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Post by danceswithclams on Jan 31, 2009 2:48:26 GMT
My ex was once regaling me with a story about her being picked to do the swim with dolphins thing at SeaWorld in Florida. As she finished her anecdote for reasons unbeknown to myself, I proceeded to explain in great detail that the Whales & Dolphins at SeaWorld were not real and were in fact elaborate animatronic models designed specifically for the SeaWorld chain. This was because conservationists would never allow them to let proles ride about on them (Free) Willy-Nilly. I have no idea why I did this, but after I'd said it, I maintained that it was the truth (despite her protestations) for the duration of the relationship. For four years. I even got mates/relatives to back me up and keep up the pretence. Recalling this got me thinking (well, that and the fact that I saw a similar thread on another board) this could form the basis of a new and exciting Oatcake Messageboard pastime. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you: STRANGE BUT FALSEThe aim of the game is to present a made up fact that is just about spurious or bizarre enough to be believable. Extra points for tenuous use of obscure ex-players, surrealism or libelous claims. I'll go first: "The fruit-based juice drink 'Um-Bongo' was originally called 'Del-Amitri'"Your go...  |
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Jan 31, 2009 2:56:16 GMT
What a fantastic sounding game!
Terry Conroy's cousin Frank was the first Englishman to be killed as a direct result of faulty SCUBA equipment.
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Post by santy on Jan 31, 2009 3:06:08 GMT
After the tsunami in Asia me and a mate decided to tell a few girls in our ICT class at the time that spaghetti supplies were short because all the spaghetti trees had been killed. This was a one off joke to a few of the somewhat less intelligent girls who were nice enough to see if they'd fall for it.
Anyway, they bit hook, line and sink, to the point where me and my mate and now a couple others decided to go further with it. We created a website and must have had about 50 people convinced that spaghetti trees were on the verge of extinction.
Alas it was all ended when one of the original bunch of girls brought it up in a science lesson with the question "Miss, how will they save all the spaghetti trees?" me and my mate were laughing so hard we stopped actually making the laughing noise and just went into that silent laughter where you can't breathe in.
I can't think of one to create now, but I'll sleep on it, see what I can come up.
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Post by danceswithclams on Jan 31, 2009 3:22:19 GMT
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Jan 31, 2009 3:32:00 GMT
The frying pan was invented by Dutchman Rijk van der Loevernfelt in the late 18th century. Other inventions accredited to him are the envelope, the tennis racquet, the dickie bow and practice of adding pepper to food.
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Post by danceswithclams on Jan 31, 2009 3:37:53 GMT
Nice work...
"Mongolian people with Down's Syndrome look normal".
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Post by rocket88 on Jan 31, 2009 4:24:33 GMT
The frying pan was invented by Dutchman Rijk van der Loevernfelt in the late 18th century. Other inventions accredited to him are the envelope, the tennis racquet, the dickie bow and practice of adding pepper to food. I think you are supposed to post pretend things. |
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Post by rocket88 on Jan 31, 2009 4:25:56 GMT
Nice work... "Mongolian people with Down's Syndrome look normal". Fukin funny!!!!! Fuck the PC Brigade!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by rocket88 on Jan 31, 2009 4:35:38 GMT
I was goin out with a vegetarian girl who lived around the corner from a chip shop. We stayed in one night , & i went round to get some fodder. I bought her back some chips & 'vegetarian chilli'. She said,"i like this ". The next week she went round the chippy & asked for their vegetarian chilli. "We don't do vegetarian chilli", said the chip shop man!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D Yes, i was in the doghouse, but fuck it , it was worth it !!!!! ;D Sorry, that was true!  I once met a man who had been an astronaut, & he confirmed that aliens are really ruling the Whitehouse. ;D |
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Post by rocket88 on Jan 31, 2009 5:13:17 GMT
All spirit levels are actually slightly bent to allow for the curvature of the Earth. FACT. ;D
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Post by lawrieleslie on Jan 31, 2009 7:10:53 GMT
A helicopter can hover upside down by reversing its rotor blades
If you play "Bridge Over Troubled Water" backwards you will hear the satanic incantation "Retaw Delbuort Revo Egdirb".
There are plans a foot to abolish National Insurance numbers, driving licences and passports and replace them with a barcode which you will have tattooed on your forehead.
If you Put dots on a map of England where all the medieval churches are and then join up the dots, you get a picture of Lucifer
You can make your own CD-Rs by ironing kitchen foil dead flat and cutting it out in a circle.
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Post by Northy on Jan 31, 2009 7:13:17 GMT
I had my Mrs convinced for years that the 80's singer Falcao was also the Brazilian footballer
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Post by stokey-pokey pudding and pie on Jan 31, 2009 10:44:17 GMT
girlfriend doesn't trust a word i tell her anymore, but that just makes it more challenging.
last week had her convinced that cheetahs were getting longer to accommodate an extra pair of legs cus them pesky antelopes kept getting away.
as a side note did anyone know that johnny cash's nephew, patrick, was a pro tennis player and also presented fun house.
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Post by powchirper on Jan 31, 2009 11:12:01 GMT
best thread for a while, lets hope a win today keeps us in a happy mood to carry it on later.
GoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrnnnnnnStoke.
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Post by stokiedave45 on Jan 31, 2009 13:34:56 GMT
Went to Majorca a few years back and told one of the girls that was with us that the floats in the sea to mark off safe area's were in fact shark nets. She didn't put a toe in the sea the whole fortnight.
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Post by jonesinamillion on Jan 31, 2009 14:16:57 GMT
About 15 years ago we managed to convince a mate that if any kind of terrier / bull dog was ever to lock onto him they were impossible to get off, the ONLY way to release their jaws is to stick your thumb up the said dogs bum hole. He fell for it hook line & sinker, can't wait till he gets bitten, hope i'm there!  Even better, he's now pased this legacy onto his young son |
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Jan 31, 2009 15:23:00 GMT
All spirit levels are actually slightly bent to allow for the curvature of the Earth. FACT. ;D ;D Pisser! Saint George was actually a Mormon. |
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Post by danceswithclams on Jan 31, 2009 16:29:18 GMT
If you play Frank Sinatra’s record ‘Fly me to the Moon’ backwards, you hear him give a lecture on road safety to primary school children.
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Jan 31, 2009 16:39:18 GMT
The Statue of Liberty was actually supposed to be a man, but when it was constructed, it seemed so feminine that the French decided to claim it was a woman after all.
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Post by danceswithclams on Jan 31, 2009 16:42:25 GMT
If you are born on the 29th of February you have your own special sign of the zodiac.
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Post by jonesinamillion on Jan 31, 2009 16:43:01 GMT
People from the aisian sub-continent have weaker than average shin bones, FACT!
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Post by rocket88 on Jan 31, 2009 16:46:48 GMT
"Elvis The Pelvis", had a brother named "Enis............... ;D
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Post by rocket88 on Jan 31, 2009 16:47:43 GMT
Oops! Double post! ;D
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Post by rocket88 on Jan 31, 2009 16:50:00 GMT
I once convinced mar lady that the noises outside were just 'Night Pigeons'. ;D She wasn't happy when i explained that i was winding her up! ;D |
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Post by lawrieleslie on Jan 31, 2009 20:40:37 GMT
If your second toe is longer than your big toe then you have Viking ancestry.
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Post by boothenendboy on Jan 31, 2009 21:02:47 GMT
If your belly button can contain more than 15 ml of water, then your dad will be killed by an asian dog named simon.
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Post by rocket88 on Jan 31, 2009 21:57:30 GMT
If your belly button can contain more than 15 ml of water, then your dad will be killed by an asian dog named simon. Just choked on me beer laughing at that ! ;D |
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Post by imallstokedup on Feb 1, 2009 16:34:47 GMT
I can lick my own elbow
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Post by stokeylad on Feb 1, 2009 16:54:51 GMT
If your second toe is longer than your big toe then you have Viking ancestry. also if your second toe is longer than your big toe you have better balance as it counteracts the added weight & size of your big toe |
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Post by rocket88 on Feb 1, 2009 18:08:22 GMT
Guy Fawkes was actually a member of the governments secret police. When all the barrells of gun-powder were in place & the fuses lit, he said to the rest of the gang,"You'd better run lads, there's going to be a BIG BANG!".
When the other gang members ran off, Guy Fawkes stood on top of the barrells & pissed on all of the fuses.
For this, he was given a brown envelope stuffed with cash, a bit like the ref at the Boxing Day Man Ure match, & was told that he will someday become The King.
Guy Fawkes spent the cash (2000000000 groats) on being cryogennically frozen , to be awoken in the future.
When he was awoken, he found that his legs didn't work properly, & that he had a bit of a 'Shaky Hip', but also found that he could sing a bit.
He moved to America & changed his name to Elvin Parsley, which , due to the local rednecks lack of pronounciation skills & Chinese whispers, became Elvis Presley.
The promise was fullfilled & he became , "THE KING".
FACT! ;D
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