Groucho's Fact Hunt

[Brendan Janus]

John Lowe according to you tube ?

Wrong Mate !!

 

[daza_1973]

Wrong Mate !!

Wrong Mate !!

Wiki says John Lowe too
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine-...ed nine-darter,after scoring two maximum 180s.

 

[Brendan Janus]

Wiki says John Lowe too
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine-dart_finish#:~:text=end on D12.-,First televised nine-darter,after scoring two maximum 180s.

Wikipedia is edited by loons !!

 

[PITA]

to summarise: 'palindrome' isn't a semordnilap , 'palindromes' is a semordnilap, and 'palindrome's a semordnilap' is a palindrome

Cheers deip. I had never heard of that word.

 

[deipnosophist]

Cheers deip. I had never heard of that word.

you are welcome mate...truth be told, I was only recently acquainted to this word's existence . It's an example of what is termed a neologism (i.e. a freshly coined word or expression)

 

[deipnosophist]

 

[Zezti]

One from the Brighton match thread:

Just as well, as there is no such thing. Lots of species of Gull, but none called a SEAgull. Apologies - never expected to be sharing one of my major birdwatching annoyances in this forum

 

[Philw]

One from the Brighton match thread:

Tell my gf this all the time!!

 

[Philw]

Cheers deip. I had never heard of that word.

you are welcome mate...truth be told, I was only recently acquainted to this word's existence . It's an example of what is termed a neologism (i.e. a freshly coined word or expression)

What about the apostrophe tho?? Also semordnilap's a crap word. I get why it is that, but they should have just called it something else instead of being smart arses.

 

[WA Toffee]

I have just flown from Perth to Kununurra. (actually I just sat inside the plane which did the flying). It is the longest scheduled intrastate flight in the world. 3 hours, 10 minutes.

Over 3 hours in a plane and I am still in Western Australia

 

[JimmyJeffers]

One from the Brighton match thread:

That’s a good fact to be fair. I’ve bored many a mate in the pub with that one.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Priorities :

First country to serve food and drink aboard a commercial plane : France

First country to install a toilet aboard a commercial plane : United Kingdom

Which happened first?

 

[deipnosophist]

'stressed denim' was evidently a term coined by a semordnilap-o-phile

 

[summerisle]

Thirteen million chocolate digestive biscuits a day are produced by McVities - I'm addicted to the buggers. lol

 

[deipnosophist]

Thirteen million chocolate digestive biscuits a day are produced by McVities - I'm addicted to the buggers. lol

I like the dark chocolate wheaten biscuits (Griffins brand)