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13 minutes ago, franciswilliamwebb said:

 

Previous user had eaten far too many peanuts? 😉

 

Peanuts originated in South America.

In Ancient Rome, more likely almonds, pistachio or cobnuts...

 

Io!

 

or, as we're now on the Macdonald page, IoIoIo!

 

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3 hours ago, Hroth said:

Peanuts originated in South America.

In Ancient Rome, more likely almonds, pistachio or cobnuts...

So did tomatoes, but it didn't stop one author of fiction writing of the Emperor Nero eating tomatoes.

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5 hours ago, Hroth said:

Kept in a tub of vinegar so they'd stay moist and pliable.

 

Nothing worse than a hard scratchy sponge!

 

 

Wipes out the Klingons, though, sometimes you need a bit of abrasive...

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10 hours ago, The Johnster said:

IIRC the Romans were the first to use sponges, and they used them for *rse-cleaning purposes. 


Nope, history got it all wrong.

They were the first to use sponges to wipe their soldiering irons.

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2 hours ago, BoD said:


Nope, history got it all wrong.

They were the first to use sponges to wipe their soldiering irons.

That could be nasty if you got them mixed up.

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6 minutes ago, BoD said:


Nope, history got it all wrong.

They were the first to use sponges to wipe their soldiering irons.

 

Just now, PhilJ W said:

That could be nasty if the got them mixed up.

Mind you, they wouldn't be troubled by haemorrhoids.

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11 hours ago, The Johnster said:

IIRC the Romans were the first to use sponges, and they used them for *rse-cleaning purposes. 

 

Is that where the expression 'getting the wrong end of the stick' came from...

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A little boy goes to his dad and asks, "What is politics?"

The dad says, "Well son, let me try to explain it this way:

 

I'm the breadwinner of the family, so let's call me capitalism.

Your mother, she's the administrator of the money, so we'll call her the government.

We're here to take care of your needs, so we'll call you the people.

The nanny, we'll consider her the working class.

And your baby brother, we'll call him the future. 

Now, think about that and see if that makes sense."

 

The little boy goes off to bed thinking about what dad had said. Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him. He finds that the baby has soiled his diaper. The little boy goes to his parents' room and finds his mother sound asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed. The next morning, the little boy says to his father,

 

"Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now."

The father says, "Good son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about."

The little boy replies, "Well, while capitalism is screwing the working class, the government is sound asleep, the people are being ignored and the future is in deep sh!t."
 

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A mate of mine used to work at Laira Diesel depot, in the end he got feed up of shift changes and went to work at Debenhams in the ladies fitting department making ajustments he got the job as he said he was a 'diesel fitter'

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