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Do You Believe In Extraterrestrial Life?

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Do You Believe In Extraterrestrial Life?

Yes - 128 votes
45%
I am not sure - 69 votes
24%
No - 61 votes
22%
What Is Extraterrestrial Life? - 21 votes
7%
You what? - 4 votes
1%

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Did I miss something ? Why didn't that lady use her 'phone a friend' first , before deciding what to do ?

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3,4 E L I O R H T Thanks in advance

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O F A H Lines Part Deux......

Slater: What was his ethnic group? Del: Didn't notice anyone wiv im! Slater: Was he caucasian? Grandad: Naa e was a white fella!

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Why Would Anyone Want To Smuggle Hermit Crabs?

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Keep An Eye Out For An Odd Looking Lump Of Metal......

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Plaque To Be 'Reminder Of The Pain Of Forced Adoption'

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Lucky 15S

My Bookie has stopped giving a bonus if you only get ONE winner in a Lucky 15 bet. What Bookmakers give the best offers for a Lucky 15 bet?

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'Time To End' Care Worker Recruitment From Abroad, Says Home Secretary...

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Desperate For Help For Mower Manual

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Bought the above model last year, and despite searching the house I CANNOT find the flipping manual.
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Labour Slump From 39% To 23% Since Election In Less Than A Year.....

The latest polls following the catastrophic election results last week for Labour show them collapsing from 39% to 23%. The tories down from 21% to 19.5%. Reform surge ahead to 28.1%. Has the... ...

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River - Well Worth Watching

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Google Searches

My husband and I both have Motorola phones and different primary Google accounts, but all of a sudden anything that we look up in Google search is appearing on both our phones. This has never... ...

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Singapore Hotel Name, 1960/70?

When I was flying with BOAC in the late 1960s early 1970s, we used to stay at a hotel near the bottom of and off Orchard Road. It was a quirky uphill narrow road to the entrance, and the crew bus... ...

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Cooking Crumpets Without A Toaster Or Grill

Hi I am temporarily without a kitchen and stupidly forgot when I bought some crumpets. The only means of cooking I have is air fryer and a one ring induction hob plus microwave. How can I cook my... ...

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Films That Are Shakespeare Plays.......

As per the title, I know a lot of them but surprise me add a fun/interesting fact too if you can.... I'll Start: The Forbidden Planet - The tempest - fun fact: Leslie Neilson was the ships captain.

naomi24

Trump Is Changing The World

Mexico sues Google over 'Gulf of America' name change from the Gulf of Mexico and Trump hinted on Wednesday that he may recommend changing the way the US refers to another body of water. During an... ...

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So Gorgeous George Makes An Ass Of Himself Again

Why don't we ban this loon from living in the UK as he obviously prefers Iranian & Russian... ...

DTCwordfan

Presidential Disgraceful Behaviour

Arrogant and disrespectful but are you surprised......Apparently HE used AI to self-generate this image. Pure bad taste.... Will HE generate an image of himself in the Coronation robes if the King... ...

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