Urban myths that somehow, people still believe
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Halmyre said:
Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery in Glasgow was accidentally built back-to-front and the architect committed suicide when he saw it.
Fun fact - my mates house was intentionally built back to front so that when you were entertaining guests at the summer garden party, they could marvel at the beautiful carved stonework, lintels, gargoyles etc. The front of the house by comparison is very plain (apart from a huge front door) as there would be no point wasting fancy details on the poor people walking past 
Myth - Leona Lewis had already signed with Simon Cowell prior to appearing on the X Factor & was told to go on the show to increase her exposure to the public.
john2443 said:
The EU passed law that all bananas must be straight.
Always thought this was just a Peep Show joke:Darryl: And they're treating it as a racial incident? Bloody hell, next you won't be able to get a black coffee from the coffee machine.
Mark Corrigan: Exactly! And they'll have a bloody EU banana-straightening machine to straighten all the bananas!
Darryl: Hey, there's already a banana-straightening machine, it's called woman.
northwest monkey said:
Halmyre said:
Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery in Glasgow was accidentally built back-to-front and the architect committed suicide when he saw it.
Fun fact - my mates house was intentionally built back to front so that when you were entertaining guests at the summer garden party, they could marvel at the beautiful carved stonework, lintels, gargoyles etc. The front of the house by comparison is very plain (apart from a huge front door) as there would be no point wasting fancy details on the poor people walking past "It's got stone cladding", says Bell.
"I don't see any stone cladding?" says Carter.
"Yer, we put it on the inside, we're not spending all that money and not be able to enjoy it ourselves"
northwest monkey said:
Fun fact - my mates house was intentionally built back to front so that when you were entertaining guests at the summer garden party, they could marvel at the beautiful carved stonework, lintels, gargoyles etc. The front of the house by comparison is very plain (apart from a huge front door) as there would be no point wasting fancy details on the poor people walking past
Is your mate the Queen by any chance?The town of Harlow was planned so that the industrial area would be on the same side as the planned M11 so trucks wouldn't have to go through the town centre. Then the M11 was built on the opposite side from originally planned. The town planner was heard moaning that if he'd designed a seaside town someone would move the ocean.
Dr Jekyll said:
northwest monkey said:
Fun fact - my mates house was intentionally built back to front so that when you were entertaining guests at the summer garden party, they could marvel at the beautiful carved stonework, lintels, gargoyles etc. The front of the house by comparison is very plain (apart from a huge front door) as there would be no point wasting fancy details on the poor people walking past
Is your mate the Queen by any chance?It's a very unusual house to be honest. It does feature in a book about the local area - the guy that designed his house (back in the 1800s) did a few landmark buildings.
My inlays are from a little village in the South West of France. They're lovely country folk but rather...simple.
The first Christmas after having some Champagne, I noticed that there was a spoon in the half empty bottle (handle first obviously). I didn't say anything as I just though someone had just playfully put the spoon there.
After the next bottle had been opened though and the same spoon was put in it, I asked why. The mother in-law then matter-of-factly explained that it was to stop the bubbles coming out of the Champagne. I asked where the idea came from and she said that everyone she knew did it. She had a straight face when she said this and was deadly serious.
I tried to explain Brownian motion to her. This was 23 years ago. She finally stopped putting spoons in Champagne bottles about 3 years ago after the last time I couldn't stop laughing at her.
The first Christmas after having some Champagne, I noticed that there was a spoon in the half empty bottle (handle first obviously). I didn't say anything as I just though someone had just playfully put the spoon there.
After the next bottle had been opened though and the same spoon was put in it, I asked why. The mother in-law then matter-of-factly explained that it was to stop the bubbles coming out of the Champagne. I asked where the idea came from and she said that everyone she knew did it. She had a straight face when she said this and was deadly serious.
I tried to explain Brownian motion to her. This was 23 years ago. She finally stopped putting spoons in Champagne bottles about 3 years ago after the last time I couldn't stop laughing at her.
wjb said:
A gaming urban legend is that the Nintendo game/character "Donkey Kong" was originally supposed to be called "Monkey Kong", but was misspelled on all the games due to a blurry fax message. They made too many before they realised the error.
Whereas the real reason is that the word Donkey (in Japanese) is used to mean something stupid. It could have been worse; Starion Kong for example.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff