Groucho's Fact Hunt

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

Zippo will fully repair FREE OF CHARGE any of their lighters that are returned to them

"
Zippo Pocket Lighter
Any Zippo pocket lighter, when returned to our factory, will be put in first-class mechanical condition free of charge, for we have yet to charge a cent for the repair of a Zippo pocket lighter, regardless of age or condition."

 

[Mogwai]

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I think this was proven to be wrong.... Apparently stems from ghetto kids receiving hand me Downs or charity clothing which were too big...

 

[Mogwai]

Godwin's law: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1 (100%)

@Bungle
@MoutsGoat

 

[scratchnsurf]

When the Giza pyramids were built, woolly mammoths were still in existence.

 

[Groucho]

I think this was proven to be wrong.... Apparently stems from ghetto kids receiving hand me Downs or charity clothing which were too big...

I've seen a few reasons.

 

[Bilko]

your domestic black white & orange cat also known as a calico cat will be 99.9% of the time a female.male ones are extremely rare and if you ever find one,it will be sterile.
There.......that's what's married to a vet nurse does for you !.

 

[Groucho]

All spiders are venomous - UK species don't have fangs sharp enough to pierce human skin.

Spiders are extremely carnivorous - 100 spiders in a room will eventually be one really fat spider.

They will never run away, they will always defend themselves rather than flee.

 

[Milk]

All spiders are venomous - UK species don't have fangs sharp enough to pierce human skin.

Spiders are extremely carnivorous - 100 spiders in a room will eventually be one really fat spider.

They will never run away, they will always defend themselves rather than flee.

Hmmmm, not sure. Been bitten by something that leaves two fang marks recently. Pretty sure it was a spider. Hurt like hell too.

 

[roydo]

All spiders are venomous - UK species don't have fangs sharp enough to pierce human skin.

Spiders are extremely carnivorous - 100 spiders in a room will eventually be one really fat spider.

They will never run away, they will always defend themselves rather than flee.

Mrs R was bitten by one once. Swelled up like a balloon. Well, a small one.

 

[Groucho]

Hmmmm, not sure. Been bitten by something that leaves two fang marks recently. Pretty sure it was a spider. Hurt like hell too.

Mrs R was bitten by one once. Swelled up like a balloon. Well, a small one.

My source for that was the BBC and Blue Planet Aquarium. I assumed that'd be pretty reliable but perhaps you're right.

 

[roydo]

My source for that was the BBC and Blue Planet Aquarium. I assumed that'd be pretty reliable but perhaps you're right.

It might not have been a UK species though I guess. Or she could have been talking tripe. Both are plausible.

 

[roydo]

My source for that was the BBC and Blue Planet Aquarium. I assumed that'd be pretty reliable but perhaps you're right.

Oooh. Stand off here. NHS say yay.

http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/bites-and-stings/Pages/insects-bugs-that-bite-sting.aspx

 

[Woolly Blue]

I keep reading this thread title as Groucho's fart hunt.
Strange, but true.

 

[Groucho]

Oooh. Stand off here. NHS say yay.

http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/bites-and-stings/Pages/insects-bugs-that-bite-sting.aspx

Let's go with the NHS then.

 

[Milk]

I keep reading this thread title as Groucho's fart hunt.
Strange, but true.

Can light them.

Major danger of blow back though