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(I helped save b3ta! rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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apparently
everyone in europe is related to Charlemagne
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 13:26, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)
I propose a blanket ban on facts gleaned from watching QI

(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 13:36, Reply)
Seconded.

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 13:43, Reply)
why?
it doesn't make it less true or interesting
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 13:50, Reply)
I enjoy QI as much as the next man
but talking about it is like the nerds equivalent of water cooler conversations about Eastenders. Same goes for 'Mock The 'Week', 'Argumental' etc.

It's not a criticism, Vipros! Merely an opinion. Hence the proposal so elegantly seconded by La Belle Mlle. Blouse.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 16:31, Reply)
something like 80% off all Finns
can be traced back to two medieval families. They have infinitely higher levels of genetic disorders because they are effectively all inbred.
(I helped save b3ta! Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 13:43, Reply)
Don't they have the highest suicide rate of all nationalities?
*Not gleened from QI*
(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 13:44, Reply)
Nope: the top ten from 1-10:
Belarus
Lithuania
Russia
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Japan
Guyana
Ukraine
South Korea
Sri Lanka
(I helped save b3ta! Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 13:52, Reply)
Must have dreamt it then.

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 13:54, Reply)
No you didn't
It used to be a fact about 25 years ago.
(I helped save b3ta! Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 13:56, Reply)
Haha!
It's amazing what useless knowledge I retain.
(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 14:02, Reply)
Do you still try and buy a stamp for 4d?

(I helped save b3ta! Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 14:03, Reply)
What's a stamp?
I use carrier pidgeon.
(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 14:05, Reply)
Speckled Jim
A lovely plump breasted carrier pigeon
(I helped save b3ta! Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 14:08, Reply)
You know your pidgeons then?
*Doffs flat cap*
(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 14:09, Reply)
'appen I do
and whippets
(I helped save b3ta! Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 14:12, Reply)
There's nowt as grand as a whippet in motion.

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 14:15, Reply)

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