No takers for this.....hmm. On the way to the sparrow could possibly be a blue, or red, nose but definitely the order of the rock.
This is a nautical question I think. The order of the rock is passing through the straits of Gibralter. Don't know about the sparrow though.
I'll give it to you Frenchie - the 'Order of the Sparrow' is awarded to sailors who have sailed on all seven seas. These awards are no recorded official ones (ie. in the office of the Admiralty) but are, nonetheless highly coveted. The definition of the seven seas has changed over time, and is applied differently by different navies - the Med is not always included but the Arctic and Antarctic seas often are (for those there are the Orders of the Blue and Red nose respctively. So getting the 'Order of the Sparrow' - presumably by the Captain dressed up as King Neptune would probably also mean you had those of the rock and the respective noses (along with several others) !
Thanks cologne, that is interesting. Returning to dry land here is a question. Oaks were replaced by Hazels, but the results were disappointing as black turned to white. What is this all about?
I can't as it was a pure guess based on the pigs, oak and hazel really. Am not sure what the pigeon/dog involvement is. Nor why black turning to white would be a disappointment - white truffles are rarer than black ones, and consequently worth a lot more.
You are close BB, so will give it to you. Pigeons were kept in thousands for food, and their droppings were used to feed the grape vines. This spread through the water courses to nearby oak trees, and produced tonnes of truffles. The truffles were worth more than grapes, so the vineyards became neglected , and scrub hazels started to grow, and truffles were found on the roots of them. As the effects of the pigeon droppings wore off the number of truffles decreased dramatically, so as hazels grow much faster than oaks, plantations of them were installed. The truffles on them turned from the original black, to white, and to this day scientists cannot explain why? Pigs are the best finders of them, but harder to train than dogs, so dogs are the preferred choice of hunters today. At one time Italian white truffles were worth a fraction of the black, so people would attempt to die them, but the die only coloured the surface, so once you cut into it you knew if you had been fooled. The flavour is very different also, and many Michelin chefs would not use white ones.
Every day is a school day - I never knew half of that. Who is this and what affect did he have on football?
Obviously a cricketer - at both county and international level - he also played football for two Nottingham clubs, albeit as an amateur. He also gained a couple of England caps in football, scoring in one match.
William Gunn I believe. The two handed throw in rule came about due to him hurling the ball half the length of the pitch with one very strong arm.
That's him. He took advantage of the poorly written rule whilst playing for England against Scotland in 1882 - and repeatedly threw the ball into Scotland's penalty area from inside England's half. Strangely, the Scots had agreed before the match started that any technique could be used to take the throws. Over to you.
