Games & Recreation Pointless Trivia

[Gough]

Forty years old today.

 

[worbod]

During the 2013 holiday season, people in Finland could pay their bus fares with gingerbread cookies.

 

[craigos]

The first song Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson released was called She's My Kind of Girl in 1970, which was used in a Swedish soft pr0n film titled Inga II: The Seduction of Inga.

If the line "I want put it Inga" wasn't used in that film, I'd be disappointed.

 

[worbod]

There is a restaurant in the Maldives where the dining room is underwater, 5 metres (16 feet) below sea level.

http://conradhotels3.hilton.com/en/...land-MLEHICI/amenities/restaurants-ithaa.html

 

[worbod]

French man Joseph Pujol (1857-1945) was a baker by trade, but began earning better money by giving public farting exhibitions. He would suck in and blow out gas from his rear end and was even able to extinguish candles on stage. He once earned 20,000 francs a week with gas blowing talents, and now that I've intrigued your intelligence, you can go and check out his Wikipedia page.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

French man Joseph Pujol (1857-1945) was a baker by trade, but began earning better money by giving public farting exhibitions. He would suck in and blow out gas from his rear end and was even able to extinguish candles on stage. He once earned 20,000 francs a week with gas blowing talents, and now that I've intrigued your intelligence, you can go and check out his Wikipedia page.

Well confartulations to him.

 

[Quivorir]

**** me, I'd have been a billionaire.

 

[exe ex machina]

Bloody French

 

[wally funk]

When it's midday in Kaliningrad (western-most Russia), it's 10pm in Kamchatka (eastern-most).

 

[Illinois Nazi]

When it's midday in Kaliningrad (western-most Russia), it's 10pm in Kamchatka (eastern-most).

They should be like China and put the whole country on one time zone.

 

[wally funk]

I do love the idea of it being pitch black at lunchtime if they did that

 

[ioppolo]

Isn't there a 25 or 26 hour time difference between two of the pacific island nations on the International date line?

 

[Van_Dyke]

Isn't there a 25 or 26 hour time difference between two of the pacific island nations on the International date line?

It's a day IIRC.

 

[akkaps]

I think the biggest difference is 25 hours because countries decided to **** with the date line.

 

[ioppolo]

I think the biggest difference is 25 hours because countries decided to **** with the date line.

Samoa decided to change their time zone to match American Samoa I think, meaning Kiribati is something like 25 hours ahead of Samoa.

 

[worbod]

Yes, Samoa skipped December 30, 2011 altogether.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...ay-as-it-crosses-international-date-line.html

 

[worbod]

The heaviest land mammal is the elephant, which can weigh up to 6,804 kg. Next is the hippopotamus (up to 4,500 kg), followed by the rhinoceros (up to 2,268 kg), the giraffe (up to 1,361 kg) and the water buffalo (up to 1,179 kg).
Not sure about Clive Palmer's ranking.

 

[worbod]

Some people have jobs as dog and cat food testers. They open sample tins, take a big forkful and make notes on the taste, texture and aroma. A thumbs-up may see the new flavour go into shops. Most testers chew gum and gargle mouthwash after a tasting to avoid having dog breath.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Some people have jobs as dog and cat food testers. They open sample tins, take a big forkful and make notes on the taste, texture and aroma. A thumbs-up may see the new flavour go into shops. Most testers chew gum and gargle mouthwash after a tasting to avoid having dog breath.

What a horridly fascinating thing.

 

[ioppolo]

B

Some people have jobs as dog and cat food testers. They open sample tins, take a big forkful and make notes on the taste, texture and aroma. A thumbs-up may see the new flavour go into shops. Most testers chew gum and gargle mouthwash after a tasting to avoid having dog breath.

But how's the pay?

 

[Mofra]

Some people have jobs as dog and cat food testers. They open sample tins, take a big forkful and make notes on the taste, texture and aroma. A thumbs-up may see the new flavour go into shops. Most testers chew gum and gargle mouthwash after a tasting to avoid having dog breath.

My uncle did that for a few months. Had to give it up after being injured at work.


Dislocated his shoulder trying to lick his balls.

I'll see myself out.

 

[SwampCreature]

B

But how's the pay?

It's a bit ruff.

 

[Gough]

It's a bit ruff.

Cut that shit out Pal.

 

[SwampCreature]

Cut that shit out Pal.

Dug a bit of a hole for myself there.

 

[Procrastinator35]

My uncle did that for a few months. Had to give it up after being injured at work.

Dislocated his shoulder trying to lick his balls.

I'll see myself out.

Has he coughed up any fur-balls since?