Games & Recreation Pointless Trivia

[Gough]

That makes things tough for me, he's already married.

Wait until Lyle Shelton's prophecies come true and polygamy and marrying your pet is legalised. That as I understand it is what will happen because gay marriage.

 

[Mofra]

Wait until Lyle Shelton's prophecies come true and polygamy and marrying your pet is legalised. That as I understand it is what will happen because gay marriage.

Nah, I'll be crushed by the falling sky first. Any day now...

 

[DroopStDanny]

Before becoming a crime fiction writer Ruth Rendell worked as a journalist. She was forced to resign after submitting a piece about a local sports club dinner that she didn't even attended thus failing to make note of the after-dinner speaker collapsing dead midway through their speech.

 

[iluvparis]

In Chester it's still technically legal to kill a Welshman as long as it's after midnight, inside the city walls and with a crossbow.

You can also kill a Scotsman in York if he is carrying a sword I believe

 

[exe ex machina]

@Fact
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Eating salmon helps hair grow faster

 

[William Wonka]

Awww And I'd hold it a little longer than you'd like

Just dont fall to your knees and worship me like others do

What is it with you Americans and hugging?
Twenty years ago I punched a Mormon when he tried to hug me by way of a greeting.
I had no idea what he was attempting to do when he literally ran towards me with both arms outstretched... so I hit him.
I do hope it wasn't you GG!

 

[exe ex machina]

So much for all this "fat americans" talk, look at you aussies now, hey....

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Share of population that is obese, 2015.

Cook Islands: 83%
Qatar: 42%
UAE: 37%
Saudi Arabia: 34%
US: 33%
Turkey: 29%
Egypt: 28%
Australia: 28%
UK: 28%
Canada: 28%
Mexico: 28%
France: 23%
Italy: 21%
Sweden: 20%
Germany: 20%
Brazil: 20%
Japan: 3%

 

[GreyCrow]

3% of the Japanese population are Sumo Wrestlers

 

[ioppolo]

So much for all this "fat americans" talk, look at you aussies now, hey....

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Share of population that is obese, 2015.

Cook Islands: 83%
Qatar: 42%
UAE: 37%
Saudi Arabia: 34%
US: 33%
Turkey: 29%
Egypt: 28%
Australia: 28%
UK: 28%
Canada: 28%
Mexico: 28%
France: 23%
Italy: 21%
Sweden: 20%
Germany: 20%
Brazil: 20%
Japan: 3%

33% of America is 109 million people.

Also Cook Islands, are they just born obese or have they eaten out their entire ocean? I know islanders are big but holy shit.

Looks like that rich oil money is going strong in Qatar, the UAE & Saudi Arabia

 

[Moonwatcher]

 

[Taylor]

33% of America is 109 million people.

Also Cook Islands, are they just born obese or have they eaten out their entire ocean? I know islanders are big but holy shit.

Looks like that rich oil money is going strong in Qatar, the UAE & Saudi Arabia

There is a joke here about James Cook, who was eaten by islanders, and being able to trust a fat chef but I can't put it together without someone getting offended

 

[Cuzz09]

Pointless Trivia:

The Adelaide Crows won their first Grand Final by 31 points v StKilda... 31 years after StKilda won their only Grand Final

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[DroopStDanny]

Aretha Franklin died on the same date as Elvis Presley and Robert Johnson.

That's one big holy trinity of musos right there.

 

[Gough]

Aretha Franklin died on the same date as Elvis Presley and Robert Johnson.

That's one big holy trinity of musos right there.

The National Review obit said the while Aretha had a good voice it wasn't comparable to Linda Ronstadt or Kelly Clarkson. We can now add music to the long list of things William F. Buckley knew f*** all about.

 

[Wallaby]

Aretha Franklin died on the same date as Elvis Presley and Robert Johnson.

That's one big holy trinity of musos right there.

Well - unholy in Johnson's case.

 

[the fly]

Well - unholy in Johnson's case.

Unholy is better anyway.

 

[raskolnikov]

Wait until Lyle Shelton's prophecies come true and polygamy and marrying your pet is legalised. That as I understand it is what will happen because gay marriage.

Several people on Twitter have asked for his opinion on Anning's speech. His refusal to provide it speaks volumes.

 

[Procrastinator35]

Several people on Twitter have asked for his opinion on Anning's speech. His refusal to provide it speaks volumes.

Probably wrote it for him.

 

[worbod]

Unusual days celebrated in the USA:

January 3: Festival of Sleep
January 18: Winnie the Pooh Day
January 21: National Hugging Day
January 23: National Handwriting Day
January 31: National Popcorn Day
February 9: Toothache Day
February 26: National Pistachio Day
March 14: National Potato Chip Day
April 4: Tell a Lie Day
April 7: No Housework Day
April 30: National Honesty Day
May 9: Lost Sock Memorial Day
May 11: Eat What You Want Day
May 28: National Hamburger Day
June 9: Donald Duck Day
June 10: National Yoyo Day
June 26: National Chocolate Pudding Day
July 14: National Nude Day
July 22: Ratcatchers' Day
August 13: Blame Someone Else Day
September 13: Defy Superstition Day
September 22: Hobbit Day
September 27: Crush a Can Day
October: National Mole Day
November 1: Plan Your Epitaph Day
December 21: Look at the Bright Side Day

 

[ioppolo]

'celebrated'?

 

[Richard Pryor]

33% of America is 109 million people.

Also Cook Islands, are they just born obese or have they eaten out their entire ocean? I know islanders are big but holy shit.

Looks like that rich oil money is going strong in Qatar, the UAE & Saudi Arabia

Not sure about Cook Islands, but Samoans actually have a gene that makes it easier to put on mass, so you either become the Rock or, especially with todays availability of Macca's, get fat.
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/07/...ene-helped-samoans-conquer-the-south-pacific/

By studying the genomes of more than 5000 Samoans, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh have uncovered a single gene that boosts a person's obesity risk by upwards of 40 per cent. Remarkably, this gene — which appears in a quarter of all Samoans — may have arisen in the population as they colonised the South Pacific.

As described in the latest edition of Nature Genetics, this "thrifty" genetic variant, called CREBRF, is associated with a 1.5 per cent increase in Body Mass Index (BMI). So, for a person of average height weighing around 82kg, this gene corresponds to an extra 5kg. As noted by the researchers in their study, CREBRF promotes more efficient storage of fat and features "an effect size much larger than that of any other known common BMI risk variant".

 

[worbod]

If you are old enough to have lived through 1991 and 2002 then you have lived through two palindromic years. The chance to do this won't come again until 2992 and 3003. The next year which will be a palindrome will be 2112.

 

[Cuzz09]

If you are old enough to have lived through 1991 and 2002 then you have lived through two palindromic years. The chance to do this won't come again until 2992 and 3003. The next year which will be a palindrome will be 2112.

Wooooo done

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[William Wonka]

So much for all this "fat americans" talk, look at you aussies now, hey....

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Share of population that is obese, 2015.

Cook Islands: 83%
Qatar: 42%
UAE: 37%
Saudi Arabia: 34%
US: 33%
Turkey: 29%
Egypt: 28%
Australia: 28%
UK: 28%
Canada: 28%
Mexico: 28%
France: 23%
Italy: 21%
Sweden: 20%
Germany: 20%
Brazil: 20%
Japan: 3%

I thought you would be happy about Americans being famed for their girth?

 

[Nothing]

If you are old enough to have lived through 1991 and 2002 then you have lived through two palindromic years. The chance to do this won't come again until 2992 and 3003. The next year which will be a palindrome will be 2112.

There will be some people who lived through 2002 and will be still alive for 2112.