Did you know?
- Six pairs of scissors a day are manufactured without blades or handles, just the bit in the middle where they pivot, and these escape from the factory, usually by flying out of the window and drifting along on breezes, until they come to rest in treetops and begin to build nests for the harsh winter months ahead.
- You're looking very pleased with yourself.
- The smell of a person's earwax can be collected in tiny bottles and used to fend off evil spirits.
- If a door is able to open both ways without being split in the middle like a saloon door or double doors, it would not qualify as an official door and could be taxed as a luxury.
- By way of opposition, the fire brigade has the RNLI, who douse fires using the sea collected in their turn-ups on returning from long voyages. Luckily, the fire brigade is always able to entice the RNLI to use up their sea-water supplies in bars extinguishing lit cigarettes before any real fires demand their attention.
Wed 11 Apr 2007 15:37
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Comment from: Horrified Hairdresser [Visitor]
Thu 12 Apr 2007 @ 16:38
I'm not sure whether you were aware of the huge underworld trade in poached scissor pivots; so i felt the need to highlight the issue. It is of course illegal to capture or kill scissor pivots that have set up home in the wild as they are considered to be the property of the queen; similar to swans, and the legal penalty for poaching them can carry a sentence of up to 4 years imprisonment!
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