Fact Of The Day

As many of my friends are currently away travelling the world, or are planning on going travelling, this next Fact Of The Day, whilst incredibly informative, is also a word of warning.

If any of you stumble across the borders of Alaska, heed this warning, or face the consequences.

It is actually ILLEGAL to feed a moose alcohol in Alaska.

So you have been warned, don’t make the silly ‘moosetake’ of buying the moose next to you in the bar an alcoholic beverage.

These cunning moose will try all sorts of ways to lure you into buying them a drink; they just love the ‘elkohol’. They’d do anything to ‘gazelle’ it down. They like nothing better than an ‘ice cold deer’….

Don’t be fooled by their cute moose eyes, or their cute moose antlers, it would be an ‘enormoose’ error on your part........

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Fact Of The Day

Vending machines kill more than 10 people a year.

(In comparison, sharks kill 5).

So next time you go to buy that snack, think twice.

You have been warned! 

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Here's your Looking Fly for Thai motivation for today!

#LookingFlyforThai

Fact Of The Day

In 1977, a 13-year old child found a tooth growing out of his left foot.

Looking Fly for Thai

Nothing like a bit of controversy to start off the very first Looking Fly for Thai.

When Kate Moss revealed this motto that she lives her life by it did anger a lot of people, but if people want to lose weight then they will. It is how you go about doing it that is important, and I must reiterate that there is nothing pro-anorexia about 'Looking Fly for Thai'. It is merely a fun way to encourage and motivate those wanting to lose weight in a healthy way J

Besides nothing will taste as good as being skinny in Thailand will feel (just saying).

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Thinspiration

As some of you may or may not be aware, even though avid readers of my blog should already know as I mentioned it in a previous post, I am off to Thailand in 6 short weeks.

One of my amazing and most beautiful friends, Pippa, loaned me the money, as it would have been a few weeks before I was able to get the money together, to pay for the flights. As such, I am now working like a dog in a local pub and restaurant to get the money to pay her back. It’s so much better working when you know you’re getting something incredible at the other end of it. So with every hour that passes by, it’s another £6.08 towards Thailand…slowly but surely.

Anyhow, back to the purpose of this post.

Six girls and I will be spending two of the most fun weeks of our lives in the Land of Thai. 

The prospect of a bikini holiday throws even the skinniest of girls into a pre-holiday whirlwind of manic dieting and rigorous exercise, myself included. I have already vowed that unless I feel comfortable getting on the plane in a bikini then I’m not going!

The amazing and most beautiful friend I mentioned earlier, Pippa, is currently on the last leg of her travelling in New Zealand and is doing her own pre-holiday dieting on the other side of the world. Now being this amazing friend, and with the colossal time difference, it just so happens that most mornings I, along with my other friends lucky enough to have Pippa on BBM, wake up to a ‘Thinspiration’ picture from her that spurs us on for the rest of the day.

For those slightly denser readers who may not know the meaning of thinspiration, I have sourced a definition from one of the most academic and prestigious online dictionary’s- the Urban Dictionary.

As all 7 of the girls going to Thailand are currently on our pre-holiday diet, and with the creative muse from Pippa and her thinspiration pictures I have come up with a new idea for my blog. We all know the famous sayings, “No carbs before Marbs”, “No pizza before Ibiza” etc. etc.

Now I have come up with my own. Get ready for this one, I really feel it’s going to take off….

‘Looking Fly for Thai’

You heard it here first, a LikeWise original. Copyright on that bad boy!

Every day (or near enough every day) I will be posting a thinspiration picture or quote to do my bit for the pre-holiday dieting girls (and guys) out there.

(But remember girls –and guys- all diets in moderation and do it safely. This is no pro-anorexia site, just a helpful momentum to keep you going).

Tune in later today for the very first Looking Fly for Thai.

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Fact Of The Day

The world's youngest parents were aged 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

Seriously funny

I watched a film recently called ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’, now as it happens it wasn’t an amazing film because I can’t actually remember what it’s about. However, there is one scene in it where a Father and Son are duelling using oxymoron’s.

For those of you who are unsure, an oxymoron is a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction – cheers Oxford Dictionary!

I can guarantee that every single person reading this will use an oxymoron at least once a week and most probably without even realising it. They are common place in the English language nowadays.

If you’ve read any of my previous posts, you will know that I am meant to be doing an 18,000 word dissertation as a conclusion to my Master’s degree, which is why I am more than happy to sit here and put together a list of some of the best oxymoron’s!

Enjoy J

• ·       Act naturally
• ·       Almost exactly
• ·       Living dead
• ·       Genuine Imitation
• ·       Plastic glasses
• ·       Exact estimate
• ·       Sweet and sour
• ·       Silence was deafening
• ·       Clearly misunderstood
• ·       Known secret
• ·       Pretty ugly
• ·       Known conspiracy
• ·       Simply impossible
• ·       Low fat
• ·       Liquid gas
• ·       Awfully nice
• ·       Definitely Maybe
• ·       Seriously funny
• ·       Almost exactly
• ·       Only choice
• ·       Long-sleeved t-shirt
• ·       Half naked
• ·       Accidently on purpose
• ·       New tradition
• ·       Low-rise
• ·       Dead funny
• ·       Found missing
• ·       Random order
• ·       Sunny night
• ·       Clearly confused
• ·       Charm offensive
• ·       Small crowd
• ·       Alone together

     Can you think of any others?

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Fact Of The Day

Babies are born without kneecaps. they don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.

"I've got to wait 2-6 years?!"

Fact Of The Day

Male bats have the highest rate of homosexuality of any mammal. 

How now brown cow.

As it has been such a long time since any of my Facts Of The Day, and as I mentioned in my previous post, I am taking full responsibility for all of you looking dim and ignorant at social occasions.  And I am truly feeling the burden of this responsibility.

As a result, I have compiled a list of ten words and phrases that you can drop into any conversation to immediately make you seem more scholarly and astute, thus saving you from looking like the unintelligible acquaintance from the hills.

1.      Inquire

E.g. I would like to inquire how much a Jagerbomb is.

2.      Hence

E.g. I drank so much last night, hence why I’m feeling so ill today.

3.      Adjacent.

E.g. McDonalds is adjacent to TopShop.

4.      Avant-garde.

      E.g. Lady GaGa has a very avant-garde fashion sense.

5.      As it were.

E.g. You were right about her, she’s taught many guys how to ride a bike, as it were.

6.      Be that as it may.

E.g. I only met him for a few hours, but, be that as it may, he should have text me after last night.

7.      Indubitably.

E.g. He was indubitably an absolute hotty.

8.      On the contrary.

E.g. I wasn’t revising last night, on the contrary, I was in Oceana.

9.      Nonetheless.

E.g. I don’t remember a single thing about last night, nonetheless that surely means I had an amazing time.

10.   Superfluous

E.g. She kissed a superfluous amount of guys last night.

No need to thank me now.

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Admission of guilt

Okay, so my last so called ‘Fact Of The Day’ was nearly a month ago! Sincere apologies to all my avid fans who have missed out on 28 new facts that would have, undoubtedly, been astounding. I hope you’ve all managed to get through the last 28 days without looking too stupid with your lack of inane facts, if not, I take full responsibility and vow to never let this happen again.

You may, or may not, be interested to know what I have been up to, but you’re going to find out anyway.

I have finally finished my time at University in Leeds now… apart from the slight, and tiny problem of an 18,000 word dissertation. So as you can imagine this has been taking up much of my time, although regrettably not as much of my time as I would have liked. The recent sunshine which brought with it a rare optimum tanning time, alongside catching up with friends, has somewhat distracted me from more important things!

But as the sun has disappeared, and with it my bank balance, I have been on the hunt for a job. Now I know what you might be thinking; I’ve just finished a Masters, so what exciting, well-paid, career-driven job will I get?

… If you guessed shifts in a local pub/restaurant you’d be right! What better way to prove how much 20 years of education has paid off?

However, this is just a temporary thing. With my dream of being the ever eternal Peter Pan, I have managed to delay joining the ‘real’ world for at least another year or two with plots of travelling. I have no plans on being a grown up anytime soon!

And so, this pub work is just a means to an end: Pulling pints in Wales one minute, downing pints in Thailand the next!

That sums up my life recently, have you guys been up to anything exciting?

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Fact Of The Day

The top three most printed publications in the world are:


1. The Bible

2. Harry Potter

3. The IKEA catalogue

FACT Of The Day

If you're struck by lightning, your skin will be heated to 28,000 degrees centigrade. That's hotter than the surface of the sun.

Keep coming to my blog for more electrifying facts.

FACT Of The Day

It’s time for another FACT Of The Day.

The most common bird on the planet is the chicken.

As this is not a particularly interesting FACT Of The Day and whilst on the topic of chickens, it seems an appropriate time to share with you a story that I discovered a few years ago... that again, may I add, my critics thought was a cock and bull story when I first told them. 

This true story is about a chicken in the 1940's, called Mike, who lived without his head for a year and a half! Now that is something to crow about!

At five and a half months old, when he was just a spring chicken, his owner attempted to chop off his head, but the axe mixed (what a dumb cluck) and Mike was left nearly headless- bet that ruffled his feathers.  He was left with one ear and most of his brain stem enabling him to miraculously survive, I'm sure it wasn't all it was cracked up to be.

Thus giving Mike his alter ego as ‘Mike the headless chicken’. 

Makes chickens that little bit more interesting doesn't it? No, maybe not. But it's egg on the faces of all the people who didn't think this story was true.. who's the bird brain now. 

...Plus it is pretty funny that a chicken lived without a head for a year and a half (not the most attractive pet I can think of). 

Additionally I can now relate to my sports teachers when they used to tell me I was running round like a headless chicken- they must have known about Mike as well.

FACT Of The Day

Pogonophobia is the fear of beards.

FACT Of The Day

Here is today’s FACT Of The Day:

Fidgeting can burn about 350 calories a day.

In a society obsessed with losing weight, being skinny, and fad diets, it got me thinking if we have all been wasting our time at Weight Watchers and Slimming World, and squandering our time doing the Cabbage Soup diet, the 3 day diet, the Lemonade diet, the Baby-food diet, the No-Carb diet and all the other millions of diets I’m sure all of us have tried at some point.

What if the answer was much simpler and the way to lose calories was simply by fidgeting?

If you've tried every diet but to no avail, why not try some of the following much easier and much more fun ways to help you lose weight, and with none of the hard work and nasty tasting food substitutes.

• ·        Laugh for 10-15 minutes a day and burn up to 50 calories.
• ·        Shopping for 3 hours burns 641 calories.
• ·        Brushing your teeth burns 12 calories every 5 minutes.
• ·        Drink coffee, it increases the rate at which you burn calories.
• ·        Chewing gum burns calories.
• ·        Dance for 20 minutes and you can burn 100 calories.
• ·        Sleep well: a poor night’s sleep causes people to choose less-nutritious foods.
• ·        Relax. Stress causes the body to store more calories as fat.
• ·        Typing on your computer for 48 minutes burns 100 calories.
• ·        Watch less television. Adults who halve their television viewing time burn an extra 119 calories a day.
• ·        Re-arrange your room for 45 minutes burns 280 calories.
• ·        Sip iced water all day; it speeds up your metabolism and burns 100 calories.
• ·        Eat more curries: spicy food can temporarily increase your metabolism.
• ·        Eat salmon: people who eat salmon lose significantly more weight than people who eat beef.
• ·        Watching 2.5 hours of ‘Come Dine With Me’ burns 100 calories.
• ·        Play 13 hands of poker and burn 100 calories.
• ·        Sunbathing for 3 hours burns 210 calories.
• ·        Building sandcastles for 30 minutes burns 180 calories.
• ·        Play in the waves for 20 minutes and burn 160 calories.
• ·        Play a game of Frisbee with your friends for 30 minutes and you can burn up to 100 calories.
• ·        Reading in a hammock for 3 hours burns 220 calories.
• ·        Go on a date: you tend to order food with fewer calories when on dates.
• ·        Wear stilettos: it helps to tone your legs (maybe this is one just for the ladies…but then again maybe not).
• ·        Slow dancing for 7 songs burns 100 calories.
• ·        Showering a loved one with 9.240 kisses all over their body burns 100 calories.
• ·        Smooching for 10 minutes burns 25 calories.
• ·        Having sex burns 300 calories an hour.

Who knew burning calories could be so simple, and yet so enjoyable.

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To infinity and beyond.

Who knows when I may be able to do a post again, as I only have 5 days left to finish all of my University work, so here is something to get you thinking:

If the American government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16^th 1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extra-terrestrials or their vehicles?

It is a provocative topic that many people have strong views on, they either believe or they don’t.

However, some of you may be on the same wavelength as me. Not quintessentially a believer, but more curious and intrigued at the amount of seemingly undeniable evidence.

It is of course, up to you whether you believe or not, but I personally find it very hard to believe that with all the masses of stars in the universe, and at least 50% of those stars harbouring planets, that we were so lucky to be the only planet capable of life. There are an estimated 1 trillion planets in the Milky Way alone!

Furthermore it is hard to believe that all the sightings of UFO’s and all the evidence from crashed landings and crop circles etc. are all just figures of people’s imaginations.  Granted, a lot of sightings may just be stray Chinese lanterns (you know who you are) but there must be some that are real.

I must admit now that I am very easily swayed by the ‘alternative’ explanation and the conspiracy theories of virtually every significant incident that has happened in humanity. [The most controversial of which being the 911 attacks but more on that in another post]

I must also warn you that I am no expert on astronomy, physics, extra-terrestrials  or any of the such like so make of this what you will.

The following are some of the most interesting and intriguing indications of aliens that I have found:

• ·        The UFO phenomenon has been around for as long as humans have existed, they have been depicted in art spanning back centuries.

• ·        Astronauts frequently see UFO’s and have done since the very first expeditions into space.

• ·        We claim to be the most advanced beings this world has seen yet we can’t even replicate the pyramids in Egypt which were built thousands of years ago.

• ·        Cave paintings very clearly depict space ships.

• ·   Area 51, Roswell and secret government projects which are leaked with time make it surprising that they have no information of existence of aliens.

• ·        Crop circles. Obviously not all of them are authentic but for the ones that are it is something which contradicts the hypothesis of aliens not existing. Scientists say that all it takes is for one crop circle to be real and the whole claim that aliens don’t exist is rendered false.

• ·        There have been numerous amounts of ex-government people who have come out and spilled the beans, although these are not obviously shown on major networks.

I hope that this has given you all something to ponder until I next have time to shock and amaze you all with another post.

NB. The American government have in fact now axed the above legislation after a mass uproar and inquest into why it was created. Even though it is no longer in place it still begs the question why it was ever implemented to begin with.

FACT Of The Day

When two hippo's are about to fight, they point their bums at each other, wag their stubby little tails vigorously, and flick faeces at each other.