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Groucho's Fact Hunt


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Going to use this in a lecture Ive to give to some health service heads on "Perceptions" , nice story

Perhaps you have heard the story of Christopher Wren, one of the greatest of English architects, who walked one day unrecognized among the men who were at work upon the building of St. Paul's cathedral in London which he had designed.
"What are you doing?" he inquired of one of the workmen, and the man replied, "I am cutting a piece of stone."
As he went on he put the same question to another man, and the man replied, "I am earning five shillings twopence a day."
And to a third man he addressed the same inquiry and the man answered, "I am helping Sir Christopher Wren build a beautiful cathedral for the glory of God."
· Attributed to Louise Bush-Brown, director of the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women. Reported in as unverified in Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989).
 
Professor Toffee said:
Going to use this in a lecture Ive to give to some health service heads on "Perceptions" , nice story

Perhaps you have heard the story of Christopher Wren, one of the greatest of English architects, who walked one day unrecognized among the men who were at work upon the building of St. Paul's cathedral in London which he had designed.
"What are you doing?" he inquired of one of the workmen, and the man replied, "I am cutting a piece of stone."
As he went on he put the same question to another man, and the man replied, "I am earning five shillings twopence a day."
And to a third man he addressed the same inquiry and the man answered, "I am helping Sir Christopher Wren build a beautiful cathedral for the glory of God."
· Attributed to Louise Bush-Brown, director of the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women. Reported in as unverified in Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989).
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That third fella probably recognised Wren and thought he could brown nose a pay rise.
 
Professor Toffee said:
Going to use this in a lecture Ive to give to some health service heads on "Perceptions" , nice story

Perhaps you have heard the story of Christopher Wren, one of the greatest of English architects, who walked one day unrecognized among the men who were at work upon the building of St. Paul's cathedral in London which he had designed.
"What are you doing?" he inquired of one of the workmen, and the man replied, "I am cutting a piece of stone."
As he went on he put the same question to another man, and the man replied, "I am earning five shillings twopence a day."
And to a third man he addressed the same inquiry and the man answered, "I am helping Sir Christopher Wren build a beautiful cathedral for the glory of God."
· Attributed to Louise Bush-Brown, director of the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women. Reported in as unverified in Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989).
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Urgh. One of the most sappy, mawkish things I've ever read.
 

The eruption of mount Tambora in 1815 was heard 1200 miles away and is the largest volcanic eruption in the last 2000 years. It led to 'the year without summer' in 1816 in Europe and North America. The eruption is cited as being responsible for Shelley's Frankenstein, as the terrible weather forced a group of writers to stay indoors in Geneva, where they entertained themselves by writing horror stories.
Put that in your pipe
Podcast here:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/in-our-time-history/id463700741?mt=2&i=367263653
 

Brothers Ron and Russell Mael were born in southern California and began their careers in show business at an early age. At their mother’s urging, both modeled for clothing catalogues for over a year as teenagers. Their combined artistic talents found a musical outlet in 1970, when the brothers and some friends from school formed the band Halfnelson, with Ron writing the songs and playing keyboards and Russell providing vocals. While studying graphic design, literature, and film at UCLA, the group recorded a demo tape and presented it to every major and minor record label, only to be met with indifference. A friend then mailed one of their tapes to rock artist Todd Rundgren, who had just recently began to explore music from the production side. Rundgren was sufficiently impressed to agree to go to Los Angeles to produce Halfnelson's first album.In 1971 they formed Sparks and are still performing their very original material around the world today
 
larbert toffee said:

Brothers Ron and Russell Mael were born in southern California and began their careers in show business at an early age. At their mother’s urging, both modeled for clothing catalogues for over a year as teenagers. Their combined artistic talents found a musical outlet in 1970, when the brothers and some friends from school formed the band Halfnelson, with Ron writing the songs and playing keyboards and Russell providing vocals. While studying graphic design, literature, and film at UCLA, the group recorded a demo tape and presented it to every major and minor record label, only to be met with indifference. A friend then mailed one of their tapes to rock artist Todd Rundgren, who had just recently began to explore music from the production side. Rundgren was sufficiently impressed to agree to go to Los Angeles to produce Halfnelson's first album.In 1971 they formed Sparks and are still performing their very original material around the world today
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And they're great, as well.
 

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