Ah! What widey is missing is the fact that the poor 'tween the aforementioned dates wore nothing. Hence the term "What the dickens" was an expression of surprise or disapproval - later usurped by the literati in reference to Charles Dickens and his social opinions. "dickens" is a contraction of "dick ends" and was a form of euphemism in those days of yore when a quid was called a pound and a virgin, whilst much sought after, was a far thing.

"Dude! My father was a surf board and my mother was an awwwwwwwwesome wave. Totally."

Chris DeBurgh is the personification of all that is wholesome.

Chris DeBurgh is in fact the most powerful man in the country, and Keanu's half-brother.

I had an uncle who was once a skate board, but his wheels came off, and now he's just a short plank!

The flyleaf was invented and named by William Caxton following his discovery that children were removing the front and back pages of his publications in order to make paper aeroplanes.

Current thinking is that trees breathe in carbon dioxide and, effectively, seal it within their structure so that it is in turn sealed within the Earth when they die. Given that we have far too much CO₂ in the atmosphere the answer is simple - chop down more trees.

Lemon Curd is the modern spelling of the tribal name of Lemon Kurd. This fearsome band of warriors frequent the foot hills on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan (sorry my spelling is poor). They have a "sister" tribe that frequent the lowlands of Pakistan known as the "Lime Pickles"!!

A Rangoon is a special type of dinner jacket. Its made of white cotton with beige leather arm patches and is usualy worn by ex army officers. Its popularity has dwindled since the mid 1800's and it is seldom worn these days!

Sir Brent Cross invented the ice hockey puck in 1805 and later went on to invent the steam wheelbarrow in 1875.

The "Arab Strap" was not invented by Arabs. It was infact, invented in Scotland in 1647 by Gordon Highlander.

It is little known fact that both John Deer & David Brown both came up with the idea of the agracultural Tractor at the very same time!

Now the Easter is over, Cadbury's Creme Spam will be withdrawn from the shops until next year...