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QUOTE (madra sneachta @ Oct 20 2004, 05:24 PM)
QUOTE (Jack Aubrey @ Oct 20 2004, 04:16 PM)
Most toilets flush in E flat.

Some researchers have way too much time on their hands biggrin.gif biggrin.gif

and feces.

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QUOTE (barney_rebel @ May 23 2005, 07:16 AM)
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QUOTE (barney_rebel @ May 22 2005, 01:58 PM)
The number 8 is good luck in chinese because it rhymes with the word "happy"

really? cool!

Yup - the number 4 is bad luck because if pronounced in a certain accent it means "to die".

 

Silly, but true.

Kind of the same here. In Japan "shi" commonly means "4" or "death." So, 4 is a bad luck number. Sometimes there is no parking space #4.

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QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ Sep 17 2011, 01:05 AM)
QUOTE (barney_rebel @ May 23 2005, 07:16 AM)
QUOTE (D-13 @ May 22 2005, 05:31 PM)
QUOTE (barney_rebel @ May 22 2005, 01:58 PM)
The number 8 is good luck in chinese because it rhymes with the word "happy"

really? cool!

Yup - the number 4 is bad luck because if pronounced in a certain accent it means "to die".

 

Silly, but true.

Kind of the same here. In Japan "shi" commonly means "4" or "death." So, 4 is a bad luck number. Sometimes there is no parking space #4.

For the same reason, most new condo towers in Vancouver skip the 4th, 40th, and 44th floor numbers. And there was a study recently that showed that houses that had the number 4 in their address sold for noticeably less than similar houses in the area.

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QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ Sep 17 2011, 05:05 AM)
QUOTE (barney_rebel @ May 23 2005, 07:16 AM)
QUOTE (D-13 @ May 22 2005, 05:31 PM)
QUOTE (barney_rebel @ May 22 2005, 01:58 PM)
The number 8 is good luck in chinese because it rhymes with the word "happy"

really? cool!

Yup - the number 4 is bad luck because if pronounced in a certain accent it means "to die".

 

Silly, but true.

Kind of the same here. In Japan "shi" commonly means "4" or "death." So, 4 is a bad luck number. Sometimes there is no parking space #4.

don't they realize that 4 is 4 even if you call it 5?

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QUOTE (invisibleairwaves @ Sep 17 2011, 09:43 PM)
QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ Sep 17 2011, 01:05 AM)
QUOTE (barney_rebel @ May 23 2005, 07:16 AM)
QUOTE (D-13 @ May 22 2005, 05:31 PM)
QUOTE (barney_rebel @ May 22 2005, 01:58 PM)
The number 8 is good luck in chinese because it rhymes with the word "happy"

really? cool!

Yup - the number 4 is bad luck because if pronounced in a certain accent it means "to die".

 

Silly, but true.

Kind of the same here. In Japan "shi" commonly means "4" or "death." So, 4 is a bad luck number. Sometimes there is no parking space #4.

For the same reason, most new condo towers in Vancouver skip the 4th, 40th, and 44th floor numbers. And there was a study recently that showed that houses that had the number 4 in their address sold for noticeably less than similar houses in the area.

Yeah, I believe it. A friend of mine out here moved into the 4th floor of an apartment building...apartment #4. They had been trying to rent it out for a while but nobody wanted it even with the rent lowered.

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In England you are allowed to shoot a welsh person on a Sunday with a longbow in the cathedral close, Hereford.

 

Taxi drivers are required to ask all passengers if they have smallpox or the plague.

 

In England it is illegal to eat a mince pie on 25 december.

 

In England it is legal for a male to urinate in public, as long as it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle.

 

Any boy under the age of 10 is not allowed to view a naked mannequin.

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QUOTE (LyndseyG @ Oct 2 2011, 04:04 PM)
In England you are allowed to shoot a welsh person on a Sunday with a longbow in the cathedral close, Hereford.

Taxi drivers are required to ask all passengers if they have smallpox or the plague.

In England it is illegal to eat a mince pie on 25 december.

In England it is legal for a male to urinate in public, as long as it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle.

Any boy under the age of 10 is not allowed to view a naked mannequin.

you can't make stuff like that up

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QUOTE (Inthend @ Oct 2 2011, 08:34 PM)
In England it is legal for a male to urinate in public, as long as it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle.

My god that is amazing. That's it, I'm heading to England

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QUOTE (LyndseyG @ Oct 2 2011, 05:04 PM)
In England you are allowed to shoot a welsh person on a Sunday with a longbow in the cathedral close, Hereford.

Taxi drivers are required to ask all passengers if they have smallpox or the plague.

In England it is illegal to eat a mince pie on 25 december.

In England it is legal for a male to urinate in public, as long as it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle.

Any boy under the age of 10 is not allowed to view a naked mannequin.

what color is the boat house at Hereford?

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Play-Doh contains kerosene. But not enough to be toxic.
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