sharkyvilla Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 One of the people hanged, drawn and quartered for the regicide of Charles I was called John Carew. Now Charles III's son occasionally watches Villa games with a John Carew. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted September 1, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 1, 2023 Merry-go-rounds (carousels, for our American pals) traditionally turn clockwise in the UK and turn anti-clockwise in the US and mainland Europe. I am able to bring you that piece of pointless trivia from watching a repeat of Lovejoy earlier today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 1 minute ago, Mark Albrighton said: Merry-go-rounds (carousels, for our American pals) traditionally turn clockwise in the UK and turn anti-clockwise in the US and mainland Europe. I am able to bring you that piece of pointless trivia from watching a repeat of Lovejoy earlier today. Excellent factoid. 10/10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_ian_taylor Posted September 3, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 3, 2023 On 01/09/2023 at 20:25, Mark Albrighton said: Merry-go-rounds (carousels, for our American pals) traditionally turn clockwise in the UK and turn anti-clockwise in the US and mainland Europe. I am able to bring you that piece of pointless trivia from watching a repeat of Lovejoy earlier today. Ian McShane - both Ian and Shane are variants of the Hebrew Johanan (English John) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 3, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 3, 2023 17 minutes ago, one_ian_taylor said: Ian McShane - both Ian and Shane are variants of the Hebrew Johanan (English John) So he's actually John Johnson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_ian_taylor Posted September 4, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 4, 2023 4 hours ago, mjmooney said: So he's actually John Johnson. Same as John Jensen. There must be others out there. Good basis for a "what connects" type quiz question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted September 5, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 5, 2023 Some may already know this, others possibly not. The theme tune to Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em is morse code for “some mothers do ave em”. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 5, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Mark Albrighton said: Some may already know this, others possibly not. The theme tune to Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em is morse code for “some mothers do ave em”. Same trick as with the theme music for 'Morse'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 6, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 6, 2023 11 hours ago, mjmooney said: Same trick as with the theme music for 'Morse'. And Mission Impossible 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 Arkansas is a landlocked state, bordered by six other states, you can pass through them all (separately) by going South in Arkansas. This might be worded poorly, I will let you pick me up on that, Arkansas, travel South and you can go through all of the states that border it, that's different points in Arkansas, not the same point. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 6, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 6, 2023 3 minutes ago, Seat68 said: Arkansas is a landlocked state, bordered by six other states, you can pass through them all (separately) by going South in Arkansas. This might be worded poorly, I will let you pick me up on that, Arkansas, travel South and you can go through all of the states that border it, that's different points in Arkansas, not the same point. Hmmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 6, 2023 Moderator Share Posted September 6, 2023 1 minute ago, mjmooney said: Hmmm... By travelling South not from the southern border 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisp65 Posted September 6, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2023 I was walking through Liverpool recently and a lady with a sort of southern US accent, I’m gonna say Arkansas, asked me ‘Hey, where’s your bowling alley?’ Quite chuffed with my instance response: ‘I don’t have a bowling alley’ To which she threw her hands in the air and marched off shouting (yes shouting) ‘Well thank you sir, thank you, thank you sir…’ 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted September 6, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 6, 2023 That makes sense and is true. Each of the 6 states that border Arkansas have a point that is south of Arkansas, thus you can travel south in Arkansas and, depending on where you are, pass into all of its bordering states. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 In 1969 Astronaut Michael Collins took a photograph of the lunar lander approaching the moon. The earth can be seen in the background. He was on one side of the camera. Every other human being that ever existed was on the other side of the camera. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mjmooney Posted September 6, 2023 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2023 2 hours ago, Mandy Lifeboats said: In 1969 Astronaut Michael Collins took a photograph of the lunar lander approaching the moon. The earth can be seen in the background. He was on one side of the camera. Every other human being that ever existed was on the other side of the camera. Not according to people on Facebook who've Done The Research. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 New York State is north, south, east and west of Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 24, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 24, 2023 On 21/09/2023 at 07:02, Seat68 said: New York State is north, south, east and west of Canada. Greenland is north, south, east and west of Iceland. But I expect you already knew that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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VillaJ100 Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 On 03/09/2023 at 23:05, mjmooney said: So he's actually John Johnson. Wookey Hole Cave in Somerset comes from the ancient Brittonic 'Wookey' meaning cave, the Anglo-Saxon 'Hole' meaning cave. And the modern word. So it's literally Cave Cave Cave 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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