waynetta Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12743-factoids/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
felt-tip Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 thats me buggered then. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12743-factoids/#findComment-351553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peckhamgatecrasher Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Take up spinning, your thumb will become a span's width at least. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12743-factoids/#findComment-351555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynetta Posted August 13, 2010 Author Share Posted August 13, 2010 No words in the English language rhyme with orange, silver or purple. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12743-factoids/#findComment-351558 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Lozenge Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12743-factoids/#findComment-351560 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Pilfer Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12743-factoids/#findComment-351563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheArtfulDogger Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Brendan Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> LozengeThat's Silver sorted - what about Orange and Purple ? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12743-factoids/#findComment-351565 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Turtle Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12743-factoids/#findComment-351566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
felt-tip Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 furball Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12743-factoids/#findComment-351568 Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynetta Posted August 13, 2010 Author Share Posted August 13, 2010 I don't think any of those examples actually rhyme boys, do you? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12743-factoids/#findComment-351574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynetta Posted August 13, 2010 Author Share Posted August 13, 2010 Al Capone's business card said that he was a used furniture dealer. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12743-factoids/#findComment-351576 Share on other sites More sharing options...
felt-tip Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 burp-hell Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12743-factoids/#findComment-351577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Kerry Katona and Katie Price have had more pricks than a second hand dartboard. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12743-factoids/#findComment-351599 Share on other sites More sharing options...
'bout now Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Hirple, to walk with a limp.Copyright QI Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12743-factoids/#findComment-351623 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 waynetta Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> No words in the English language rhyme with> orange, silver or purple.Depends on what you calss as a word. Gorringe - an area in South London - does. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12743-factoids/#findComment-351625 Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynetta Posted August 13, 2010 Author Share Posted August 13, 2010 Orange minge.Kinda disproving my own factoid. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12743-factoids/#findComment-351627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DulwichFox Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 There are only 2 words in modern English usage that end in 'gry'Angry and Hungryand one more that sounds like it does. What is that word.??? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12743-factoids/#findComment-351635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
felt-tip Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 agree Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12743-factoids/#findComment-351638 Share on other sites More sharing options...
felt-tip Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 disagree - 2 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12743-factoids/#findComment-351639 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 DulwichFox Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> There are only 2 words in modern English usage> that end in 'gry'> > Angry and Hungry> > and one more that sounds like it does. > > What is that word.???I would guess the answer is 'agree'? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12743-factoids/#findComment-351640 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TillieTrotter Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Rhythmn is the longest English word without a vowel. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12743-factoids/#findComment-351869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
woofmarkthedog Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 "A welcome present for friends at the front" This was the slogan used by Harrods to sell a gift set during 1916. The pack designed with first world war soldiers in mind contained cocaine, morphene, syringes and needles.Ah, they were the good old pre "Goat Meat" daysW**F Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12743-factoids/#findComment-351871 Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynetta Posted August 14, 2010 Author Share Posted August 14, 2010 A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12743-factoids/#findComment-351876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynetta Posted August 14, 2010 Author Share Posted August 14, 2010 If you feed a Seagull Alka Seltzer it's stomach will explode. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12743-factoids/#findComment-351878 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DulwichFox Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 The answer to this very old puzzle is indeed Agree But only when the question is spoken.NOT when it is written. as Agree does not end in GRYThe riddle:- http://www.fun-with-words.com/word_gry_angry_hungry.html Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12743-factoids/#findComment-351886 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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