colhint Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Never learn not to love was a 1962 single for the beach boys. The b side was a track called Never learn not to love. It's original title was cease to exist. It was written by Charles Manson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Saddam Hussein set up a company called Montana Management to launder money, which was named after Tony Montana from the Scarface film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Cannibalism is legal in the uk, as it is in many parts of the world. There are laws about procuring and consent but not the eating. This comes down to the Uruguayan rugby team plane crash. In that situation nobody broke the law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 13 Moderator Share Posted April 13 21 minutes ago, colhint said: Cannibalism is legal in the uk, as it is in many parts of the world. There are laws about procuring and consent but not the eating. This comes down to the Uruguayan rugby team plane crash. In that situation nobody broke the law. So you’re saying there were laws about cannibalism in the UK prior to the Uruguayan Rugby Team crash. Excuse me for sceptical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 15 minutes ago, bickster said: So you’re saying there were laws about cannibalism in the UK prior to the Uruguayan Rugby Team crash. Excuse me for sceptical. Just checked the original legal precedent goes back to 1884. Four people from UK were lost at sea. When the cabin boy fell ill, two of the men killed him and they all began eating him.They were rescued a short while later. The 2 men who killed him but the third was not prosecuted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted April 15 VT Supporter Share Posted April 15 Bayer Leverkusen winning the Bundesliga has brought an end to one of the best bits of football trivia - Kingsley Coman can no longer claim to have won the league every year since turning professional. His record ends with a streak of 11 seasons where he won the league, including one season where he made appearances for 2 title winning teams in the same season, meaning technically he played for 12 title winning teams in 11 seasons. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted April 15 VT Supporter Share Posted April 15 On 13/04/2024 at 01:26, colhint said: Just checked the original legal precedent goes back to 1884. Four people from UK were lost at sea. When the cabin boy fell ill, two of the men killed him and they all began eating him.They were rescued a short while later. The 2 men who killed him but the third was not prosecuted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 42 minutes ago, Chindie said: Bayer Leverkusen winning the Bundesliga has brought an end to one of the best bits of football trivia - Kingsley Coman can no longer claim to have won the league every year since turning professional. His record ends with a streak of 11 seasons where he won the league, including one season where he made appearances for 2 title winning teams in the same season, meaning technically he played for 12 title winning teams in 11 seasons. That's alright, the more amusing record has stayed in tact. Harry Kane has never won a trophy since turning professional 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Fun Factory Posted April 17 Popular Post Share Posted April 17 Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan are the only “doubly landlocked” countries , as in all of their neighbouring countries are also landlocked. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 “You learn something new every day even after six decades” corner. If you know Neil Young, one of his best albums is called “Tonight’s The Night “. The title track is about people he knew dying of drug addiction and the first line of the song goes: ”Bruce Berry was a workin’ man he used to love that Econoline van”. Bruce had checked out after a heroin overdose and was one of Neil’s roadies. I only just read that Bruce was in fact the brother of Jan Berry. Maybe one for the boring thread 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 18 VT Supporter Share Posted April 18 (edited) 2 hours ago, rjw63 said: “You learn something new every day even after six decades” corner. If you know Neil Young, one of his best albums is called “Tonight’s The Night “. The title track is about people he knew dying of drug addiction and the first line of the song goes: ”Bruce Berry was a workin’ man he used to love that Econoline van”. Bruce had checked out after a heroin overdose and was one of Neil’s roadies. I only just read that Bruce was in fact the brother of Jan Berry. Maybe one for the boring thread I didn't know that. Definitely QI for the likes of you and me. EDIT: But wasn't it load that Econoline van? Edited April 18 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 (edited) 29 minutes ago, mjmooney said: I didn't know that. Definitely QI for the likes of you and me. EDIT: But wasn't it load that Econoline van? Dunno always sounded like love to me but seems you are right. 40 years of mistaken lyrics for me Edited April 18 by rjw63 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 18 VT Supporter Share Posted April 18 Just now, rjw63 said: Dunno always sounded like love to me It's cos you love Mike Love. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Just now, mjmooney said: It's cos you love Mike Love. Oh yeah he’s such a cool dude 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted April 18 Moderator Share Posted April 18 That does rather beg the question, who was Jan Berry? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 18 VT Supporter Share Posted April 18 10 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: That does rather beg the question, who was Jan Berry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted April 18 Moderator Share Posted April 18 Thanks @mjmooney I just looked him up and strangely I remember watching the film about his life at home when I was a little kid - one of those old, old memories you don't realise you have, until something like this reminds you - I guess nine year old me had always thought it was fictional. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 20 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: Thanks @mjmooney I just looked him up and strangely I remember watching the film about his life at home when I was a little kid - one of those old, old memories you don't realise you have, until something like this reminds you - I guess nine year old me had always thought it was fictional. Jan and Dean had the first surf number one in USA, written mainly by Brian Wilson. Jan Berry was in a serious car accident in 1966, ironically very near to Deadman’s Curve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted April 19 VT Supporter Share Posted April 19 16 hours ago, OutByEaster? said: That does rather beg the question, who was Jan Berry? Not so useless information: the term "begging the question" does not mean what most people think it means. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 19 Moderator Share Posted April 19 The spelling of Dudley in the Doomsday Book is Dudelei, it was named after a land owner called Duddah and the -ly (-lei) part means clearing in the woods (not word filtered) 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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