Damn, I thought my 36 was impressive
...now I have to memorise more digits.

I can recite the name of the longest placename in the world, though. It goes like this (phonetically - I don't know the Maori spelling):

Taumatawakatanianicuwiuwutamatyatooleybukakabikimongohonanukawokawiniwakatanatahumatakuwatanganurucowamikitora

Disclaimer: I learned it from the song that used to start the Kenny Everett show, which the older British B3tans may remember, and apparently it's not quite the same as the real place. So no Wikipedia Nazi flaming, please.

Now THAT'S a useless talent.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Fri 19 Nov 2010, 9:27, 3 replies)

I remember that song!
So that's what the fuck they were singing about!

Christ, 30 years on and the penny finally fucking drops
( Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 19 Nov 2010, 10:00, closed)

Lone Ranger by Quantum Leap
It's actually quite a fun song - suggests that the Lone Ranger was a spliff-toking arse-bandit. No wonder Kenny Everett chose it...

It is thought that the same person gave HIV to both Kenny Everett and Freddy Mercury. What a bastard!
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Fri 19 Nov 2010, 11:41, closed)

The same bloke?
He really was a shit. :(
( Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 19 Nov 2010, 12:00, closed)

I love that you've
learnt something that is similar to the longest place name in the world...just adds one more level of pointlessness
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Sun 21 Nov 2010, 11:31, closed)

s'not the longest placename
that's the mountain in NZ. The longest is the proper name for the Thai capital (not Bankok - that's the village that was on the site before the city developed)

full name - Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Phiman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit

/goes back to QI books
( kappynitty doubled your entendre on, Sun 21 Nov 2010, 17:34, closed)