Share Your Interesting But Not Very Useful Facts

[CharlesdeGaulle]

coppernorks said:

There's a rude but funny joke containing the words Alcock and Brown that I remember from schooldays ,
but it would certainly cause the PH mods to girly swoon as it strays deftly into 2 if not 3 PC areas of offence.

Rather than criticise the mods for something they haven't done, why not share your brilliant joke? We'll tell you if it's funny or not, no need to worry about mods and 'pc' concerns.

[kowalski655]

It was Des O'Conner's description of Kenny Lynch wasnt it?

[Hugo a Gogo]

who flew the first transatlantic flight?
"my husband"
no it was Brown and Alcock
"yep, that's my man"

[nonsequitur]

I think BOAC may have had some input.

[davhill]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Rather than criticise the mods for something they haven't done, why not share your brilliant joke? We'll tell you if it's funny or not, no need to worry about mods and 'pc' concerns.

IIRC, it was spmething to do with Sammy Davis Junior.

[coppernorks]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Rather than criticise the mods for something they haven't done, why not share your brilliant joke? We'll tell you if it's funny or not, no need to worry about mods and 'pc' concerns.

Nice try fatty, why would anyone post a joke that will get them banned ?

Try reading your post out loud before sending it in.

[ how this one got to be a Mod is a mystery ]

[CharlesdeGaulle]

coppernorks said:

Nice try fatty, why would anyone post a joke that will get them banned ?

Try reading your post out loud before sending it in.

[ how this one got to be a Mod is a mystery ]

Why would anyone big-up a joke that they aren't prepared to tell?

Try thinking before posting.

[h0b0]

Apparently, it was not funny back in 2009 when it was posted on here. Does quoting an uncensored post on pistonheads get me in trouble?



For reference, there was a much riskier joke on the same page that I am not going to quote.

Oh you tease. Oh yes I am...

[Dr Jekyll]

I haven't checked this personally you understand. But I'm reliably informed that if you count backwards from 82 to 1 the resulting number 828180797876757473727170696867666564636261605958575655545352515049484746454443424140393837363534333231302928272625242322212019181716151413121110987654321

is prime.

[Lily the Pink]

Dr Jekyll said:

I haven't checked this personally you understand. But I'm reliably informed that if you count backwards from 82 to 1 the resulting number 828180797876757473727170696867666564636261605958575655545352515049484746454443424140393837363534333231302928272625242322212019181716151413121110987654321

is prime.

Well, yeah it must be by extrapolation. If I start from 1 and count backwards to 1 the result is prime. Likewise if I start from 2. I don't think I need to go any further as surely the point is proven ?

Do I need to add a ?

[MiseryStreak]

Lily the Pink said:

Dr Jekyll said:

I haven't checked this personally you understand. But I'm reliably informed that if you count backwards from 82 to 1 the resulting number 828180797876757473727170696867666564636261605958575655545352515049484746454443424140393837363534333231302928272625242322212019181716151413121110987654321

is prime.

Well, yeah it must be by extrapolation. If I start from 1 and count backwards to 1 the result is prime. Likewise if I start from 2. I don't think I need to go any further as surely the point is proven ?

Do I need to add a ?

It falls over pretty quickly doesn’t it? (21=3x7)

[stemll]

MiseryStreak said:

Lily the Pink said:

Dr Jekyll said:

I haven't checked this personally you understand. But I'm reliably informed that if you count backwards from 82 to 1 the resulting number 828180797876757473727170696867666564636261605958575655545352515049484746454443424140393837363534333231302928272625242322212019181716151413121110987654321

is prime.

Well, yeah it must be by extrapolation. If I start from 1 and count backwards to 1 the result is prime. Likewise if I start from 2. I don't think I need to go any further as surely the point is proven ?

Do I need to add a ?

It falls over pretty quickly doesn’t it? (21=3x7)

I think what Lily the Pink was saying that if you count backwards from any number to 1 you will get a prime number. Namely, 1. Hence the

[Einion Yrth]

stemll said:

MiseryStreak said:

Lily the Pink said:

Dr Jekyll said:

I haven't checked this personally you understand. But I'm reliably informed that if you count backwards from 82 to 1 the resulting number 828180797876757473727170696867666564636261605958575655545352515049484746454443424140393837363534333231302928272625242322212019181716151413121110987654321

is prime.

Well, yeah it must be by extrapolation. If I start from 1 and count backwards to 1 the result is prime. Likewise if I start from 2. I don't think I need to go any further as surely the point is proven ?

Do I need to add a ?

It falls over pretty quickly doesn’t it? (21=3x7)

I think what Lily the Pink was saying that if you count backwards from any number to 1 you will get a prime number. Namely, 1. Hence the

1 isn't prime.

[stemll]

Einion Yrth said:

1 isn't prime.

I was explaining what I believe Lily the Pink's joke was. I didn't say 1 was prime, they did (at least it was implied)

[anonymous-user]

Einion Yrth said:

stemll said:

MiseryStreak said:

Lily the Pink said:

Dr Jekyll said:

I haven't checked this personally you understand. But I'm reliably informed that if you count backwards from 82 to 1 the resulting number 828180797876757473727170696867666564636261605958575655545352515049484746454443424140393837363534333231302928272625242322212019181716151413121110987654321

is prime.

Well, yeah it must be by extrapolation. If I start from 1 and count backwards to 1 the result is prime. Likewise if I start from 2. I don't think I need to go any further as surely the point is proven ?

Do I need to add a ?

It falls over pretty quickly doesn’t it? (21=3x7)

I think what Lily the Pink was saying that if you count backwards from any number to 1 you will get a prime number. Namely, 1. Hence the

1 isn't prime.

And it also wasn’t what LtP was saying

[Lily the Pink]

My apologies. I misread, misunderstood and misinterpreted what was originally written. Other than that all is good.

As you were.

[Frimley111R]

Aaanyway,....3,2,1.....and we're back

[Evoluzione]

Chimps are quicker than any humans at numerical memory games.

[nonsequitur]

Frimley:

In Surrey / Is of Saxon heritage / the population is 6,178 (2011) / And the postcode is GU16.

[anonymous-user]

Uttlesford is a large DC in Essex. It got it’s name from a long since disappeared crossing on a small stream (now between two big patches of undergrowth) having been completely bypassed by a bridge hundreds of years ago.