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pollution
12-06-2020, 08:17 PM
A thread for unusual but true stories viz

That Hugo Boss designed the Nazis' uniforms in the 1930's ?
Andy74
12-06-2020, 09:34 PM
A thread for unusual but true stories viz

That Hugo Boss designed the Nazis' uniforms in the 1930's ?

From the 20s onwards. He was a member of the party also.

The company used forced labour and prisoners of war. Surprised this isn’t better known really!
Just_Jimmy
12-06-2020, 10:40 PM
From the 20s onwards. He was a member of the party also.

The company used forced labour and prisoners of war. Surprised this isn’t better known really!I thought it was? It's not really a secret.

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Scouse Hibee
15-06-2020, 07:05 PM
The original Thomas Crapper toilet and sink etc is still in the directors bathroom in the Jenners building.
Onceinawhile
15-06-2020, 10:49 PM
Fanta started life in nazi Germany as they couldn't get coca cola due to a trade embargo.

It's short for fantastich.
danhibees1875
16-06-2020, 08:08 AM
The original Thomas Crapper toilet and sink etc is still in the directors bathroom in the Jenners building.

Maybe I'm a little late to the party on this one, but is that where "crapper" comes from?
Scouse Hibee
16-06-2020, 08:12 AM
Maybe I'm a little late to the party on this one, but is that where "crapper" comes from?

Yes I believe it is.
heretoday
16-06-2020, 08:55 AM
Fanta started life in nazi Germany as they couldn't get coca cola due to a trade embargo.

It's short for fantastich.

If it wasn't for Churchill we'd all be drinking the stuff.
Craig_HFC
16-06-2020, 09:44 AM
If it wasn't for Churchill we'd all be drinking the stuff.

And now we've got a lot of Orange fantasists 'defending' his statue

:greengrin
HibbyDave
19-07-2020, 09:45 AM
Still on a fashion theme.... did you know that Tommy Hilfiger is a direct descendent of Robert Burns.
CropleyWasGod
19-07-2020, 11:08 AM
Still on a fashion theme.... did you know that Tommy Hilfiger is a direct descendent of Robert Burns.

Given Burns' love of ****ging, should we be surprised?
HibbyDave
19-07-2020, 11:42 AM
Given Burns' love of ****ging, should we be surprised?

There is just over 600 living direct descendants of Burns.
He “got about a bit” 😀
heretoday
19-07-2020, 12:56 PM
A thread for unusual but true stories viz

That Hugo Boss designed the Nazis' uniforms in the 1930's ?

Fortunately for the world they turned out to be not as smart as they looked.
Caversham Green
19-07-2020, 03:29 PM
On the ancestry theme, the musician Moby is a descendant of Herman Melville who wrote Moby Dick - hence the assumed name. The appendage is thought to be natural though.
HibbyDave
22-07-2020, 09:35 PM
On the ancestry theme, the musician Moby is a descendant of Herman Melville who wrote Moby Dick - hence the assumed name. The appendage is thought to be natural though.

I just read Moby Dick a couple of weeks ago. Had seen movie(s) in the past but the book gets your imagination going.
degenerated
24-07-2020, 10:54 PM
On the ancestry theme, the musician Moby is a descendant of Herman Melville who wrote Moby Dick - hence the assumed name. The appendage is thought to be natural though.On the Moby theme, he was in a hard-core punk band called the vatican commandos in the early 80s

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HibbyDave
26-07-2020, 10:52 AM
Still with music ( sort of).
Did you know that you cannot hum and pinch your nose closed at the same time!


Also, your thumb is the same length as your............. nose😀

Try putting tip of your thumb between your eyes and check.
Scouse Hibee
06-08-2020, 09:42 PM
Certain members of MI5 are actually trained as locksmiths, when securing venues, hotels etc for conferences they attempt to pick the locks on bedrooms conference room doors etc to see how secure they are.
sleeping giant
06-08-2020, 10:04 PM
Still with music ( sort of).
Did you know that you cannot hum and pinch your nose closed at the same time!


Dont know if anyone else has tried this , but I can :greengrin:
Hibrandenburg
06-08-2020, 11:06 PM
Dont know if anyone else has tried this , but I can :greengrin:

Sounds like it comes from the same source as "if you let your tongue hang out and say oranges, then it sounds just like gullible" so I passed. :greengrin
Mibbes Aye
06-08-2020, 11:55 PM
Sounds like it comes from the same source as "if you let your tongue hang out and say oranges, then it sounds just like gullible" so I passed. :greengrin

Thats me been humiliated a few times tonight.

In fairness some of them were before I started reading .net