IT'S HERE!!!!!!!
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karadekoolaid wrote:Did You Know that insect burgers are available in Switzerland?
Didn´t know that, but I went to a place in Mexico that sold them.
The place was packed: had to worm my way through the crowd to get a table.
The waiter asked me if I wanted to drink something. Tequila, maybe?
"Yes, " I said, " Gimme a slug from that bluebottle on the counter"
He beetled off and came back with the tequila and the menu.
" I´ll have the Scorpion Special, with French Flies"
16 Tequilas later, I said:
"Gnat wash veryy goood. Great grub! Jusht gimme the bill cos I´ve gotta fly"
"OK", said the waiter." Just a tick - I´ll only bee a minute"
Brilliant
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scullion wrote:Grasshopper wrote:Did You Know that insect burgers are available in Switzerland?
not intending to go to switzerland then, grasshopper?
i suppose it wouldn't be cricket, would it?
Goodwill And Custard!
It's Day 20!!!!
So .........
WHAT'S BEHIND THE DOOR TODAY???
*opens door*
Did You Know that everyone on Palmerston Island, in the middle of the Pacific, speaks with a Gloucestershire accent?
I had no idea that the Pacific Ocean was in Gloucestershire!
'Till next time!
Grasshopper
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And Summer dries the straw.
Autumn gathers in the harvest
And Winter shuts the door.
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I have a colleague who'd make a great stand-up if she ever got bored with being a subject librarian.
Grasshopper
Spring ventures forth to plant the grain
And Summer dries the straw.
Autumn gathers in the harvest
And Winter shuts the door.
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I had to really think what a Gloucestershire accent sounded like - but of course, it's Tom Kerridge isn't it!
I suspect Lord Palmerston himself sounded rather different
I suspect Lord Palmerston himself sounded rather different
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A quick Wiki reveals that Capt, Cook discovered the island, and named it after Lord Palmerston, the Lord of the Admiralty. The island was uninhabited.
In 1863, Willian Marsters, a ship´s carpenter and barrel maker, arrived on the island with his two Polynesian wives... and soon found a third.
He barreled (sorry - sired) 23 children, whose descendants still live on the island.
Sounds like he was pretty good with the screwdriver.
In 1863, Willian Marsters, a ship´s carpenter and barrel maker, arrived on the island with his two Polynesian wives... and soon found a third.
He barreled (sorry - sired) 23 children, whose descendants still live on the island.
Sounds like he was pretty good with the screwdriver.
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Goodwill And Custard!!!
It's Day 21!
Very few doors left now.
So ........
WHAT'S BEHIND THE DOOR TODAY???
*opens door*
Did You Know that the game Chinese Checkers was invented in GERMANY?
Umm - why Chinese checkers then?
'Till next time!
It's Day 21!
Very few doors left now.
So ........
WHAT'S BEHIND THE DOOR TODAY???
*opens door*
Did You Know that the game Chinese Checkers was invented in GERMANY?
Umm - why Chinese checkers then?
'Till next time!
Grasshopper
Spring ventures forth to plant the grain
And Summer dries the straw.
Autumn gathers in the harvest
And Winter shuts the door.
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You´ve got me there, Grassy.
As you say , it was invented in Germany and called "SternHalma" - stern is star, because of the shape of the pieces.
Halma ( from the ancient greek " Jump") was invented by an American surgeon in the 1880s.
The name Chinese Checkers was invented as a marketing scheme, by two Americans. Their original game was called " Hop Ching Checkers"
Sounds like this game has got a checkered past...
As you say , it was invented in Germany and called "SternHalma" - stern is star, because of the shape of the pieces.
Halma ( from the ancient greek " Jump") was invented by an American surgeon in the 1880s.
The name Chinese Checkers was invented as a marketing scheme, by two Americans. Their original game was called " Hop Ching Checkers"
Sounds like this game has got a checkered past...
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Goodwill And Custard!!!
It's Day 22!
So ...........
WHAT'S BEHIND THE DOOR TODAY????
Let's see, shall we? *opens door*
Did You Know that in the Dutch version of Cluedo, Professor Plum is called Professor Pimpel?
'Spot' the difference!
'Till next time!!!
It's Day 22!
So ...........
WHAT'S BEHIND THE DOOR TODAY????
Let's see, shall we? *opens door*
Did You Know that in the Dutch version of Cluedo, Professor Plum is called Professor Pimpel?
'Spot' the difference!
'Till next time!!!
Grasshopper
Spring ventures forth to plant the grain
And Summer dries the straw.
Autumn gathers in the harvest
And Winter shuts the door.
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I´m sure I could come up with some puns here, but the humour would be so acid, I´d probably burn a hole in my laptop.
Wiki says the game was invented by an Englishman called Anthony Pratt. Well he certainly wasn´t - he was a musician.
What´d you say Pepper Pig? Could we two musicians come up with a fiendish scheme to ensure the demise of Dr Black using a ´cello bow and an ocarina? Lento, ma non troppo?
Wiki says the game was invented by an Englishman called Anthony Pratt. Well he certainly wasn´t - he was a musician.
What´d you say Pepper Pig? Could we two musicians come up with a fiendish scheme to ensure the demise of Dr Black using a ´cello bow and an ocarina? Lento, ma non troppo?
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Cluedo was indeed invented by a Brit.
We've got some Xmas crackers that are cluedo-themed.
And now ...... Heeeere's Soggy!!!!!!
Goodwill And Custard!!
It's Day 23!!!!!
So ........
WHAT'S BEHIND THE DOOR TODAY???
*opens door*
Did You Know that Deathwatch beetles attract mates by repeatedly banging their heads on the floor?
A rather painful way to go wooing, if you ask me
'Till next time and the very last door
We've got some Xmas crackers that are cluedo-themed.
And now ...... Heeeere's Soggy!!!!!!
Goodwill And Custard!!
It's Day 23!!!!!
So ........
WHAT'S BEHIND THE DOOR TODAY???
*opens door*
Did You Know that Deathwatch beetles attract mates by repeatedly banging their heads on the floor?
A rather painful way to go wooing, if you ask me
'Till next time and the very last door
Grasshopper
Spring ventures forth to plant the grain
And Summer dries the straw.
Autumn gathers in the harvest
And Winter shuts the door.
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Grasshopper wrote:Did You Know that Deathwatch beetles attract mates by repeatedly banging their heads on the floor?
I think I went to that disco when I was a student
I did not attract anyone and they did not attract me
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Goodwill And Custard!!!!!!
It's Day 24, which means just 3 and a bit weeks after we opened the first door, we are opening the very last one.
I know, I know, it goes so quickly, doesn't it?
So, for one last time. Do it for Soggy! Let's raise the roof!
WHAT'S BEHIND THE DOOR TODAY?????
*opens last door*
Did You Know that a single bolt of lightning contains enough energy to cook 100,000 pieces of toast?
Butter, anyone?
Well, that's it, the last Random Factoid for this calendar. My thanks to our audience, to Sakkarin for providing this new studio, and to the elves at QI, who provided this year's factoids.
And thank, you, Soggy, for keeping us entertained during December!
But we can't go without quoting the closing lines of Clement Moore's poem 'The Night Before Christmas'.
But I heard him exclaim
As he drove out of sight,
"Merry Christmas to all,
And to all a good night!"
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODE!!!!!!!!!!
It's Day 24, which means just 3 and a bit weeks after we opened the first door, we are opening the very last one.
I know, I know, it goes so quickly, doesn't it?
So, for one last time. Do it for Soggy! Let's raise the roof!
WHAT'S BEHIND THE DOOR TODAY?????
*opens last door*
Did You Know that a single bolt of lightning contains enough energy to cook 100,000 pieces of toast?
Butter, anyone?
Well, that's it, the last Random Factoid for this calendar. My thanks to our audience, to Sakkarin for providing this new studio, and to the elves at QI, who provided this year's factoids.
And thank, you, Soggy, for keeping us entertained during December!
But we can't go without quoting the closing lines of Clement Moore's poem 'The Night Before Christmas'.
But I heard him exclaim
As he drove out of sight,
"Merry Christmas to all,
And to all a good night!"
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODE!!!!!!!!!!
Grasshopper
Spring ventures forth to plant the grain
And Summer dries the straw.
Autumn gathers in the harvest
And Winter shuts the door.
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Thank you Grassy it has been great fun
Best wishes to you and your family for Christmas and the New Year, have a great time
And pass me some marmalade for all that toast please!
Best wishes to you and your family for Christmas and the New Year, have a great time
And pass me some marmalade for all that toast please!
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Thanks Grassy
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Grassy.
Until next year.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Until next year.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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Yes, thanks for the much needed bit of fun this month - appreciate it
Hopefully a great big door will open on 2021 for a more fun year and one that brings prosperity to all those who desperately need some.
Hopefully a great big door will open on 2021 for a more fun year and one that brings prosperity to all those who desperately need some.
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