Groucho's Fact Hunt

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Rich Tea biscuits are so called because only rich people dunked their biscuits.
Original pre 1950s they were called Tea Biscuits.
I'm guessing for us normal folk at the time biscuits were a luxury.

 

[chrismpw]

Rich Tea biscuits are so called because only rich people dunked their biscuits.
Original pre 1950s they were called Tea Biscuits.
I'm guessing for us normal folk at the time biscuits were a luxury.

I knew it. Only savages dunk biscuits.

Burn the rich!

 

[Black Belt Jones]

Rich Tea biscuits are so called because only rich people dunked their biscuits.
Original pre 1950s they were called Tea Biscuits.
I'm guessing for us normal folk at the time biscuits were a luxury.

Brave man who dunks a rich tea. Risk ruining your brew with a fragile biscuit.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Go check photos from the 78 world cup.
You'll see black bands on the goalposts.
They are in remembrance for the people killed by the ruling junta at the time.

 

[summerisle]

The rules regarding Wil E. Coyote and Roadrunner.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

I knew it. Only savages dunk biscuits.

Burn the rich!

I dunk and I'm proud of it.

But yes, burn the rich!

 

[Groucho]

Jingle Bells never mentions Christmas, and the Humpty Dumpty rhyme never mentions that he’s an egg.

 

[degsy]

Jingle Bells never mentions Christmas, and the Humpty Dumpty rhyme never mentions that he’s an egg.

The ballad of John and Yoko is...as far as I know, the only Beatles song title not mentioned in the actual song
Edit; was humpty the original Eggman?

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

The ballad of John and Yoko is...as far as I know, the only Beatles song title not mentioned in the actual song
Edit; was humpty the original Eggman?

A day in the life?

 

[degsy]

A day in the life?

Apart from that one...as far as We know

 

[Tramps_mate]

Jingle Bells never mentions Christmas, and the Humpty Dumpty rhyme never mentions that he’s an egg.

I know the imagery was an egg, but I always thought it had originally been about a large cannon!

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Jingle Bells never mentions Christmas, and the Humpty Dumpty rhyme never mentions that he’s an egg.

Theories of what Humpty Dumpty was include Richard III, a cannon and some brandy drink

Humpty Dumpty - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[degsy]

A day in the life?

The full lyrics

"Dub the mic on the piano quite low this
Just keeping it like maracas, you know
You know those old pianos"
"Ok, we're on"
"Sugarplum fairy, sugarplum fairy"

I read the news today, oh boy
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well, I just had to laugh
I saw the photograph
He blew his mind out in a car
He didn't notice that the lights had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They'd seen his face before
Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords

I saw a film today, oh boy
The English Army had just won the war
A crowd of people turned away
But I just had to look
Having read the book
I'd love to turn you on

"Five, six, seven, eight, nine
Ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen
Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen
Twenty"

Woke up, fell out of bed
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up I noticed I was late
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Made my way upstairs and had a smoke
And everybody spoke and I went into a dream

"Oh [Poor language removed]"

I read the news today, oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
I'd love to turn you

"See the worst thing about doing this
Doing something like this
Is I think that at first people sort of are a bit suspicious
'You know, come on, what are you up to?

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

The full lyrics

"Dub the mic on the piano quite low this
Just keeping it like maracas, you know
You know those old pianos"
"Ok, we're on"
"Sugarplum fairy, sugarplum fairy"

I read the news today, oh boy
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well, I just had to laugh
I saw the photograph
He blew his mind out in a car
He didn't notice that the lights had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They'd seen his face before
Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords

I saw a film today, oh boy
The English Army had just won the war
A crowd of people turned away
But I just had to look
Having read the book
I'd love to turn you on

"Five, six, seven, eight, nine
Ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen
Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen
Twenty"

Woke up, fell out of bed
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up I noticed I was late
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Made my way upstairs and had a smoke
And everybody spoke and I went into a dream

"Oh [Poor language removed]"

I read the news today, oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
I'd love to turn you

"See the worst thing about doing this
Doing something like this
Is I think that at first people sort of are a bit suspicious
'You know, come on, what are you up to?

Or

10 Famous Song Titles That Never Appear Lyrically in the Song – Soundfly

"Baba O'Riley", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Space Oddity"... What do all these songs have in common? Their titles never appear in the lyrics!

flypaper.soundfly.com

 

[kev]

The ballad of John and Yoko is...as far as I know, the only Beatles song title not mentioned in the actual song

10 Famous Song Titles That Never Appear Lyrically in the Song – Soundfly​

"Baba O'Riley", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Space Oddity"... What do all these songs have in common? Their

On the other hand, surely no song title appears in the lyrics more than the Beatles 'Hey Jude'?