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The Questions and Answers Thread - Curious Minds and Knowalls - Get in Here, Now
McLovin
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Given that there’s a lot of knowledgeable characters on here, thought it might be good idea to have a little space on here where you can drop those queries that you’ve always wondered about and (hopefully) get answers to them.
So here’s my first two:
1. When you see footballers walking onto the pitch and chatting/having a bit of a laugh with refs or opposition players that they have no obvious connection to, what are they talking about?
2. Why do we call some historical figures by their real names and others by a translated version of their name. For example Christoffa Corombo we all know as Christopher Colombus or Catalina de Aragón as Katherine of Aragon, but we don’t refer to Leonardo Da Vinci as Lennie the Winner or Giacomo Casanova as Jackie Newhouse?
Thanks in advance
So here’s my first two:
1. When you see footballers walking onto the pitch and chatting/having a bit of a laugh with refs or opposition players that they have no obvious connection to, what are they talking about?
2. Why do we call some historical figures by their real names and others by a translated version of their name. For example Christoffa Corombo we all know as Christopher Colombus or Catalina de Aragón as Katherine of Aragon, but we don’t refer to Leonardo Da Vinci as Lennie the Winner or Giacomo Casanova as Jackie Newhouse?
Thanks in advance
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Or Guiseppe Verdi as Joseph Green0
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1. Has McLovin read this thread and if not should he try ; - )0
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Sigh.0
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Leonardo di ser Piero (of Vinci)
Well Leo of Vinci in Florence doesnt quite cut it0 -
Do quacks Echo?0
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Do androids dream of electric sheep?
Where does the light go when the light goes out?
Why do fools fall in love?0 -
If someone said to you 'You're not very good at your job"
Assume
A) That they are saying that you are useless at your job
or
B) That you are just good at your job.
BTW No has ever said it to me, it was to a friend!!0 -
Why have Monkeys stopped evolving into humans? (Your answer must not include the word Millwall)0
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Yes[cite]Posted By: nth london addick[/cite]Do quacks Echo?0 -
its Friday.........must be early release day..........when does he have to go back ?0
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millwall[cite]Posted By: Cuff[/cite]Why have Monkeys stopped evolving into humans? (Your answer must not include the word Millwall)0 -
[quote][cite]Posted By: Cuff[/cite]Why have Monkeys stopped evolving into humans? (Your answer must not include the word Millwall)[/quote]
Because mutant monkeys can't survive in areas heavily populated with monkey. Millwall.0 -
Why is there only one Monopolies Commission?0
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If olive oil comes from olives, where does baby oil come from?0
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Where does the light go when the light goes out?
It just gets even quicker so you can't see it!0 -
[cite]Posted By: stonemuse[/cite]If olive oil comes from olives, where does baby oil come from?
Supermarkets and pharmacists I would think, normally next to the talc.0 -
[cite]Posted By: McLovin[/cite]
1. When you see footballers walking onto the pitch and chatting/having a bit of a laugh with refs or opposition players that they have no obvious connection to, what are they talking about?
"I've got a spread bet with William Hills that a player from both teams will smile in the time between coming up the tunnel and kick off. If you smile, I will give you 50% of the winnings".0 -
[cite]Posted By: Cuff[/cite]Why have Monkeys stopped evolving into humans? (Your answer must not include the word Millwall)
Because we can only assume monkeys evolved into humans.
Nobody really knows for sure.
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But monkeys never started evolving into humans, so it's academic really.0
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[cite]Posted By: aliwibble[/cite]But monkeys never started evolving into humans, so it's academic really.
The link is missing ;-)0 -
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Why do men have nipples?0
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[cite]Posted By: Oggy Red[/cite][cite]Posted By: Cuff[/cite]Why have Monkeys stopped evolving into humans? (Your answer must not include the word Millwall)
Because we can only assume monkeys evolved into humans.
Nobody really knows for sure.
;o)
Was it not Apes?[cite]Posted By: Addickted[/cite]Why do men have nipples?
To stop their chest from fraying according to my Gran.0 -
[cite]Posted By: Addickted[/cite]Why do men have nipples?
because all babies are female when they are conceived. Some then become male after a few weeks, some stay female and the rest run the 800m for South Africa.0 -
[cite]Posted By: Addickted[/cite]Why do men have nipples?
To stop any monkey business.0 -
[cite]Posted By: Oggy Red[/cite][cite]Posted By: Cuff[/cite]Why have Monkeys stopped evolving into humans? (Your answer must not include the word Millwall)
Because we can only assume monkeys evolved into humans.
Nobody really knows for sure.
;o)
Being a student this gets on my nerves... so, just to clarify, Charles Darwin in all his works stated that monkeys and humans had a common ancestor.0 -
Is this thread a FACT?0
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I'm not sure we should discuss The Missing Link - takes us dangerously close to Millwall territory again.[cite]Posted By: Addickted[/cite]
The link is missing ;-)[cite]Posted By: aliwibble[/cite]But monkeys never started evolving into humans, so it's academic really.0 -
Snob[cite]Posted By: PaddyP17[/cite][cite]Posted By: Oggy Red[/cite][cite]Posted By: Cuff[/cite]Why have Monkeys stopped evolving into humans? (Your answer must not include the word Millwall)
Because we can only assume monkeys evolved into humans.
Nobody really knows for sure.
;o)
Being a student this gets on my nerves... so, just to clarify, Charles Darwin in all his works stated thatmonkeys and humans had a common ancestor.0 -
Why is it that when someone tells you that there are over a billion stars in the universe, you believe them, but if they tell you there is wet paint somewhere, you have to touch it to make sure?0
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because the latter is easily verifiable but the first isn't : - )0
