The Official PROC Thread of Little Known Facts ....

[finbarrog]

Are the fellas who own aldi and lidl two brothers who fell out? My mother in law says so

Almost true. They were originally from Castleisland but moved to Germany when young mother is German father is Irish. Smart fellas are Alan Dillion and Liam Dillion . Some say the fued stuffs all a publicity stunt

 

[One]

Are the fellas who own aldi and lidl two brothers who fell out? My mother in law says so

She's wrong.

Aldi is two brothers.

Lidl copied their format of discount supermarket.

 

[Róisín_Rua]

She's wrong.

Aldi is two brothers.

Lidl copied their format of discount supermarket.

Yes - the Albrecht brothers.

 

[Donald Trump]

President John Adams (number 2) and Thomas Jefferson (3)both died on the Fourth of July 1826.

It was the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

 

[Donald Trump]

Henry VIII was a talented musician.

 

[gingin]

She's wrong.

Aldi is two brothers.

Lidl copied their format of discount supermarket.

Yep the Albrecht brothers. Albrecht Discount = Aldi.
Not sure that there was a falling out but they split originally into Aldi North and Aldi South in Germany over a disagreement about selling cigarettes at the checkouts.

The aldi we have here in Ireland is the one that didn't want cigarettes sold at the checkouts.

Lidl just aped the Aldi model.

 

[Herbert]

Wasn't that Adidas and Kelme?

Adidas and puma .

 

[Matlock]

The default text message alert on nokia phones is the morse code for SMS

 

[hemlock666]

The first ever recorded death in a car crash was an Irish woman.

"Irish scientist Mary Ward died on August 31, 1869, in Birr, Co Offaly.

She died instantly when she fell out of her cousin's steam-powered car and under its wheel.

Ward, who was travelling as a passenger, suffered a broken neck and fractured skull in the accident."

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/amp.breakingnews.ie/ireland/150-years-ago-today-an-irishwoman-became-the-first-person-in-the-world-to-die-in-a-car-crash-947480.html

 

[mayday]

ALAN’S FACT OF THE DAY!!!!


Most people don’t know this but Proc stalwart Matlock has twin boys named Langer and Dan,

called after both her pre junior cert obsessions.............



golf maestro Bernhard





and psychedelic rock duo.............. Steely ............





Dan.

Another one of those tomorrow.