I have forgotten all my Pear facts :(

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 23 Jul 2013, 9:46, 5 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

The word 'aperitif' comes from the old Norman tradition of drinking Cinzano out of hollowed-out pears.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 23 Jul 2013, 9:49, Reply)

Failed balloonist Per Linstrand got his name from his university days, when, for a bet, he ate nothing but pears for an entire year

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 23 Jul 2013, 9:52, Reply)

As did Per from Roxette (a Norwegian pear variety, fact fans)

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 23 Jul 2013, 10:11, Reply)

Experimental rock band Pere Ubu took their name from their days of drinking fermented pear juice at the University of Bristol Student's Union bar

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 23 Jul 2013, 9:56, Reply)

The phrase 'I beg your pardon' is a corruption of the Middle English 'I begge your peardon'
which comes from the days when all High Court judges were actually pears. To beg someone's peardon meant to try to get off a criminal charge by appealing to the judge.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 23 Jul 2013, 10:03, Reply)

Perdition:
noun
a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unrepentant person may only eat disappointing pears which never really ripen properly
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 23 Jul 2013, 10:16, Reply)

Pears are shit wannabe apples

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 23 Jul 2013, 10:18, Reply)

Peresy!

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 23 Jul 2013, 10:23, Reply)