Amazing displays of ignoranceSandettie Light Vessel Automatic tells us: "My dad's friend told us there's no such thing as gravity - it's just the weight of air holding us down". Tell us of times you've been floored by abject stupidity. "Whenever I read the Daily Express" is not a valid answer.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 16:48)
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Another, more lighthearted.One night, Ms D and I are laying in bed watching TV and there's some crap on about buying a house, doing it up and selling it for profit (like a reality TV show for masochists).
They start talking about installing central heating, when Ms D asks "Who invented central heating?"
I say, "probably the Romans, I think they used to have trenches under villas with heated water running through it heating the floors. I suppose you could call that Central Heating."
She says, "Oh? Where did the Romans come from...?"
Me: "Errr....Rome!"
Ms. D.: "Really? So where did the Greeks come from then?"
Doh!
(, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 21:18, 2 replies)
hypocausts!something I learned from Time Team :)
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Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Sat 20 Mar 2010, 17:26,
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bugger me with a broomstick!I just Wikied (is that a verb?) hypocausts and it's exactly what I was thinking of.
Thanks for that, I had no idea that they had a name for it!
(, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 20:25, closed)
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