Potatoes aren't toes.
Random facts
- Thread starter Diddums
- Start date
Potatoes aren't toes.
It's that time again folks, time for another not-this-thread-again threads!
Today I'm kicking it off with "It's a doozy". I learned this many, many years ago and for some reason I just stuck.
In the old days there was a car company called Deusenberg Automobiles in the US. They made some of the finest machines of the time and had every bell and whistle you could imagine. They soon got the nickname "Doozy" which implied that they were the dog's danglies. This is where the term "it's a doozy" came from, it originally referred to a car
Your turn!
I need some back up before I'm convinced by your premise with Duesenberg.
I lived with a Polish girl for eight years, and one time we were at her mother's place, when her mother produced a Polish honey cake.
She put it in the centre of the table and leaned over it with a knife in her hand, she pierced the centre of the cake, looked at me and said, "Duży albo Mały?
I looked at my girlfriend quizzically.
She said, "Large or small?"
Playing the Southern gentleman, I said, "Small is fine, mały"
I remembered the way her mother had said it though, 'doozhy', and when I began to notice it in American movies and T.V., I immediately associated the Polish duży with big, or doozhy.
When the word was used in movies/T.V., it often implied big, as much as it implied great or beautiful, so for that reason, as much as the Duesenberg bit sounds credible, I'm going with duży in Polish.
Wouldn't that be pronounced Doy-zen-bear'g? So shouldn't it be "it's a doyzee"?
Maybe that's the way they say it in New Joisey.
Last edited by a moderator:
I'm with this ^ guy - much more believable that the whole alleged Doy-zen-berg barstewardisation.
Another random fact - for some inexplicable reason - English spelling of word 'Czech' is actually Polish. Only polish language use 'cz' for hard 'ch' (as per cheque, Chicago, cha-cha) while Czechs call themselves Češi and their land Česko.
The first English National Lottery was in the 1580s and the prize included a bona fide fully functional get out of jail free card (a Royal Warrant granting immunity from prosecution for any crime below murder).
The oldest known surviving set of instructions for making beer is ~4000 years old.
Neither of the two most famous kings of England were English. Arthur (if he existed) fought against the English and Richard the Lionheart wasn't English, was hardly ever in England, didn't speak English, disliked England and saw it only as a source of money and soldiers. He'd have sold it if he could have found a buyer.
The oldest known surviving set of instructions for making beer is ~4000 years old.
Neither of the two most famous kings of England were English. Arthur (if he existed) fought against the English and Richard the Lionheart wasn't English, was hardly ever in England, didn't speak English, disliked England and saw it only as a source of money and soldiers. He'd have sold it if he could have found a buyer.
Fanta soft drink was invented for Nazi Germany. Due to trade restrictions during the war and CocaCola not wanting to be seen shipping coke syrup to Nazi Germany whilst still wanting to sell and operate there, they formulated a drink that can be made and sold locally using ingredients Germany could get its hands on.
Fanta was born and CocaCola managed to stay in Nazi Germany.... Fanta is Nazi Cola
Fanta was born and CocaCola managed to stay in Nazi Germany.... Fanta is Nazi Cola
I always wondered how they made it taste just reich.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Pride
Pride was appointed president of the feminist publishing company KNOW, Inc. in 1969
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Pride
Pride was appointed president of the feminist publishing company KNOW, Inc. in 1969
In fact, interestingly enough, Google and Duck Duck Go will provide different results depending on Google's bias.
Man of Honour
- Joined
- 29 Mar 2003
- Posts
- 57,671
- Location
- Stoke on Trent
Well you learn something new every day and I definitely hold my bottles wrong, pretty sure I'd end up dropping the bottle though -
There’s a reason beer bottles are shaped to have long necks. A person’s hand naturally carries heat, so when it touches a beer bottle, the heat transfers to the bottle. This is why beer bottles elongate the neck portion so the beer drinker can have something to hold while keeping the beverage cool longer.
There’s a reason beer bottles are shaped to have long necks. A person’s hand naturally carries heat, so when it touches a beer bottle, the heat transfers to the bottle. This is why beer bottles elongate the neck portion so the beer drinker can have something to hold while keeping the beverage cool longer.
I think this wad underappreciated. Top kek!
Soldato
- Joined
- 18 Oct 2012
- Posts
- 8,352
in bavaria they have a tradition called maibaum, where groups get together and erect a tree in a fashion not too dissimilar to the english maypole.
however they have rules whereby one group can steal another's maibaum and ransom it back to the owners (in order to defend their tree from theft all you must to is touch the tree as it is being stolen). one group managed to steal the maibaum in munich that was sponsored by a local brewery, and as such their ransom was a not insusbstantial amount of beer, which the company paid.
tl:dr bavarian beer companies promote stealing trees by giving people free beer.
however they have rules whereby one group can steal another's maibaum and ransom it back to the owners (in order to defend their tree from theft all you must to is touch the tree as it is being stolen). one group managed to steal the maibaum in munich that was sponsored by a local brewery, and as such their ransom was a not insusbstantial amount of beer, which the company paid.
tl:dr bavarian beer companies promote stealing trees by giving people free beer.
Soldato
- Joined
- 30 Mar 2007
- Posts
- 2,870
- Location
- Essex
Female kangaroos have 3 vaginas.
Soldato
- Joined
- 4 Feb 2003
- Posts
- 6,134
- Location
- Birmingham
Contrary to the myth that Portugal is the only European nation England has not been to war with and forms the oldest alliance in the World still in effect (Treaty of Windsor, 1386), England and Portugal have in fact been to war with each other when Portugal signed the Iberian Union in 1580 to align itself with Spain's anti English policies and thus be at war with England during the Anglo-Spanish war of 1585-1604.
"Apple" used to be a generic word for fruit or things that look like fruit. So, for example, potatoes used to be called earth apples. It's also why English translations use "apple" in the garden of Eden story - at the time of the first English translations, "apple" by itself meant "unspecified fruit" or even "unspecified edible plant".
Thinking of times past...in 15th century England, average beer could be bought for 1p per gallon. Been a bit of inflation since then.
Thinking of times past...in 15th century England, average beer could be bought for 1p per gallon. Been a bit of inflation since then.
The french still call them that. Except in french.
Domestic cats carry a parasite called Toxoplasa Gondii. This parasite can infect humans and cause alterations in behaviour. Men can become more withdrawn, more likely to take risks, and less adherent to rules. Women become more trusting and out-going.
Most of the time the human immune system keeps the parasites in check but they can cause serious illness in people with a reduced immune system (Aids sufferers, the elderly).
It is estimated that 22% of adults in the US are infected with Toxoplasma Gondii but in some communities the figure can be as high as 95%.
Most of the time the human immune system keeps the parasites in check but they can cause serious illness in people with a reduced immune system (Aids sufferers, the elderly).
It is estimated that 22% of adults in the US are infected with Toxoplasma Gondii but in some communities the figure can be as high as 95%.