My ex-stepfather...
Was utterly convinced, to the point of vehement argument with people who disagreed, that the tides were nothing to do with the moon. Nope, they were simply the result of all the water in the oceans slopping from side to side, due to the earth spinning.

He also fell out with my mum once over the fine hairs by a shire horse's hooves. They're called feathers, but he didn't believe this and insisted my mum had misheard, for they were correctly termed "fetlocks".
Some weeks later at the zoo my mum saw a sign by the shire horses which mentioned their feathers. Upon having this pointed out to him, my stepfather stormed off and didn't speak to her for about a week O_o
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 16:53, 4 replies)

Didn't speak to her for a week?
Based on your stories about him, I reckon she got a result there.
( Snappyuk gets BIGGER with free sample., Tue 23 Mar 2010, 17:42, closed)

I reckon you could be right, there :)

(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 23:06, closed)

Actually
He wasn't far off.

From Wikipedia:

"The word fetlock literally means "foot-lock" and originally referred to the small tuft of hair situated on the rear of the fetlock joint.

"Feather" refers to the particularly long, luxuriant hair growth over the lower leg and fetlock that is characteristic of certain breeds."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetlock
(SarcasticBarSteward wants to be good at Photoshop when he grows up, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 23:52, closed)

Well, I say!
Live & learn, eh?
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 0:03, closed)