Mind if I steal That? Wowza Words, Facts, Sayings & Funnyisms.

[Itina Learjet]

Wow your friends with amazing facts, sayings or your own funnyisms.
Heard a funny word or something made up that made you laugh?
Learn something new today that you never knew before and it just blew you away?
Sound intelligent and funny should the opportunity arise.
Borrow & Share it here!


YOU CAN BE A LIGHT ON A HILL WITH OUT BEING A SPOTLIGHT? By 540834 in the Blog, 'borrowed' by RPW & we might see it in a song soon.:cool:
Macca the Faca. By Itina Learjet in Lau's Virtual House Warming Party! in the Off Topic Forum. (thanx Fraggle80 for elevating my words to a wowza worthy status;)
Singapore banned chewing gum in 1992.
First album ever to be released on CD was ABBA The Visitors in 1982.
American Mechanic Walter Hunt patented the safety pin in 1849.

[luacen]

This always makes me laugh.

The song On The Street Where You Live from My Fair Lady (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I57BVLgtUvk)

The lyrics go
"I have often walked down the street before
But the pavement's always stayed beneath my feet before"

Well my Dad sings
"I have often walked down the street before
But I've never walked beneath my feet before"

I try so hard not to laugh. But I know whats coming and I laugh every time.

Is this the kind of stuff you're looking for Itina?

[soulsista]

109 tonnes of cosmic dust falls to earth in a day - more than the weight of the International Space Station.

Funny word papa joey funny game big fat grannies (my nephew n son invented it! you stick a pillow up your jumper n knock the other gran over!)

My son n his friends were digging in the garden n they came across something hard which resembled a old brick they were convinced it was the end of the world! and proceeded to dig it up!!

[Itina Learjet]

Yay! Misheard lyrics, I always love them. :D
My hubby is a great one for these, he's always making up his own as he sings along:rolleyes:
Thanx for gettig my thread off the ground, was beginning to think I live in a universe on my own:confused:
Here's a link for a misheard lyric website -
http://kissthisguy.com/707songsof-Robbie-Williams.htm

[luacen]

Yay! Misheard lyrics, I always love them. :D
My hubby is a great one for these, he's always making up his own as he sings along:rolleyes:
Thanx for gettig my thread off the ground, was beginning to think I live in a universe on my own:confused:
Here's a link for a misheard lyric website -
http://kissthisguy.com/707songsof-Robbie-Williams.htm

Ha ha ha
That did make me giggle esp like no. 3 Now thats a "statement of intent"
BTW my Dad knows the word are wrong he just does it to get a reaction ;)

[Itina Learjet]

109 tonnes of cosmic dust falls to earth in a day - more than the weight of the International Space Station.

Funny word papa joey funny game big fat grannies (my nephew n son invented it! you stick a pillow up your jumper n knock the other gran over!)

My son n his friends were digging in the garden n they came across something hard which resembled a old brick they were convinced it was the end of the world! and proceeded to dig it up!!

Wow that's more than a shed load of cosmic dust;)

I followed the 6 ton UARS satellite, the size of a double decker bus, fall to earth last month, at hundreds of miles per hour, they predicted it would break into 26 pieces, over an area of some 500 square miles. Nasa knows of no case in which people have been hurt by falling space junk. :eek:
Nasa tracking stations will typically witness the uncontrolled return of at least one piece of space debris every day; and on average, one intact defunct spacecraft or old rocket body will come back into the atmosphere every week.
The largest (so far?) was a moveable instrument platform weighing almost 160kg.
What goes up must come down.

I used to like the party game Are You There Moriarty? Where 2 people lie on the floor blindfolded holding one outstretched hand of the other person. One player has a rolled up newspaper and shouts 'are you there moriarty?' When they hear 'yes' they have to try and whack them with the newspaper. Brutal.

The Portuguese, before 1400's, used to think that Cape St Vincent was the end of the world - you know, like the world is flat and you'll fall off the edge.:rolleyes:

[Itina Learjet]

Ha ha ha
That did make me giggle esp like no. 3 Now thats a "statement of intent"
BTW my Dad knows the word are wrong he just does it to get a reaction ;)

Yeh - it's for the reaction for sure;)

What about Queen - One Vision, at the end - is it really Gimme, gimme, gimme fried chicken? I thought that was the misheard lyric and it should've been Gimme, gimme, gimme one vision?:confused:

Talking about fried chicken, ever seen the Burgerking Subservient Chicken
http://www.subservientchicken.com/pre_bk_skinned.swf

I was convinced it was for real - you know, the guy dressed in the chicken suit was doing what I told him to do there and then in real time - Gullible or what:o
it made me laugh for weeks tho, esp when you tell him to do something a bit naughty:D

[Itina Learjet]

Here's some that I trawled out from the Blog.
I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE AN INDEPENDENT REFEREE FOR WHAT GOES ON IN THE HEAD...
IT'S NOT A PLACE TO GO WITHOUT ADULT SUPERVISION ... ; )RPW.
When you think of how huge the earth is...and how it's just the fraction the size of the sun....which is just a speck of dust in the overall universe.....it's very easy to rationalise eating an entire cake:) by mammytothree.
DO YOU THINK BEING A FCUKWIT HAS A SELL BY DATE? RPW.
I SIT AND LISTEN TO Neil Tennant's PEARLS OF POP WISDOM LIKE A GIDDY SCHOOL GIRL. RPW.
SOMETIMES IN LIFE OUR FAILINGS ARE WRITTEN IN STONE AND OUR ACHIEVEMENTS IN SAND..... xjenx. (Note Rob'reply, I'M HAVING THAT…)
Mummy can you turn the sun down for me. born74.
The earth has music for those who listen. William Shakespeare. illy79. THAT'S GOING IN A SONG....AND HE CAN'T SUE ME EITHER WHICH IS A BONUS.RPW.
It's never too late to be who you might have been. George Eliot. bradpittswife.
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Inside me there is a fat man waiting to get out. RPW in MTV Cribs.

[luacen]

Yeh - it's for the reaction for sure;)

What about Queen - One Vision, at the end - is it really Gimme, gimme, gimme fried chicken? I thought that was the misheard lyric and it should've been Gimme, gimme, gimme one vision?:confused:

Talking about fried chicken, ever seen the Burgerking Subservient Chicken
http://www.subservientchicken.com/pre_bk_skinned.swf

I was convinced it was for real - you know, the guy dressed in the chicken suit was doing what I told him to do there and then in real time - Gullible or what:o
it made me laugh for weeks tho, esp when you tell him to do something a bit naughty:D

It's deffinitely fried Chicken in One Vision. My brother used to talk about the fact it was that.
I've just been ordering that chicken around for ages.(it felt a bit wrong to begin with:o)

There was an add just lately online for ricecrispie squares (can't find it now) but it was saying that they could make you taste chocolate in your mouth by sort of hypnotising you. I was sort of sucked in until they said "lick the screen" :o

[Itina Learjet]

It's deffinitely fried Chicken in One Vision. My brother used to talk about the fact it was that.
I've just been ordering that chicken around for ages.(it felt a bit wrong to begin with:o)

There was an add just lately online for ricecrispie squares (can't find it now) but it was saying that they could make you taste chocolate in your mouth by sort of hypnotising you. I was sort of sucked in until they said "lick the screen" :o

Here's a site for chicken command ideas
http://www.xeni.net/images/bb/clipData.html

Has he got close to the screen and wagged his finger at you yet - hehe?

[luacen]

Here's a site for chicken command ideas
http://www.xeni.net/images/bb/clipData.html

Has he got close to the screen and wagged his finger at you yet - hehe?

Yes :o

[Itina Learjet]

Red Dwarf-isms - smeg; smegger; smegging smeghead; gimboid; silicone heaven - well where else would all the calculators go?!
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AbFab-isms - b*ggeryyb*ll*cks; bolly darling; I've not eaten anything since 1973; troll b*tch from hell; sweetie-darling; Patsy: I decide what goes in the magazine. Y'know, one snap of my fingers and I can raise hemlines so high that the world is your gynaecologist!
Patsy: [About Bettina] She was so anally retentive she couldn't sit down for fear of sucking up the furniture.
Patsy: Darling, if you want to talk b*ll*cks and discover the meaning of life you're better off just downing a bottle of whisky. At least that way you're unconscious by the time you start to take yourself seriously!
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Louise Big Bro: I like a butcher me, I'd prefer a butcher to a footballer any day. I think I have a thing for them....I like smelling the meat...[w.e.i.r.d.]
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Michelle Big Bro 5: NO NAKED JACUZZI-NESS!
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Nikki Big Bro 7: WHO IS SHE?! WHO IS SHE?! WHO IS SHE?!
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Highlander: Ramirez: Why does the sun come up, or are the stars just pinholes in the curtain of night?
BRENDA: What are you going to do?
MACLEOD:The question is, what are you going to do? Are you going to turn off the tape, or are you going to shoot me with the .38?
Kurgan: [to everyone in the church] I have something to say! It's better to burn out than to fade away!
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Back to the Future: Younger Dr. Emmett Brown: [running out of the room] (The flux capacitor needs) 1.21 gigawatts? 1.21 gigawatts? Great Scott!
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Lau's Virtual House warming here in Off Topic Chat
289098: Freddie Mercury...He was amazeballs... & Yep - Rob can have that one...."Bongo Nongos" ...follow up to "Bongo Bong"!
IL: paralelloworldomundosapart.
289098:..sound like a Boyband name from Khasiksthan!
IL: yeh, managed by Borat..Releasing a christmas single Angelosalovinmeinsteed.
-Eims-...did you know Sara there is a town called Muff in Ireland and they have a diving school there too!!!
-Eims- (Lau) Lolballss <------ I'm having that too!!! he he
-Eims- (IL)Cooltasticamundo <------- I'm having that!!! lolzzz

[soulsista]

Shops Shut

[Itina Learjet]

Alice Levine on BBBOTS - The 2 sisters (Faye & Jem) look like they've be applyng their make-up with a paintball gun!

[Itina Learjet]

Wind Turbine HIT BY UFO?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDJpvzoh1Iw&annotation_id=annotation_193615&feature=iv
'so aliens can navigate thousands of light years to our planet but can't avoid a 100 foot turbine???'
A turbine costs about £1million each, a new blade costs a lot - anyone know how much-they're massive! Big enough to have a police escort when in transit! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz-zUQUkyTM&feature=watch_response

It generates enough energy each year for about 330 homes. The blades start going round with wind speed of 8mph but it will only reach full capacity when the wind speed is in the range of 25 to 30 mph. Some are constant speed and others variable speed. Some have blades that pitch with the wind and others don't. They can be up to 360ft tall with blades 200ft long. If they are over 200ft tall they have to have a light on top.
So the aliens broke 2 blades - that'll be at least £200,000, errr anyone know which way they went?:confused:

[soulsista]

Holy wackamoly

[soulsista]

sh*it stinks

[Itina Learjet]

Each human being on earth today has a 1 in 2000 chance of being hit by a piece of falling satellite. This figure is higher than the 1 in 3200 chance last month when UARS fell to Earth.:eek:
The obsolete German satellite ROSAT was launched in 1990 but decommissioned in 1998. It is expected to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere anytime in the next few hours, sometime on Saturday or Sunday 22/23 Oct '11.

The aerospace center in Germany is closely monitoring the descent of the X-ray observation satellite (which will include 12 different orbits of the earth) although they don't seem to know where the re-entry point will be. It's believed the 2.4-ton machine will break into about 30 pieces upon re-entry with some of the pieces expected to hit earth. It's estimated the largest piece will weigh about 1.7 tons. (THAT'S THE FIRST PRIZE FOLKS!)

X-ray? Doesn't that mean it's RADIOACTIVE:eek:
Remember, if it lands on you, you can sue the German owners, any pieces you find belong to them, don't touch it and you must call the police (even though they probably haven't got a clue what to do with it either - imagine the paperwork! - and would prefer to be out catching speeding motorists.

Free Firework show if it re-enters at night!
Geiger counters at the ready!
Hardhat anyone?

Live predicted tracking here - http://www.n2yo.com/?s=20638 (note the tracker may carry on even after it has fallen) LOOK AT IT GO!

Watch or join in the worldwide live chat here - (you get all sorts from the pray-ers to the jokers) http://www.ustream.tv/channel/theweatherspace-news

[-Eims-]

Misheard lyrics (on purpose) ;):D

The song "Alone" by Heart

In the chorus it's "How do I get you alone" well in Ireland we sing......
"How do I get to Athlone"

Athlone is a town in Ireland.... I heard someone sing that years ago and now as a result of it I'm not able to sing the original lines of that song anymore!!! LOL. xx :)

For any of you who know that song and have heard of that town in Ireland I bet you'll start singing the same!!! ha ha.

[Itina Learjet]

Well, did anyone win the satellite lottery? No? That's a good thing.:eek:

Aparently it came down at around 03.15am 23.10.11. Possible in the sea near India if the tracking is anything to go by but they say they don't know where (yeh right!).

Well the odds were for any person on earth being hit and there are 7 billion people so the actual odds for someone in particular is one in 14 trillion.:rolleyes:

More bad news - your chances of actually winning the UK Lotto jackpot aren't too hot - if you purchase one ticket each week you might have to wait 1,500,000 years (odds of 1 in 13,983,816) for the possibility of a National Lottery UK Lotto jackpot win – and even then you couldn’t guarantee it!

It might NOT be you. Still gonna buy that ticket?:confused:
(Better looking at it as your weekly donation to charity. A win would just be an added bonus:p)

[Itina Learjet]

Sugar is the devil;
fizzy drinks are liquid satan - they cause cellulite, bladder cancer, contain phosphoric acid (which is used for removing rust from chrome and for cleaning automobile battery connectors) and benzoic acid which may react with ascorbic acid to form benzene which causes leukemia;
artificial sweeteners such as aspartame and acesulfame K to name a few - should never had been approved - carcinogenic;
most meat is full of growth hormones, steroids, pesticides, and antibiotics;
milk from cows does NOT do you good and dairy can actually leach calcium from your bones leading to osteoporosis;
coffee not only affects the nervous system but every organ system in the body, so starting your day with pesticide-laden coffee beans, hormone-filled milk, and sugar or artificial sweeteners is not a very smart thing to do.
most of the foods on our supermarket shelves are full of cr*p;
we need to get back into home made/home grown produce, local produce in corner shops and local farmer's markets.
Glass of tap water and a carrot perhaps?:rolleyes:

[Itina Learjet]

So, the world population has reached 7 billion........................................... .................................................. .................................................. .....................................7 billion and 1................................................. .................................................. ..............................................7 billion and 2................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ...............7 billion and 3................................................. .................................................. ...........somewhere in the world, a woman gives birth every 80 seconds.......we have to find that woman and stop her:D

[soulsista]

A good few months ago I was putting my 5 year old son to bed and he asked me "what does everyone in the world have" I thought and said a few things like "everyone has to breathe, eat" to which he shook his head "no" he replied "God... everyone has God"

[Itina Learjet]

Yep he's got it! There are some people that just don't know it, others that deny it, then there's those that just won't shut up about it:rolleyes:

[soulsista]

Yep he's got it! There are some people that just don't know it, others that deny it, then there's those that just won't shut up about it:rolleyes:

:D lol

[Itina Learjet]

Been doing a bit of word research, like you do, and was quite disturbed to find out that Chuff can mean MANY things - yes folks, just as gay no longer means happy & carefree in a non-sexual way, Chuff is now a word used to descibe a homosexual.
Now I've heard many words used before but CHUFF? purrleeease:rolleyes:
Then another meaning popped up - The name for a women's genitalia or more commonly pubic area. Used on smack the pony. (I guess Mr Chuffinator's not going to mind that one too much;
And another - person who does not pay for a round in the bar when its his turn, never has money to pitch in for beer or spirits in a group setting, 'the chuff went to the bathroom when it was his turn to buy a round!'
And up chucked another - Oh no watch out, the kid is gonna chuff up it's cookies!:eek:
Then the arse-hole one - tighter than a gnat's chuff.
Then the combination one - chubby + buff/muscular in a fat way.:(
Then the choo-choo train chuffed down the track, well that's fine by me.:)
But I have decided that I just don't care, I'm still going to use it in the manner that to which it was meant. Mr Robbie Williams is the original Chuffinator. And we're all just plain old pleased for him, in fact we're chuffed to bits.:cool:

[soulsista]

Overheard my son today singing along to Basshunter Angel in the night. Instead of light in the dark He was singing Life in the door :D Hes only 6 Bless :D

[Itina Learjet]

Hmmmm, that Basshunter, the Sweedish Jonas Erik Altberg, he's a bit of a naughty one with the ladies...makes you wonder just how many...I'm sure the lady in Nottinghill who hangs around outside KFC would have something to shout about at him:D

@0.32 - http://www.robbiewilliams.com/video/official/msn-2000-webchat-robbies-aggressive-eyes
(suggest you don't play this with the 6yr old on the room ;))

[luacen]

Look how beautiful this is
Earth | Time Lapse View from Space (http://vimeo.com/32001208)

[Itina Learjet]

Look how beautiful this is
Earth | Time Lapse View from Space (http://vimeo.com/32001208)

WOWZA Thanks for that - it's AWESOME - in the true sense of the word (not a word I use lightly - like the youth of today). I often wondered how the original astronauts, who allegedly walked on the moon, coped with day to day life back on earth after witnessing such marvels. Must change your perspective on life somewhat?
I plan to see the Aurora Borealis in the near future. Have you seen it?

[luacen]

WOWZA Thanks for that - it's AWESOME - in the true sense of the word (not a word I use lightly - like the youth of today). I often wondered how the original astronauts, who allegedly walked on the moon, coped with day to day life back on earth after witnessing such marvels. Must change your perspective on life somewhat?
I plan to see the Aurora Borealis in the near future. Have you seen it?


I think I did when I was a kid not sure. Got a bit of an overactive imagination. Might have made that memory up.
I live in Aberdeen Scotland so it's possible to see it from here. The Northern Lights.

This song came to mind. It's very scottish soz

The northern lights of old aberdeen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1AVzkNmLkA&feature=related)

[Itina Learjet]

I think I did when I was a kid not sure. Got a bit of an overactive imagination. Might have made that memory up.
I live in Aberdeen Scotland so it's possible to see it from here. The Northern Lights.

This song came to mind. It's very scottish soz

The northern lights of old aberdeen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1AVzkNmLkA&feature=related)
I can imagine my Dad liking that wee Scottish song, he's not Scottish but knows the words to lots of old songs like that. I would have thought the Northern Lights were visible a lot in your neck of the woods especially at this time of year as it's supposed to be at it's best now it's ending a 10 year cycle. In Norway it's good.
Wow the River Nile is really clear to spot, can't quite pick out the pyramids though. I never did get to go inside one and now they're closed to the public.

It's Officiall OM spotted in cloud form @04.22!

[luacen]

I can imagine my Dad liking that wee Scottish song, he's not Scottish but knows the words to lots of old songs like that. I would have thought the Northern Lights were visible a lot in your neck of the woods especially at this time of year as it's supposed to be at it's best now it's ending a 10 year cycle. In Norway it's good.
Wow the River Nile is really clear to spot, can't quite pick out the pyramids though. I never did get to go inside one and now they're closed to the public.

It's Officiall OM spotted in cloud form @04.22!

I don't think it's so easy to see in the town with street lights. I think you have to go out into the country a bit to see them.

My geography is so rubbish. As my brother once said by mistake (got his words mixed up) I'm not a geographarian. I was trying to work out which river that was. It's the Nile.

OM in cloud form............ or in the spaces between clouds ;) (Does that count as white space?)

[bloomoon]

I think I did when I was a kid not sure. Got a bit of an overactive imagination. Might have made that memory up.
I live in Aberdeen Scotland so it's possible to see it from here. The Northern Lights.

This song came to mind. It's very scottish soz

The northern lights of old aberdeen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1AVzkNmLkA&feature=related)

I live in Ontario Canada & I've been lucky to see the northern lights about 3 times - twice near Toronto & once more north in cottage country. They were pale but still awesome to see. In mid august we have also gone to 'cottage country' & seen meteor showers, they are fantastic too - lots of oooo's & awwww's from the crowd!

Luacen, my Grandfather used to sing us a couple of Scottish songs I've never forgotten. (:rolleyes:I've never forgotten them but I don't know the words - weird)
One was Every Night I Hang up My Trousers.... & the other one sounded something like: just a wee ?dock & ?doris........(very vague I know). Does that little bit of something sound at all familiar to you. I have never attempted to look them up.

[luacen]

I live in Ontario Canada & I've been lucky to see the northern lights about 3 times - twice near Toronto & once more north in cottage country. They were pale but still awesome to see. In mid august we have also gone to 'cottage country' & seen meteor showers, they are fantastic too - lots of oooo's & awwww's from the crowd!

Luacen, my Grandfather used to sing us a couple of Scottish songs I've never forgotten. (:rolleyes:I've never forgotten them but I don't know the words - weird)
One was Every Night I Hang up My Trousers.... & the other one sounded something like: just a wee ?dock & ?doris........(very vague I know). Does that little bit of something sound at all familiar to you. I have never attempted to look them up.


Sorry doesn't ring a bell with me.
But the first one did make me think of this Scottish song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRs385dnqFk&feature=related
:D
it's lots of fun

[bloomoon]

Sorry doesn't ring a bell with me.
But the first one did make me think of this Scottish song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRs385dnqFk&feature=related
:D
it's lots of fun

That is a funny song - older style songs are so innocent aren't they - gave me a good chuckle.
While I was searching for my songs, I ended up on - UFO - Ancient Aliens The Mission Full Movie 2010 - very interesting - The anunnaki & how we came to be. I still haven't watched Zeitgeist, I keep meaning to!

[Itina Learjet]

The Maestro of the Saw - Mr Kev Hopper. Musical genius. He plays the stradivarius of the saw world! Check out his albums. Some of the tracks are really hauntingly beautiful.
Apparently the only place you can get lessons on how to play the saw is from a bloke in Japan. Watch this interview on Des & Mel:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjbqdf-cJN4&feature=related

He got into playing the saw when he heard it on One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest. Now I never knew that the saw featured heavily in that soundtrack, must watch it again and check it out.

[Itina Learjet]

Ever questioned Christmas? Or 'Christ-mass' - A special celebration of the Lord’s supper, called a mass in the Roman Catholic Church and a Communion supper in most Protestant churches.
Well, Jesus proably wasn't born on 25th December. He was most probably born in late September, Michaelmas (‘Michael sent’), September 29, the same date as the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles would be a more appropriate date for Christ to have been born. The Bible does't specify a date for His birth but as the shepherds kept their flocks in the field from Spring to Autumn and they were 'abiding in the field' it was unlikely to be December as it would have been too cold. Also, Mary would probably not have made the difficult 70 mile journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem heavily pregnant in wintertime. The conception of Christ, however, may have taken place in late December of the previous year. So Christmas celebration may well be recognized as an honored observation of the incarnation of ‘the Word made flesh’ (John 1:14).”

December 25th - An amalgamation of the Pagan Sun worship festival, Roman, pre-Christian Yule harvest Festival & Scandinavian Tree Worship.
A well-known festival day celebrating the annual return of the sun was December 25th when the ancients could actually notice the days getting longer after the shortest day on December 21st - the winter solstice.
“The early Christians did not celebrate the birthday of Jesus; it was unrecorded.” — John Ferguson, The Religions of the Roman Empire.
“The first mention of December 25 as the birth date of Jesus occurred in A.D. 336 in an early Roman calendar. The celebration of this day as Jesus’ birth date was probably influenced by pagan (unchristian) festivals held at that time.” — World Book Encyclopedia, 2000.
Gifts, greenery, lights - “On the Roman New Year (January 1), houses were decorated with greenery and lights, and gifts were given to children and the poor.” — Encyclopædia Britannica, 1998
Yule - “The origin of the word Yule probably goes back to a pre-Christian harvest festival held in November.” — World Book Encyclopedia, 2000.
Christmas tree - “Tree worship, common among the pagan Europeans, survived after their conversion to Christianity in the Scandinavian customs of decorating the house and barn with evergreens at the New Year to scare away the devil and of setting up a tree for the birds during Christmastime.“ — Encyclopædia Britannica, 1998.

[Itina Learjet]

See bits flying off & flames! This wind turbine in Ayreshire went loco when it came up against the strong winds this week, see the video here:-

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/video/news/3989654/Wind-turbine-fire-in-storm.html
Man 0 - Nature 1

More storm havoc pictures in this article plus a video of a trampoline rolling down the street!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2071633/UK-weather-Wind-turbine-EXPLODES-hurricane-force-gusts-batter-Northern-Britain.html

[luacen]

Ever wondered if there was a word for the phenomenon of mishearing words in songs?
Well there is!
It’s called a mondegreen

Mondegreen (wikipedia) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen)

It doesn’t just apply to songs. It applies to any misconception when hearing similar sounding words.
This two Ronnies Sketch is full of mondegreens.

Four Candles – The Two Ronnies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu9MptWyCB8)

[Itina Learjet]

Thanks for that luacen;) I'll have that as Rob would say -ie. make me look clever over dinner conversation sometime;)
Four candles has always been a fav of mine.

[Itina Learjet]

Phobos-Grunt crash landing in the satellite lottery any day soon - predicted after midday on Sunday, 15th January, 2012.
Roscosmos deputy head Vitaliy Davydov assures us that 'if you calculate the probability of it hitting somebody on the head, it is close to zero.'
Not completely impossible then?:rolleyes:
Mars is named after the bellicose god of war, Phobos is one of the moons of Mars and is named after the Greek god Phobos. Grunt means soil in Russian. This failed Russian MARS probe also carried a piggybacked Chinese Mars orbiter Yinghou 1 which was added late to the mission, and a Planetary Society microbe experiment.
But it never even made it into orbit and was only launched last November.
Costing $163 million dollars, that's a bit of a waste of money in anyone's books. It weighs 29,000 pounds and is stuffed with 8.3 tons of hydrazine fuel, so it tops the sclaes at nearly 14 tons in total. The Phobos-(Grunt) science team would like to repeat the mission but they will need to wait until after the accident investigation by ROSCOSMOS, the Russian space agency.
More than two dozen pieces of the huge spacecraft could survive the fall, about 20 to 30 fragments will reach ground with an overall mass of less than 200 kilograms, some 400 pounds of leftover hardware. There is also "a sensitive matter" of the presence of radioactive material, cobalt-57, in one of the scientific instruments aboard Phobos-Grunt, however, the amount is less than 10 micrograms and we are assured that no significant problems are anticipated.:confused:
It's cheaper and weaker aluminium fuel tank which has a low melting point, is unlikely to survivie re-entry. Fears about the dangers of toxic fuel surviving re-entry played a role in the U.S. shoot-down of the malfunctioning USA-193 spy satellite in 2008.:eek:
But remember it belongs to Russia and they are still legally responsible for any damage that the satellite causes. So if a bit of it, radioactive or not, lands on your house you have to give it back and then they will need to pay up for the damages, so no putting it on ebay!
Remember the two other large spacecraft that have fallen from the sky recently? NASA's UARS satellite landed in the Pacific Ocean in September, 2011 and Germany's ROSAT plunged into the Bay of Bengal in October, 2011. Slowed by atmospheric drag, the satellites orbital heights dropped daily until at about 80 miles altitude, the thicker atmosphere triggered a fiery plunge across the sky.
Track it here! http://www.n2yo.com/?s=37872
Breath a sigh of relief - it's down, nimby;)
Crashed into the Pacific Ocean at 17.45 GMT, debris fell more than 1,000km west of Chile.

[Itina Learjet]

Check out some of these wacky things caught on film OMG
(...and there's a few too many mooning brits in there....)

http://www.streetviewfunny.com/streetviewfunny/index.php

and how do the blinkin italians manage to conjur up snow in the blink of an eye:confused:
http://www.streetviewfunny.com/streetviewfunny/index.php?page=20

ohh look, coincidence, my alter ego Heidi's house in Switzerland
http://www.streetviewfunny.com/streetviewfunny/index.php?page=26

you gotta bless Norway for having a shop specially dedicated to Sh*t!
http://www.streetviewfunny.com/streetviewfunny/index.php?page=32

[Michelle]

I love it when we listen to music at my dad's, 'cos often he mishears the lyrics to the songs, and end up singing something quite funny instead of the real lyrics :)

The funniest one I remember, was when we listened to Maroon 5 - "Moves Like Jagger"... When the song reached the chorus, my dad started to sing along. But instead of singing "I've got the moves like Jagger" he sang "I've got to move that jacket" :D :D I laughed sooo much!!!

Thought I would share that :D

[4ever_texas]

"I've got to move that jacket"

Hilarious!!!! :D :D

I had a friend who sang "make my future" instead of "smack my bi**h up" by Prodigy :D

And another one who sang "don't let me be the astronaut" instead of "don't let me be the last to know" by Britney :D LOL! Misunderstood lyrics are so much fun!! :p

[Michelle]

Hilarious!!!! :D :D

I had a friend who sang "make my future" instead of "smack my bi**h up" by Prodigy :D

And another one who sang "don't let me be the astronaut" instead of "don't let me be the last to know" by Britney :D LOL! Misunderstood lyrics are so much fun!! :p
PMSL :D I agree - misunderstood lyrics are really funny ;)

[Itina Learjet]

The Terry Wogan Commentaries 1987-2008

“There's not enough silliness in the world. Eurovision helps to keep it balanced.”
"Is it a subtle pageant of post-modern irony? Is it a monumental piece of kitsch? Is it just a load of old plasticene? Who cares."
"You remember when this was a song contest, don't you?"


"Every contest has to have an eejit"
"You'll be pleased with this entry, because there is a very early and welcome flash of thigh!"
"Now I would have said that was a 'nil pointer' there!"
"This girl is heavily pregnant - but singing like a dream - and people ask me why I like the Eurovision Song Contest!"
"Bookies give this one 8-1 - I can't see it myself - but what do I know?"
"Traditionally as mad as a bucket of frogs"
"Yamma Yamma- see if you can remember the words!"
"Its the return of the Klingons and the Orcs... a nice understated performance."
"A lived in face!"
W: "...pour l'Belgique?" French presenter: "Douze point pour l'Belgique" W: "Quelle surprise!"
"Its life Jim, but not as we know it"
“Another of these plain girls that Eurovision is afflicted with this year”
"See if you can watch this without being distracted by those two idiots in the raincoats!"
"My trained senses tell me that this song is more than just a sniff of a send up of all Eurosong cliches!"
"Not a winner - but what do I know?"
"She's got a great pair of...lungs!"
"It's during that kind of song that you begin to notice the set a bit more"
"I can't speak for tonight's performance but it was apparent in the rehearsals that the hairdresser had suffered a nervous break down!"
“Watch out for the lead singer. You’ll be able to tell what he had for breakfast”
"Glam Rock arrives at the Eurovision - who said the medallion was dead?"
"Keep an eye on this fella, I don't think he's the full shilling!"
"When you pick a boy band usually, you pick them for their good looks. But they appear to have gone to the other extreme"
“As familiar as tapas and a dry sherry… with the added bonus of some bouncing bosoms.”
"Old kids on the block!"
"You ask yourself where have these people been for the last 30 years!"
"Yes, it's bellybuttons and handclapping"
:D