Interesting things that aren't necessarily completely obvious

[Mark James]

I feel that some people need to look at the title of this thread, and maybe disappear off to the "interesting things that aren't necessarily completely obvious" thread.

NASA explored the idea of putting Big Bird on the Challenger space shuttle. You know, the one that exploded.

[Gavin Chipper]

"explored the idea"

[Marc Meakin]

I feel that some people need to look at the title of this thread, and maybe disappear off to the "interesting things that aren't necessarily completely obvious" thread.

NASA explored the idea of putting Big Bird on the Challenger space shuttle. You know, the one that exploded.

I didnt know Big Bird exploded

[Marc Meakin]

The dude from The Bear on Disney plus is the grandson of Gene Wilder

[Gavin Chipper]

Dutch is basically the same as English except they say "geezer" instead of "voter".

[Johnny Canuck]

Montréal is well south of Paris, and about level with Bordeaux. Toronto is level with Nice and Monaco. New York is level with Madrid and Naples.

Chibougamau, which is basically the last northern outpost in Québec with good paved roads before you get into the endless boreal forest, is still south of all of mainland Britain.

[Mark James]

I have loads of films recording off the tv on vhs tapes. Apparently it is possible to recover old teletext data from those tapes.

[Gavin Chipper]

I think I did that once. Was quite low grade though.

[Marc Meakin]

I have loads of films recording off the tv on vhs tapes. Apparently it is possible to recover old teletext data from those tapes.

Back in the day when we used to roller skate the teletext before surfing the internet

[Marc Meakin]

The order of adjectives in English Grammar.
Opinions, size, age, shape, colour origin material and puepose
If you get them in the wrong order it doesn't sound right.
My fat, big Greek wedding being an example of getting it wrong

Edit : typically there are exceptions like big bad wolf but there is probably a reason behind this

[Mark James]

Kirstie Alley's parents died in a car accident on the way to a Halloween party. Her mother was dressed in black face and her father was in a ku klux klan outfit.

https://youtu.be/5EEYp-plTYk?si=rRVFf6sz0IY1IHgz