Scrappy doo the dog was not a puppy he was a dwaf : Growth hormone deficiency

Do you remember Scrappy Doo "Let me at them..." from the Scooby Doo cartoons. This little guy was not a puppy he was suffering from Growth hormone deficiency or Pituitary Dwarfism.

This was revealed in the movie Scooby Doo Movie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0267913/

This info was given by Velma.

Why Peter Sellers is better than Steve martin as the Pink Panther

When Peter Sellers mispronounced a word you could understand it, When Steve Martin is doing the same it sounds like gibbrish.

Check these you tube links

Peter Seller " I need a room and Does your dog bite" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXn2QVipK2o&feature=related

Steve Martin "I want ot buy a hamburger" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUCDhvbQFmU

Rolls-Royce Garbage truck

When Jai Singh visited the showrooms of Rolls-Royce in London, he was affronted when the salesman implied that he couldn't afford to purchase one of the sleek new models -- he promptly purchased 10, shipped them home, tore their roofs off, and used them to collect garbage.

You can't create gmail accounts with slang (bad bad words) in your name

Reacently I learnt that if your name contains a slang bad word as a part of it in a substring, you cant create an email account.

Examples are ***Shit*** ***Fcuk***** and so on

Why software defects are called bugs

The very first defect ever found in computer system was a real moth on Realy 70, Panel F of the Mark 2. This led to the first exercise of debugging.

Wanna see the pic of that celebrity moth and more details on this history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_bug#Etymology

Some Laws

* The Law of Common Sense
Never accept a drink from a urologist.

* The Law of Reality
Never get into fights with ugly people, they have nothing to lose.

* The Law of Self Sacrifice
When you starve with a tiger, the tiger starves last.

* The Law of Volunteering
If you dance with a grizzly bear, you had better let him lead.

* The Law of Avoiding Oversell
When putting cheese in a mousetrap, always leave room for the mouse.

* Weiler’s Law
Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn’t have to do it himself. (Also known as Project Managers)

* Law of Volunteer Labor
People are always available for work in the past tense. (Also known as Techies)

* Conway’s Law
In any organization there is one person who knows what is going on. That person must be fired.

* Law of Drunkenness
You can’t fall off the floor.

* Heller’s Law
The first myth of management is that it exists.

Unix from Microsoft

Beleive it or not MS at one time was working on a 16 bit Unix version called Xenix.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenix

I wonder if we would have had Linux, Windows Mistake Edition (ME) or Mistake Edition 2 (Vista) if they had persuaded this path.

I guess that 8088 which was an 8 bit microprocessor was more in at that point of time which led to developement of DOS and we never got to see any more of Xenix.

I wonder if dropping of Xenix was a good thing for Unix or not???

Robin Williams made a Paa like move in 1996

I am not sure if many people know this but a move called Jack starring Robin Williams was made in 1996.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_(film)

This movie however unlike Paa has a happy ending...

Not the kind you are hoping :-)

Britannia and the Sheep jokes

Today I will bring a lot of useless stuff for you. The summary is how Britannia (England) used sheep jokes against the Welsh people.


First thing first What's Britannia?

Britannia is another name for England (not UK, UK comprises of England, Scotland and Whales ). The name Britannia comes from Britons which later became British. Britons are different from Saxons (as in Anglo Saxons).

Sheep Jokes are jokes in which we make fun of people of making out with Sheep hopefully with a pretty bow.

"An old Sheppard wanted to make a large mansion on his farm. He brings a famous architect who surveys his property, the old Sheppard say do whatever you want but don't cut down those two trees. The architect asks why? The man says that is a tree where I became a man, the architect respects his wishes and asks what about that one. The man replies, her mother saw us when I was becoming a man. Shocked the architect, says What did she say? The man says what else Bhaaa"

For a lot of Sheep jokes goto this link

http://home.planet.nl/~jhut/sheep/sheepjoke.htm

Now coming to the topic at hand. British made fun or Welsh people (the ones from Whales) and most Sheep Jokes were about them as they were sheppards.... cruel but a basis of an entire culture....

Did you know Penelope Pitstop car had a viberator setting

Do you all remember wacky races http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacky_Races ? The one in which likes of Dig Dastardly, Penelope Pitstop and others used to race in there strange cars.

Now Penelope 's car was called compact pussycat. It was a nice pink looking girly car which had all kinds of personal grooming things. One of the settings which is rather less known is that it had a viberator setting. Yes you got me right a viberator setting. I imagine what for.. a lonely girl running around... If you know what I mean.

Wecome to useless knowledge

Hi
I am starting this site because many times when I am having discussions with friends/colleagues over lunch and dinners. I end up telling facts which are utterly humorous and rather useless.
At times I am shocked that people are just not aware of these fact which I think are trivial
So this site will help me capture them... hope you like it