Brick

Brick is believed to have been invented in the early Neolithic era and offered severamany advantages over rock. Far from being the mere blunt object murder weapon of the cowardly, brick was and is shaped like a rectangle in most cases, though some rare examples of triangular brick are extant. But the main advantage was that its regular shape could be and would be and was and is used to create uniformly shaped structures that was not possible with rock. Brick was and is created by many materials, starting in Ancient Mesopotamia, where mud and straw were combined. In modern-day Great Britain, sometimes animal dung was used for a stronger and stronger smelling brick, not to mention the dung was sometimes smeared by women on their breasts to ward away potential rapists. Of the many uses for brick, one of the least well known is as a doorstop but that's what I mainly use brick for to this very day. Brick also has purposes including for use by the walls of military forts and whorehouses. The full extent of the uses of brick may never be fully known.

Oh. How fascinating. I was just thinking about Bricks and their many uses, about twenty seven minutes ago.

I never know that women smeared animal dung-brick-substance on their breasts to ward off would-be rapists - this seems like a pretty smart thing to do if you didn't mind walking about with smelly tits obvs.

Do you know any facts about the quarry bricks of the sedimentary kind?

Oh! And further to this, do bricks live in houses made of bricks? That's a wonderment

Give me two bricks,  and I could "fix Smelly's wagon"...

Permanently..

P.S.  They have also made hexagonal (i.e. six-sided) bricks over the years.

Erm ok BEN

Thanks for the fascinating ‘facts’

They also hurt if they fall on your head...don't mess with bricks.

But what about sand?

You could sit me down with a pile of it and for eternity I would never figure out by heating it you can make glass.

HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?????

Fun fact!

3.8 billion bricks were used to build the Great Wall of China!

Incidentally Ben, do you know where the word "brick" came from? Well I can tell you fam, it came from the word "bric-a-brac" which simply means "some rubble and sand and ting"
The last part (a-brac) was dropped because people were lazy in them there days (they also had very smelly tits due to the dung bricks rape-avoidance fuckery) and they simply called them "brics"

Later of course, a well clever bloke said that the word looked unfinished and added the "k". He was responsible for adding all the k's and later went on to join the KFC gang to make chicken*

* Fun fact! He didn't put the "k" in chicken, that was already there yet no one really cares why.

Cass wrote:But what about sand?

You could sit me down with a pile of it and for eternity I would never figure out by heating it you can make glass.

HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?????

Maybe from lightning hitting it?


https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/but-not-simpler/what-really-happens-when-lightning-strikes-sand-the-science-behind-a-viral-photo/

Ben Reilly wrote:Brick is believed to have been invented in the early Neolithic era and offered severamany advantages over rock. Far from being the mere blunt object murder weapon of the cowardly, brick was and is shaped like a rectangle in most cases, though some rare examples of triangular brick are extant. But the main advantage was that its regular shape could be and would be and was and is used to create uniformly shaped structures that was not possible with rock. Brick was and is created by many materials, starting in Ancient Mesopotamia, where mud and straw were combined. In modern-day Great Britain, sometimes animal dung was used for a stronger and stronger smelling brick, not to mention the dung was sometimes smeared by women on their breasts to ward away potential rapists. Of the many uses for brick, one of the least well known is as a doorstop but that's what I mainly use brick for to this very day. Brick also has purposes including for use by the walls of military forts and whorehouses. The full extent of the uses of brick may never be fully known.

Another use: UK washing machines contain a large brick to lessen the vibrations during spin cycles.

Cass wrote:But what about sand?

You could sit me down with a pile of it and for eternity I would never figure out by heating it you can make glass.


HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?????

Heat is the magic 'ingredient' which changes the chemical structure, physical structure, appearance, transparency, everything. 

Jules wrote:
Another use: UK washing machines contain a large brick to lessen the vibrations during spin cycles.

A washing machine with a brick stabiliser that is askew / missing soon breaks free of its constraints  ...... and starts 'dancing' across the room!!











I speak from experience. You walk into the room and there it is,  ''sashaying'' sexily towards you. If it wasn't so spooky it'd be funny. 

It's not a brick, it's a lump of Concrete, it is in the UK so there !

nicko wrote:It's not a brick, it's a lump of Concrete,   it is in the UK so there !

OK then, Nicko. 


The lump of concrete is brick-shaped tho.
Anyway I heard there's a new design of machine that will no longer need bricks/lumps. 
Ho hum. 

iT'S not shaped like a brick in the UK, it's either like a round donut or some shape I can't describe. But like you I don't really care !

Everyone cares about bricks, really.
Unless you're just weird.

Bricks make houses, houses make homes, home is where the heart is.
How can we not bricks.

Syl wrote:Bricks make houses, houses make homes, home is where the heart is.
How can we not  bricks.

The yellow ones make roads that lead to the enchanted city.

Maddog wrote:

Syl wrote:Bricks make houses, houses make homes, home is where the heart is.
How can we not  bricks.

The yellow ones make roads that lead to the enchanted city.  

Good point Maddog....and Elton John sings about yellow ones too.

See? Bricks bring people together. Who'd have thunk it?

Just shows that when people log in and walk to talk.... they will join in any old rubbish.

Syl wrote:Just shows that when people log in and walk to talk.... they will join in any old rubbish.

Hahaha!

eddie wrote:Fun fact!

3.8 billion bricks were used to build the Great Wall of China!

Incidentally Ben, do you know where the word "brick" came from? Well I can tell you fam, it came from the word "bric-a-brac" which simply means "some rubble and sand and ting"
The last part (a-brac) was dropped because people were lazy in them there days (they also had very smelly tits due to the dung bricks rape-avoidance fuckery) and they simply called them "brics"

Later of course, a well clever bloke said that the word looked unfinished and added the "k".  He was responsible for adding all the k's and later went on to join the KFC gang to make chicken*

* Fun fact! He didn't put the "k" in chicken, that was already there yet no one really cares why.

the chicen found the ''k'' when he was crossing the road. he was gonna kick it to the kerb but the kerb already had a ''k'' so the chicen embraced the ''k'' and kept it with him and became chicken,,,,cos he's a caring chicen after all

eddie wrote:Fun fact!

3.8 billion bricks were used to build the Great Wall of China!

Incidentally Ben, do you know where the word "brick" came from? Well I can tell you fam, it came from the word "bric-a-brac" which simply means "some rubble and sand and ting"
The last part (a-brac) was dropped because people were lazy in them there days (they also had very smelly tits due to the dung bricks rape-avoidance fuckery) and they simply called them "brics"

Later of course, a well clever bloke said that the word looked unfinished and added the "k".  He was responsible for adding all the k's and later went on to join the KFC gang to make chicken*

* Fun fact! He didn't put the "k" in chicken, that was already there yet no one really cares why.

the chicen found the ''k'' when he was crossing the road. he was gonna kick it to the kerb but the kerb already had a ''k'' so the chicen embraced the ''k'' and kept it with him and became chicken,,,,cos he's a caring chicen after all

Brick. Brick. Brick.

Brick, brick, brick,

Brick! Brick! Brick!

I wonder who first decided a brick should be called a brick? imagine if the word "love" was first called "brick" and vice versa......I brick you....doesn't sound right.
But...I have built this house with love (because bricks are now named love) does sound right.

When cavemen first moulded mud into an oblong shape did they grunt something that sounded like 'brick'...is that how bricks came to be named bricks?

The origin of language is quite fascinating.

Syl wrote:I wonder who first decided a brick should be called a brick? imagine if the word "love" was first called "brick" and vice versa......I brick you....doesn't sound right.
But...I have built this house with love (because bricks are now named love) does sound right.

When cavemen first moulded mud into an oblong shape did they grunt something that sounded like 'brick'...is that how bricks came to be named bricks?

The origin of language is quite fascinating.

I think you might be drunk.

eddie wrote:

Syl wrote:I wonder who first decided a brick should be called a brick? imagine if the word "love" was first called "brick" and vice versa......I brick you....doesn't sound right.
But...I have built this house with love (because bricks are now named love) does sound right.

When cavemen first moulded mud into an oblong shape did they grunt something that sounded like 'brick'...is that how bricks came to be named bricks?

The origin of language is quite fascinating.

I think you might be drunk.

Nope, when I am drunk I actually talk sense.

Brick is the Middle English version of either the Low Dutch brike or Flemish brijke and was probably introduced by itinerant Flemish workmen in the 15th century.

Fred Moletrousers wrote:Brick is the Middle English version of either the Low Dutch brike or Flemish brijke and was probably introduced by itinerant Flemish workmen in the 15th century.

Thank you Fred, thats blows my caveman grunt theory right out of the water.

Syl wrote:When cavemen first moulded mud into an oblong shape did they grunt something that sounded like 'brick'...is that how bricks came to be named bricks?

Could be a contraction of 'bathroom' and 'ick', which might shed some light on the origins of bricks as well.

Syl wrote:

Fred Moletrousers wrote:Brick is the Middle English version of either the Low Dutch brike or Flemish brijke and was probably introduced by itinerant Flemish workmen in the 15th century.

Thank you Fred, thats blows my caveman grunt theory right out of the water.

Maybe you were thinking of Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble at the time, Syl.