Eames Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Brilliant. Although you forgot to add the all time imponderable for top marks. Q) Just how good is Ethan Moore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Otis Redding died just two days after recording (sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay. It was arguably unfinished when it was released as a single, the whistling at the end of the song was just a place holder for a verse which Otis never got the chance to write. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Otis Redding died just two days after recording (sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay. It was arguably unfinished when it was released as a single, the whistling at the end of the song was just a place holder for a verse which Otis never got the chance to write. Get the f*ck out of here!! :winkold: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 6, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted September 6, 2011 Brilliant Mike!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Otis Redding died just two days after recording (sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay. It was arguably unfinished when it was released as a single, the whistling at the end of the song was just a place holder for a verse which Otis never got the chance to write. I heard it was originally entitled 'Sitting on a Cock cuz I'm Gay' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 It probably wouldnt have sold as many copies if that were the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 There are as many water molecules in a teaspoonful of water as there are teaspoonfuls of water in the Atlantic ocean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 7, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted September 7, 2011 That's a great stat CF! After their 5-0 defeat to Sweden last night, San Marino have now conceded 94 goals since they last scored one themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 7, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted September 7, 2011 That's a great stat CF! After their 5-0 defeat to Sweden last night, San Marino have now conceded 94 goals since they last scored one themselves.I'll bet the San Marino fans' forums are still more cheerful than VT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa_kie Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Robert Earnshaw is the only player to have scored a hat trick in all of the English leagues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 OK I only know this as I have a couple of them, but all Clown Fish (Nemos) start off life as females, and then once they've coupled up, one of them develops into a male. A bit like the common lesbian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Robert Earnshaw is the only player to have scored a hat trick in all of the English leagues. All English leagues, the FA cup, the league cup and at international level in fact! And his head is just a bit too big for the rest of his body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 And yet he made one of the most hideous misses in any level of football. Football eh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 First game of football I ever went to. To this day it remains the only time where I have heard 40,000 people burst out laughing simultaneously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Chris Iwelumo v Norway rivals that though! Can't find the clip, but up there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Rocky Baptiste wins the worst miss ever prize though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRickyRun Posted September 8, 2011 Author Share Posted September 8, 2011 Chris Iwelumo v Norway rivals that though! Can't find the clip, but up there! The Scottish radio commentry (@ 30 secs) makes this my 2nd favourite miss (behind Ronnie's of course) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 9, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted September 9, 2011 Ronnie's is made better by the mount of time he had. Unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 The million dollar space pen hoax There's a famous legend that America spent millions on the development of a 'space pen' that writes upside down, while the Russians used a pencil. Here's the truth behind the legend. In fact, the Space Pen was developed by a private company and sold quite cheaply to NASA for space flights as part of a marketing gimmick. The Soviets, by the way, used them too. The real kicker of the whole flap about the million-dollar-space pen was it came on the heels of another overpriced writing implement. The early Apollo mission was embroiled in scandal when the public found out that astronauts were using pencils priced at $128.89. People were outraged to find that NASA ordered over four thousand dollars worth of pencils, and an inquiry was opened into the matter. At the inquiry the NASA representative, probably the guy who'd drawn the short straw that day, wearily explained that the pencils were made of special fibers, but were a bargain $1.75 each. The extra money came from the fact that they had to be modified so that they could be attached to the inside of the space ship and be used by someone wearing a space suit. In actuality, pencils were a terrible implement to use inside a space ship. The tips could break, sending debris into instruments. Even if the tips were tough, the pencils eventually required sharpening. And pencils burn, which is never good in space. A pen was a more practical instrument, but after the price fiasco, they weren't about to develop something new. Fortunately, they were spared the expense by Paul Fisher of the Fisher Pen Company, had spent a million of his own dollars developing another pen. The Fisher Space Pen was a marked improvement over conventional ballpoints. At the time, the ink in a ballpoint was rarely kept in a sealed container. Exposed to air, it would dry and clog the pen. It would also run at inconvenient times. Fisher stopped this by developing a sealed ink cartridge for the pen. But there was a problem. The regular pens had open cartridges had ink that would flow freely. If the cartridge was sealed, when the ink flowed down around the ball, it created a vacuum at the top of the cartridge as the ink tried to empty out leaving nothing behind. The ink stopped flowing down and the pen stopped working. To combat this, Fisher pressurized the cartridge with nitrogen. The ink now had about 40 pound per square inch of nitrogen shoving it down towards the ball and out of the pen. This proved to be too much. The ink was forced out of the pen, making it leak. Fisher had to stop the leakage, without easing up on the pressure. There was no structural solution in the pen, so he used the structure of the ink. Instead of a regular liquid, Fisher developed a thixotropic liquid. Another thixotropic liquid is ketchup. Hold the bottle upside down, and nothing happens. Shake it, and enough ketchup will pour out to douse a plate. Fisher developed an ink that was more gel-like. When the ball of the pen moved, the ink would be agitated - like ketchup in a shaken bottle - and flow freely. When it was left in peace, it stayed in the pen, even under pressure. Fisher offered the Space Pen to Nasa for a low price of $1.98, and soon it was flying on missions with astronauts. Which is exactly the kind of marketing that Fisher wanted. The Space Pen caught on, and is still sold, although other companies make other pens based and marketed on the same principle. The Space Pen was so popular, that the Soviets took notice, and carried the design on their missions. However, the idea that America likes its shiny toys and its wasteful bureaucracy, while the Soviet Union was a model of lean efficiency was popular, and the Space Pen/Pencil story caught on. The real kicker? Although the Space Pen was eventually used on missions, and although NASA did happily buy from the Fisher Pen Company, the first pens bought were not Space Pens, but regular ballpoints. Why? Because although only the Space Pen writes upside down, ballpoint pens do work in space. (sauce) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 12, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted September 12, 2011 The real kicker? Although the Space Pen was eventually used on missions, and although NASA did happily buy from the Fisher Pen Company, the first pens bought were not Space Pens, but regular ballpoints. Why? Because although only the Space Pen writes upside down, ballpoint pens do work in space.This was always the "duh!" to the whole story. Why anyone need a pen that writes upside down in a spacecraft? There IS no "upside down" in space! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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