[Ugly Mongrel]

Best thing since double pluggers.

[Surferdude]

Sliced bread was invented by Otto Rohwedder in 1927.

I wonder if he registered a patent, given that it's the best thing, well, ever.

Yes, Dave, he did.

He filed for a patent on his new slicing-and-wrapping device. U.S.Patent No. 1,867,377 was issued to him on July 12, 1932.

Up until then, something else had claim to "the best thing since........." Despite years of exhaustive research, I have not found out what was the nest thing "before" sliced bread.

I prefer, "The best thing since canned beer."

I HATE canned beer.
Beer belongs in glass.
That's real beer, not that pommie rubbish.

[FatBoy]

C'mon Trev, hate is such a harsh word.  I could understand if you said, "I prefer beer in a glass."   I'm sure if I offered you a choice of a can of beer or a can of milk, I'm sure you'd choose the beer.

I understand it is easier to get the cat to squat over a bottle, than it is to squat over a can, so you can get your beloved XXXX?   

[FatBoy]

BTW, I prefer beer in my belly!!

[Phil №❶]

Glass is ok, but I prefer a can. Had too many beers in glass that hasn't been rinsed of detergent properly, that's a real beer killer IMO. But washed, rinsed & frosted is a perfectly acceptable transition from bottle to stomach. 

[Surferdude]

C'mon Trev, hate is such a harsh word.  I could understand if you said, "I prefer beer in a glass."   I'm sure if I offered you a choice of a can of beer or a can of milk, I'm sure you'd choose the beer.

I understand it is easier to get the cat to squat over a bottle, than it is to squat over a can, so you can get your beloved XXXX?   

Coopers Pale ale is my preference (or Alexander Keiths in Canada).
I honestly would choose the milk in your hypothetical queation.

[Ugly Mongrel]

The USA mainland suffered six casualties from Japanese bombing in World War 2.
 http://m.wired.com/thisdayintech/2010/05/0505japanese-balloon-kills-oregon/

[Dazzler]

Wow that is an amazing piece of Trivia Terry (Not making light of the six deaths) 

[Doggie 1]

Yes, that's amazing, Grace. 

[Ugly Mongrel]

Bugger Darwin, let's have a crack at Oregon.

[Ugly Mongrel]

More water flows over Niagara Falls every year than over any other falls on earth.

[Doggie 1]

More water flows over Niagara Falls every year than over any other falls on earth.

How much water?
Facts, figures, statistics, photographs. 

[Surferdude]

More water flows over Niagara Falls every year than over any other falls on earth.

How much water?
Facts, figures, statistics, photographs. 

This much..................and that's only the Canadian Falls. (of course, the American falls are much less spectacular but the Yanks will argue about that).

[Surferdude]

The American Falls - somewhere over the rainbow...............

[Doggie 1]

Nah.
Looks like my bath water. 

[asathorny]

The American Falls - somewhere over the rainbow...............

Looks better from the Canadian side  , where of course it is the *Canadian Falls*     I seen it in each of it's seasons including ICE when ya can still here the water thundering under the ice.

[Surferdude]

Yeah I've seen them in all seasons too.
The Canadian (Horseshoe) Falls are way more spectacular.
Best viewing is in Spring as all the ice melt moves down from Lake Eyrie and further afield.

Nah.
Looks like my bath water. 

It's a bloody sight colder than your bathwater.
 

The wind blows up the gorge, lifting the spray up over the lip and it then falls as rain, sometimes up to 500 yards or more away from the falls.

[Doggie 1]

Yeah I've seen them in all seasons too.
The Canadian (Horseshoe) Falls are way more spectacular.
Best viewing is in Spring as all the ice melt moves down from Lake Eyrie and further afield.

Nah.
Looks like my bath water. 

It's a bloody sight colder than your bathwater.
 

The wind blows up the gorge, lifting the spray up over the lip and it then falls as rain, sometimes up to 500 yards or more away from the falls.

You have no idea how much wind is in my bathroom. 

[Ugly Mongrel]

The names of all the continents end with the letter they start with.

[Shambles]

The names of all the continents end with the letter they start with.

Like South America ? 

[Doggie 1]

That is amazing.

And I have an auntie who is incontinent and her name is Amelia. Truly amazing. 

[FatBoy]

The names of all the continents end with the letter they start with.

Like South America ? 

North America? 

[Dazzler]

That is amazing.

And I have an auntie who is incontinent and her name is Amelia. Truly amazing. 

 

[Shambles]

That is amazing.

And I have an auntie who is incontinent and her name is Amelia. Truly amazing. 

[Ugly Mongrel]

The continents are
Asia
Africa
America
Australia
Antarctica
Europe

[FatBoy]

The continents are
Asia
Africa
America
Australia
Antarctica
Europe

Depends on where you went to school.   No really, it does.

I was always taught North and South America are separate continents.  Now some are being taught that Europe and Asia are one (Eurasia).  Where does each start and stop?

[Shambles]

...Now some are being taught that Europe and Asia are one (Eurasia).  Where does each start and stop?

Well, Europe starts and stops with an "E" while Asia... you know where I'm going with this...


I agree about the schooling origins - I was taught that The Americas comprised South and North America, and I do believe Oceania crept into my geography lessons somewhere along the line

[FatBoy]

The five rings in the Olympic Flag were originally to represent the "Five Continents" that competed in the original modern Olympics (North and South America were considered one).  The colours of the rings are designed so that at least one colour appears in every nation's flag.

[FatBoy]

The Continent with the highest average IQ is ...........

Antarctica

[Shambles]

The Continent with the highest average IQ is ...........

Antarctica

That's down to the large number of penguins