Urban myths that somehow, people still believe

Urban myths that somehow, people still believe

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mac96

3,715 posts

142 months

Saturday 22nd July 2017
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Morningside said:
The Queen ordered Diana to be killed as the royal family would never have a Muslim brother for her grandchildren.
No chance, that was Prince Philip.

M4cruiser

3,550 posts

149 months

Saturday 22nd July 2017
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All double glazing is made by Pilkingtons.




anonymous-user

53 months

Saturday 22nd July 2017
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Morningside said:
The Queen ordered Diana to be killed as the royal family would never have a Muslim brother for her grandchildren.
ok i know this may be bumpkin, but think about if it was true, you have to remember the queen is the head of the state as well as the church. A muslim in the family would be a big problem.
It was only in the 2013 act, that a person could marry a catholic and ascend to the throne.





Edited by The Spruce goose on Saturday 22 July 23:04

briang9

3,262 posts

159 months

Saturday 22nd July 2017
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mac96 said:
No chance, that was Prince Philip.
he drove the white Fiat Uno wink

GuitarTech

582 posts

149 months

Saturday 22nd July 2017
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Morningside said:
The Queen ordered Diana to be killed as the royal family would never have a Muslim brother for her grandchildren.

biglaugh

Caddyshack

10,605 posts

205 months

Sunday 23rd July 2017
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I love the Queen, she is the boss but I can also believe that the hit may have happened, however mis advised.

TwigtheWonderkid

43,248 posts

149 months

Sunday 23rd July 2017
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Diana died in a car crash. That's a very unreliable way of killing someone. If she'd decided to put her seat belt on, she'd be alive today. She'd spent the previous 2 weeks on a boat cruising the Med. A boat explosion is a surefire way to kill someone. Very easy to arrange, surprisingly common, it is after all a floating fuel tank with electrics surrounding it, far easier than a car crash to execute, and even if they survive the explosion, they are in the water in the middle of nowhere with no press or emergency services.

If it was a professional hit, they picked the wrong option.


anonymous-user

53 months

Sunday 23rd July 2017
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
If it was a professional hit, they picked the wrong option.

boats, too Maxwell.



alorotom

11,908 posts

186 months

Sunday 23rd July 2017
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
If it was a professional hit, they picked the wrong option.

Hardly ... since it worked (assuming it was a hit)

Mound Dawg

1,915 posts

173 months

Sunday 23rd July 2017
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briang9 said:
mac96 said:
No chance, that was Prince Philip.
he drove the white Fiat Uno wink
Because if you were going to nudge an S Class Merc off the road you'd use the lightest and flimsiest car you could find wouldn't you?

TwigtheWonderkid

43,248 posts

149 months

Sunday 23rd July 2017
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alorotom said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
If it was a professional hit, they picked the wrong option.

Hardly ... since it worked (assuming it was a hit)
Yes, it worked, but it could easily not have done. Front seat passenger survived because he wore a seatbelt. As the speed increased, how could they be sure Diana wouldn't just slip her seatbelt on. Then she almost certainly would have walked away. No professional assissin would leave so much to chance.

The only way to be sure to kill someone in a car crash is to run them off a mountain road, not push them into a pillar in an underpass. The theory is utterly ludicrous.

droopsnoot

11,810 posts

241 months

Sunday 23rd July 2017
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M4cruiser said:
All double glazing is made by Pilkingtons.
And any other "all *item* is made by *whoever makes the best version of that item*" claims. These cheap 16-for-a-pound AA batteries are all made by Duracell anyway. It's just coincidence that they only last a month in my wall clock when the Duracell-badged ones give about two years.

Jimmy Recard

17,540 posts

178 months

Sunday 23rd July 2017
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droopsnoot said:
And any other "all *item* is made by *whoever makes the best version of that item*" claims. These cheap 16-for-a-pound AA batteries are all made by Duracell anyway. It's just coincidence that they only last a month in my wall clock when the Duracell-badged ones give about two years.
My uncle always insisted that every CD player was made by Philips

Vaud

50,289 posts

154 months

Sunday 23rd July 2017
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Jimmy Recard said:
My uncle always insisted that every CD player was made by Philips
That has a logic to it.. Sony and Philips developed the standard and had substantial patent royalties for many years... not true that they made them all, but you can see the logic, sort of...

Morningside

24,110 posts

228 months

Sunday 23rd July 2017
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Vaud said:
Jimmy Recard said:
My uncle always insisted that every CD player was made by Philips
That has a logic to it.. Sony and Philips developed the standard and had substantial patent royalties for many years... not true that they made them all, but you can see the logic, sort of...
I think the DSP chips were made by Phillips.

FredericRobinson

3,668 posts

231 months

Sunday 23rd July 2017
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The Spruce goose said:
ok i know this may be bumpkin, but think about if it was true, you have to remember the queen is the head of the state as well as the church. A muslim in the family would be a big problem.
It was only in the 2013 act, that a person could marry a catholic and ascend to the throne.

Edited by The Spruce goose on Saturday 22 July 23:04
The child wouldn't have been in the family though

InfoRetrieval

380 posts

147 months

Sunday 23rd July 2017
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Morningside said:
Vaud said:
Jimmy Recard said:
My uncle always insisted that every CD player was made by Philips
That has a logic to it.. Sony and Philips developed the standard and had substantial patent royalties for many years... not true that they made them all, but you can see the logic, sort of...
I think the DSP chips were made by Phillips.
Sorry, but no. I used to work for Philips Semiconductors in their CD audio division and I can assure you that there were rival CD DSP ICs out there.

anonymous-user

53 months

Sunday 23rd July 2017
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FredericRobinson said:
The child wouldn't have been in the family though
Not literally but a Muslim step brother to King of England, Head of the Church, might have caused issues.

Anyway i don't believe it, the royals are lizards.

northwest monkey

6,370 posts

188 months

Monday 24th July 2017
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M4cruiser said:
All double glazing is made by Pilkingtons.
Although obviously not true, they did actually develop "K" glass which when energy efficient glass became compulsory meant that they were very dominant for a period of time - presumably until others (Saint-Gobain etc.) caught up with their own product. Pilkingtons lobbied in Parliament for some time for energy efficient glass to become a requirement.

I used to deal with Pilkington some years ago so know all about this stuff!

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 24th July 2017
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Pothole said:
bluelightbabe said:
You'll be seen quicker in A&E if you arrive by ambulance.
Often true. You generally don't arrive by ambulance for something trivial so you'll be likely to move up the triage list ahead of the ingrowing toenaisl, tummyaches and pans stuck on little boys' heads, won't you?
Not true.
Arrival at hospital by ambo is often simply a by product of the ambulance service acknowledging you have a condition that could eventually kill you and thus not wanting to leave you at home, even though said condition may be at the trivial stage. It's often more of a liability thing than a clinical thing.
Course there are those who get blued in and go straight to resus for life threatening issues.