GENERAL CHAT

THE Cairngorms mountain Bod an Deamhain, or “penis of the demon”, is usually translated into English as “The Devil’s Point”. BIN lorries in Taiwan play music to alert residents to bring out their rubbish. THE names of UK businesses which include the word “Scottish” outnumber those including the word “English”by four to one. THE pioneers of the French naturist movement were a Mr and Mrs Lecoq. TUNNOCK’S teacakes aren’t allowed in RAF planes in case they explode. RUBBISH dumps cover seven per cent of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. THERE are more than 180 tons of rubbish on the Moon. EVERY time there’s a full moon, Sri Lanka has a public holiday. A FIGHT broke out after the first indoor ice hockey match, between the players and people who wanted to go skating. IN CHINA, public holidays last a week because it takes so long for people to travel across country to see relatives. THE official names of Scotland’s saltspreading trucks include Sir Andy Flurry, Ready Spready Go and Gritty Gritty Bang Bang. MARCH 23 is a Bolivian public holiday called The Day of the Sea, when citizens of the landlocked country mourn the loss of its coastline in 1893. ASTON Martin have developed a luxury submarine. THE Icelandic equivalent of ‘the cherry on top” is “rúsínan í pylsuendanum”, or “the raisin at the end of the sausage”. LADDIE Boy, US president Warren Harding’s dog, not only went to state meetings, he had his own chair. A LUXURY hotel in Mexico provides each guest with a personalised sewing kit with thread that matches the clothes they’re wearing.