dodgydaved Posted June 29, 2006 Posted June 29, 2006 (edited) I saw this in an old Ripleys "Believe it or not" it was theworlds shortest correspondence between two people, something to do with a court case I think. The first letter was simply "?" & the reply was "!" but i'll be bu99ered if I can remember who was involved. .....that rings a bell,.....Victor Hugo edit to add, I'm off for a beer so if I have, perchance, got it right could someone nick my turn please? Edited June 29, 2006 by dodgydaved
+Johnmelad Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 .....that rings a bell,.....Victor Hugo edit to add, I'm off for a beer so if I have, perchance, got it right could someone nick my turn please? Who wrote this...? The correct answer would be... you did Johnmelad Had to give the answer as I might not be around over the weekend.
dodgydaved Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 .....that rings a bell,.....Victor Hugo edit to add, I'm off for a beer so if I have, perchance, got it right could someone nick my turn please? Who wrote this...? The correct answer would be... you did Johnmelad Had to give the answer as I might not be around over the weekend.
Nediam Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 (edited) OK here's another connections question. Answer the following 4 questions correctly and find the connection between the answers. (No words to add this time 1. Known as the "Boy Wonder", which England football player was born on the 14th December 1979? 2. Who is the longest running character in Coronation Street? 3. Which 1970's Stanley Kubrick film featured a rehabilitation programme called the "Ludovico Technique"? 4. Which Disney cartoon animal made his first appearance in the 1934 cartoon - "Silly Symphonies - The Wise Little Hen"? 5. Find the connection between the previous 4 answers... The ding goes to whoever gets the link Edited June 30, 2006 by Nediam
+Simply Paul Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 (edited) 1. Known as the "Boy Wonder", which England football player was born on the 14th December 1979? Michael Owen (Had to ask a football fan friend) 2. Who is the longest running character in Coronation Street? Ken Barlow (I think. Or did he die? I know someone died... I've never sat through a whole episode.) 3. Which 1970's Stanley Kubrick film featured a rehabilitation programme called the "Ludovico Technique"? A Clockwork Orange, some of which was filmed in Aylesbury 4. Which Disney cartoon animal made his first appearance in the 1934 cartoon - "Silly Symphonies - The Wise Little Hen"? Easy! Donald Duck 5. Find the connection between the previous 4 answers... Cockney rhyming slang! - err, no. I thought maybe toys (there's an Owen doll, Ken as in 'Barbie and', clockwork toys, and I'm sure there's been a Donald Duck toy too?) I'll need to think about this a bit more... Edit: How daft am I?! The four Take That boys, of course!!!! Edited June 30, 2006 by Simply Paul
Nediam Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 (edited) 1. Known as the "Boy Wonder", which England football player was born on the 14th December 1979? Michael Owen (Had to ask a football fan friend) 2. Who is the longest running character in Coronation Street? Ken Barlow (I think. Or did he die? I know someone died... I've never sat through a whole episode.) 3. Which 1970's Stanley Kubrick film featured a rehabilitation programme called the "Ludovico Technique"? A Clockwork Orange, some of which was filmed in Aylesbury 4. Which Disney cartoon animal made his first appearance in the 1934 cartoon - "Silly Symphonies - The Wise Little Hen"? Easy! Donald Duck 5. Find the connection between the previous 4 answers... Cockney rhyming slang! - err, no. I thought maybe toys (there's an Owen doll, Ken as in 'Barbie and', clockwork toys, and I'm sure there's been a Donald Duck toy too?) I'll need to think about this a bit more... Edit: How daft am I?! The four Take That boys, of course!!!! Ding!!! Mark Owen, Gary Barlow, Jason Orange and Howard Donald Spot on SP, over to you Edited June 30, 2006 by Nediam
+Simply Paul Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 (edited) Bringing the tone down a bit, what's the most common cause of death of men under the age of 35? Edit to make the question a little clearer. Edited June 30, 2006 by Simply Paul
+purple_pineapple Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 Assuming this is worldwide, I'll go for something like malnutrition...
+Simply Paul Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 Sorry - I should have said the UK, although I believe it's true of western Europe, the USA, Canada...
+Kitty Hawk Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 Archer4 wins on my stats - I have the stats provided by the insurance companies to help me sell critical illness insurance. Did you know - some insurance companies do pay out on suicide.
+purple_pineapple Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 Archer4 wins on my stats - I have the stats provided by the insurance companies to help me sell critical illness insurance. Did you know - some insurance companies do pay out on suicide. Not saying its wrong, but I would find that very surprising, given that HM Coroners will return verdicts of accidental death if there are any mitigating circumstances, such as significant alcohol levels, or somone who is on antidepressant medication has stopped taking it.... Come on SP - right or wrong?!
+Archer4 Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 Archer4 wins on my stats - I have the stats provided by the insurance companies to help me sell critical illness insurance. Did you know - some insurance companies do pay out on suicide. I'm sure SP won't mind an authoritative ding So -how many lakes are there in the Lake District
Dave from Glanton Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 (edited) So -how many lakes are there in the Lake District I think the number is surprisingly low - only 2? (the rest are all tarns, waters, thwaites, meres, etc). Edit - drat! too late. must type faster Edited June 30, 2006 by Dave from Glanton
markandlynn Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 So -how many lakes are there in the Lake District I think the number is surprisingly low - only 2? (the rest are all tarns, waters, thwaites, meres, etc). Edit - drat! too late. must type faster Quite right all the rest are wasts waters meres etc so the famous lake district has only one lake. OK what is the longest bony fish in the world ? appologies if its been asked im not reading the entire thread
+MartyBartfast Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 So -how many lakes are there in the Lake District I think the number is surprisingly low - only 2? (the rest are all tarns, waters, thwaites, meres, etc). Edit - drat! too late. must type faster Quite right all the rest are wasts waters meres etc so the famous lake district has only one lake. OK what is the longest bony fish in the world ? appologies if its been asked im not reading the entire thread conger eel?
markandlynn Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 (edited) OK what is the longest bony fish in the world ? appologies if its been asked im not reading the entire thread conger eel? Nope Edited June 30, 2006 by markandlynn
+Kitty Hawk Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 GUESS, no expertise here. I'm going for a shark - a whale shark sounds like it'd be pretty big. Someone will tell me it's actually a whale now or something
markandlynn Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 GUESS, no expertise here. I'm going for a shark - a whale shark sounds like it'd be pretty big. Someone will tell me it's actually a whale now or something Nope a whale shark is a fish and its pretty big at that but its not the fish we are after.
Dave from Glanton Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 OK what is the longest bony fish in the world ? appologies if its been asked im not reading the entire thread I'll make a guess of Sea snake
+Kitty Hawk Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 (edited) Just googled - interested to see what answer you have! EDIT - continued googling, know what you've got now. Edited June 30, 2006 by Kitty Hawk
markandlynn Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 OK what is the longest bony fish in the world ? appologies if its been asked im not reading the entire thread I'll make a guess of Sea snake Sorry wrong that would get me worried though if theres was a snake that long Just googled - interested to see what answer you have! EDIT - continued googling, know what you've got now. They think it is responsible for all those tales of sea serpents
+The Forester Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 If a cuttlefish is a fish then the longest bony fish must be a giant squid. Dunno if it should be called a fish though. Dunno if if can be called "bony" 'cos it's only got one bone (plus a beak).
markandlynn Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 If a cuttlefish is a fish then the longest bony fish must be a giant squid. Dunno if it should be called a fish though. Dunno if if can be called "bony" 'cos it's only got one bone (plus a beak). Nope they are cephalopods not fish and are classed as invertebrates the longest recorded giant squid is shorter than recorded examples of the fish i am asking about.
+Simply Paul Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 (edited) I think the Whale Shark is the biggest fish - in terms of weight anyway, if not length. But as for being bony, they're more cartaliaginous...? Edited June 30, 2006 by Simply Paul
markandlynn Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 I think the Whale Shark is the biggest fish - in terms of weight anyway, if not length. But as for being bony, they're more cartaliaginous...? It may be the "biggest" but definitely not the longest it is classed as bony even if the bones are soft and woosy hah shark ill ave you good job they only eat plankton !
+Jango & Boba Fett Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 I knew that sharks were not boney fish, and of course neither are rays so more than likely it had to be a deep water predator of small fish or other shoal forming marine "mini beasts". Remembered that in medieval times, when the basques and norfolkmen first fished the New Fouldland Banks, mature cod as thick as a man and up to 12 feet long were common. So scurryed about trying to find a written source on Cod, Sturgeon and Marlins only to find they had all been beaten for length by that toothless, but definately boney, filter feeder the Oarfish.
+The Forester Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 I shoulda known that! I've been scared silly by an oarfish at a depth of almost 600 metres in the Med. It had its tail caught in one of the thrusters of the submersible and was thrashing around just in front of the 90cm diameter observation port. It could see the pilot and I inside the sub and it was trying to lunge at us and was biting at the glass of the window as if trying to get in to attack us in revenge for hurting it. Very scary sight with those big eyes and very sharp gnashers -- and that was just a tiddler that was no more than a couple of metres long.
markandlynn Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 I knew that sharks were not boney fish, and of course neither are rays so more than likely it had to be a deep water predator of small fish or other shoal forming marine "mini beasts". Remembered that in medieval times, when the basques and norfolkmen first fished the New Fouldland Banks, mature cod as thick as a man and up to 12 feet long were common. So scurryed about trying to find a written source on Cod, Sturgeon and Marlins only to find they had all been beaten for length by that toothless, but definately boney, filter feeder the Oarfish. DING ! more on the monstrous oarfish can be found HERE at upto 11 metres in length i certainly would not like to meet one !
+Jango & Boba Fett Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 The last Manx native speaker Ned Maddrell died in 1974, and the last native Cornish speaker Dolly Pentreath died in 1777, going further back in time the next native speaker of a now extinct British Celtic tongue died 500 earlier than Dolly Pentreath. So what language did that person speak?
+Jango & Boba Fett Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 (edited) Nope both Middle English and Scouse are Teutonic not Celtic languages and as far as I'm aware there are several native speakers still alive and well particularly in the Merseyside area and I believe that there is at least one currently in Baden Baden. Mind you untill John Stead or Moss Trooper appear I'm not expecting any informed answers. Edited June 30, 2006 by Jango & Boba Fett
+Simply Paul Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 Could it be Cumbric? - I have a book on Chaucer I checked. I always thought the language he used was Middle English, but it seems that's only half the story.
+Jango & Boba Fett Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 Could it be Cumbric? - I have a book on Chaucer I checked. I always thought the language he used was Middle English, but it seems that's only half the story. DING!! over to you paul
+The Blorenges Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 (edited) MrsB cautiously raises her hand..... Maybe everyone else knows the answer to this, but I only discovered it this week.... What's an eft ? Edited June 30, 2006 by The Blorenges
+Simply Paul Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 Having met you last Sunday, I say you fit the bill perfectly Mrs. B. All I can think of when I read 'eft' is that it's a half-hearted fart. SP - Lowering the tone since 1971.
+The Blorenges Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 MrsB cautiously raises her hand..... Maybe everyone else knows the answer to this, but I only discovered it this week.... What's an eft ? ...and maybe I'll award an extra ding!to anyone who knows/guesses where I learned this word. MrsB
+The Golem Posted June 30, 2006 Author Posted June 30, 2006 That's it? Your first question and it's about farting! You should be ashamed of yourself Madame B!!
+The Blorenges Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 No...that's not the answer I was waiting for! That was just SP's interpretation I repeat, What is an eft ? Do I have to give a clue yet? MrsB
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