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Safety Smurf  
#1 Posted : 22 July 2011 13:05:38(UTC)
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Safety Smurf

This question has been bugging me for ages, I had no idea that not knowing something could be so stressful! As it's Friday I thought I'd muster up the courage to ask; What were centipedes called before the metric system was introduced? ;-)
Jane Blunt  
#2 Posted : 22 July 2011 13:08:16(UTC)
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Jane Blunt

Gross!!
Yossarian  
#3 Posted : 22 July 2011 13:19:48(UTC)
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Yossarian

Boom boom! Did you come at that joke independently or have you been working together on it?
DaveDowan  
#4 Posted : 22 July 2011 13:20:47(UTC)
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DaveDowan

In the vein After eating, do amphibians have to wait one hour before getting out of the water??
Zimmy  
#5 Posted : 22 July 2011 13:24:26(UTC)
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Zimmy

Stay still blue person, I'll get help 999 'hello, ambulance please I found a blue person on the road and he needs help. He's rambling on incoherently about centipedes and frightening the girls. What shall I do? What! The kiss of life? You think he's turned blue due to lack of oxygen? Smurf...You're going to die (pity, it looks like a good weekend)
MaxPayne  
#6 Posted : 22 July 2011 13:32:30(UTC)
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MaxPayne

And there's more... Why was the centipede late? Because he was playing "This little Piggy" with his baby brother! What do you get if you cross a centipede and a parrot? A walkie talkie! What is worse than a giraffe with a sore throat? A centipede with chilblains! What has 50 legs but cant walk? Half a centipede! What do you call a guard with 100 legs? A sentrypede! What do you get if you cross a centipede and a chicken? Enough drumsticks to feed an army! What did one centipede say to the other centipede? You've got a lovely pair of legs, You've got a lovely pair of legs,You've got a lovely pair of legs,You've got a lovely pair of legs,You've got a lovely pair of legs,You've got a lovely pair of legs ....! Why was the centipede dropped from the insect football team? He took too long to put his boots on! What is worse than an alligator with toothache? A centipede with athlete's foot! What goes 99-clonk, 99-clonk, 99-clonk? A centipede with a wooden leg!
Mr.Flibble  
#7 Posted : 22 July 2011 13:39:21(UTC)
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Mr.Flibble

Well centi is Latin for hundred, so maybe the metric system was based on the centipedes....although according to QI there has never been a centipede found with a hundred legs...which might explain the mess of our economy system..... :)
martin1  
#8 Posted : 22 July 2011 13:44:16(UTC)
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martin1

DaveDowan wrote:
In the vein After eating, do amphibians have to wait one hour before getting out of the water??
Why did kamikazi pilots wear crash helmets? Do crabs think that we walk sideways? My boss says I am really well paid so why do I never have any money in my wallet? If size doesn't matter why do women always burst into giggles when I get undressed?
John J  
#9 Posted : 22 July 2011 14:17:32(UTC)
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John J

Why is abbreviation such a long word? Why is the third hand on a clock called the second hand? How does the bloke who drives the snow plough get to work?
Mr.Flibble  
#10 Posted : 22 July 2011 17:01:55(UTC)
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Mr.Flibble

Why is dyslexic so hard to spell?....
sean  
#11 Posted : 22 July 2011 18:43:01(UTC)
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Guest

Mr.Flibble i totally agree with you they really couldnt have picked a harder word to spell for peolpe who have trouble spelling! Diyslecseaa?
stuie  
#12 Posted : 22 July 2011 19:33:24(UTC)
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stuie

Why is there only one monopolies commission?
Moderator 2  
#13 Posted : 23 July 2011 06:23:06(UTC)
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Moderator 2

This topic is now locked since it was a 'Friday' topic. Onlookers should be aware that, due to the stressful nature of the profession, some forum users unwind on a Friday. The advice, if any, in these topics turns into a pumpkin at midnight.
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