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Emileo

Rabbit's Tail

What is another name/word for a common law wife?
15:32 Fri 03rd Mar 200610 answers, last by eezablade 21:59 Tue 28th Mar 2006
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oscartony

formation of the australian accent

an old school teacher told us if you put a baby in a room with a scot,welsh,english and irish person it would speak in an australian twang!!!
21:45 Sun 05th Mar 20069 answers, last by equalibra 03:45 Sun 12th Mar 2006
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GrahamN83

pigs may fly?

where does the saying "pigs may fly" come from? did a pig once fly?!?!
11:57 Fri 03rd Mar 20064 answers, last by pjm007 17:45 Thu 09th Mar 2006
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kas5y

Fire Brigade

Where do the sayings 'on the run' and 'off the run' originate from and what do they mean?
11:42 Mon 06th Mar 20063 answers, last by Black Cab 11:32 Thu 09th Mar 2006
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paulharr

stella artois

why does it taste so nice
18:20 Sat 04th Mar 200610 answers, last by isca 16:07 Tue 07th Mar 2006
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joychow1985

what does this "personal" mean?

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Telephones and email have made communication between people less personal. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion. and could u...
16:01 Fri 03rd Mar 20066 answers, last by Kingaroo 19:51 Mon 06th Mar 2006
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asmyers

the big apple

why is new york city known as the big apple
19:36 Sun 05th Mar 20063 answers, last by gaz_farr 16:34 Mon 06th Mar 2006
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Debsgary

ofahgwaftt

Please solve for me
17:43 Sun 05th Mar 20065 answers, last by valerieb1254 15:04 Mon 06th Mar 2006
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Hmmmmmmm

Dutchman's call

I just read something that talked about a decison being a "Dutchman's call". It wasn't clear from the context what it meant. Anyone know?
18:00 Sun 05th Mar 20064 answers, last by Quizmonster 07:41 Mon 06th Mar 2006
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ellienmillie

mad sayings

Go round the bend
18:31 Sat 04th Mar 20068 answers, last by jno 22:24 Sun 05th Mar 2006
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MORELLO

translate

Can anyone give me an accurate and direct translation of Audi's 'Vork Sprung Dork Technique' as used in their adverts?
14:43 Fri 03rd Mar 20066 answers, last by EDDIE51 22:03 Sun 05th Mar 2006
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hbray

Bread?

Does anyone know any sayings that include the word bread?
19:20 Fri 03rd Mar 200610 answers, last by EDDIE51 21:49 Sun 05th Mar 2006
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seeandess

lukewarm

can anyone tell me were the term lukewarm comes from
19:44 Sun 05th Mar 20063 answers, last by spacechimp 20:22 Sun 05th Mar 2006
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seeandess

lukewarm?

can anyone tell me where the phrase luke-warm comes from? and how they got luke in it?
20:02 Sun 05th Mar 20061 answer, last by spacechimp 20:13 Sun 05th Mar 2006
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probian9910

Grew/grows like topsy.

Does anyone out there know the origin of this commonly used phrase please. Where and when was topsy? Thank you
10:03 Sun 05th Mar 20061 answer, last by maxi29 10:17 Sun 05th Mar 2006
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oscartony

Cut and Run

I overheard an ambulance driver ask his colleague "cut and run"? as they were about to transport a patient and was closing the rear doors any idea what this means?
18:17 Sat 04th Mar 20068 answers, last by Golem 06:19 Sun 05th Mar 2006
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hawki

earl of leicester

which earl of leicester married a ford
20:40 Fri 03rd Mar 20062 answers, last by shaneystar2 16:15 Sat 04th Mar 2006
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marcus577

Old Beery Bob

Can someone give me the full lyrics to this song please. Old Beery Bob has got a job to drive a motor car. I'll blow the police, I'll let him see I know what motors are. A thousand miles an hour he...
21:30 Fri 03rd Mar 20061 answer, last by spacechimp 21:37 Fri 03rd Mar 2006
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sarah21

Money?

Has any one heard of the saying that if your hand itches your either going to receive money or give money depending on which hand itches? If any one has and they know which hand means which I'd really...
12:31 Fri 03rd Mar 20062 answers, last by valerieb1254 15:49 Fri 03rd Mar 2006
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Kingaroo

Latin and greek etymology

I tend to assume that a word with a TH in it is more likely to be greek than latin. Does Latin even have a TH sound?
01:36 Fri 03rd Mar 20061 answer, last by sparklyspin 01:55 Fri 03rd Mar 2006

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