Things You Didn’t Know

[weecalf]

Only for quiz shows .Yesterday found out Lady Penelope’s driver was a safe cracker .

[david small]

I knew that. He came from a wooden criminal family. He was a chip off the old block.

[weecalf]

Can’t remember his name ..

[david small]

Parker.

[andy-hughes]

Known to his criminal associates as 'The Nose'.

Why in the name of all that's holy do I remember this stuff!!!!!!!!!!!

[DTCwordfan]

Anvil?

Why do the Chinese not play cricket is one that I have heard.....
"Because they eat all the effing bats."

[david small]

Lol.

[Theland]

DTC :-)

[Buenchico]

>>> Why do the Chinese not play cricket

Yes, I know it was a joke but, as a pedantic nerd, I'll point out that China do play cricket at international level - just very, very badly though ;-)
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/18957/report/1160960/china-vs-nepal-16th-match-icc-world-twenty20-asia-region-qualifier-b-2018-19

[Theland]

Four Feather Falls - Who sang the theme tune?

[DTCwordfan]

Chris, even more pedantic, I played in the first match between the Royal HK club and Shanghai. We scratched a team up in Shanghai inc Mr Roope as our ringer to hold our end up against what would be a very good Indian sub-con county team, the match played in a Shanghai football stadium and the Royal HK CC brought up the coconut matting....the trophy was a plaque saying 'Shanghai Cricket Club' that hung in Hong Kong after some loon of an English expat went down to the Shanghai club in the 1959 exodus to recover it, rather than fill his cases with the usual family photos etc... Fyi the club was created in 1858.....

[Theland]

Quite a story DTC.
What were you doing there? HKP?

[Buenchico]

Thanks for that interesting info, DTC!

[10ClarionSt]

Michael Holiday - Four Feather Falls.

[New Judge]

Michael Holliday (Four Feather Falls).

Talking of feathers, who was the best man at Princess Alexandra's wedding to Angus Ogilvy?

[10ClarionSt]

Michael Holiday! :oD

[Theland]

More trivia, Michael Holidays' real name was Norman Milne. A childhood friend of Mum in Liverpool.
Sadly took his own life after knowing comfortable fame. Never knew why.

[Theland]

Also the voice of Two Gun TeX Of Texas :-)

[DTCwordfan]

first match in the modern era I should add.
Theland, I was the regional director for a major oil co and we went from 8 staff in early 1993 to over 175 by 1995, such the expansion, I had responsibility for lubs, bitumen, chemicals and coal (yes we imported it into China) and joint venture creation and my patch was Central China all the way across to Tibet - I also had the pompous title of Chairman's Representative to add to the Regional Director bit. The job also included stewarding the Exploration team for the East China Sea and onshore possibilities in Jiangsu and the gas fields in Guangxi.

[10ClarionSt]

I seem to recall he was massively in debt to the tax man. Don't know if that's why he took his own life though.

[DTCwordfan]

and for really useless info, I have two of President Xi Jinping's business cards....when he was Comm. Party Secretary for Zhejiang....though no one then had an idea that he would ascend the Emporer's throne....