Articles for category: Funny, Entertainment, Philosophy

Do Sperm Have Brains?

A brief summary of this post: Sperm cells do not have brains. They navigate instinctively, swimming towards higher concentrations of molecules released by the egg and warmer areas in the female reproductive system. Sperm cells, each consisting of a head, a propulsion middle section, and a tail, vary in size across species. For example, fruit ...

What are NaN miles?

What are NaN miles? – What does NaN miles mean?

A brief summary of this post: “NaN miles” stands for “Not a Number,” a term encountered in digital systems when a numerical value is expected but not provided or is invalid. In the context of online car listings, it appears when the mileage field is incorrectly entered, prompting the system to display “NaN miles” instead ...

Slang words for vagina

Slang words for Vagina

We stumbled upon this wonderful and funny video the other day by YouTube user Skylar Marie Gray which provides a fairly comprehensive list of slang words for vagina. In the video, the Scottish lassie lists off a plethora of slang terms that are sometimes used to describe the ‘lady garden’. In just under a minute, ...

The big questions in life

The big questions in life

It seems to me that the ‘big questions’ in life change with time. At different ages, mine have included: a) Is Santa real? b) Will Charles Atlas’s ‘dynamic tension’ training really give me muscles as big as those in his adverts on the back of my Superman comic? c) Will anyone ever want to have ...

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Spider wing mirror

Why do spiders always live in my car wing mirror?

Anyone who drives a car, van, truck or motorcycle will probably be familiar with the sight of spiders setting up home in their wing mirrors. You get rid of one and another miraculously appears a few days later. Perhaps if you’re one of those people who has that obsessive-compulsive disorder of having to wash their car weekly ...

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Funny shopping trolley picture

Swanley – Home of the dumped & abandoned shopping trolley

Shopping trolleys are great aren’t they. We turn up to the supermarket, grab a shopping trolley and head on into the store to buy all kinds of yummy things – like 8KG of  Haribo for example. Balance that with some spring greens and a carrot and we’re good to go. Whilst some supermarkets charge a returnable fee ...

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Richard Branson with one of his Bitcoins

Should I buy Bitcoin?

Bitcoin, that crazy cryptocurrency that many people still haven’t heard of, is going bonkers. In UK terms, if you had bought just £100 of  Bitcoins 50 years ago when the price was 1 shilling and sixpence, you’d be a Ga-Jillionaire in today’s money. Apparently, Richard Branson bought 3 Bitcoins when he was 17 and he now owns ...

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Shart, sharting, sharted

What does shart mean? – OMG, I think I’ve sharted

Indeed, it’s a curious word that only seems to have entered our vocabulary fairly recently. But, what does it mean to ‘shart’? Firstly, it’s a verb – a doing thing, an action… To shart. Context: “Oh dear, I think I’ve sharted” “My guts are dodgy, I can’t stop sharting” And so on… So, to shart is ...