Questions that need answering

[Alan Medic]

This thread is inspired by my son who recently looked at a packet of red lentils and asked, why are they orange? I was stumped for an answer.

Feel free to answer if you know and/or ask your own questions.

[DulwichFox]

Red Lentils: a light red to orange colour.

Red lentils are actually a split and hulled version of the yellow lentil, with the shortest cooking time of all varieties.

[Henry_17]

What iis pye? where did it come from.

[ruffers]

Didn't they use to make tellies?

[KidKruger]

If you mean Pi, a clever bloke figured out that 3.142(etc...) is useful when doing calculations involving circles and stuff.

[uncleglen]

What actual benefits do the people of the UK get from being in the EU?

[Loz]

uncleglen Wrote:

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> What actual benefits do the people of the UK get from being in the EU?

What actual benefits do the people of London get from being in the UK?

[DulwichFox]

So we join the EU...

We keep the Pound..

So every time we holiday in Europe we get stitched up exchanging currency.

DulwichFox

[jctg]

Why are dusters yellow? That's the real question.

[BrandNewGuy]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> This thread is inspired by my son who recently

> looked at a packet of red lentils and asked, why

> are they orange? I was stumped for an answer.

>

> Feel free to answer if you know and/or ask your

> own questions.

It might not be the explanation, but until the 16th century, there was no word 'orange' in English. We'd have used ' 'red' for what we now call orange. Similarly, the ancient Greeks had no common word for 'blue'. They saw all blues as varieties of light or dark 'green'.

[uncleglen]

Ha Ha Loz!

[Albert Fegg]

Asked by my son? When Father Christmas gets home, does he go down the chimney or does he just use the door?

[Alan Medic]

BrandNewGuy Wrote:

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> Alan Medic Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > This thread is inspired by my son who recently

> > looked at a packet of red lentils and asked,

> why

> > are they orange? I was stumped for an answer.

> >

> > Feel free to answer if you know and/or ask your

> > own questions.

>

> It might not be the explanation, but until the

> 16th century, there was no word 'orange' in

> English. We'd have used ' 'red' for what we now

> call orange. Similarly, the ancient Greeks had no

> common word for 'blue'. They saw all blues as

> varieties of light or dark 'green'.

It seems like a good explanation to me.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Well that explains red lemondade!

[Alan Medic]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=538835669550705&fref=nf

Having seen this it reminded me of a question I don't know the answer to. What happens if 4 cars arrive from different directions at a roundabout? If you give way to the car on the right then everyone is giving way to someone. Stalemate or just chance your arm and go first? I'm sure someone knows what the regulation is. I just don't.

PS The link is entertaining though I'm sure some of you have witnessed the like

[red devil]

If all 4 cars arrive at the same time, then in theory they all have a right of way as the roundabout will be clear, so I think it will be the driver with the quickest reaction time, faster car etc who would enter the roundabout first and gain a right of way...

[uncleglen]

This happens frequently around Bickley....usually what happens is that the car on your right will wave you to go as they are very polite and considerate in Bickley!

[StraferJack]

Interesting that some answers plump for "who is the most selfish" and another goes with "politeness will prevail"

Happy to be with unc on this one

[red devil]

Fine, unless all 4 car drivers are beckoning the car to their left... ;-)

[Alan Medic]

Is there no regulation for this then? Imagine 4 drivers in fast cars all putting the foot down at the same time.....I suppose they would all miss each other.

[steveo]

Isn't that a Clouseau film or What's New Pusssycat?

I'm seeing a small roundabout, Citroens, police cars and a man pulling up a chair to watch.

[triumph]

"What happens if 4 cars arrive from different directions at a roundabout? If you give way to the car on the right then everyone is giving way to someone. Stalemate or just chance your arm and go first? I'm sure someone knows what the regulation is. I just don't"

The bloke in the BMW ALWAYS has right of way!!

[Alan Medic]

uncleglen Wrote:

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> This happens frequently around Bickley....usually

> what happens is that the car on your right will

> wave you to go as they are very polite and

> considerate in Bickley!

So if everyone is waving to the car on their right to go, no one moves? Everyone is just waving at each other.