Until 1998, all British Lifeboats were required to carry a canvas bag of oil attached to the anchor known as a ‘Wave Quelling Bag’, because oil was commonly used to calm troubled waters by reducing the wave height and the sea spray.
With only a tablespoon of oil required to calm half an acre of water, it forms a layer that is just one molecule thick – that’s enough to prevent waves on the surface!
I wonder if that would work with the missus – she causes big waves over the littlest of things
TWELVE PLUS ONE is an anagram of ELEVEN PLUS TWO.
Yes…our heads hurt too…mainly because someone though that was fourteen
In the Albanian language, there are 27 different words for a moustache and 30 different words for eyebrows.
These can also be applied to animals as well as humans to describe the size, shape and texture of the facial hair.
When we say ‘applied’ that doesn’t mean its a fancy dress item. Its proper english…init
