- My surname - Vost - is used in the French cinema as an acronym. It stands for "Version Originale Sous Titr�" or Original Version, subtitled.
- The company that makes Matey bubble bath, so beloved in our childhoods, and Badedas, is none other than cake giant Sara Lee. What's the connection I wonder?
- Did you know that 200 odd years ago it was common practice to use small working dogs inside a wheel to work the spit over the range to turn the meat as it was cooking? The dogs were slightly bigger than Jack Russells and to start their training they would be put into the wheel with hot embers placed under their paws
- The Japanese way of referring to male masturbation is "senzuri suru." Yes. "Suru" means "to do," while "sen" means "one thousand" and "zuri" means "polishing." So there you have it. One thousand polishings.
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