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[blueish swede]

The Celts (Scottish, Welsh, Cornish) aren't.

 

[Well Wisher]

My hometown is known for only one thing, and it isn't true. So we're not really here.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

Up until Victorian times, men and women were segregated in church. Women sat on the north side of the aisle, men on the south. The system broke when more and more influential men decided they wanted to sit with their wives.

However, it is still the custom at weddings for the groom to take the south side and the bride the north.

Not a lot of people know that! Not even people who direct Jane Austen adaptations.

What if the altar is to the north or south. Who sits to the east and west.

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

I've never been to Hull. True story.

I have been to the outskirts of Hull with a previous job in a research and development tax consultancy. We were visiting a factory in which the company were making items that were metal detectable if they fell into a conveyor belt in a food processing plant. Pens, card, paper - all designed to set off a metal detector if needed. The secret? He was putting foil in the card. The simplest ideas are the best. To top it off the owner was called Mr Christmas.

Edit: I've just googled the place and it was in Pocklington, which is 22 miles from Hull. I wasn't actually on the outskirts at all and have no idea why I thought I was.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

The Celts (Scottish, Welsh, Cornish) aren't.

Aren’t what?

 

[BrianW]

What if the altar is to the north or south. Who sits to the east and west.

Altars (with very rare exceptions) are orientated (nominally) to the east.
The answer would be, men to the right as you go in, women to the left. From the POV of the priest/vicar/minister it is of course the other way around.

 

[DrBlueBob]

"I've never been to Hull. True story.



I lived in Burnage as a boy and 1 day, in about 1965 my uncle came to take me out for the day on the train. He took me to Hull prison to see my cousin, Denis, who was in clink for burglary. To this day, those are the only times I've seen Hull and Denis. True story.

Whilst a day out and a train trip sound great as a boy, I don't know what to make of the rest of that.
It absolutely fits the OP's brief though.

 

[DrBlueBob]

My hometown is known for only one thing, and it isn't true. So we're not really here.

Jeff Stelling supports another team?

 

[Bill Walker]

The song...Its a long way to Tipperary, was written in Stalybridge

 

[Blue Mist]

The song...Its a long way to Tipperary, was written in Stalybridge

Therefore it's factually correct so what is your point?

 

[the blue panther]

Whilst a day out and a train trip sound great as a boy, I don't know what to make of the rest of that.
It absolutely fits the OP's brief though.

Cheers - you're not really Denis are you, with a pseudonym as you're on the run after escaping Hull, perhaps?

 

[Bill Walker]

Therefore it's factually correct so what is your point?

It's interesting

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Granny Smith apples take their name from Eglantine Smith, a beloved grandmother who was buried beneath an apple tree.

 

[DrBlueBob]

Cheers - you're not really Denis are you, with a pseudonym as you're on the run after escaping Hull, perhaps?

Shush, eyes everywhere. Besides, you might give some on here the idea that I'm not actually a doctor.

As an aside, Denis is 58 years older than when you visited him, could you be in line for a windfall at point relatively soon?

 

[Blue Mist]

It's interesting

That's OK then I thought you were saying it isn't that far.

 

[the blue panther]

I suspect that I probably never crossed Denis's mind again after that now famous day in 1965, and that his booty will have been distributed elsewhere.
Wait a sec.... my mum's surname was Taylor.... Denis Taylor... and he wore glasses!
Thanks - I'm off to investigate................

 

[Brightwell’s left peg]

There are more people alive today than all the people who have existed previously, up to tten years ago. There is enough room in Texas/New Mexico to house the entire population of the planet, at the same density as San Francisco.

Sorry mate. First one is wrong. I used to believe this, but have since been told (and subsequently read) that it’s estimated that over 117 Billion humans have lived/died.

 

[xmusampa]

Up until Victorian times, men and women were segregated in church. Women sat on the north side of the aisle, men on the south. The system broke when more and more influential men decided they wanted to sit with their wives.

However, it is still the custom at weddings for the groom to take the south side and the bride the north.

Not a lot of people know that! Not even people who direct Jane Austen adaptations.

What happens when the aisles are in the east and west?

 

[xmusampa]

Licking the head of a Cane Toad became a source of a "trip" for some drug users in Australia during the 1980's. As a defence from predators, the toad produces the hallucinogenic chemical Bufotenine

Cane toad racing is a good night out. Beats bingo
anyway

 

[Bill Walker]

Cane toad racing is a good night out. Beats bingo
anyway

The Cane toad has come into some renown in Australia, where four people died last year after partaking of its marbled flesh. (Depending on the size of the toad and the concentrations of toxin consumed, bufotenine can be fatal). The toad was imported to Australia from Hawaii in 1935 to kill the grayback beetle, which was destroying sugar cane in Queensland. The toad adapted beautifully, multiplied by the millions and ate everything--except for the beetle.

Licking Toads Leaves More Than a Bad Taste in the Mouth : Trends: It may indeed be a 'desperation high,' but licking a toad is the latest way to hallucinate.

Licking toads will not give you warts or produce a fairy prince, but it might get you high.

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