ewenm Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 me. just made a delicious dinner - mince, onion, peppers, chillis, mushroom and tomato. sadly have just rubbed my eyes having not washing them properly after chopping the chillis. ☹️ that stings 70118 miles and counting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Brother Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Ouch! Make sure you wash them before using he little boys room ❗ (your hands ) Steve Se7en-Up! Honk if U flash! If you see a speed camera - HONK your horn to alert other road users they are approaching an accident blackspot! Together we can make a difference 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewenm Posted September 26, 2003 Author Share Posted September 26, 2003 😬 but also 70155 miles and counting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La vache espagnole Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Ouch. I'm wondering if I've got something in my own eyes; I just read: [misquote]...just made a delicious dinner - mice, onion, peppers, chillis, mushroom and tomato...[/misquote] Mmmmm ❗ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony pashley Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 Did you know... (useless trivia dept.) The 'heat' of chillies and peppers and the like is measured in Scoville Units. (No idea how they are actually measured though). Isn't ''chilli'' the most inappropriate name? Like calling icecubes ''hots''... tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby dooby doo Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 i thinkits the number of litres of water that a gram of chilli needs to be mixed in until you can't taste it. hence hot chillis can be over 10,000 units. HOOPY R706KGU Hoopylight R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevSull Too Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 [pedant] Sugar water actually........... [/pedant] 😬You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same. 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewenm Posted September 27, 2003 Author Share Posted September 27, 2003 There was a program on one of the Discovery type channels where Alan Alda (MASH actor) was investigating simple questions like "Why are chilli's hot" - its not the flesh and not the seeds but a tiny strip of orangey material in the chilli that holds the chemical Capsinal (or something like that) 70155 miles and counting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevSull Too Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 [more pedant] Capsaicin [/more pedant] *tongue* 😬You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same. 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewenm Posted September 27, 2003 Author Share Posted September 27, 2003 Aye, that'd be it 70155 miles and counting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby dooby doo Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 sugar water 🤔 is there a website to tell me more HOOPY R706KGU Hoopylight R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibster. Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 try here here which includes this factoid If you weigh less than 63.5 kg, and eat 2.84 litres of a Louisiana-style hot sauce, you have a very good chance of dying from respiratory failure Kev, I didn't know that you are a poet *and* a chilli-head 😬 Paul Supercheese R250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 The volume of completely useless information you lot have tucked in your brains never ceases to amaze me 😬 I'm doing a works pub quiz soon - may have to get mobile internet in time to set up laptop in ladies' loo so I can ask the Shedders any tough questions 😳 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FH Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 Been there. Done that Son in pub quiz calls on mobile. "Mummy dearest, what is ?" Mummy provides answer. Repeat twice more. Son's team wins quiz 😳 It's all right officer. I'll come quietly FH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not a Postman Pat Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 You're not alone FH. I helped my sister to win a pub quiz, after she called me for the answer to the tiebreaker "Who sang the 1980s hit Pop Music" 😳 London, Paris, New York, Munich Pat and his not quite black and white cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony pashley Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 Of all the creatures on Earth, one in four is a beetle. tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meldrew Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 Nonsense. All four of them were Beatles. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FH Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 It's an estimate, not a fact, Mr Pashley Let It Be Beetles: Beetles, order Coleoptera, are not only the largest group of insects, they are the largest order in the animal kingdom. There are so many species that even the best estimates vary, ranging from 300,000 to 500,000 species. It is probable that one out of every four creatures on earth is a beetle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibster. Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 and many of the other 3 are Golfs Supercheese R250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meldrew Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 It's a scary thought that in a post-apocalyptic world, rear-engined aircooled cars will be the lords of the Earth. Herbie will be their leader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibster. Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 So Douglas Adams was 11 out with 42 😬 Supercheese R250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WindyMiller Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 Kinda Herbie meets post apocolyptic "terminator" scenario. I sense a sequel coming on, do you think we'll get funding? "I'll be back " Windy Red and Black 1.8K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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