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[KS55]

thinking back, for ages i only seem to remember eggs being brown in the uk.

here there are just as many white eggs and had jumped to the conclusion that they must be inferior because they were slightly cheaper.

i was wrong.
there is no nutritional difference at all.

the reason they are cheaper is because they come from hens with white feathers who need less food to produce the same quantity of eggs as the brown-feathered variety.

so i bought some and they are lovely.

There is more demand for brown eggs, hence the higher price. But you are correct, there is no difference.

 

[bluethrunthru]

show me someone who says they don't smile when they see a bouncy cow happy to get a biscuit and I'll show you a liar - this is pure fun

 

[Marklr]

show me someone who says they don't smile when they see a bouncy cow happy to get a biscuit and I'll show you a liar - this is pure fun

Before I start smiling, has it been tested for Mad Cow Disease?

 

[Newman Noggs]

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Does anyone know what this is and why does it keep popping up at the bottom of every Bluemoon screen.

Could be a rod-rest. You been on the angling thread ?

 

[Blue Mist]

Could be a rod-rest. You been on the angling thread ?

Doubt it, more the dead hamster one

 

[Fiftyyearsandcounting]

Percent calculation hack.
Did you know, the Amount & Percent values can be reversed!
For example 18% of 20 is the same as 20% of 18.
It works for any value and often can be a tad easier to compute. 34% of 50 or 50% of 34.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Percent calculation hack.
Did you know, the Amount & Percent values can be reversed!
For example 18% of 20 is the same as 20% of 18.
It works for any value and often can be a tad easier to compute. 34% of 50 or 50% of 34.

Mind fucking blown! I could teach that to my 12 year old now

 

[KS55]

This week is the 40th (or some such) anniversary of Eastenders. I have never watched a minute of it and do not intend to do so. Southern softies.

 

[KS55]

Percent calculation hack.
Did you know, the Amount & Percent values can be reversed!
For example 18% of 20 is the same as 20% of 18.
It works for any value and often can be a tad easier to compute. 34% of 50 or 50% of 34.

4x8=8x4. Amazing.

 

[DiscoSteve]

I've had the shits for 24 hours - damned inconvenient, started just after the City Newcastle game!

 

[yerwot?]

If the cast-away character played by Tom Hanks had been wearing a Breightling watch with the emergency gadget, would he have been rescued when it was activated ?

 

[jazzy]

Gary Barlow is older now than Richard Wilson was when he first played Victor Meldrew in One Foot In The Grave.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Gary Barlow is older now than Richard Wilson was when he first played Victor Meldrew in One Foot In The Grave

I don't believe it!

 

[jazzy]

Only one British prime minister was born in Manchester
David Lloyd George

 

[Blue Mist]

Only one British prime minister was born in Manchester
David Lloyd George

My father knew him.



Never shut up about it.

 

[The perfect fumble]

In the First World War all the German soldiers in the trenches had the vote. With the exception of the officers, the vast majority of Tommies facing them across no man's land did not.

 

[calumdown]

jesus christ was based heavily on bacchus
(who, in turn, was based on dionysus)

both bacchus and dionysus turned water into wine.
both performed miracles.
both had an immortal god for a father.
both had a mortal human for a mother.

bacchus was killed by titans,
before being reborn again.
his religious ritual stated
"drinking his wine we drink of him.
through this gift man is made new again"

baby bacchus had a divine halo in depictions of him,
often with 3 figures kneeling and paying respect.

shrines of bacchus were dedicated to the father and the son.

 

[BrianW]

There used to be a company called 'Cock Tugs' in Liverpool.

The operated tugs and also provided a lighterage service. But it's probably best not to google them, especially not at work.

 

[halfmist]

show me someone who says they don't smile when they see a bouncy cow happy to get a biscuit and I'll show you a liar - this is pure fun

I used to live in a farm house that had been converted in to a normal house over near Rudyard Lake.
The cows used to come up to the fence when I was in the garden and as I had got quite attached found myself on many occasions talking to them face to face.
The views from the garden over the valleys towards Leek were stunning .. an ideal place from the patio to have a barbecue taking them in.
However there was nothing more off putting than to be cooking burgers and seeing the cows coming up to the fence giving me the evil stare.
After that if ever the cows were in the adjoining field we either didn’t bother with a barbecue or had one in the enclosed courtyard .

 

[Clevers]

show me someone who says they don't smile when they see a bouncy cow happy to get a biscuit and I'll show you a liar - this is pure fun

Was the biscuit a malted milk?