Things I learned today (Part 2)

It’s because terenure rhymes with manure

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Terenure College.

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There was a farm next to college once upon a time. Gick is slang for cow dung.

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The interior prison scenes in The Italian Job featuring Noel Coward as Mr Bridger, were filmed in Kilmainham Gaol.

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And also featuring Frank Kelly as a prison officer.

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Couple of things I learned yesterday

English football teams already know what their kit for next season will be. Man City work two years in advance.

Man United buy their kit off Adidas for £15 then sell it for whatever. This is the same for all clubs but some manufacturers are more expensive.

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Has the American football started yet?

Back on the 6th

Sonny Liston never knew his birthday or exact age.

No one knows exactly how he died either.

The front flip long jump was banned in 1974.

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You can enter the paralympics by just having an IQ less than 75

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That’s news to me, I thought special Olympics covered that.
75 isn’t even properly considered an intellectual disability, 69 is generally the threshold.

Are there categories in these games for what you say?

I have no idea. I saw a tweet saying it, did a check as i thought it was bullshit, somehow its not. Being thick and able bodied you can qualify

Fuck it, I could be on here for the soccer

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Go for it, mate, you could make LA '28.

Do you have any links which explain how someone who is practically blind ends up trying the long jump?

Kasper Schmeichel plays for Celtic now.

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Himself and Joe Hart have followed nearly the exact same career paths.

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There’s a lovely affinity between Man City and Celtic

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You can bring a dog onto a plane now. Into the passenger compartment and all and sit it on your lap.

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