Weird things you never knew

Rocker

Kalimna said:

As a crossover to the fungi thread, the fungi kingdom is more closely related to animals than plants...

Fungi is a dolphin that lives or used to live in Dingle Harbour in Kerry.  Boat trips to see Fungi or to swim with him are/were very popular activities.  I saw him many times, he seemed to enjoy the company of people.  Fungi has not been seen much recently so there is a lot of concern for his wellbeing.

sev112

Kalimna said:

As a crossover to the fungi thread, the fungi kingdom is more closely related to animals than plants...

So are fungi animal, mineral or vegetable ?

munckee

sev112 said:

Kalimna said:

As a crossover to the fungi thread, the fungi kingdom is more closely related to animals than plants...

So ate fungi animal, mineral or vegetable ?

The symptom of a disease. 

EricTheWeary

The rail station in Wombourne in Staffordshire was signed as Wombourn by GWR who thought that it would stop confusion with Wimborne ( some 175 miles away!). The station was closed in 1965. 

I don't know if that's weird but it's certainly useless information. 

JerkMoans

If something costs £19.99, it is a “princely sum”.

Kalimna

sev112 said:

Kalimna said:

As a crossover to the fungi thread, the fungi kingdom is more closely related to animals than plants...

So are fungi animal, mineral or vegetable ?

Neither. They do not belong to the animal or plant kingdoms, they have their own.

JerkMoans

Rocker said:

Kalimna said:

As a crossover to the fungi thread, the fungi kingdom is more closely related to animals than plants...

Fungi is a dolphin that lives or used to live in Dingle Harbour in Kerry.  Boat trips to see Fungi or to swim with him are/were very popular activities.  I saw him many times, he seemed to enjoy the company of people.  Fungi has not been seen much recently so there is a lot of concern for his wellbeing.

By a remarkable coincidence, my son has just returned from a week staying in Dingle.  His hosts told him many tales of Fungi, and have an astonishing picture of him leaping out of the water next to their daughter sailing a dinghy.  

Flanging_Fred

I have been living at my current address in leafy Sussex for eight years. Yesterday I discovered that there is a racing pigeon club at the end of our cul-de-sac. I wasn’t expecting that.

poopot

Karl Marx is obvs a very prominent and mentioned figure from history, yet there is very little mention of his sister “Onya” who invented the starting pistol!.

EricTheWeary

The first customer to use a cash point in the U.K. ( I don’t think we’ve had this yet) was sitcom actor Reg Varney. 

Apologies to anyone under 60 who now has to Google who Reg Varney was. 

EricTheWeary

Richard Thompson ( solo artiste, Fairport Convention ,etc) and Hugh Cornwall ( solo artiste, The Stranglers,etc) went to school together for a while and in the same band briefly ( Emil and the Detectives, Hugh played bass). 

Again, probably not weird but interesting that a figurehead of punk and a figurehead of folk rock were very much contemporaries. 

https://louderthanwar.com/great-photo-of-hugh-cornwell-in-his-school-band-with-richard-thompson/

poopot

EricTheWeary said:

The first customer to use a cash point in the U.K. ( I don’t think we’ve had this yet) was sitcom actor Reg Varney. 

Apologies to anyone under 60 who now has to Google who Reg Varney was. 

And of course his son Jamie is doing great at Leicester…

viz

JerkMoans said:

Rocker said:

Kalimna said:

As a crossover to the fungi thread, the fungi kingdom is more closely related to animals than plants...

Fungi is a dolphin that lives or used to live in Dingle Harbour in Kerry.  Boat trips to see Fungi or to swim with him are/were very popular activities.  I saw him many times, he seemed to enjoy the company of people.  Fungi has not been seen much recently so there is a lot of concern for his wellbeing.

By a remarkable coincidence, my son has just returned from a week staying in Dingle.  His hosts told him many tales of Fungi, and have an astonishing picture of him leaping out of the water next to their daughter sailing a dinghy.  

funny - funghi and a dinghy in dingle

scrumhalf

poopot said:

EricTheWeary said:

The first customer to use a cash point in the U.K. ( I don’t think we’ve had this yet) was sitcom actor Reg Varney. 

Apologies to anyone under 60 who now has to Google who Reg Varney was. 

And of course his son Jamie is doing great at Leicester…

Not to mention his son Barmy, who has gathered together many England cricket supporters into a well-known group. 

beed84

EDIT: wrong thread.

Reverend

The Human League were obsessed with Judas Priest and used to open their set with Taking On The World 

EricTheWeary

Reverend said:

The Human League were obsessed with Judas Priest and used to open their set with Taking On The World 

This seemed sufficiently unlikely that I looked it up and it's there. I doubt no more.
The original version evokes memories of being on the stands at the Molineux freezing my tits off watching some dead rubber match between the Wolves and Sunderland. 

hollywoodrox

EricTheWeary said:

thecolourbox said:

Blimey that original theme was awful wasn't it, I for one am glad they changed it. 

Although written by Ronnie Hazelhurst who was one of the UK's most successful theme  tune writers - Yes Minster, Are You Being Served,etc,etc.
For a brief glimpse of Ronnie he's the conductor here:

Ooh lyndsie de Paul and  what’s his name , Mike Moran ?

LastMantra

Kalimna said:

sev112 said:

Kalimna said:

As a crossover to the fungi thread, the fungi kingdom is more closely related to animals than plants...

So are fungi animal, mineral or vegetable ?

Neither. They do not belong to the animal or plant kingdoms, they have their own.

Is it true that mushrooms are the "flower" (I suppose the reproductive part which produces the spores) and the main body is underground? 

Kalimna

LastMantra said:

Kalimna said:

sev112 said:

Kalimna said:

As a crossover to the fungi thread, the fungi kingdom is more closely related to animals than plants...

So are fungi animal, mineral or vegetable ?

Neither. They do not belong to the animal or plant kingdoms, they have their own.

Is it true that mushrooms are the "flower" (I suppose the reproductive part which produces the spores) and the main body is underground? 


My understanding is that the 'mushroom' is the 'fruiting body' part of the organism, and the vast network of fibrous growth under the surface is the main part, also known as 'mycelium'.
I am not a botanist, and am quite happy to be corrected on this.

As a side note, the spalting of wood, often seen in beech or maple, is a result of the initial stages of fungal degradation of wood and the black lines are effectively where adjacent colonies meet and sortof set up defences.

Adam