Which way do you stir your tea or coffee - clockwise or anticlockwise? And is it right or wrong either way? I can't see that it matters at all. But the reason I ask is because when I was a kid, about...
Can anybody shed any light on this strange anomaly of our language? How did we ever arrive at the common usage of the word 'pretty' as an adjectival qualifier? eg: This weather's pretty good right...
What's the difference between an oversized undersexed butler, and an undersized oversexed eskimo?
One's a massive vassal with a passive tassel. The other's a frigid midget with a rigid digit....
This is apparently a true story - but it could as easily be an urban myth: A temporary secretary was once employed to carry out the customary duties for the boss. The woman was not very experienced,...
Did you hear about the madman who went into a launderette, raped several women, and ran away again?
Headline in the newspaper next day:
Nut Screws Washers and Bolts....
There were 2 fiercely independently-minded women, called Dee and Sally, who one day decided to start their own country (after seeing Danny Wallace's BBC TV series). When they were working out all the...
We have a symbol for 'at' - @. And we have 2 symbols for 'and' - +, &. Why don't we have one for 'the'? After all, it's probably the most frequently used word in just about every language. Make sense,...