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Did you know that crabs wee through their eyes? That maidenhair moss is so called because Anglo-saxons thought it looked like pubes? That Albanians have 17 different words for moustache? Astound us with your utterly useless and obscure knowledge.

(, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 14:48)
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The supposedly innocuous and jolly insult 'Berk' is a word shortened from a term for Lady Bits in rhyming slang: 'Berkshire Hunt.' I was terribly disappointed to learn this, as I'd always though 'Berk was a word you could use practically anywhere. Ho hum.
(, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 16:43, Reply)

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