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Lyrics to "One World Built on a Firm Foundation"?

My father remembers singing a song with his high school choir in the late 1940's. He recalls quite a bit of the song, but cannot remember some of the words. I have looked and looked, but cannot find...

merciasounds

Driving me mad!!!

Three men go to a hotel and ask how much for a room, the hotelier tells them, ?30. They each put ten pounds on the counter and go to the room. The hotelier then realises that he's made a mistake, and...

carrust

Employment jokes.

I wanted to be a baker, but they didn't have a roll for me. I wanted to be a printer, but I was afraid of being typecast. I wanted to be a plumber, but it was just a pipe dream. Any more?????

beatstiq7

facts and trivia

what do you call someone who knows alot of facts and trivia or is realy into facts and trivia?

dot.hawkes

Marlboro questions

Steve D and Fibonacci are doing a great job in re-directing these new abers to the marlboo forums, have any of the new members that joined just to ask the marlboro question stayed with the site?...

spaldinglinc

tv past & present

between nine and eleven people I am really struggling with this one do you think it must start with TEN or ten in the answer, many thanks for previous answers to this but i dont think we have found...

TheLibrary

US West Coast University

World Famous U.S west coast university (1,1,1,1) - / - / - / A

Arabesque

Help please with - 9 I in a B G

Local quiz question - help please What does 9 I in a B G stand for ? Many thanks

Radar_rox

spoon description

strange question, but can anyone think of an extravagant way of describing spoons? so far i've got 'dual semi-domed somethings' and i want a word to replace the somethings' thanks

detective

Weights and Measures

On your kitchen scales 2 tangerines and 10 grapefruits exactly balance 3 melons. You also find that 3 tangerines and 2 grapefruits exactly balance 1 melon. Assuming that each fruit's weight is...

Blinky

Text movie quizzes

What films are being mentioned below? Anyone have any idea? 1) **==dn-D2) Fst fl-v $$$ (we reckon this is fistful of dollars)3) >: - ( x12 (We reckon this is 12 angry men 4) Mdgts + elves...

enthada

easiest of all

This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It...

cnydc

A funny little ditty

My father used to pose this to me as a youngster: "If a chicken and a-half can lay an egg and a-half in a day and a-half, how long will it take a grasshopper with a wooden leg to kick all of the seeds...

jenwalker

brain teaser

Gaham likes geography, Harry likes history, Michael likes science.Who likes football, Barry or Frank? Why?

brian j john

bulbs

you are in a room with three switches in another room there are three bulbs each of the bulbs are worked by one of the switches you cannot see into the other room , how can you find out which switch...

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