Groucho's Fact Hunt

[Pienaar's gloves]

Cheers for that. Was sure I had heard he had something or other from them.

They held the ceremony when England played there about 15 years ago, he appeared on the pitch in a half England and half Albania shirt.

 

[roydo]

They held the ceremony when England played there about 15 years ago, he appeared on the pitch in a half England and half Albania shirt.

Strange world we live in at times.

Mad and bonkers. Long may it continue.

 

[Paul w]

Bats always exit left when leaving a cave.

 

[Gladystweet]

Bats always exit left when leaving a cave.

You've just made me look that up...




Not true.

 

[Paul w]

You've just made me look that up...




Not true.

Must be right then.

 

[Gladystweet]

Must be right then.

Bats go both ways..,here's the proof...

 

[Paul w]

Try this one the glue on Israeli postage is kosher.

 

[PhilM]

Michael J Fox middle name is Andrew

That would be a corker of a quiz question.

 

[Bluesaint]

They held the ceremony when England played there about 15 years ago, he appeared on the pitch in a half England and half Albania shirt.

Apparently loads of Albanians used to turn their cap sideways and rush about shouting,"Mr Grimsdale, Mr Grimsdale" crazy people

 

[Pienaar's gloves]

That would be a corker of a quiz question.

The sort of pub quiz where you end up screaming...

 

[PhilM]

The sort of pub quiz where you end up screaming...

It's the type of question that is the proverbial acid test for those you suspect are Googling the answers.

 

[deipnosophist]

There are no villages in Switzerland called Yup or Nope

 

[The Cowboy]

Apparently loads of Albanians used to turn their cap sideways and rush about shouting,"Mr Grimsdale, Mr Grimsdale" crazy people

Albanian almost so crazy as Latvian, but Comrade Grimsdale not have milk and Latvian not have potato. They be like friends, but they dead from no milk or potato. Sad.

 

[nosejam]

What I love about this is, not only is it only saving about 4 steps, but it's also going down! How lazy do you have to be not to take 4 downward steps!!

It doesn't even get you the whole way! Why does it exist??

 

[ToffeeDoug]

Norman Wisdom had a huge cult following in Albania due to him being one of the few westerners whose films were allowed to be shown there while Enver Hoxha was in charge.

Also, his sense of the underdog up against privilege in his films appealed to them.

On a slightly related note, the England cricketer of the early 1900s (and just about everything else for that matter), CB Fry, was offered the kingship of Albania but refused it.