The thread of learning something new every day
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<p> </p>$89 for a 1000 thread count Royal Hotel queen size cotton blend sheet set, or $99 for king size (worth up to $219) -
<p>It's in some triangle with a bunch of aliens!</p>
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<p>Au contraire. I wish I'd known this stuff in my 20s - I had some massively shagable flatmates whom I'm sure could have been lured to try the difference between the sheets. :)</p>
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<p>Wouldn't have made a fucking difference once they'd encountered your leftover icing crust in various spots.</p>
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<p>The QI elves have a weekly podcast called "<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Such_Thing_As_A_Fish'>No such thing as a fish</a>" which essentially QI fodder that doesn't make it to the small screen. </p>
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<p>As the intro of the podcast explains, the Oxford Encyclopedia of Underwater Life states that fish is really just an umbrella term to describe an aquatic vertebrate that isnt a mammal, turtle or anything else. When one looks at the genetic makeup of what we call fish, and try to compare them to one another, they tend to be vastly different (for example, a Salmon is more closely related to a Camel than it is to a hagfish). Apparently there is no such thing as a sardine or tree either. </p>
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<p>Anyhoo, if you like QI, I highly recommend this podcast. It was Apples best new podcast for 2014 and currently has 530k subscribers.</p> -
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<p>you guys are massive homos</p>
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<p>I can't tell if that is an insult or a compliment from you, Mr Sailor Boy!</p> -
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<p>I had a missus at uni who liked to sleep in satin sheets. Have you ever tried rooting in satin sheets? it's fucking hard to get a decent grip. Wear the footy boots to bed to get a decent leg drive. </p>
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<p>Very limiting on the positions that you can actually do as well, doesnt take long before one of you is back at the headboard. I wonder if the staff at the hotel we found them a run a luminol torch over the rest of their furniture and take the hint.</p> -
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<p>it hurts alot when you hit your thumb with a hammer, and then almost as much again when you have to jam a needle through the nail to relieve the pressure...</p>
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<p>I learnt this last year when putting up a shed, I dont however believe I learnt a lesson, nor this time as I suspect I might do it again one day! </p>
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<p>Use a small drill bit and if you can heat it up a bit first, the ones that really suck are your finger tips when you smash them and the mince inside comes out. It normally takes a hit with a sledge hammer to do that though, you end up with a dead patch where there's no feel afterwards too.</p>
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<p>Dont do it like this,</p>
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<p>This thread is awesome.</p>
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<p>Talking about sheets, I am convinced the ability to neatly fold a fitted sheet is impossible, and therefore the modern day witch test.</p>
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<p>Also, beer names in Elizabethan England were far cooler than today. You could buy Huffcap, The Mad Dog, Father Whoreson, Angel's Food, Dragon's Milk, Go-by-the-wall, Stride Wide and Lift-leg. Plus Bastard, a red wine from Burgandy.<br>
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<p>This thread is awesome.</p>
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<p>Talking about sheets, I am convinced the ability to neatly fold a fitted sheet is impossible, and therefore the modern day witch test.</p>
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<p><strong>Also, beer names in Elizabethan England were far cooler than today. You could buy Huffcap, The Mad Dog, Father Whoreson, Angel's Food, Dragon's Milk, Go-by-the-wall, Stride Wide and Lift-leg. Plus Bastard, a red wine from Burgandy.</strong><br>
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<p><strong>And it took 600 oaks to build a warship.</strong></p>
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<p>Good to see you man-ing this thread up after all the fluffing with sheets.</p> -
Being abrupt.<br>
In Vodafone Tauranga store. <br><br>
Sales Assistant: Hello! I'm new here but I'm here to help<br>
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<p>Good to see you man-ing this thread up after all the fluffing with sheets.</p>
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<p>Sounds like Mokey might have been reading that Shakespeare and Alcohol book.</p> -
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<p><strong><a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.salon.com/2007/04/12/castaneda/">The dark legacy of Carlos Castaneda</a></strong></p>
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<p>This is a good read if you're interested in take-downs of cults and new age bullshit.</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Mokey" data-cid="466580" data-time="1419750116"><p>This thread is awesome.<br><br>
Talking about sheets, I am convinced the ability to neatly fold a fitted sheet is impossible, and therefore the modern day witch test.<br><br>
Also, beer names in Elizabethan England were far cooler than today. You could buy Huffcap, The Mad Dog, Father Whoreson, Angel's Food, Dragon's Milk, Go-by-the-wall, Stride Wide and Lift-leg. Plus Bastard, a red wine from Burgandy.<br><br>
And it took 600 oaks to build a warship.</p></blockquote>
<br><a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.realsimple.com/m/home-organizing/cleaning/laundry/fold-fitted-sheet">http://www.realsimple.com/m/home-organizing/cleaning/laundry/fold-fitted-sheet</a><br><br>
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<p>Also, beer names in Elizabethan England were far cooler than today.</p>
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<p>Quite partial to Fuzzy Baby Ducks beer as a name, myself, and that is contemporary.</p>
<p>A forum also lists (and sadly I think most are N American):</p>
<p>Old Chub<br>
Dirty/Backwoods Bastard<br>
Sucks<br>
Wake N' Bake</p>
<p>Meat Whistle</p>
<p>Lil' Sumpin' Sumpin'</p>
<p>Brew Cocky<br>
Cats Piss<br>
Ryan and The Beaster Bunny (Evil Twin)</p>
<p>Hoppy Ending Pale Ale</p>
<p><span>Evil Twin's Justin Blåbær (Denmark)</span></p>
<p>Pork Slap</p>
<p>Pigs Ass Porter and Polygamy Porter</p>
<p>Voodoo Doughnut Maple Bacon</p>
<p>Big Cock IPA</p>
<p>Panty Peeler<br>
Even More Jesus (Surly has had a few: Jesus Juice, FU Brett Favre, Overrated West Coast IPA, Imperial Brown Eye...)<br>
Pearl Necklace<br>
Donkey Punch<br>
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<p><a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.realsimple.com/m/home-organizing/cleaning/laundry/fold-fitted-sheet">http://www.realsimple.com/m/home-organizing/cleaning/laundry/fold-fitted-sheet</a><br><br>
You're welcome.</p>
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<p>Would appreciate some good NZ brew names but that is probably a different thread.</p>
<p>My tiny contribution for the thread, nipples are also known as the Glands of Montgomery (from his 1837 paper).</p>
<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.buzzfeed.com/carolynkylstra/nipple-factoids'>http://www.buzzfeed.com/carolynkylstra/nipple-factoids</a></p>
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<p>His paper is described in <em>Bailey & Love's Short Practice of Surgery</em>.</p>
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<p>Edit: Sorry I forgot to mention two fave beer names</p>
<p>Jean Claude Van Cock puncher (obv Belgian IPA <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/26884/88667/)'>http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/26884/88667/)</a></p>
<p>and</p>
<p>Camel Toe Egyptian Pale Ale (<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/piece-camel-toe-egyptian-pale-ale/68696/'>http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/piece-camel-toe-egyptian-pale-ale/68696/</a>) </p>
<p>What do they taste like?</p>
<p>I suspect the latter has a smooth velvety finish with a back palate tickle of bearded mussel.</p>
