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nosaj wrote:The Queen is German!! "The British royal family changed their last name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor in 1917. Why? World War One broke out in 1914 and anti-German sentiment was its height in 1917. In protest, King George V renounced all the German titles belonging to him and his family and adopted the name of his castle, Windsor."
What would George V's reaction have been when Hitler came to power? <.8.>
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Cymbaline was a King from Britain. I'd always assumed it was a Queen from Greece for some reason.
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That socks definitely don't feel the same when worn inside out.
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Lead singer of the Associates Billy Mackenzie was married to the sister of Melvin of Melvin & Howard fame.
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Flying pig437 wrote:Cymbaline was a King from Britain. I'd always assumed it was a Queen from Greece for some reason.
And I thought it was a Scandinavian warrior! :)
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Flying pig437 wrote:Cymbaline was a King from Britain. I'd always assumed it was a Queen from Greece for some reason.
And I thought it was a Scandinavian warrior! :)
I am still convinced it is a lovely Pink Floyd song.
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Black Francis/Frank Black has put out an absoulte tonne of post-Pixies material!
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rosm wrote:I am still convinced it is a lovely Pink Floyd song.
Lovely, yes. The "nightmare" part of the song always struck me as a cheesy attempt at horror, though.

Just imagine if Floyd had done an entire album of Norse/Celtic/Saxon stuff!
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Where Husker du got their names and what it means.
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Louis Armstrong has an evangelical obsesssion with losing weight by using laxatives and to spread the word he appeared in humorous, albeit risqué, cards that he had printed to send out to friends; the cards bore a picture of him sitting on a toilet—as viewed through a keyhole—with the slogan "Satch says, 'Leave it all behind ya!'"

Actually I learnt that yesterday but forgot about it. I've just found it on my scrap word doc where I post things for later multiple usage.
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The song "Mandy" by Barry Manilow is a cover version of a song called Brandy by Scott English.
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and it's about a dog too isn't it or is that an urban myth?
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There's an app that helps offices organise tea making chores fairly!


"Another app to make both our iOS and Android roundups this week, the UK Tea Council's new app aims to solve office tea-making disputes. It creates "tea groups", stores everyone's cuppa preferences, and then at pre-determined intervals picks a colleague at random to make the next round."
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That a toilet flushes in the key of E.
I haven't checked it though.
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Tory MP Grant Shapps' cousin is Mick Jones, of punk rock band The Clash