Games & Recreation Pointless Trivia

[GreyCrow]

I had to search this. No mention of Jerry Springer

BBC NEWS | UK | England | London | Woman gives birth at Tube station

news.bbc.co.uk

I heard it on the Freakonomics podcast and figured they did the fact checking

I also looked long after I posted. The figure 3 is correct, Springer is in dispute

 

[Billy ray]

It is illegal to own a rabbit as a pet in Queensland, however it is legal in New South Wales. I wonder what happens on the Gold Coast's NSW/Queensland border at Tweed Heads and Coolangatta?

Perhaps Bishop Brennan from Father Ted could take up the role of Archbishop of Brisbane? He was terrified of rabbits, and in one memorable episode he paid the parochial house when Ted, Dougall and Mrs. Doyle were dealing with a large number of rabbits at the property, trying to convince the bishop that they grew lettuce indoors in a cage. Of course, it was Dougall who saved the day in the end, rounding up all the rabbits and putting them in the last place anyone would think he would - in Bishop Brennan's bedroom.

Signs at the border re rabbits.

 

[Cuzz09]

If its a long road trip I want to be the one driving. Feel so much more in control of things and time goes quicker.

3 mates and I did the drive from Adelaide to Gold Coast The whole way along the coast and simply did 200km each and then swapped.

It worked beautifully.

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[emuboy]

Signs at the border re rabbits.

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I wonder what happens when the South Sydney Rabbitohs have to play the Brisbane Broncos, Gold Coast Titans or North Queensland Cowboys in Queensland?

 

[emuboy]

The capital cities of Australia have a number of different climate classifications. Perth and Adelaide both have Mediterranean climates, Melbourne is Oceanic, Canberra is Continental, Sydney and Brisbane are Humid Sub-Tropical, Darwin is Tropical Savannah and Hobart is Cool Temperate.

 

[Run n Spread]

Don't know if this is true or not but apparently in medieval times marriage had to be approved by the Church/King. (could be urban legend) So anyone legally shacking up needed a signed document/contract to alert the authorities this was legit. Hence the word **** which stands for:
Fornication Under Consent of the King.

 

[the fly]

I wonder what happens when the South Sydney Rabbitohs have to play the Brisbane Broncos, Gold Coast Titans or North Queensland Cowboys in Queensland?

They'd just have to kill the rabbits before crossing the border to sell them.

 

[Richard Pryor]

Don't know if this is true or not but apparently in medieval times marriage had to be approved by the Church/King. (could be urban legend) So anyone legally shacking up needed a signed document/contract to alert the authorities this was legit. Hence the word fu** which stands for:
Fornication Under Consent of the King.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/on-the-origin-of-****_b_4784565

One origin story for **** is that it comes from when sex was outlawed unless it was permitted explicitly by the king, so people who were legally banging had Fornication Under Consent of the King on their doors, or: F.U.C.K. But obviously that’s wrong. And if you do believe that, stop it. Stop it right now.

Instances of **** before the 15th century are rare. Despite it commonly being classed as one of the Anglo-Saxon four-letter words, Jesse Sheidlower (author of an entire book on ****, and past editor of the OED so he knows what he’s talking about) suspects that it came into English in the 15th century from something like Low German, Frisian or Dutch. While ‘****’ existed in English before then it was never used to mean rogering, instead it typically meant ‘to strike’ (which was, way-back-when, related to the word that became **** because it’s a kind of hitting...). Anything that appears earlier is most likely to be the use of **** to mean ‘to strike.’ If you wanted to talk about making whoopee in a dirty way, the Middle English word to use was swive. [ETA: @earlymodernjohn asked if it’s related to Modern English ‘swivel’ as in ‘go swivel’ and it is! The more you know...]
Another theory for why there’s hardly any written record of **** before the 15th century is because, if it was around before then, it was just too darn rude to write down. The coded example might have been an early way around actually writing it.
Another theory for its late arrival is that it’s a borrowing from Norse (the Vikings) via Scottish because several early instances are found in Scottish writing (such as the 15th-century one discounted in that other article). However, this is generally believed to be unlikely, in part because the Scottish weren’t considered influential enough for English to borrow words from them. Perhaps there were more early written examples in Scottish simply because they were less prudish about writing it.
There are lots of instances of the word **** from before the 15th century drifting around, some of the most notable of which are, chronologically:

 

[GreyCrow]

They'd just have to kill the rabbits before crossing the border to sell them.

 

[emuboy]

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Does it keep Daylight Saving out too?

 

[PT Bar None]

I've done Adelaide - Cairns and Melbourne - Darwin a couple of times. I've got "the long lap" on my bucket list. Would like to do some good US road trips too. Georgia - Texas for some Coors, for example.

 

[Registered User]

Suzi Quatro's heritage is part Italian, and the surname was originally Quattrocchi before US immigration shortened it when her grandfather immigrated

 

[Hawk Dork]

Suzi Quatro's heritage is part Italian, and the surname was originally Quattrocchi before the US immigration shortened it upon grandfather's immigration.

Leather Tuscadero sounds Italian too

 

[Richard Pryor]

Suzi Quatro's heritage is part Italian, and the surname was originally Quattrocchi before the US immigration shortened it upon grandfather's immigration.

She's also a bit nuts these days apparently:

Suzi Quatro talks gender, duets and bringing Janis Joplin back from the dead...

Our interview with the original rock chick.

thecarouser.com

Well, I heard you’re a bit psychic aren’t you?

Yeah, I like to put it that way. Being an artist, all my channels are wide open. I don’t want to close the channels. It makes you easily hurt, sensitive and everything’s open. As an artist you don’t really have any other choice.

My secret abortion and how I failed my daughter: In a painfully honest interview, a regretful Suzi Quatro reveals the woman behind the public persona

The queen of glam rock is embarking on a one-woman show that will be running for six nights in September at a small venue in London's Hackney.

www.dailymail.co.uk

About midway through my interview with Suzi Quatro who, at 63 — and no, in case you’re wondering, she’s not wearing a leather catsuit, but is clad in denim — leans forward conspiratorially and whispers: ‘I need to tell you something . . .’

Could this be it? Is the queen of glam rock about to reveal a story of such hell-raising shock value she has never dared share it with anyone else? A night of passion with Alice Cooper, perhaps? Or a 24-hour drink and drugs binge with Paul McCartney?

No, she isn’t. Instead she closes her eyes and hums. It appears that Suzi, a self- confessed psychic, is right at this very minute receiving a message from my dead grandmother who passed away eight years ago.

‘Your grandmother wants you to stop being so angry about everything and try to understand that this stage in your life is a learning curve, a clue you must unravel to become a better person,’ Suzi announces, eyes squeezed dramatically shut.

Now if anyone was going to fake an interview it would be the dailymail but I'd be surprised if it was.

 

[Tarkyn_24]

I wonder what happens when the South Sydney Rabbitohs have to play the Brisbane Broncos, Gold Coast Titans or North Queensland Cowboys in Queensland?

Generally they lose

 

[the fly]

I've done Adelaide - Cairns and Melbourne - Darwin a couple of times. I've got "the long lap" on my bucket list. Would like to do some good US road trips too. Georgia - Texas for some Coors, for example.

I'd love to do the long lap. The biggest loop I've done would probably be Sydney - Corryong - Mildura - Port fairy - Beachport - Quorn - Broken Hill - Sydney.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

I miss the days when Richmond were a laughing stock .

Deep down, even Richmond fans miss that. On the plus side, at least there's Carlton.

 

[Shell]

Suzi Quatro's heritage is part Italian, and the surname was originally Quattrocchi before US immigration shortened it when her grandfather immigration.

Some greeks shorten their names. Cut off the "soulas"

 

[Shell]

Or "opolous"

My name is fairly short. Ill have to ask my dad ifit was shortened

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Don't know if this is true or not but apparently in medieval times marriage had to be approved by the Church/King. (could be urban legend) So anyone legally shacking up needed a signed document/contract to alert the authorities this was legit. Hence the word fu** which stands for:
Fornication Under Consent of the King.

The acronym is apparently apocryphal. Ah, accidental Alliteration.
However, the story may have a certain amount of truth even if the word most likely does not come from it.

Note: no history study whatsoever, just what's been gleaned from a few books without this particular topic in mind

Certainly with the bonded peasantry, the local lord could approve a marriage or not; and it was quite common for them to do so only after payment of additional crop or whatever pittance a peasant may have had. At higher levels, most marriages were arranged for political fortune and a nobleman's own masters may well have stood in on anything that looked to be against their interests. A duke wouldn't want one of his counts marrying the daughter of a rival duke for example, and if they were powerful enough may have had the king intervene.
The peasants, along with most merchants and tradespeople who made up much the "free" population, often did not get married by the church. They couldn't afford to pay the priest for the ceremony. Enough people with enough witnesses, sometimes outside the church, was enough for the townspeople to know and for it to be regarded as a marriage.

And much of this depends, of course, at what stage of "medieval" you are talking about. The above is limited to England and could very roughly be applied from the start of feudalism until the age of chivalry, though undoubtledly similar things occurred across Europe.

 

[PT Bar None]

Caught Suzi at the Palais on one of her recent tours. It was a fun night. She was my favourite artist when I was about 10.

A little disappointed when she started the show in jeans. Then after a couple of songs: "I'm going to go and slip into something less comfortable".
Back out in the leather!

 

[the fly]

Some greeks shorten their names. Cut off the "soulas"

The first person that come to mind for me in that regard is John Stamos.

 

[Wallaby]

Caught Suzi at the Palais on one of her recent tours. It was a fun night. She was my favourite artist when I was about 10.

A little disappointed when she started the show in jeans. Then after a couple of songs: "I'm going to go and slip into something less comfortable".
Back out in the leather!

I must admit I had a pretty strong schoolboy crush on Suzi Q back in the '70s. I grew out of it in.............. well, to be honest, never really did.
Had this poster on my wall........................

 

[Billy ray]

I thought it was
Forced
Unlawful
Carnal
Knowledge

 

[Registered User]

Some greeks shorten their names. Cut off the "soulas"

It's probably common knowledge that Jennifer Aniston's family name was Anastasakis, which leads me to some pointless trivia: in the episode of Friends where Monica and Chandler are getting married, there's a sign outside one of the reception rooms that says "Anastassakis/Papasifakis wedding" , which is obviously an in joke. That's where Rachel found the Greek Orthodox minister who was gunna do the ceremony because Joey was late.
For some reason, Anastasakis is spelled with a double 's' on the show