paddy Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Phil Brown is still officially Hull manager and was listed as such in tonight's program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 This seasons Coppa Italia final will be between Roma and Internazionale. The fifth time in six seasons those two teams have contested the final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limvillian Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Aphex Twin was born in Limerick, Ireland. I'm from Limerick and didn't know this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 28, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted April 28, 2010 The last time an FA Cup final was contested where neither team wore red or blue was in 1951 when Newcastle beat Blackpool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 30, 2010 Moderator Share Posted April 30, 2010 America has 5% of the world's population. Yet it has 25% of the worlds population of prisoners. Given that it is mandatory to work for a pittance while jailed in America, this sure does make an interesting 'slavery' discussion. Especially when you add the racial breakdown of American prisoners. These think so too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Cats and dogs have developed more childlike features (big eyes, heads etc) as a way of placing themselves into a family structure normally occupied by a human child. That's pretty cool. I watched a program about dogs and they have been very important in human history and development. They are quite clever in that how many once wild animals end up living 5 star hotel existence in houses with central heating, regular meals and walks all provided for them at regular times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 30, 2010 Moderator Share Posted April 30, 2010 Cats and dogs have developed more childlike features (big eyes, heads etc) as a way of placing themselves into a family structure normally occupied by a human child. That's just natural selection though. Albeit driven by us. Families (or loners as the case may be) go for the dogs with those characteristics. Then those pets, more than the other ones, survive and breed. Eventually the big eye/head gene is prevalent. Unless you're saying that dogs go around trying to widen their eyes as much as possible while thinking "I'm well cute like this, mustn't blink". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted April 30, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted April 30, 2010 Cats and dogs have developed more childlike features (big eyes, heads etc) as a way of placing themselves into a family structure normally occupied by a human child. That's just natural selection though. Albeit driven by us. Families (or loners as the case may be) go for the dogs with those characteristics. Then those pets, more than the other ones, survive and breed. Eventually the big eye/head gene is prevalent. Unless you're saying that dogs go around trying to widen their eyes as much as possible while thinking "I'm well cute like this, mustn't blink". Not quite. Apparently the genes for tameness, especially in dogs, also affect genes controlling appearance. As the animals, over generations, have become tamer for our own needs, it seems they unwittingly also become more and more 'cute'. It's been suggested this is because tameness is something associated with juveniles, who also have the same 'cute' appearance, and that there is a connection in the genes for these 2 attributes. This has then, just from this simple appearance trait alone, essentially put them in competition with children, as they stopped being solely effectively a tool and more of an emotional bond. In our endeavours for natural selection of tameness, we initially unwittingly ended up making dogs look cuter, and as we then adapted them into companions rather workers, we started to exagerrate the offshoot of 'cuteness' more and more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 30, 2010 Moderator Share Posted April 30, 2010 A kangaroo at top speed is faster than a greyhound at top speed :shock: I wouldn't have thought so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 D L L D D L D W D D D D W L Final In case you are wondering what that is, it's Atéletico Madrid's route to the Europa League final this year. They have played 14 games so far, they have lost 4, drew 8 and won only 2, yet they find themselves in a European final. You know the jammy bastards will win it, dont you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 A penguin has no bladder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted May 8, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted May 8, 2010 Kangaroos cool down by licking their forearms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWalletInspector Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 America has 5% of the world's population. Yet it has 25% of the worlds population of prisoners. Given that it is mandatory to work for a pittance while jailed in America, this sure does make an interesting 'slavery' discussion. Especially when you add the racial breakdown of American prisoners. These think so too. If you have an hour spare, you might enjoy this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted May 11, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted May 11, 2010 Guinness isn't actually black, it's a very dark red/brown. Large panes of flat glass are made by floating them on molten tin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 That always amazed me when i was a kid...holding up coke/guiness and discovering it was brown/red and not black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted May 11, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted May 11, 2010 In ye olden days during the times of freak shows being acceptable, freak show owners used to have "pig faced women" Obviously they weren't pig faced women. They were, in fact, bears that were fed alcohol until they were stinking drunk, shaved, put in a dress and given tits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 11, 2010 Moderator Share Posted May 11, 2010 Obviously they weren't pig faced women. They were, in fact, bears that were fed alcohol until they were stinking drunk, shaved, put in a dress and given tits. Truly the good old days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted May 11, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted May 11, 2010 I'm somewhat curious as to what giving a bear tits involves. And then again I'm not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 11, 2010 Moderator Share Posted May 11, 2010 That reads as "I'm curious but wouldn't like you to think so" In the 1800's I imagine a Brighton-esque padded novelty bra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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