more than 1,000 years before the buttonhole.

[morty1753]

In Switzerland if you fail your driving test three times, you have to visit a psychologist and explain to them why.

Not quite, according to this site. You have to take an apptitude test.

https://www.ch.ch/en/practical-driving-test

They don't go into any real detail as to what may happen if you fail a fourth time.

[Trigger]

Not quite, according to this site. You have to take an apptitude test.

It’s probably due a change in the rules!

Just remember that the UK still has some odd laws which are technically still valid:

In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless except as a clerk in a tropical fish store (sounds a bit fishy to me!)
It is illegal to sing any profane or obscene song or ballad in any street - so now I can’t go down the street singing Rugby Songs!
And I know a few good ones!

[Mel]

Every day the Queen sends and average 27 messages of congratulations to people across the Commonwealth who have reached 100 years of age.

[Suffolkboy]

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity. -- Albert Einstein

[Trigger]

The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

[Trigger]

It is illegal under the terms of the Prohibition and Inspections Act of 1998 to cause a nuclear explosion.

In London, it is illegal for a person (knowingly) with the plague to flag down a taxi or try and ride on a bus

It is illegal for a cab in the City of London to carry rabid dogs or corpses.

[morty1753]

The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

It may be nice if it were true. (I hope my wife is not looking, even though I would never beat anyone).

[Trigger]

It may be nice if it were true.

Rule of thumb - Origin: “The 'rule of thumb' has been said to derive from the belief that English law allowed a man to beat his wife with a stick so long as it is was no thicker than his thumb. In 1782, Judge Sir Francis Buller is reported as having made this legal ruling and in the following year James Gillray published a satirical cartoon attacking Buller and caricaturing him as 'Judge Thumb'.”

[Mel]

In 1154 Nicolas Breakspear became the only Englishman ever to be elected Pope becoming Adrian IV .

[morty1753]

It may be nice if it were true.

Rule of thumb - Origin: “The 'rule of thumb' has been said to derive from the belief that English law allowed a man to beat his wife with a stick so long as it is was no thicker than his thumb. In 1782, Judge Sir Francis Buller is reported as having made this legal ruling and in the following year James Gillray published a satirical cartoon attacking Buller and caricaturing him as 'Judge Thumb'.”

As I said, it may be nice if it were true but it seems there is no evidence for it.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/rule-of-thumb.html

[Trigger]

As I said, it may be nice if it were true but it seems there is no evidence for it.

Yes, I know! And I'd read the same source of info as you! But just wanted to see how much you knew!

[Mel]

Celia Johnson's real-life niece, Henrietta, played her on screen daughter in 'Brief Encounter'.

[Mel]

Strictly Come Dancing (Dancing With the Stars in other countries) is the most successful reality TV format ever.

[Mel]

Only seven countries took part in the first Eurovision Song Contest in Lugano, Switzerland in 1956.