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Seems obvious when you think about it, but I never thought about it. OMG, poor little piggy.
https://twitter.com/CheriJacobus/status/1485093817896390658
Erm bacon.......
Mmmmmm, bacon
The little piggy did go off to the market with a little basket and a skip in his step. I have a book with pictures in it to prove it!
It's in the pile of 'things you never really think about'. I just realised why a level crossing is so called yesterday. Obvious, but just had never thought about it
Just this week I learned that the numbers on the dial of a toaster refer to minutes, not how brown you want your toast.
It took me a while (and an A Level in French) before I realised that a cul-de-sac is a literal translation of “bottom of the bag”.
Just this week I learned that the numbers on the dial of a toaster refer to minutes, not how brown you want your toast.
Well that’s just altered my world…
But do they?
Ah, so the same as the numbers on a kettle.
It took me a while (and an A Level in French) before I realised that a cul-de-sac is a literal translation of “bottom of the bag”.
I thought 'cul' was a colloquialism - 'so it translates as 'arse of the bag'
"Ah, so the same as the numbers on a kettle"
No, that's number of cups (which you probably knew, but in case you didn't.........)
But do they?
We actually have that Russell Hobbs one o the right, so er yes.... maybe :D. This is all to much for me on a Sunday morning especially as I've already eaten my toast.
I don’t think it’s a true story. The third little piggy allegedly had roast beef, which seems unlikely.
Sheesh Kryton, do your own research 🙄
😉
FWIW, I tested my Russell Hobbs after watching that video - it was well off
I thought ‘cul’ was a colloquialism – ‘so it translates as ‘arse of the bag’
Indeed. There's a big rock in Fontainebleu forest called Cul de Chien - Dog's Arse.
I thought ‘cul’ was a colloquialism – ‘so it translates as ‘arse of the bag’
I think you’re right. My polite brain obviously just remembers the child friendly version.
The third little piggy allegedly had roast beef, which seems unlikely.
It's an idiom
I don’t think it’s a true story. The third little piggy allegedly had roast beef, which seems unlikely.
Pigs will eat pretty much anything!
I think Cows got BSE from being fed feed made with scrapie contaminated sheep carcases. This might next big panic inducing news story to make money for the daily mail.
Just this week I learned that the numbers on the dial of a toaster refer to minutes, not how brown you want your toast.
You visit someones house ?.
Turn that little knob up to maximum
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I have it on good authority that little pig didn't return home 😉
thols 2 - could you explain the idiom? I just don't get it
Wait until you catch up with the last line of Ring o' Roses OP.
As for Jack and Jill going up the hill...
You know that tale about the Duke of York having 10,000 men? It's a shocker.
I bet it doesn’t break the Duke of York’s top 5.
An Idiom is a breed of pig that is particularly fond of roast beef.
At no point in the rhyme is Humpty Dumpty referred to as an egg.
No, that’s number of cups (which you probably knew, but in case you didn’t………)
Which, in reality, means absolutely bugger-all, because cups and mugs vary so much in capacity. While most tea-cups are roughly the same capacity, once you start using mugs instead then it’s just an arbitrary number. I’ve got three mugs, one an STW mug which hold an entire can of soup, with enough space left over to do a quick rinse of the can with some water to top-up. Although they get microwaved with soup. But I digress.
It’s just convenient to have some numbers on the scale on the side of a kettle. Bearing in mind that, once upon a time, kettles had no scale to show how full it was anyway, which often resulted in water going everywhere when it boiled.
third little piggy allegedly had roast beef
I thought the roast beef was because the pig was getting fattened up.
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cul-de-sac is a literal translation of “bottom of the bag”
And are you trying to say that Bilbo Baggins lived in a cul de sac? Bag End?
At no point in the rhyme is Humpty Dumpty referred to as an egg.
Er, yes he is. Last line.
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall,
All the King’s horse and all the King’s men,
Said “**** it, it’s only an egg”.
Which, in reality, means absolutely bugger-all, because cups and mugs vary so much in capacity.
A metric cup is 250ml. It's a unit of measurement. So where's the video of some geek measuring the capacity of kettles?