Today I learned...

[neil]

33 minutes ago, no user name said:

Today I learned that if you post in the wrong thread accidentally on this forum the mods won't move it for you 

I took care of that for you mate

[no user name]

12 minutes ago, neil said:

I took care of that for you mate

I feel so wanted 

[Carbomb]

Well, that's put the fucking mockers on my Friday evening.

Today I learned that Mike Oldfield, one of my favourite artists of all time, is a Trump supporter who "would have played at his inauguration if he'd been invited", and is a right-wing Brexiter (as opposed to a Lexiter).

Fucking state of it.

[Keith Houchen]

Tubular Bellend. 

[SuperBacon]

Didn't learn this today, but was reminded that LL Cool J coined the term G.O.A T. Greatest Of All Time. 

[Weezenal]

1 hour ago, SuperBacon said:

Didn't learn this today, but was reminded that LL Cool J coined the term G.O.A T. Greatest Of All Time. 

TIL - you can post things you didn't learn today.

[SuperBacon]

52 minutes ago, Weezenal said:

TIL - you can post things you didn't learn today.

I relearned it today pedant!

[Chest Rockwell]

John Spartan you have been fined one half credit for a sotto voce violation of the verbal mortality statute

 Is what the computer says in Demolition Man when Spartan is muttering swears to gather enough tickets to use for toilet paper. I just figured this out today after having seen the movie millions of times. Was listening to Terry Pratchett's Night Watch on audible and he used the phrase sotto voce and the penny dropped. Feels amazing tbh. Made my day.

[Harry Wiseau]

Apparently Bird Bird was originally supposed to be on the Challenger Shuttle that blew up upon takeoff.

 

https://www.history.com/news/big-bird-challenger-disaster-nasa-sesame-street

[Surf Digby]

Fuck Big Bird. Grover in space would have been epic.

Or Kermit, because you know Jim would have done it.

[Harry Wiseau]

Apparently the label on Angostura Bitters is too big fore the bottle because  the brother who were at that point running the company decided to have a redesign, one did the bottle one did the label and they didn't consult about it so the label was too big but they just stuck with it.

[Monkee]

A club sandwich is named “club” because it’s chicken and lettuce under bacon. I never thought about it really. Not sure what that means for club soda.

And, cue SuperBacon…

[DavidB6937]

3 minutes ago, Monkee said:

A club sandwich is named “club” because it’s chicken and lettuce under bacon. I never thought about it really. Not sure what that means for club soda.

And, cue SuperBacon…

Is that actually true? I always thought it was because it was to do with a club or clubhouse originally. And that someone just decided to make up the letter thing.

[Monkee]

2 minutes ago, DavidB6937 said:

Is that actually true? I always thought it was because it was to do with a club or clubhouse originally. And that someone just decided to make up the letter thing.

That’s what I thought! I mean, my source isn’t 100% foolproof - I heard it from William Hanson on I Sexted My Boss. I did just Google and apparently it’s a myth but it still makes sense ??‍♀️

[Jesse]

17 minutes ago, Monkee said:

That’s what I thought! I mean, my source isn’t 100% foolproof - I heard it from William Hanson on I Sexted My Boss. I did just Google and apparently it’s a myth but it still makes sense ??‍♀️

A thing I learnt off the back of this is that this kind of myth is known as a 'backronym' where the word exists already and later an acronym is invented for it.