Still, I seem to have learnt some things. So here are the top twenty pieces of ~ahem~ "useful" "knowledge"* I've picked up in 2015. I hope some of them are helful to at least one person at some time in the future.
- According to my flatmate, food (specifically a kebab) is better than sex
- It's not the ringers that smell of the tower, it's the tower that smells of the ringers
- Vegan cooking can be super easy
- The German for "a really big yurt" is "Super Jurte"
- If you slice off the end of your thumb, it's probably not bad enough for you to need to go to hospital, just stem the blood flow
- Lock the door when you're in the bath
- If you don't know the words, just sing "tractor tractor tractor"
- Mike the Tiger is the mascot for Louisiana University. He is a real, live tiger
- Chicken fried chicken exists
- Tea and sympathy get you a long way
- If you get bitten by a Catholic, you become a Catholic
- If you get bitten by the Pope, you become Italian
- Vegan cheese doesn't melt
- If you reach the age of 30 in north Germany without getting married, you have to sweep the steps of the Rathaus until a young lady comes along and kisses you [SIDEBAR: This tradition is more common among men, I don't know who kisses women. Maybe Santa]
- "If it ends in 'e' it's probably 'die'" is a lie.
- Your housemates will think you're crazy if you try to make the house nicer
- Your housemates will think you're crazy if you try to use a slow cooker
- Your housemates will think you're crazy if you try to explain sausage rolls and Christmas Pudding
- If you lose one of your Beavers, they are probably in the tent
- You will get on better with your friends during a four day hike than you will ever in your life again. Ever.
Season's Greetings and a happy New Year!
*Some of these "facts" are true and some are utter garbage. I'll leave it to your personal judgement to decide which are which.
