Fibbing Friday: Saturday Edition

Pants on fire….

What are florins, tanners and bobs?

Key workers in a Victorian cotton mill, ranked by weekly wage.

What is Dead Man’s Fingers?

A tavern in the second Pirates of the Caribbean movie.

What killed the triffids?

Not me, guv. I’ve got an alibi.

What is the difference between a buck and a quid?

About thirty per cent.

How much is an old crown worth?

Two point five tiaras.

What can be known as a ‘Little Gem’?

The stone in a really cheap engagement ring.

What is Pearl Barley?

Half of a saccharine-sweet 1950s singing duo, with husband Teddy Oats.

Finish the sentence ‘I came, I saw, I…

…went back to bed.

Who said ‘Smile, it enhances your face value’?

Leonardo da Vinci.

Where on the human body is the zygomatic bone found?

Nowhere. We don’t have exoskeletons, but it might be in the human body, I suppose.

Fibbing Friday 30 January 2026

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