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Another Michael Caine Moment 01:13 - Sep 4 with 12999 viewsBoston

The earth used in the banking terraces at Craven Cottage came from the excavation of Shepherds Bush Station.

Not a lot of people know that.

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Another Michael Caine Moment on 17:38 - Sep 4 with 1814 viewsstowmarketrange

Another Michael Caine Moment on 17:16 - Sep 4 by hubble

I hate to be a pedant, again, but this is absolute nonsense!

Cnt is an ancient word whose meaning has changed as little as its sound. Cnt derives from the old English c*nte, and that from the proto-Germanic word k*nto (same meaning), and that probably deriving from the proto-Indo-European root gʷḗn, meaning, essentially, female. Unsurprisingly, it is a truly ancient word.


PS - Shakespeare was very found of the word cnt, and from at least the 12th century onwards, Gropecnt Lane was a fairly common name for streets where ladies of the night (or day, I guess) were to be found.

Edit: Jeez, I've just re-read this. Whatta know-all. It was actually quite a good joke. Sorry about that.


[Post edited 4 Sep 21:36]


I think it was meant as a joke.Although he got the century wrong as the c unts weren’t formed until the early 20th century.
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Another Michael Caine Moment on 17:40 - Sep 4 with 1805 viewshubble

Another Michael Caine Moment on 17:38 - Sep 4 by stowmarketrange

I think it was meant as a joke.Although he got the century wrong as the c unts weren’t formed until the early 20th century.


Yeah, I did think it might be a joke, but the educator in me couldn't let it stand, just in case some people thought he was serious!

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Another Michael Caine Moment on 17:43 - Sep 4 with 1784 viewsdmm

Another Michael Caine Moment on 17:37 - Sep 4 by hubble

And apparently that common ancestor was a fungi to know....


I want you to go into the corner, sit down and have a serious think about what you just wrote...
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Another Michael Caine Moment on 17:45 - Sep 4 with 1777 viewshubble

Another Michael Caine Moment on 17:43 - Sep 4 by dmm

I want you to go into the corner, sit down and have a serious think about what you just wrote...


😂

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Another Michael Caine Moment on 17:46 - Sep 4 with 1766 viewsstainrods_elbow

Another Michael Caine Moment on 13:47 - Sep 4 by Juzzie

Every human being is conceived as a girl. Depending on what chromosomes are present, the embryo either stays XX (girl) or switches to XY (boy) a short while later. It's why blokes have nipples!


As Charles Manson put it, 'we live in a woman's thought'.

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Another Michael Caine Moment on 17:49 - Sep 4 with 1763 viewsstainrods_elbow

Another Michael Caine Moment on 17:34 - Sep 4 by dmm

A mushroom is more closely related to a human than a plant. Fungi and humans share a common ancestor from around 1.5 billion years ago.


As Paul Daniels might have quipped, 'that's magic'!
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Another Michael Caine Moment on 17:54 - Sep 4 with 1752 viewsBrianMcCarthy

Another Michael Caine Moment on 17:34 - Sep 4 by dmm

A mushroom is more closely related to a human than a plant. Fungi and humans share a common ancestor from around 1.5 billion years ago.


I think I know the fella you mean.

"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
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Another Michael Caine Moment on 17:57 - Sep 4 with 1734 viewsJuzzie

In terms of years, we are closer to the Tyrannosaurus Rex than the T-Rex was to a Stegosaurus.

(makes the mind boggle to think how long dinosaurs roamed this planet).
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Another Michael Caine Moment on 18:07 - Sep 4 with 1696 viewsJuzzie

Another Michael Caine Moment on 17:40 - Sep 4 by hubble

Yeah, I did think it might be a joke, but the educator in me couldn't let it stand, just in case some people thought he was serious!


Even if he was serious, it would make absolute sense!! ;)
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Another Michael Caine Moment on 18:23 - Sep 4 with 1615 viewsDavieQPR

Another Michael Caine Moment on 13:47 - Sep 4 by Juzzie

Every human being is conceived as a girl. Depending on what chromosomes are present, the embryo either stays XX (girl) or switches to XY (boy) a short while later. It's why blokes have nipples!


Except for Delilah who is YYY.
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Another Michael Caine Moment on 18:26 - Sep 4 with 1600 viewsBoston

Another Michael Caine Moment on 15:37 - Sep 4 by Paddyhoops

Michael Caine real name is Maurice Micklewhite . No relation to the legend Gary .


Not a lot of people don't know that😀

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Another Michael Caine Moment on 18:36 - Sep 4 with 1578 viewsBoston

Another Michael Caine Moment on 17:57 - Sep 4 by Juzzie

In terms of years, we are closer to the Tyrannosaurus Rex than the T-Rex was to a Stegosaurus.

(makes the mind boggle to think how long dinosaurs roamed this planet).


If only Gloria Jones was used to driving on the left.

Poll: Thank God The Seaons Over.

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Another Michael Caine Moment on 18:39 - Sep 4 with 1571 viewsfraserc

As per the name of the podcast, genetically-speaking, there is no such thing as a fish
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Another Michael Caine Moment on 18:48 - Sep 4 with 1546 viewsBoston

Another Michael Caine Moment on 18:39 - Sep 4 by fraserc

As per the name of the podcast, genetically-speaking, there is no such thing as a fish


So Garry Haddock is a bot then?

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Another Michael Caine Moment on 18:49 - Sep 4 with 1544 viewscolinallcars

My fav Michael Caine line is when the German waiter approached his table and said “mein herr, bitte?” And Michael says “nah, I'll ‘ave a pint o' lager”
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Another Michael Caine Moment on 20:37 - Sep 4 with 1401 viewsthame_hoops

Another Michael Caine Moment on 08:35 - Sep 4 by PlanetHonneywood

Martin Luther King's assassin, James Earl Ray, was caught at Heathrow Airport several weeks after the shooting.

Now you know that.


Was he the real shooter? 🤔
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Another Michael Caine Moment on 20:39 - Sep 4 with 1398 viewsEsox_Lucius

Another Michael Caine Moment on 18:39 - Sep 4 by fraserc

As per the name of the podcast, genetically-speaking, there is no such thing as a fish


The correct spelling of what is known as fish is ghot.

The grass is always greener.

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Another Michael Caine Moment on 20:48 - Sep 4 with 1368 viewsPeterHucker

Another Michael Caine Moment on 09:35 - Sep 4 by Ghost_on_the_Westway

Nope, it’s “Mantlepiece”. (Holds arms out wide …) it’s about this f**kin long!

Ok, how about the bloke from the R Whites “I’m a secret lemonade drinker” ad in the 70’s is Elvis Costello’s dad.


Not quite but nearly.

The voice singing the song in the R Whites advert is indeed Elvis Costello's dad Ross McManus.
But he's not actually in the advert, that's an actor by the name of Julian Chagrin.

But here's another music-related father-son link for you.

Malcolm Messiter who plays the oboe on Tanita Tikaram's song Twist In My Sobriety is the son of Ian Messiter who invented the famous radio panel game Just A Minute.

Not a lot of people know that.
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Another Michael Caine Moment on 20:57 - Sep 4 with 1333 viewsJuzzie

In the film “Casablanca” Rick (Humphrey Bogart) never actually says “Play it again, Sam”.
Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) says “Play it, Sam”.
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Another Michael Caine Moment on 21:10 - Sep 4 with 1314 viewsBucksRanger

Another Michael Caine Moment on 20:39 - Sep 4 by Esox_Lucius

The correct spelling of what is known as fish is ghot.


Not quite, it's GHOTI.

GH as in Tough.
O as in Women.
TI as in Ambition.
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Another Michael Caine Moment on 21:13 - Sep 4 with 1310 viewsWilkinswatercarrier

Agatha Christies most successful novel 'And Then There Were None' was not it's original title. First published in 1939, it continued to be printed using its original name, in the UK, until 1986!!!
It was shockingly titled '10 Little N*****s' . (Google it if you can't work it out)

Anyone under the age of 50 probably never knew this.
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Another Michael Caine Moment on 21:14 - Sep 4 with 1310 viewsBucksRanger

Another Michael Caine Moment on 20:48 - Sep 4 by PeterHucker

Not quite but nearly.

The voice singing the song in the R Whites advert is indeed Elvis Costello's dad Ross McManus.
But he's not actually in the advert, that's an actor by the name of Julian Chagrin.

But here's another music-related father-son link for you.

Malcolm Messiter who plays the oboe on Tanita Tikaram's song Twist In My Sobriety is the son of Ian Messiter who invented the famous radio panel game Just A Minute.

Not a lot of people know that.


Julian Chagrin was the original secret lemonade drinker but John Otway took over the role in 1985.

Cor baby, that's really free info.

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Another Michael Caine Moment on 21:17 - Sep 4 with 1299 viewsEsox_Lucius

Another Michael Caine Moment on 21:10 - Sep 4 by BucksRanger

Not quite, it's GHOTI.

GH as in Tough.
O as in Women.
TI as in Ambition.


That's the US spelling, it's t as in nation in the UK.

The grass is always greener.

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Another Michael Caine Moment on 21:28 - Sep 4 with 1280 viewsSpaceman_P

well, well, well.... Hawaiian pizza was created in Ontario, Canada, by Greek immigrant 1962.

Not a lot of people know that.

Pineapple on SAVOURY food is quite simply wrong... a lot of people do know this though.
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Another Michael Caine Moment on 15:14 - Sep 5 with 1004 viewskensalriser

Contrary to expectations, ciabatta is not a traditional Italian bread. It was developed in the early 80s by Arnaldo Cavallari, a flour mill owner and former Italian rally champion.

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