Strange facts.

[Obadiah Boondoggle]

The mattress isn't really twice the weight it just feels like it is because you are 10 years older and struggle to get it downstairs.

Don't have that problem - live in a bungalow

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Don't have that problem - live in a bungalow

I wondered how long it would be before someone posted that

 

[MmmBeer]

Almost 163,000 pints of Guinness are wasted in facial hair each year.

An actual research study commissioned by Guinness found that an estimated 162,719 pints of Irish stout go to waste every year… via mustaches. The study found that 0.56 milliliters of Guinness get trapped in the average beard or mustache with each sip. And it takes about 10 sips to finish a pint.

The most likely way to kill the head on your pint is with oil or fat. If you have a moustache that is doused with grease, that will kill your head. Also if you are wearing lipstick, which is fat based, this will kill your head. If you have lipstick and a moustache, then the head on your pint is the least of your worries.

 

[Obadiah Boondoggle]

I wondered how long it would be before someone posted that

However, when we used to live in a house

I went to the pub one night (any one remember that?)

And when I came back Mrs OB was already in bed

I was making a lot of noise trying to climb the stairs, this is how the conversation went

Mrs OB "What are you making all that noise for?"

Me "I am trying to get a gallon of beer up the stairs"

Mrs OB "Well leave it downstairs"

Me "I can't I have already drunk it"

 

[An Ankoù]

Brilliant. But did you think about the maximum weight the bathroom scales would measure?

Ok - got the answer

It needs 3 of you, a plank of wood, bathroom scales, the mattress and a six foot chocolate frog

Expérience? Yeah. Moving to France in dribs and drabs while trying not to overload the van!

So put the plank on the scales and weigh it (weight no. 1)

Two of you get on the plank which is still on the scales and record the weight again (this is the 3rd persons job) (i.e. weight no 2)

Go and get the mattress and the two people get back on the plank on the scales holding the mattress above the dial so the third person can see the weight (weight no 3)

Subtract 2 from 3 and hey presto you have weighed the mattress!

 

[BrewMeHappy]

I saw a fact a while ago that the British consume 45% of the world's cider. I try my best

 

[An Ankoù]

A 10 year old mattress weighs twice as much as when you bought it new.

Well if you keep fish in your water bed, that's hardly surprising!

 

[Obadiah Boondoggle]

Ok now I have really cracked it

Requirements - two small but strong children, another person, two set of bathroom scales, a plastic plank and a 6ft chocolate frog

Place the plank across the two sets of bathroom scales - ask the children to climb on - record the weight on each bathroom scale - weights 1 & 2. Add these together

Get the children to climb back on with the mattress

Record the weight again and record the weights again - weights 3 & 4.

Subtract the sum of 1 + 2 from the sum of 3 & 4

Hey presto - you have the weight of the mattress

 

[An Ankoù]

Ok now I have really cracked it

Requirements - two small but strong children, another person, two set of bathroom scales, a plastic plank and a 6ft chocolate frog

Place the plank across the two sets of bathroom scales - ask the children to climb on - record the weight on each bathroom scale - weights 1 & 2. Add these together

Get the children to climb back on with the mattress

Record the weight again and record the weights again - weights 3 & 4.

Subtract the sum of 1 + 2 from the sum of 3 & 4

Hey presto - you have the weight of the mattress

Genius. But in ten years time when the kids have grown to adulthood and obesity from eating 6ft chocolate frogs, and suspecting the mattress has doubled in weight anyway, you'll be back to square one and won't be able to make the comparison.

 

[marshbrewer]

Wombat poo is cube shaped.

 

[Obadiah Boondoggle]

OK - cracked it now

Requirements, 2 obese teenagers, a 6ft plastic plank, two sets of bathroom scales, a six foot chocolate frog, two harnesses and a block and tackle attached to the bedroom ceiling

Place the scales six foot apart. place the plank between them, get the teenagers to lift the mattress onto the scales whilst suspended above it via the block and tackle.

Weigh the mattress!

 

[Subtle Duck]

But still, where does the chocolate frog come into the equation? Do you feed it to the two before or after they get on the scales?

 

[An Ankoù]

Weigh the mattress!

On which if the two scales?

 

[strange-steve]

On which if the two scales?

Set it across two scales and add the two weights together?

 

[Freddo]

OK - cracked it now

Requirements, 2 obese teenagers, a 6ft plastic plank, two sets of bathroom scales, a six foot chocolate frog, two harnesses and a block and tackle attached to the bedroom ceiling

Place the scales six foot apart. place the plank between them, get the teenagers to lift the mattress onto the scales whilst suspended above it via the block and tackle.

Weigh the mattress!

Seriously mate, can you stop this? I thought we’d dealt with your ‘issues’.

 

[An Ankoù]

Did you know, Obadiah, Freddo and others, that Freddo the chocolate frog has recently celebrated his 90th anniversary in Australia. To celebrate this, the Australians decided to retire him last April. He returns completely eviscerated and stuffed with all sorts of things including, apparently, fish!
Strange, but true.
https://7news.com.au/sunrise/on-the...n-given-an-eyebrow-raising-makeover-c-1342557

 

[chopps]

Looking at the other news on that website, Australia also has MASSIVE tins of Chupa Chups!

I wonder if mum was ‘so embarrassed’ at the child’s escapade or the fact she’s been caught feeding him a diet of bulk buy lollipops :)

https://7news.com.au/sunrise/on-the...e-of-son-trapped-in-chupa-chups-tin-c-1342455

 

[Obadiah Boondoggle]

Seriously mate, can you stop this? I thought we’d dealt with your ‘issues’.

Having seen Freddo at his house this morning - I can tell you he looks older than 90

 

[Benfleet Brewery]

At the end of 2019 there were over 61,000 ships in the world. The biggest 15 of these produce more pollution than all the cars in the world.

 

[Manners]

At the end of 2019 there were over 61,000 ships in the world. The biggest 15 of these produce more pollution than all the cars in the world.

61,000 seems quite a low number to me- do you happen know what the ‘cut-off’ is for size in being counted as such? Not disagreeing, just interested!