aliceBB   10 #157 Posted August 17, 2012 Q: Of what is this the correct sequence? Leeds Sheffield Nottingham Leicester Bristol  And what comes next?  A: Telephone dialling codes, you see, as newly re-organised a few years ago. 0113 Leeds 0114 Sheffield 0115 Nottingham 0116 Leicester 0117 Bristol  And, a little later, 0118 Reading. And the medical name for your condition is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Rupert_Baehr   10 #158 Posted August 17, 2012 The process of splitting atoms is called fission.  Didn't we all know that anyway?  But nobody has managed to explain the chips. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Rupert_Baehr   10 #159 Posted August 18, 2012 No, the first atoms very formed in the very first seconds of the universe, way before the formation of the first stars. jb  You think? - Your really think?  Harp won't help you!  I am stardust. I am golden.  And I've got to get myself back to the garden. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
aliceBB Â Â 10 #160 Posted August 18, 2012 But nobody has managed to explain the chips. Â Ha! That made me laugh. Thank you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Philosopher   10 #161 Posted August 18, 2012 All the chickens in the world are fully domesticated Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mr Bloke   1,445 #162 Posted August 18, 2012 All the chickens in the world are fully domesticated Well I've never seen one do the washing up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Philosopher   10 #163 Posted August 18, 2012 Well I've never seen one do the washing up LOL..what I actually meant was chickens are the only animal to be fully domesticated .. But ya can't moan, they supply you with eggs..hehe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Philosopher   10 #164 Posted August 18, 2012 The earth's atmosphere is made up of 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
barleycorn   10 #165 Posted August 20, 2012 The earth's atmosphere is made up of 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen  That's not really a very odd fact... not to mention you need to fill in the missing 1%.  jb Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Plain Talker   11 #166 Posted August 20, 2012 That's not really a very odd fact... not to mention you need to fill in the missing 1%. jb  Dry air contains roughly (by volume) 78.09% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.039% carbon dioxide, and small amounts of other gases. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
1960boy   10 #167 Posted August 20, 2012 80% of your DNA is junk.It does'nt do anything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
barleycorn   10 #168 Posted August 20, 2012 Dry air contains roughly (by volume) 78.09% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.039% carbon dioxide, and small amounts of other gases.  Yes, I know; hence the not very odd fact comment.  jb Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...