07 Feb 15
Originally posted by Shallow BlueZZZZZZZZZ...........zzzzzzzzzz..........ZZZZZZZZz
A-hem!
Famous (mis-) question from Trivial Pursuit:
Q: What do beavers not eat?
A: Fish.
(Famous, because satired as: "Chocolate... rocks... garters... almost anything, really. But that's not on the card, so it's WRONG!)
Originally posted by redbadgerWrong. The oldest clogs surviving are from 1230, but then, being made from wood, we would expect them to decay quite readily. References to clogs being worn are rather older.
wrong oldest clogs found 1230 England 1 Shallow blue 0
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14 Feb 15
Originally posted by Shallow Blueha but were they called clogs clever clogs I think not because its an English word Redbager 2 Shallow Hal 0
Wrong. The oldest clogs surviving are from 1230, but then, being made from wood, we would expect them to decay quite readily. References to clogs being worn are rather older.
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Originally posted by redbadgerSo you invented a new word for something we on the continent had already invented a couple of millennia before. *Yawn* Big deal.
ha but were they called clogs clever clogs I think not because its an English word Redbager 2 Shallow Hal 0
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Originally posted by Shallow BlueDutch shoemaker Casper Clog invented clogs in the 1500s after visiting Scotland and seeing the wooden footwear used in the porridge mines. UK 10 Eurozone -10
So you invented a new word for something we on the continent had already invented a couple of millennia before. *Yawn* Big deal.
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Originally posted by redbadgerYou're about two dozen centuries and a whole language wrong.
Dutch shoemaker Casper Clog invented clogs in the 1500s after visiting Scotland and seeing the wooden footwear used in the porridge mines. UK 10 Eurozone -10
Europe always wins - Brits are illiterate.