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

[Drucker]

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.

Lidl was founded as a discounter in 1930

ALDI was founded as a copycat operation of Lidl in 1946.


Dunnes Stores was founded on St. Patrick’s Street here in Cork in 1944. It opened on March 31st, and is now Ireland’s largest retailer

 

[gaffer falls]

Henry VIII was a talented musician.

He remained a catholic and never renounced the catholic faith

 

[Happyhonkaman]

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.

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

Adidas and puma .

I think it was Kelme Herb!

 

[Róisín_Rua]

Did you know ....

Albania was once ruled by King Zog.

 

[Róisín_Rua]

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

Funnily enough - even before I knew that, I had wondered if it was morse code.

 

[Tube a Pringles]

A little known facht is that facht is pronounced as "facht" on the PROC

Facht

 

[Róisín_Rua]

A little known facht is that facht is pronounced as "facht" on the PROC

Facht

Fach(t) Off!

 

[Dinger]

Germany did not declare war on Britain in ww2 (if I remember correctly).

 

[Róisín_Rua]

Germany did not declare war on Britain in ww2 (if I remember correctly).

You're right - Britain and France declared war on Germany together in WW2.