Perhaps I am a bit odd

[TightEnd]

Life wends its merry way normally..some ups, some downs and not a drama in sight

and then it happens. Out of nowhere I begin to think about a subject. Usually triggered by something or other, and then it all goes wrong

I simply have to immerse myself in this subject, find out everything I can about it and then, sated, life returns to non compulsive obsession for a short while.

I would like to share my last five compulsions with you in the hope,  dear blonde reader, that you might help me. Please.

1. Speedway.

I was at Wembley stadium for a meeting, and in the trophy cabinet on the ground floor was a collection of memorabilia of when they Sped (?), speeded (?), speedwayed (?) at Wembley. I can now tell you thanks to the wonders of the internet everything you could possibly wish to know about speedway, its history and current standings.

2.  Pavlov.

 On the occasion of Zenit St Petersburg reaching tomorrow night's UEFA Cup Final I began to look at this Russian city and discovered that it was the birthplace of Ivan Pavlov. Not satisfied with knowing that I looked at Pavlov.In the 1890s, Pavlov was investigating the gastric function of dogs by externalizing a salivary gland so he could collect, measure and analyze the saliva and what response it had to food under different conditions. He noticed that the dogs tended to salivate before food coated with chili powder was actually delivered to their mouths, and set out to investigate this "psychic secretion". I can now tell you anything you want to know about saliva.

3. Jim Corbett.

Jim was a tiger hunter at the end of the 1800s and is reckoned to be largely responsible for the fact that tigers still exist today as he persuaded the locals in the face of much evidence that tigers were not natural killers of humans. After watching the recent Attenborough series I googled "Tiger" and 72 hours later I was still at it.

Jim was employed at one point to kill the " Champawat Tiger" which was already credited with 200 human deaths in Nepal before the army drove her out. In India the tigress took another 234 lives. Many had sought her, some claimed to have shot her, but her reign continued unabated. After much personal debate, Corbett approached the ministry, and informed them that he would hunt the Champawat Tiger, but only under his terms: all the rewards for the tiger's kill were to be rescinded, and all other hunters to be recalled. The ministry agreed. During the months that Corbett tracked her, she continued to prey upon the hapless citizenry. When Corbett's well-placed shot finally felled the formidable beast, he discovered the reason for her diet of tender human flesh: she had been shot in the mouth some years earlier, thereby destroying her teeth beyond use on her natural prey.

4. Sets

I wasn't hitting any. Standard and googled to investigate some probabilities. In my voyages on about page 18 of "set" on google I discovered that of all the words in the English language, the word "set" has the most definitions! I am currently attempting to disporve that.

5. Bowling for Soup.

An American band, that I knew, and on my Ipod were such catchy tunes as "1985", "Girl all the bad guys want" and a cover of the Flock of Seagulls "I ran". Not content with liking the music, I wondered why they alighted on their band name. Rather intriguingly I found out that the name derives from The band got its name from “Bowling for Shit,” a routine from Steve Martin’s comedy album, “Wild and Crazy Guy,” that was released in 1978. Now I have to find this comedy album. No doubt that will then lead to a temporary Steve Martin knowledge hunt, which will lead to something else.



I am currently single.

[celtic]

Life wends its merry way normally..some ups, some downs and not a drama in sight

and then it happens. Out of nowhere I begin to think about a subject. Usually triggered by something or other, and then it all goes wrong

I simply have to immerse myself in this subject, find out everything I can about it and then, sated, life returns to non compulsive obsession for a short while.

I would like to share my last five compulsions with you in the hope,  dear blonde reader, that you might help me. Please.

1. Speedway.

I was at Wembley stadium for a meeting, and in the trophy cabinet on the ground floor was a collection of memorabilia of when they Sped (?), speeded (?), speedwayed (?) at Wembley. I can now tell you thanks to the wonders of the internet everything you could possibly wish to know about speedway, its history and current standings.

2.  Pavlov.

 On the occasion of Zenit St Petersburg reaching tomorrow night's UEFA Cup Final I began to look at this Russian city and discovered that it was the birthplace of Ivan Pavlov. Not satisfied with knowing that I looked at Pavlov.In the 1890s, Pavlov was investigating the gastric function of dogs by externalizing a salivary gland so he could collect, measure and analyze the saliva and what response it had to food under different conditions. He noticed that the dogs tended to salivate before food coated with chili powder was actually delivered to their mouths, and set out to investigate this "psychic secretion". I can now tell you anything you want to know about saliva.

3. Jim Corbett.

Jim was a tiger hunter at the end of the 1800s and is reckoned to be largely responsible for the fact that tigers still exist today as he persuaded the locals in the face of much evidence that tigers were not natural killers of humans. After watching the recent Attenborough series I googled "Tiger" and 72 hours later I was still at it.

Jim was employed at one point to kill the " Champawat Tiger" which was already credited with 200 human deaths in Nepal before the army drove her out. In India the tigress took another 234 lives. Many had sought her, some claimed to have shot her, but her reign continued unabated. After much personal debate, Corbett approached the ministry, and informed them that he would hunt the Champawat Tiger, but only under his terms: all the rewards for the tiger's kill were to be rescinded, and all other hunters to be recalled. The ministry agreed. During the months that Corbett tracked her, she continued to prey upon the hapless citizenry. When Corbett's well-placed shot finally felled the formidable beast, he discovered the reason for her diet of tender human flesh: she had been shot in the mouth some years earlier, thereby destroying her teeth beyond use on her natural prey.

4. Sets

I wasn't hitting any. Standard and googled to investigate some probabilities. In my voyages on about page 18 of "set" on google I discovered that of all the words in the English language, the word "set" has the most definitions! I am currently attempting to disporve that.

5. Bowling for Soup.

An American band, that I knew, and on my Ipod were such catchy tunes as "1985", "Girl all the bad guys want" and a cover of the Flock of Seagulls "I ran". Not content with liking the music, I wondered why they alighted on their band name. Rather intriguingly I found out that the name derives from The band got its name from “Bowling for Shit,” a routine from Steve Martin’s comedy album, “Wild and Crazy Guy,” that was released in 1978. Now I have to find this comedy album. No doubt that will then lead to a temporary Steve Martin knowledge hunt, which will lead to something else.



I will always be single.

FYP

[Dingdell]

A bit odd = a perfect match for Blonde.

[Laxie]

You'll find your 'special someone' and until then, there are worse things you could be doing...so no worries. 

[Dingdell]

You'll find your 'special someone' and until then, there are worse things you could be doing...so no worries. 

 

[thetank]

Polysemy is a great word; for words that have more than one meaning.

Set then, is the most polysemous word in the English language. There is probably a joke somewhere involving an Irishman playing tennis with a parrot round at badger's place; but I'll leave that to the professionals

[TheChipPrince]

After the 2003 Carling Cup Final down in Cardiff, we, 3 friends and I randomly went to the Uni bar to celebrate Liverpool's win over Utd... There, we stumbled on a Bowling for Soup concert in the Uni that evening, so dressed in full Liverpool attire we went and had many a strange look amongst the rockers, goths and emo's!!

Does that help?

[tikay]

Tighty, I'm as bad as you with this thirst for googling stuff.

If I get stranded on a Desert Island, give me a PC, & google, & leave me there, I'll be happy as larry.

If I had kids, I'd not send them to school - I'd introuduce them to google, & educate them via that.

I too am single......

Shall we marry?

[TightEnd]

OK. Seperate beds though please.

[cia260895]

Tighty and Dingdell trapped in a lift for hours.....

now the threads you could get out of that 1

[TightEnd]

Tighty and Dingdell trapped in a lift for hours.....

now the threads you could get out of that 1

as long as it was manufactured by Dyson, she'd be fine.

[Claw75]

Tighty and Dingdell trapped in a lift for hours.....

now the threads you could get out of that 1

as long as it was manufactured by Dyson, she'd be fine.

[Laxie]

I'll only be impressed if it's a dual control dyson...

[Snatiramas]

The could search google images together looking for pictures of Gazza

whae I was a teenager I spent many a happy evening watching the Leicester Lions getting stuffed at speedway.......housing estate now....now there's progress

[Claw75]

If it wasn't for speedway I wouldn't be here.  FACT.