Bet you didn't know that!

[SPORK]

I thought this might be a good thread to increase general bike knowledge. Anything vaugly (can't spell) m/c related is fine.

Here's my initial contribution:

The K5 GSX-R 1000 is smaller than the K5 GSX-R 600!

http://motorbikes.be/en/compare/4625/4627/ < Evidence
Your turn!

[Bonez]

Kawasaki make the best valued, best looking air cooled, parrallel twin cylinder motorcycle available new. Next

[Blackadda]

My left eye is slightly worse than my right eye, therefore my left contact feels like the bottom of a coke bottle!

[Bonez]

My left eye is slightly worse than my right eye, therefore my left contact feels like the bottom of a coke bottle!But you are lucky to have two eyes ah? :eek5:

[Zed]

Wind Drag on a Honda CBR1100XX Blackbird

By designing the revolutionary and first ‘piggy back’ headlight, in which the high beam unit sits above and behind the low beam one, it was possible to taper the CBR-XX’s nose in both the horizontal and vertical planes, leading to it’s distinctive bullet like point. Similarly, the opening behind the front wheel is tapered inwards (if you look carefully) allowing the radiator to receive a precisely measured amount of air, but no more, as this would increase wind drag and turbulence . The remarkable result is an ultra-narrow frontal aspect and a wind drag coefficient lower than that achieved by the ‘WORKS’ Honda NSR250 GP-bike! Even the front fender was designed in a wind tunnel to counter the effect on wind on the front wheel!<O:p</O:p

[Jackrat]

The XS650 eats the W650 for breakfast an looks better as well :bleh:

[MOTOXXX]

I LIKE CAKE

[Zed]

Largest Motorcycle Manufacturer

The Honda Motor Company of Japan is the world's largest manufacturer of motorcycles (including quad motorcycles or ATVs, and aquabikes or PWCs), selling 8.08 million globally during the 2003/03 financial year.

[Bonez]

The XS650 eats the W650 for breakfast an looks better as well :bleh:Hook, line and sinker. :drinkup: The w650 doesn't vibrate in the upper rev range like the Eccess does :dodge: You see Yamaha copied the brits just that bit too well. :spudwave: [waiting for the next bite by a bigger fish] back ya go lil tiddler.................."SPLASH!"

[Zed]

Blindfold Motorcycle Speed Record

Britain's Billy Baxter reached a speed of 265.33 km/h (164.87 mph) while riding a 1200 cc Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle unsighted at RAF Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, UK, on August 2, 2003. Baxter lost his sight after an eye infection he picked up while serving as a Staff Sergeant with the army in Bosnia in 1997.


Billy "The Whizz" Baxter realized he could make an attempt at the blindfold speed record after a skiing trip to Italy. "I realized that if I could ski, I could ride a motorbike again," he explained. With the help of the Royal Artillery Motorcycle Display Team, he developed a three-way radio communications system involving himself and two outriders behind him.

Guinness World Records does not discriminate in any way against able or lesser abled record claimants. This record is open to both blind and/or blindfolded participants.

[marty]

the flame front in a modern gas turbine engine reaches and maintains in excess of 3000 degrees C. the material that the engine is made of turns to liquid at 1200 degrees C

[marty]

also, the turbine driving the compressor on a 2500hp gas turbine (such as is fitted to a typical commuter aeroplane) rotates at almost 40000rpm.

[TonyB]

Blindfold Motorcycle Speed Record
Britain's Billy Baxter reached a speed of 265.33 km/h (164.87 mph) while riding a 1200 cc Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle unsighted at RAF Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, UK, on August 2, 2003. Baxter lost his sight after an eye infection he picked up while serving as a Staff Sergeant with the army in Bosnia in 1997. [/color]


Billy "The Whizz" Baxter realized he could make an attempt at the blindfold speed record after a skiing trip to Italy. "I realized that if I could ski, I could ride a motorbike again," he explained. With the help of the Royal Artillery Motorcycle Display Team, he developed a three-way radio communications system involving himself and two outriders behind him. Guinness World Records does not discriminate in any way against able or lesser abled record claimants. This record is open to both blind and/or blindfolded participants.
Respect! Is he the same guy that did a lap of the Top Gear track with Clarkson giving directions?

[Zed]

Motorcycle wheelie - fastest over kilometre

Matt Mingay (Australia) reached a speed of 225.57 km (140.16 mph) while holding a wheelie over a 1 km distance at Temora Aerodrome, New South Wales, Australia, on 29 March 2005. He was riding a Suzuki GSX-R1000.

[justsomeguy]

Motorcycle wheelie - fastest over kilometre

Matt Mingay (Australia) reached a speed of 225.57 km (140.16 mph) while holding a wheelie over a 1 km distance at Temora Aerodrome, New South Wales, Australia, on 29 March 2005. He was riding a Suzuki GSX-R1000.

I'd like think Jim or Andrew or Bruce could beat that with about a weeks practice.
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Indian - was the first ever company to manufacture motorcycles.

http://www.indianmotorcycle.com/ (http://www.indianmotorcycle.com/)

[inlinefour]

That I don't care if chocolate fish cant swim and steam rollers cant roll steam. :whocares:

[Zed]

steam rollers cant roll steam. :whocares:Hey inline, if an electric train was going north and the wind was blowing south, what way would the steam blow? :sherlock:

[Zed]

I'd like think Jim or Andrew or Bruce could beat that with about a weeks practice.Well I'm sure that given half the chance they'd like the opportunity to do so! :apumpin:

[John]

Kawasaki's ZX-I IC was the first contemporary motorcycle to use ram air.

[SPORK]

Thank you to the few people (mainly Zed) that are keepthing this thread as it's supposed to be.

MOTORCYCLE RELATED!

[nudemetalz]

Here's an amazing fact (not motorcycle-related story but cool)

A New Orleans storm victim who had been sleeping on her sister's floor shelled out $4.25 in quarters and won a $1.6 million jackpot at a Louisiana casino where she had stopped to play the slot machines on her way to shop at a Wal-Mart discount store.

Now that is a just reward.

[gav]

Whats she doing in the casino in the first place? :whistle:

[nudemetalz]

Whats she doing in the casino in the first place? :whistle:

Maybe "god told her too"......

[WINJA]

Hey inline, if an electric train was going north and the wind was blowing south, what way would the steam blow? :sherlock:
ID SAY UP YOUR ARSE CAUSE ITS ELECTRIC

[justsomeguy]

ID SAY UP YOUR ARSE CAUSE ITS ELECTRIC

He didn't figure that out himself - I PM'ed him the answer - he only came up with the up your arse part from his :whistle:

[WINJA]

He didn't figure that out himself - I PM'ed him the answer - he only came up with the up your arse part from his :whistle:
BULLSHIT HIJRA , WHEN YA COMIN OUT , I GOT 2 ONE WEEK OLD GOATS TODAY , REAL BARGIN ONLY $5 EACH , NO YOU CANT EAT THEM

[Zed]

ID SAY UP YOUR ARSE CAUSE ITS ELECTRICFoul mouthed spoil sport!

[Timber020]

None of the beach boys knew how to surf.

The honda civic was named after its revolutionary engine, the cvc, which broke a US carmakers ability to stop smog restriction laws by simply collectively refusing to make cars to meet them.

the mitsubishi starion was so named because the japanese couldnt pronounce stallion.

[SPORK]

I WILL PAINT YOUR ROOF FOR ONE OF THEM. DOES IT MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU TO READ IF I TYPE IN CAPS?

[nudemetalz]

The first 4WD vehicle was designed by Ferdinand Porsche in 1900. It had electric hub motors on each 4 wheels.

I always thought my Pajero had a 911 feel to it.......

[WINJA]

None of the beach boys knew how to surf.

The honda civic was named after its revolutionary engine, the cvc, which broke a US carmakers ability to stop smog restriction laws by simply collectively refusing to make cars to meet them.

the mitsubishi starion was so named because the japanese couldnt pronounce stallion.
THAT R IS AN L IN JAPANESE , AND THAT IS PRONOUNCED STALLION IN JAPLISH. SWAP R FOR L AND SOME V FOR B AND YOU HAVE JAPLISH.

[WINJA]

I WILL PAINT YOUR ROOF FOR ONE OF THEM. DOES IT MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU TO READ IF I TYPE IN CAPS?
CAPS IS EASIER FOR ME TO READ , I SEE A SHADOW OR GHOST OF MOST WRITING I READ, ALL THANKS TO A STONE IN MY EYE FROM ANOTHER MOTORCYCLIST, I HAD AN EYE EXAM THE OTHER DAY AND THE OPTOMOTRIST COULD STILL SEE THE SCAR ON THE EYEBALL FROM 13 YEARS AGO OR SO WHEN IT HAPPENED , MY EYESITE IS VERY GOOD FROM ABOUT 1 TO 2 M AWAY .
IM NOT GIVING MY GOATS AWAY , THEYVE BEEN RESCUED FROM A DAIRY FARMER WHO WAS GOING TO KILL THEM ,AND IM GOING TO GIVE THEM A GOOD HOME, THERE ARE MORE FOR SALE IF YOUR INTERESTED THEY NEED GOOD HOMES WITH REASPONSIBLE OWNERS

[justsomeguy]

BULLSHIT HIJRA , WHEN YA COMIN OUT , I GOT 2 ONE WEEK OLD GOATS TODAY , REAL BARGIN ONLY $5 EACH , NO YOU CANT EAT THEM

First chickens then goats...... you're a regular bloody farmer.

WHAT EXACTLY NEEDS DOING TO YOUR ROOF??

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The major cause of hearing loss to bikers is due to wind noise. Known as the silent killer it's way more dangerous than the mad wail caused by performance exhausts.

*which reminds me that I need earplugs*

[SPORK]

First chickens then goats...... you're a regular bloody farmer.

WHAT EXACTLY NEEDS DOING TO YOUR ROOF??

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The major cause of hearing loss to bikers is due to wind noise. Known as the silent killer it's way more dangerous than the mad wail caused by performance exhausts.

*which reminds me that I need earplugs*
...It needs painting...

[justsomeguy]

...It needs painting...

Oh really?? How did you figure that out??

[SPORK]

Oh really?? How did you figure that out??
Well, I'm pretty smart! But then again, why am I up at 2:44am? Oh well! I must be treu krieg meatal.

BACK ON TOPIC.

Did you know the Speed Triple has an almost horizontal flat torque curve?

[Sniper]

The Dodge Tomahawk if the fastest "concept motorcycle" in the world.

[marty]

th piper tomahawk trainer areoplane was never tested for spinning before being certified, and is very difficult to recover from one, (due to the t-tail), often spinning into the ground with obvious consequences

[marty]

blonde beer is really strange (not to mention expensive) but it's really nice with belgian food

[Coyote]

THE ZX-10R has more HP than a AX100

http://motorbikes.be/en/compare/4650/732/ < Evidence

[inlinefour]

Hey inline, if an electric train was going north and the wind was blowing south, what way would the steam blow? :sherlock:

I had an electric train set that you added a liquid down the smoke stack and it actually puffed out steam. Is the "electric" train your referring to have this option? :whocares:

[inlinefour]

BULLSHIT HIJRA , WHEN YA COMIN OUT , I GOT 2 ONE WEEK OLD GOATS TODAY , REAL BARGIN ONLY $5 EACH , NO YOU CANT EAT THEM

Let them grow for 6 months and then eat them. Good for you goat meat...

[inlinefour]

A bike is stolen every 18 minutes, 75% are stolen from their owner's house.
The Honda C90 is the best selling motorbikes at around 35 million (as at November 2002), end-to-end they would stretch 4 1/2 times around the world or half way to the moon, since 1966, on average, a C90 is made every 30 seconds. UK sales ceased in 2003 after 36 years of production but the bike is still being made in Indonesia and Thailand
Why Do We Ride?
Riders choose to ride for a wide range range of reasons, including cost effective transport, traffic congestion, environmental reasons, fashion, ease of parking, convenience, to name a few.
Motorbikes and mopeds travelled 5.1 billion kilometres in 2002 (figures privided by DfT).
Commuting accounts for two thirds of all motorbike journeys (figures privided by DfT).
Travelling by motorbike can reduce journey times by up to two thirds.
Up to eight motorbikes can fit in the same parking space occupied by one car.
Car drivers with a full licence obtained prior to February 2001 are automatically qualified to ride a 50cc bike on the road.

[DEATH_INC.]

In pretty much all the tests between the first ZX12 and the busa,the yanks nearly always found the busa faster and the poms usually the ZX12. :mellow: funny eh?

[hazard02]

my FXR = awesome.
that is all.

[Ixion]

I had an electric train set that you added a liquid down the smoke stack and it actually puffed out steam. Is the "electric" train your referring to have this option? :whocares:
Hey, I had one of them too. And it made a neat "whoo-whoo" noise. Drove Mum nuts.

[Sniper]

All 250's were restricted to 40hp after 1993. (I think)

[WINJA]

Let them grow for 6 months and then eat them. Good for you goat meat...
YOU REALLY ARE HEARTLESS , I COULD NEVER KILL THEM THEIR SO CUTE ,THEY FOLLOW ME ROUND WHEN IM WORKING ROUND THE HOUSE , IF ANY ONE ROUND HAMS HAS KIDS THEY CAN BRING THEM ROUND TO FEED THEM

[Sniper]

Winja, are you ok? Since when have you got all caring and cuddly? Has your roof been painted??????

[N4CR]

YOU REALLY ARE HEARTLESS , I COULD NEVER KILL THEM THEIR SO CUTE ,THEY FOLLOW ME ROUND WHEN IM WORKING ROUND THE HOUSE , IF ANY ONE ROUND HAMS HAS KIDS THEY CAN BRING THEM ROUND TO FEED THEM

CAN WE DO SATANIC RITUALS WITH THEM?

FACT: ON A ZXR250C THE REAR SHOCK PRESSURE IS 980kPa OR 142 PSI.

And no thats not the same as the atmospheric pressure (its more), hence why shocks expell gas under pressure if you puncture them.....

[inlinefour]

YOU REALLY ARE HEARTLESS , I COULD NEVER KILL THEM THEIR SO CUTE ,THEY FOLLOW ME ROUND WHEN IM WORKING ROUND THE HOUSE , IF ANY ONE ROUND HAMS HAS KIDS THEY CAN BRING THEM ROUND TO FEED THEM

Stop being a wuss winja. I grew up on gin trapping possums and hunting pigs/goats/deer etc in the bush. If you want to go on some crusade thats fine with me, but dont flame those with their own opinions. Nothing wrong with a roast leg of goat and it is very healthy, containing minimal fat :whocares:

[Coyote]

CAN WE DO SATANIC RITUALS WITH THEM?
Anyone watch John Safran Vs God?

[SPORK]

Please stop wrecking this thread. That's what PD is for.

And this isn't facts as in "i did a poo LOL" or "A CBR400 is faster than a CBR125" (yes they exist)

It's for things that are interesting, or something that other people wouldn't know.

[Sniper]

Did you know that over half of all speeders are motorcyclists....

[Sniper]

Heres one for the Sooooozoooookiiiiiii fans....
The GS in GSX-R denotes four cylinders with overhead valves. The X means four valves per cylinder and the R is for race replica

[inlinefour]

Hey, I had one of them too. And it made a neat "whoo-whoo" noise. Drove Mum nuts.

and made a clickity clack noise as it travelled down the track :whocares:

[WINJA]

CAN WE DO SATANIC RITUALS WITH THEM?

FACT: ON A ZXR250C THE REAR SHOCK PRESSURE IS 980kPa (PRETTY MUCH A LITTLE LESS THAN THE ATMOSPHERE'S PRESSURE) OR 142 PSI.
THE ATMOSPHERE IS 0 GAUGE OR 14.7PSI ABS OR 100 KPA ABS YOU KNOB

[WINJA]

Stop being a wuss winja. I grew up on gin trapping possums and hunting pigs/goats/deer etc in the bush. If you want to go on some crusade thats fine with me, but dont flame those with their own opinions. Nothing wrong with a roast leg of goat and it is very healthy, containing minimal fat :whocares:
DIDNT FLAME YOU , I JUST CALLED YOU HEARTLESS , I JUST SHOT ANOTHER CAT YESTERDAY AND SHOOT POSSUMS ALL THE TIME BUT THESE ARE PETS NOT FOOD

[inlinefour]

DIDNT FLAME YOU , I JUST CALLED YOU HEARTLESS , I JUST SHOT ANOTHER CAT YESTERDAY AND SHOOT POSSUMS ALL THE TIME BUT THESE ARE PETS NOT FOOD

Yea we had pets also, along with the animals designated for food. Got in trouble once for wanting to skin my pet possum :whocares:
Good on ya for having them anyway mate, good use of land having animals, esp for food :devil2:

[WINJA]

Yea we had pets also, along with the animals designated for food. Got in trouble once for wanting to skin my pet possum :whocares:
Good on ya for having them anyway mate, good use of land having animals, esp for food :devil2:
ANIMALS ONLY HAVE THEM SELF TO BLAME FOR BEING SO DELICIOUS

[Bonez]

The "CB" designation for Hondas stands for "City Bike". So I guess "CBR" stands for "City Bikes for Roundabouts".............

[inlinefour]

ANIMALS ONLY HAVE THEM SELF TO BLAME FOR BEING SO DELICIOUS

Aint that the truth, my worst nightmare is that I wake up one day as a vegetarian :whocares:

[thehollowmen]

...It needs painting...

I've finally figured it out.

So what you're saying is .. really Winja needs some work done "upstairs"?

Should we all chip in for a shrink?

[Pixie]

None of the beach boys knew how to surf.

The honda civic was named after its revolutionary engine, the cvc, which broke a US carmakers ability to stop smog restriction laws by simply collectively refusing to make cars to meet them.

the mitsubishi starion was so named because the japanese couldnt pronounce stallion.
that's another urban myth:

Yet perhaps the most notable feature of the Starion was the origin of the name. According to an apocryphal story, the car was originally intended to be named the Stallion, in accord with the equine theme that Mitsubishi Motors was using at the time (e.g. Mitsubishi Colt, Mitsubishi Lancer), but the name was recorded incorrectly due to the Japanese pronunciation of the letter "L". Mitsubishi Motors stated instead that the name was an amalgamation of the phrase "Star of Orion", and that it was related to the series of models with similarly mellifluous but meaningless names (e.g. Tredia, similarly contracted from "three diamonds", and Cordia) and internal combustion engines with similar names (e.g. Sirius, Astron) being introduced at the time. On the other hand, Mitsubishi subsequently named one model the Pajero, which means masturbator in Spanish, and other models the "Lettuce", "Town Bee", "Pistachio" and "McTwist", precluding any analysis of the reasoning behind their model names.

[thehollowmen]

THE ZX-10R has more HP than a AX100

http://motorbikes.be/en/compare/4650/732/ < Evidence

That doesn't list horsepower :-o
You might be running 500 psi in that lil 98 cc engine and then where would we stand? :scooter:

*tease tease tease*

[Coyote]

That doesn't list horsepower :-o
You might be running 500 psi in that lil 98 cc engine and then where would we stand? :scooter:

*tease tease tease*
:-o!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Timber020]

I stand corrected, I thank you sir


that's another urban myth:

Yet perhaps the most notable feature of the Starion was the origin of the name. According to an apocryphal story, the car was originally intended to be named the Stallion, in accord with the equine theme that Mitsubishi Motors was using at the time (e.g. Mitsubishi Colt, Mitsubishi Lancer), but the name was recorded incorrectly due to the Japanese pronunciation of the letter "L". Mitsubishi Motors stated instead that the name was an amalgamation of the phrase "Star of Orion", and that it was related to the series of models with similarly mellifluous but meaningless names (e.g. Tredia, similarly contracted from "three diamonds", and Cordia) and internal combustion engines with similar names (e.g. Sirius, Astron) being introduced at the time. On the other hand, Mitsubishi subsequently named one model the Pajero, which means masturbator in Spanish, and other models the "Lettuce", "Town Bee", "Pistachio" and "McTwist", precluding any analysis of the reasoning behind their model names.

[Hitcher]

HRH Princess Anne is the only female athlete in the modern era not required to have a sex test prior to competing at the Olympic Games.

[Sniper]

HRH Princess Anne is the only female athlete in the modern era not required to have a sex test prior to competing at the Olympic Games.

For a stickler and head of BDOTGNZA, I thought you would abide by the rules Sir Hitcher.... :spudwave:

[Hitcher]

For a stickler and head of BDOTGNZA, I thought you would abide by the rules Sir Hitcher...
Seeing as everybody else had already hijacked the thread, I thought it was Open Season.

[Eurodave]

ANIMALS ONLY HAVE THEM SELF TO BLAME FOR BEING SO DELICIOUS


If animals arent meant to be eaten
Why the hell are they made of meat??

[eliot-ness]

I am totally deaf in my right ear. My left ear is no better. I have the quietest motorcycle in the world.
All teenage motorcyclists are between the ages of 12 and 20

[Zed]

Seeing as everybody else had already hijacked the thread, I thought it was Open Season.If that's the case, here's my one off-topic little known fact that I read just the other day:

There are about 120 corpses remaining on Mt Everest to this day still not retrieved! :spudwow:

[Coyote]

80% of drivers think they are above average in driving skill

[WINJA]

I've finally figured it out.

So what you're saying is .. really Winja needs some work done "upstairs"?

Should we all chip in for a shrink?
SAVE YOUR MONEY, I FEEL LIKE PUSHING YOUR BIKE OVER AGAIN , YOU CAN
SPEND IT ON A NEW MIRROR AND PLASTICS

[Bonez]

IT OBVIOUS WINJAS ONLY AFTER BASTARDS TO PAINT HIS ROOF> CAN ALL BASTARDS STEP FWD PLEASE!

[marty]

CAN WE DO SATANIC RITUALS WITH THEM?

FACT: ON A ZXR250C THE REAR SHOCK PRESSURE IS 980kPa (PRETTY MUCH A LITTLE LESS THAN THE ATMOSPHERE'S PRESSURE) OR 142 PSI.i'd like to see you survive in 980kPa - that's the pressure at about 1500m below sea level! atmophere pressure on an ISA standard day is 29.98 inches of mercury, or 1013.2 hectopascals. QNH in the waikato today was 1009 hPa, so performance of all internal combustion engines was down by about 1/2%

[SPORK]

i'd like to see you survive in 980kPa - that's the pressure at about 1500m below sea level! atmophere pressure on an ISA standard day is 29.98 inches of mercury, or 1013.2 hectopascals. QNH in the waikato today was 1009 hPa, so performance of all internal combustion engines was down by about 1/2%
Can you hear that? That's the sound of someone getting Ice Burn-ed!

[Timber020]

Buttermilk will rot out old treestumps better than most commercial chemicals

[N4CR]

i'd like to see you survive in 980kPa - that's the pressure at about 1500m below sea level! atmophere pressure on an ISA standard day is 29.98 inches of mercury, or 1013.2 hectopascals. QNH in the waikato today was 1009 hPa, so performance of all internal combustion engines was down by about 1/2%
edit: thats why the mech gods invented turbo's and mixture controls for planes :P

Yeah I realised after winja posted his shit that I got the hectopascals mixed with kilopascals... I'll edit it so people don't keep making me look stupid ;)

HECTO NOT KILO YA MUNT TRISTAN

:calm:

ISA 1013.2hPa with a lapse rate of 1hPa per 30ft and ISA temp 15deg C with an temp lapse rate of 1.98deg C/1000ft...

Guessing you are a pilot or something as well eh :P

[marty]

of course using the equation 96T/P it is easy to work out the number of feet per hectopascal in a column of air.

(T is absolute temp and P is ambient px)

[marty]

methanol burns with an invisible flame. you only know you're on fire as the hairs on your arms/head start smoking, and inhaling the invisible flame is obviously pretty bad for you.

[Bonez]

Do not have a piss after putting vicks vapour rub under you're nose :crybaby:

[Storm]

Or dont put deep heat on your thigh before bed

[thehollowmen]

In the making of the last batman movie (batman begins) while shooting on the streets of Chicago, a person accidentally crashed into the Batmobile.

The driver was drunk, and said he hit the car in a state of panic, believing the batmobile to be an invading alien spacecraft.

[SPORK]

Dave Grohl (Ex-Nirvana drummer, Foo Fighters frontman) recorded the first FF's album himself. He played all the instruments.

[Hitcher]

If it took eight men six weeks to walk a fortnight, how long would it take a quadraplegic Irishman, wearing boxing gloves, to take the lid off a 1kg jar of treacle?

[Dadpole]

17 minutes and a greyhound.

[Hitcher]

No. The answer is National Superannuation. Get it?

[marty]

i reckon 73 parsecs