Thursday, August 26, 2004

I - IX

I. There are no wasps in Ireland.

II. The first telephone was invented by Cleopatra.

III. You are roughly 2.5 times more likely to be stuck by lightning than to find Rolf Harris in your greenhouse.

IV. During his early career, Roy Orbison was known by the stage name The Haunted Pelvis, but reverted to his real name after market research yielded poor responses.

V. British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli drowned in a vat of custard.

VI. Billberries are named after former REM drummer Bill Berry, who is twelve thousand years old.

VII. Our electricity and gas supplies worldwide are supplied by a gigantic friendly bear in the sky.

VIII. Before it was purchased by Elvis Presley, Graceland was known as Dog-Breath Mansions.

VIII. The Book of Revelations from the Bible was written by Shirley Bassey.

IX. Ostriches can fly, they just don't like us seeing them doing it.