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MR DORSEY’S – DID YOU KNOW – BEEDLEY BOPPERS

MR DORSEY’S – DID YOU KNOW – BEEDLEY BOPPERS

How much do you know?  Mr Dorsey, the best teacher in this universe, challenges you – what do you know?  Mr Dorsey has taught the lesson below and claims everything is true – but we believe only 50% of Mr Dorsey’s ‘facts’ are actually truths and the other 50% is false.  Can you spot what is true and what is false?  Can Mr Dorsey be trusted?  Is 100% of what he teaches correct?  Maybe not in this universe – is he instead really out of this world?

Breast Cancer Awareness in the UK sells bright pink Beedley Boppers to help raise funds and awareness
Beanie calls Beedley boppers beedly boppers
Beedley boppers are plastic headbands with glittery objects attached to them by springs
Margaret Thatcher wore a pair of Beedley boppers to a school fete in Essex in 1982
Modern day Beedley boppers were invented by the Rev.Tim Beedley of Bloomsbury, UK
Jet wore a pair of Beedley boppers to Octavia’s party
The first Beedley boppers to be worn were in India in the 16th century by medicine men who claimed they were the spirits of the bugs
Beedley boppers with glittery British flags were worn at the end of the Gulf War by women waiting for their husbands to return
Beedley boppers were given to all school age children to wear for the Royal Wedding of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer
Beedley Boppers were all the rage in the 1980’s

 

MR DORSEY’S – DID YOU KNOW – DANCING

MR DORSEY’S – DID YOU KNOW – DANCING

How much do you know?  Mr Dorsey, the best teacher in this universe, challenges you – what do you know?  Mr Dorsey has taught the lesson below and claims everything is true – but we believe only 50% of Mr Dorsey’s ‘facts’ are actually truths and the other 50% is false.  Can you spot what is true and what is false?  Can Mr Dorsey be trusted?  Is 100% of what he teaches correct?  Maybe not in this universe – is he instead really out of this world?

A male ballet dancer lifts over 1-1/2 tons worth of ballerinas during performances
The Tango got it’s name from the Latin word bis in tange which means ‘love dance’
Most professional ballerinas wear out 2-3 pairs of pointe shoes per week.
The biggest dance event ever held was in High Wykomb, UK in March 1986
Famous Dance Darcy Ogilvy was known for her lambada
One tutu costs up to $2,000 to make.
Breakdancing was brought to the public eye in 1974 by Derek DJ Douse in Chicago, USA
Every time a ballet dancer jumps on pointe, three times her body weight is carried on the tip of her big toe.
In the show Riverdance it is estimated that there are approximately 2%,000 individual steps in the show per dancer!
The most popular dance of all time is the Samba

 

MR DORSEY’S – DID YOU KNOW – BEAUTY

How much do you know?  Mr Dorsey, the best teacher in this universe, challenges you – what do you know?  Mr Dorsey has taught the lesson below and claims everything is true – but we believe only 50% of Mr Dorsey’s ‘facts’ are actually truths and the other 50% is false.  Can you spot what is true and what is false?  Can Mr Dorsey be trusted?  Is 100% of what he teaches correct?  Maybe not in this universe – is he instead really out of this world?

The Greek Goddess of beauty is Aphrodite

The word blonde comes from the Latin world blondus (meaning yellow)

Cosmetic surgery really followed on from hollywood films in the 1930’s when everyone wanted to look like the stars

Garlic helps combat wrinkles and restores tissue

President Clinton had cheek implants in 1985

Toners remove all traces of dirt, makeup or cleanser that remain after cleansing

The biological purpose of beauty is to attract for reproduction

Chinese used to bind their hands so as to make them smaller which was considered beautiful

Marilyn Monroe wore a size 6

Models in magazines are never airbrushed

MR DORSEY’S – DID YOU KNOW – BALLOONS

MR DORSEY’S – DID YOU KNOW – BALLOONS

How much do you know?  Mr Dorsey, the best teacher in this universe, challenges you – what do you know?  Mr Dorsey has taught the lesson below and claims everything is true – but we believe only 50% of Mr Dorsey’s ‘facts’ are actually truths and the other 50% is false.  Can you spot what is true and what is false?  Can Mr Dorsey be trusted?  Is 100% of what he teaches correct?  Maybe not in this universe – is he instead really out of this world?

A bursting balloon actually creates a small sonic boom.
The biggest selling balloon colour is red.
Balloons are made from latex which is collected from the rubber tree.
The most modelling balloons blown up in one hour is 370
Early balloons were actually made from pig bladders
Helium is actually an environmentally friendly gas, it is non-flammable, non-toxic and non-radioactive.
Mass release balloons rise to only 1,000 feet where they burst and fall to earth.
Balloons were invented in 1899
The fastest made poodle from a modelling balloon only took 3.3 seconds to make
Latex although a natural substance isn’t biodegradable

 

The Diner

A burger?In town can be found the popular local diner. It is here that Giles’ mother, Dorothy Gordon, works occasionally as a waitress.

The diner specialises in hamburgers, hot dogs, fries and milkshakes.

Many students (and teachers) from Atlantis High meet up in the diner after a busy day at school to catch up over the latest gossip and news — and to enjoy a delicious (if not too nutritious) meal.