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The common daddy long legs has one of the most poisonous bites in the insect world, rivalling the bites of most spiders and snakes (don’t get clever and tell me that snakes and spiders are not insects as I know :o just using them for example) the only reason people have never been bitten by them is that their teeth aren’t strong enough to pierce human skin...


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I dont suppose anyone knows the origin of the term 'going commando' ??
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As long as yer ar*e points down ETC ETC

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going commando....usually getting ya johnston out and giving it a quick twirl...a helicocktor as we call it....otherwords just half naked/fully naked showin ur manhood i think...or joining a RM unit as a fully trainined commando!

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Yea ,ive been wondering where it came from thou. Maybe its just because its 'risky',not sure.On a side note there is a game coming out for the PS2 called going commando :D
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It means wearing no knicks :P not sure about the origin, though. What`s this got to do with useless facts anyway?
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Muppets creator Jim Henson first created Kermit in 1955 - as a lizard. He was made from Henson's mother's coat and two halves of a Ping-Pong ball (no flipper feet or eleven-point collar).

The social life in ants and termites has been accompanied by an extraordinary royal perk: a 100-fold increase among queen ants in average maximum lifespan, with some queens surviving for almost 30 years. This longevity can be attributed in part to the sheltered and pampered life of the royal egg layer.
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Sisyphus wrote:peepl rd whol wds not ltrs.......
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae.

The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe - amzanig eh ?
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It is impossible to get a 7' 2" wide canal boat through a standard size British Waterways Canal Lock.

Owner not happy, builder done a runner! Painter (ME) has been paid and laffed head of when he witnessed the first attempt by new owner to enter a lock after the barge had been lowered into the Oggin at Bunbury Staircase lock. £80.000, boat 2" to wide!

Owner want to kill builder who is not available at this time. Barge has been removed from the Oggin. Owner asked Painter "How can I get it to fit?" Painters reply was "Fu*ked if I know! Bye Bye"

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Extra bit of info ref my post concerning canal boat.

Never convert metric into imperial measures unless you can do addition and subtraction to within 1% The front 20' is fine, the problem is the middle of the boat. Ar*e end is also fine. Turned out that the builder used sheet steel sourced from different companys in order to get the boat built ASAP.

The builder is unavailable for the next 4 weeks. He's having a grand time in Florida the owner found out when he tried to contact Scouse.

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Couldn't he just paint strip those extra layers of paint you've covered his boat with?? Must be more than 2" worth, surely :-?
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Is this that day called "hack of the Artist bigtime?" DPM dress is definitley not going to be worn. You will have to guess which one is me in the Vine!

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Is the Vine your local 'cos it has a bunch of grapes on the Inn sign - which might remind you of something?? :lol:
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Very good point ref the name of the pub. Answer is no, I just like the Hydes Black. And the people who get in there. Ages range from 20 years old to 70 years old and we all have a good laugh. Negative pool table and negative jukebox. Suits me to the ground.

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I have the same problem getting our company cars through the yard gates, apparently the gates are 2" to narrow ........ :D

which is why I keep hitting them! :o

quick march, mark time, halt, do not salute etc etc etc!!!!! :roll:
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