Pointless fact of the day

[kris]

King George II died falling off a toilet on the 25th of October 1760

 

[kris]

The average person spends three whole years of their life sitting on the toilet

 

[kay-jay]

The average person spends three whole years of their life sitting on the toilet

Six if they like indian and seven and a half if they like chinese and 33 if they eat the bar snacks in the plumbers arms.

 

[Whyme]

Your thumb is the same length of your nose.

 

[kay-jay]

Argos wad founded by the same chap that created 'green shield stamps'

Anyone remember dashboards and ashtrays in cars and vans overflowing with reams and reams of practically worthless stamps lol

 

[SimonG]

Argos wad founded by the same chap that created 'green shield stamps'

Anyone remember dashboards and ashtrays in cars and vans overflowing with reams and reams of practically worthless stamps lol

Not that I have ever smoked, but embassy points

 

[kris]

The toilet handle in a public restroom can have up to 40,000 germs per square inch.

 

[kris]

The first toilet cubicle in a row is the least used (and consequently cleanest)

 

[SimonG]

The toilet handle in a public restroom can have up to 40,000 germs per square inch.

Thats alright, because my hands have double that by the time my finger has pushed through the tissue paper bog roll used in a public loo.

Reminds me of the greaseproof paper you were supposed to wipe your backside at school with.

 

[kay-jay]

Thats alright, because my hands have double that by the time my finger has pushed through the tissue paper bog roll used in a public loo.

Reminds me of the greaseproof paper you were supposed to wipe your backside at school with.

Ha ha we used to call that grease prooof paper stuff 'john Wayne bogroll' cos its rough, tough and takes shyt from no man'

 

[SimonG]

Ha ha we used to call that grease prooof paper stuff 'john Wayne bogroll' cos its rough, tough and takes shyt from no man'

LOL. What was it? San Izal rings a bell for some reason.

 

[kay-jay]

Yes it was called izal. Iirc it was one of the first products to undergo a pointless name change. Think it was changed to just zal

As a kid it made decent tracing paper

 

[kay-jay]

And yes its still available albeit without the antiseptic smell.
Who on earth would use this stuff in this day and age.

Sadistic so and so''s

 

[JCplumb]

The first ever no smoking campaign was introduced by the Nazis...

 

[SimonG]

Smelling farts is good for your heart.

Must be true, it was in the Sun today

 

[zeebeedee]

Not that I have ever smoked, but embassy points

They came in handy ;-)

 

[kris]

The Roman army didn’t have toilet paper so they used a water soaked sponge on the end of a stick instead! hope stick wasnt sharp

 

[zeebeedee]

The Roman army didn’t have toilet paper so they used a water soaked sponge on the end of a stick instead! hope stick wasnt sharp

Or shared the sponge

 

[kris]

Your right zeb i bet they did if sponges were in low supply ooooch

 

[kris]

In a typical home, more than 9,000 gallons of water are wasted while running the tap waiting for hot water. As much as 15% of your annual water heating costs can be wasted heating this extra 9,000 gallons.

 

[Mike Jackson]

Not sure on the distance, but if your live within a certain distance of a church you can be forced to pay for its repairs when needed

It's not distance. It applies to properties built on former monastic land that may have chancel repair liabilities. You can take out insurance against it.

 

[village idiot]

Ray stafford, to be forced to buy a drink for every member of UKPF as a result of starting a Post that will never end?????
That will teach him

 

[bigman]

One of the most popular threads on a plumbing forum has nothing to do with plumbing, but does prove plumbers have far too much pointless facts!

 

[bigman]

The fastest vehicles on the road are a rental car or a plumbers van on friday afternoon

 

[Riley]

Surely this thread isn't dead???