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Homeless Kodo Apr 2021 1:53pm, 14 Apr 2021 1,492 posts	0 Homeless Kodo The burpee exercise is named after US physiologist Royal H Burpee. He developed the exercise as part of his PhD in applied physiology as a quick and simple way to assess fitness.
Homeless Kodo Apr 2021 1:54pm, 14 Apr 2021 1,493 posts	0 Homeless Kodo Also, that the name Royal H Burpee is genuine.
Badger Apr 2021 1:58pm, 14 Apr 2021 13,750 posts	0 Badger Both of the above, and that the H stands for Huddleston.
Diogenes Apr 2021 1:59pm, 14 Apr 2021 59,150 posts	0 Diogenes The 21st April is Administrative Professionals Day in the USA
stilldreaming Apr 2021 2:00pm, 14 Apr 2021 593 posts	0 stilldreaming [Amusing self visualising Swittle's boar race 🐗🏃‍♀️]. 🙂
swittle Apr 2021 2:24pm, 14 Apr 2021 74,675 posts	0 swittle [Well, it might happen... ]
Jase Apr 2021 2:42pm, 14 Apr 2021 72 posts	0 Jase Belinda Carlisle was briefly the drummer in the Germs
ChrisHB Apr 2021 4:34pm, 14 Apr 2021 20,856 posts	0 ChrisHB That there is an enormous hole in my sock. To be exact, I did not know this at the beginning of my online Pilates class, and it came to my attention part-way through.
GordonG Apr 2021 5:44pm, 14 Apr 2021 8,546 posts	0 GordonG 'Royal Huddleston Burpee' - if you wrote a book and named one of the characters that, you'd get laughed at
NDWDave Apr 2021 7:24pm, 14 Apr 2021 14,670 posts	0 NDWDave The “Tattershall Castle” - a boat turned bar on the Thames used to be a Humber paddle steamer