jonesthecurl wrote:I think it's written "St", but the name is "Saint" (hence the full stop after the contraction). Pedantically, you could say that the sign has none of the letters of the word "mackerel" in it. The name, however, does.
It is still a fascnating fact, and one of the most magnificently useless I've ever seen.
I'll eat heavycola's hat if you can find me one instance of St John's Wood, London anywhere on the internet as "Saint John's Wood". Here this should get you started - http://www.google.co.uk/search?client=f ... gle+Search
jonesthecurl wrote:I think it's written "St", but the name is "Saint" (hence the full stop after the contraction). Pedantically, you could say that the sign has none of the letters of the word "mackerel" in it. The name, however, does.
It is still a fascnating fact, and one of the most magnificently useless I've ever seen.
I'll eat heavycola's hat if you can find me one instance of St John's Wood, London anywhere on the internet as "Saint John's Wood". Here this should get you started - http://www.google.co.uk/search?client=f ... gle+Search
I haven't really got time to sit here typing this let alone google for St. John's Wood.
But my point is simple - if this wasn't an abbreviation, it would be "ST John" not "ST. John".
jonesthecurl wrote:I think it's written "St", but the name is "Saint" (hence the full stop after the contraction). Pedantically, you could say that the sign has none of the letters of the word "mackerel" in it. The name, however, does.
It is still a fascnating fact, and one of the most magnificently useless I've ever seen.
I'll eat heavycola's hat if you can find me one instance of St John's Wood, London anywhere on the internet as "Saint John's Wood". Here this should get you started - http://www.google.co.uk/search?client=f ... gle+Search
after using "Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter" as an insult in one of his plays, Shakespeare wrote a little known work rating the latent terror in each letter (unsurprisingly rating x first, while l, remarkably enough, came third).
In London, if during the course of an arrest the arresting officer's helmet is removed from his head, then the apprehended suspect is entitled to several hundred pounds of compensation for attempted unlawful arrest. This is the product of old Victorian legislation which lays down strict regulations on the correct dress for police constables in all of the Metropolitan Boroughs.
On the other hand due to ancient laws relating to clan-policing, in Scotland the police are permitted to arrest you for any reason they choose so long as they are wearing the same pattern of tartan as you. Suspects not wearing tartan are exempt from this provision
Wayne wrote:Wow, with a voice like that Dancing Mustard must get all the babes!
Garth wrote:Yeah, I bet he's totally studly and buff.
suggs wrote:I thought that was his nephew, Gzdarkant. And are you sure it wasn't donkeys?
I tried to find a donkey related death statistic...but could not find anything more reliable than the old rumor that more people die per year via donkey than via airplane crash...which was apparently not possible to verify.
im shocked and appauled 
