From here (in north London) you can watch planes taking off from Heathrow. Over the years, I have noticed that jumbos heading east or north ALWAYS follow the North Circular to the M1 junction, then...
I bake a lot of bread, but have to resort to wrapping loaves in pieces of teflon to assist their rising during cooking. What do commercial bakers put in their loaves to make them rise so much?
English reference works refer to the Burka, but watching an Afghan girl talking on TV the other day (in Arabic, I think), she pronounced the word Bukra, several times. (It had subtitles). So is the...
We used to get questions on here along the lines of 'Why does Andy Hughes know so much about music?' In this spirit, I'd like to ask Incitatus: how come you know so much about such a wide range of...
Back in July cybil posted this riddle. Monday & Tuesday have 2, Wednesday & Thursday have 1, Friday has 6 and Saturday & Sunday have none. What is it? It's driving us mad! No-one's posted an answer...
