Do ants have arseholes?

I recently read a really funny book called ‘do ants have arseholes and 101 other bloody ridiculous questions?’ rather unfortunate question for the title of the book but the questions do make you think. It is a very funny book of unanswered questions, here are some of the good ones...



What was the best thing before sliced bread? – this is a parents thing.

Is laughter the best medicine? I vote YES





Why do socks go missing in the wash? They actually do, I have quite a lot of odd socks in my sock draw!

Is it possible to bore someone to death? I could only watch paint dry for a very short period of time..maybe a few minutes?

Why is marmalade not called orange jam? And if someone came up with the word marmalade..why? It’s an awful word now I think about it.

Where is the middle of nowhere? Hm..i think in the middle of a field but wait..that field isn’t nowhere, it’s a place.

Who copyrighted to copyright symbol? I would love to know.

Why do round pizzas come in square boxes? Maybe because there easier to carry?

How much room do you need to swing a cat? The image this is putting in my head is horrific.

Did Adam and Eve commit incest? Come on..they must have!

Why is only half the clock used in countdown? I wonder if they ever consider using the other half of the clock.

What is the oldest trick in the book? This is a parents saying..they must know eh.

What came first the chicken or the egg? ..Questionable.

This is strange...

A researcher at Cambridge university came up with this theory that it does not matter what order the letters are in the word you can still read it aslong as the first and last letter are the same. What do you think can you read this:

The trehoy is that it deosn't mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer are in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Annoying phrases and sayings...

I have thought of some saying and phrases which i find rather annoying and again do we even realise we are saying them in conversation?

You should have stopped while you were ahead – I’ve realised that but thank you very much for pointing it out

Think outside the box – what box? This saying just puts an imaginary box above my head

Step up to the plate – what plate? And how do I get up there?

Put pen to paper – Does this saying just send your mind blank. Yes!

Enough said – This always seems to be followed by another sentence but you said..enough said.

What did I tell you? – yes you did but I don’t need you to tell me.

I beg to differ – this actually confuses me, does anyone know what this means? I have a sentence in my head using it but does it really make sense.

Six and two threes – four and two twos? Ten and two fives?

Cut to the chase – the chase?

Sooner rather than later – yes we all know sooner is better than later but sooner is not always possible to those lazy people.

And the winner for the most annoying of them all goes to…I told you so – no comment the phrase says it all!

Please comment if you feel the same about these comments or if you have any other ones that you find annoying..

Phrases we use in conversation..

This post is about phrases that we use in conversation which you proberly don’t realise you say at all. Why do we say these things?


At the end of the day – at the end of what day, this day?

I am not being funny but.. – I think you actually are trying to be funny when you say your not.

They turned around and said – come on, did they really turn around, what if they were already facing you?

Top and bottom of it is – what top and what bottom, the conversation?

On the other hand – why the other hand? Is the opposite hand already holding the other opinion or situation?

It all boils down too – the situation boils?

To be fair – So if you didn’t say to be fair would you not being fair? I think when you say..to be fair you are actually not being fair at all.

When it's all said and done - this is obviously leading on to another sentence. STOP as you said..it's all said and done.

The fact of the matter is - Is there a fact in every matter?

Why do we add these phrases into out conversations, are they fillers to make out conversations more interesting. I think they are knitted into our language so well that we don’t even know we are saying them…and we all know what they mean and what people mean when they use these phrases. But why? I am going to try and restrain myself from using them in conversation, see how long i can last for.

Things you were told when you young..

Or in other words..lies grown ups would tell you to make you do things you didn’t want to do.

• Carrots will make you see in the dark – if carrots made you see in the dark everyone would eat them, there would be no need for street lights.
  
  
  
• If you swallow chewing gum it will stick to your heart or if you swallow chewing gum it will take seven years to digest. I actually believe in this lie, I think these lies were told to stop children from trying to swallow their gum and choke. Children simply must not know the dangers of choking so telling them it will stick to your heart and die, I am sure it registers better.
  
  
• Eating your crusts will make your hair go curly – I actually believed this at one time.

• A stoke brings a baby – I think this is reasonable.
  
  
  
• Don’t pull a face, the wind will blow and you’ll stay like that – did adults not like you having fun as a child? Waahh..please face go back to normal.

• Santa Clause, the Tooth fairy and the Easter Bunny – don’t get me started!
  
  
  

Interesting Facts

Many facts are not useful to know but are very interesting to know, i am always intrigued when hearing random facts. So i thought i would share some of them with you.



Did you know....

• A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out


• Polar bears are left handed


• Butterflies taste with their feet


• Elephants are the only animals that can't jump


• Starfishes haven't got brains


• It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open


• No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple


• "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"


• Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants

These are just some but interesting facts, I’ve never really thought about it but it is IMPOSSIBLE to keep your eyes open when sneezing. Hm..i wonder what happens if you sneeze when your driving..is’nt that illegal your eyes would be closed?

And iv tried my best to find words which rhyme with orange, purple, silver and month I’m finding nothing, so please if anyone even gets close to a word..let me know.

Berwick Vs Russia

Very random but…did you know Berwick-upon-Tweed is supposedly at war with Russia.

In the 1850’s Berwick-upon-Tweed had a very particular committee which declared themselves their own country away from England and Scotland.

So in 1953 the Crimean war declared between Russia and four other countries including the UK. But when the Treaty of Pairs settled the war in 1856 ‘Berwick-upon-Tweed’ was left out.

Queen Victoria had already assigned herself as "Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, Ireland, Berwick-upon-Tweed and all British Dominions".

Therefore technically Berwick-upon-Tweed one of Britain's smallest towns was officially at war with one of the world's mightiest powers.

Berwick-upon-Tweed with a population 11,665 Vs Russia with a population of 142,274,019

Very embarrassing on Berwick’s behalf don’t you think…