Games & Recreation Pointless Trivia

[Gough]

I am a deeply trivial person, useless pieces of information please me enormously and the more pointless the better as far as I'm concerned. This is the place to share both the pointless and trivial.
Two of my recent favourites;
Ian Redpath has a higher Test average than Mark Waugh.
Bruce Berry, immortalised in Neil Young's Tonight's the Night was the brother of Jan Berry of Jan and Dan surf music fame.

 

[brahj]

Useless pieces of information please Gough enormously.

 

[Doss]

The 56 degrees south of the equator parallel has not a single piece of land lying on it. There's a piece of information which will help you precisely, well, never.

 

[kickazz]

If you add up all the numbers on a roulette wheel, you get 666.

 

[radiojake]

Ian Redpath has a higher Test average than Mark Waugh.

I always found it a bit odd that Mark Waugh never made a test double century;

infact, his highest ODI score (173) is 20 runs more than his highest Test score (153*)

 

[Doss]

I always found it a bit odd that Mark Waugh never made a test double century

Only one score over 150 too, and that was 153. He'd usually make a sparkling hundred and then play a reckless shot.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

Naomi Watts' dad was a roadie for Pink Floyd.

 

[Ashton Agar]

Nick Maxwell is a premiership captain.

 

[Ashton Agar]

Only one score over 150 too, and that was 153. He'd usually make a sparkling hundred and then play a reckless shot.

Bit like Shane Watson, only take off 80 runs.

 

[Gough]

Bit like Shane Watson, only take off 80 runs.

He f***ing wishes.

 

[Doss]

He f***ing wishes.

But but but, he can crunch a sweet straight drive!

 

[Gough]

But but but, he can crunch a sweet straight drive!

'cepting when he misses and is caught plumb in front.

 

[Quivorir]

This has the potential to be a very, very good thread.

 

[Doss]

'cepting when he misses and is caught plumb in front.

I'll review that one, thanks.

 

[I Lost My Keays]

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

 

[brahj]

It's impossible to write out a Googolplex in long form (1,000,000,000...etc.). There simply isn't enough space in the observable universe to do so, even if you could shrink every number to the size of an atom.

 

[Quivorir]

It's impossible to write out a Googolplex in long form (1,000,000,000...etc.). There simply isn't enough space in the observable universe to do so, even if you could shrink every number to the size of an atom.

 

[edgie]

The 56 degrees south of the equator parallel has not a single piece of land lying on it. There's a piece of information which will help you precisely, well, never.

Could be handy if you're sailing?

 

[GreyPower]

I love this trivial crap too.

Saw this one on FB the other day - http://www.thinkinghumanity.com/201...derstanding-of-time.html#sthash.pKRN0lkk.dpuf

I also love coincidences, such as from these links:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/12-incredible-coincidences-you-wont-4022585

http://listverse.com/2007/11/12/top-15-amazing-coincidences/

 

[GreyPower]

Agnes Moorehead (Bewitched) died in 1974 - her mother (Mollie) outlived her by 16 years.

Mollie died in 1990, aged 106.

 

[Doss]

Could be handy if you're sailing?

Takes a brave person to sail those waters. Roughest ocean in the world.

FWIW, 56 S passes just south of Cape Horn.

 

[SugarShane]

'cepting when he misses and is caught plumb in front.

Plumb in front? Bullshit.

 

[LennyStarkiller]

Months beginning on a Sunday will have a Friday the 13th

 

[craigos]

The lead singer of Fear Factory was in the Nirvana 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' film clip moshing away.

 

[Simple Jack]

Ian Redpath has a higher Test average than Mark Waugh.

On a similar theme: Brad Hodge has a higher test average than Ricky Ponting.

The 56 degrees south of the equator parallel has not a single piece of land lying on it. There's a piece of information which will help you precisely, well, never.

That could totally help someone. Say you're flying along the parallel tracking 270T or 090T and suddenly you see land directly ahead. You know you've either found previously undiscovered land or more probably your IRS/GNSS has gross errors in it and you may be in a bit of strife. Very useful.

Plumb in front? Bullshit.

Raging at only being able to like this post once.