recently discovered that for any year, whichever day of the week the last day of september falls on, this will not be the last day of the week for any other month in the same year. How is this so? I...
At work today there was a fuel spill on a wet tarmac road that I just had to stare at, so beautiful, An array of gold through pink,purple,blue and green. Please explain what causes this effect when I...
Further to Matheous-2's question. We are told that the 'shooting stars' that we may have seen recently (the Perseid Meteor Shower) are meteors, and that they can be as small as a grain of sand. So how...
this morning, pondering life, as you do, and I noted the shower curtain was pulled toward my body. Then I got to wondering why. Surely with the force of the water into an enclosed space, and the steam...
This should obviously be spoken, rather than written: If a feller met a feller in a field of fitches, could a feller tell a feller where a feller itches? How many fs in that? Btw 'feller' is the way...
Inoffensive and brilliantly daft humour that to my mind never ages. What a wonderful legacy these two genuinely funny men have left to the world. Innocent laughter.
Well that was the end was it. No conclusions all round. Very frustrating. It has been a great series, thoroughly enjoyed it but do wish it had ended "properly"...
Stuck on last few would appreciate help please. County Logos 2 Not sure if it's a dog or a horse facing right standing in an L shape 4 A sheaf of corn against a shield Cryptic counties in UK and Eire...
Nice that she has won a Golden Globe for best supporting actress, and how lovely she looks in her dress. Can anyone tell me who she played in Corrie, can't for the life of me remember?
Was talking about this in the pub yesterday...when you say something like "he's got more money than you can shake a stick at"
Any ideas where it comes from ?...
I've always wondered about this, but never been brave enough to try it. People I've asked have just laughed and said 'Don't be stupid', but nobody's ever given me a sensible answer. This is the...
I have read that a Spanish man, Antonio Canseco (1838-1917) patented a watch (or clock) mechanism that worked without weights. The illustration I have seen shows a watch. Everything I have seen is in...
I have a Kelloggs Raisin Splitz quartz clock with alarm function. It's been in the loft for years. Obviously it's blank. I undid the back (held on by four of the smallest screws in the world!) to see...
I've seen several documentary type programs that basically tell us that Aspartame is terribly bad for us all. However it's hard to find anything sweet in the shops that doesn't have it in. Surely it...
I have several very old - 50+ years - black and white film negatives 6 cm X 9 cm. They are curled up very tightly into cylinders 2 cm in diameter. Any ideas on how I might get them flat so I could...
I have friends whose surname is Davies. They have a black car. What is the correct use of the apostrophe if you substitute my friends' surname for Robinson in the following sentence: The Robinsons'...
It feels completely normal to me because I'm scared in case my life actually gets any worser and more stressful than it is now. I have had constant thoughts recently about jumping in front of a train....