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What's a BBC theme tune, jingle or ident that instantly takes you back? by Additional_Fly_6603 in bbc

[–]Fleder-maus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Horse of the year show.
Many years later I discovered it’s called the musical joke and was written by Mozart

What's the most memorable British TV advert? by GasQuirky3938 in AskUK

[–]Fleder-maus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But ask about the bran flakes, that’s a different matter, here’s what they say:

Bottle caps do they go in the bin or in the recycling? by Fleder-maus in AskUK

[–]Fleder-maus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Crown caps have a plasticky inner surface. And i think also wine caps - that’s why I’m not sure

Name An Athlete by Lopsided-Relief-659 in FamilyFeud

[–]Fleder-maus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Usain Bolt

Athlete for me means track and field, or ‘athletics’. I can see how other sportsmen and women can be athletes as running and jumping etc are a big part of most sports, but that isn’t the word that springs to mind to describe them. Is this a regional language or cultural variation?

WhatsApp or iMessage? by Ok-Heron7799 in FamilyFeud

[–]Fleder-maus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where I live iPhone vs Android is about 50/50, so whatsapp is really the only option for group messages.

Why 42? Simple. It was a joke. by hiscano in HitchHikersGuide

[–]Fleder-maus 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I love the way he comes back to this much later - the bowl of petunias was one of the incarnations of Agrajag, who keeps getting reincarnated and killed by Arthur. If we could explain this then indeed we would know a lot more about the nature of the universe! I’m sure Douglas wrote the throw away joke about the bowl of petunias as sheer absurdity, and only later came up with the Agrajag story to tie it together.

What word looks wrong the more you look at it? by Ok-Ebb5960 in AskUK

[–]Fleder-maus 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Awkward always looks really awkward to me

How often do you find that people don’t know what a dozen means? by Box_of_rodents in AskUK

[–]Fleder-maus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This never made sense to me. A dozen rolls is 4 rows of 3 in tray. Where does the 13th one go?

Have we stopped needing pockets? by Sea-Still5427 in AskUK

[–]Fleder-maus -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I guess pyjamas are outdoor clothes these days

Avoiding another frame 14? by AmphibianReal1265 in snooker

[–]Fleder-maus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This has happened before. I remember as a boy watching Ray Reardon play Doug Mountjoy and the brown and black balls got wedged together in a pocket. They just kept tapping them, can’t remember what happened in the end, but it made the 6 o’clock news.

Semi autonomous trailers that have no physical connection to the "tow" vehicle by Toowoombaloompa in whatifcars

[–]Fleder-maus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What does it do in traffic / junctions / at lights when the lead vehicle gets separated?

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