Useless Information!

[Mel]

Latest post of the previous page:

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

[boatbuilder]

.....and the winner was ........ Lys Assia singing 'Refrain' for the host nation.

[Mel]

.....and the winner was ........ Lys Assia singing 'Refrain' for the host nation.

Are you a Eurovision fan Boatbuilder or a 'Googler'?

We didn't have an entry that year as we didn't get the paperwork in on time!!

[boatbuilder]

I used to enjoy it before all the eastern bloc nations (ex-Soviet states) joined in and it all became very political. I actually have that track on a CD which was issued earlier this year containing 40 songs from 1956 to 2014 which was in celebration of the 60th anniversary.

[Mel]

If you could dig a hole to the centre of the Earth and jump in, it would take 21mins. of falling to get to the bottom.

[boatbuilder]

If you could dig a hole to the centre of the Earth and jump in, it would take 21mins. of falling to get to the bottom.

After digging it, you'd have a hell of a job to climb out so you could then jump in again.

[Trigger]

A German word - and it's meaning!

[Trigger]

“Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon” - I’ll take their word for it, as I’m in no hurry to find out!

[Mel]

On average a woman takes 12 minutes a day choosing what she is going to wear.

[frankiesays]

Per item obviously Mel?

[boatbuilder]

Question: - How was it possible to lose the last day of 2015 from your life without really noticing?

Answer: - Depart from Dallas-Fort Worth airport on Qantas flight QF8 at about 8-30pm on December 30th and land in Sydney some 16½ hours later at about 6-00am on January 1st.

A Missed Day.JPG (48.28 KiB) Viewed 647 times

It was also possible to board a flight in 2016 and go back to 2015. This flight took off from Tokyo at 0-10am on January 1st and landed in Honolulu at 11-25am on December 31st.

An extra day.JPG (65.11 KiB) Viewed 646 times

[Mel]

The first four foods rationed during World War II were butter, sugar, bacon and ham.

[Mel]

Queen Victoria became the first monarch to speak on the telephone after being given a demonstration by its inventor, Alexander Graham Bell in 1878.

[kerch]

I always though that a clip round the ear was being hit round the ear .The origin of a "clip round the ear" was a sign that you were a bad lot,a piece of the ear was clipped off with shears.

[MEG]

""A saying over here is "If the creek don't rise".Like ,I'll see you soon if the creek don't rise.I always thought it meant a flood like situation.No,it means if the Creek Nation don't rise as in American Indian!!!!!

[Mel]

The game of 'Cluedo' has 324 different possible solutions to the murder of poor old Dr Black