Prompted by a question in Arts & Lit, I should like to know, what are the most annoying pronounciations of placenames, in particular, those near where you live? For instance, BBC reporters always...
My ISP (Orange) claims that it has a built-in SPAM filter and to activate it I have to click on the My Settings button. But I cannot find a My Settings button anywhere and Orange are no help. Advice...
The primary colours are red, blue, and green, the three (approximate) colours that the human retina is most sensitive to. Light entering the eye will be recognised as a particular colour according to...
If Adam & Eve were the first 2 people - and they only had 2 sons - Cain & Able (that's 4 people on the planet) - where did the wives come from that Cain & Able married? This is a serious question -...
Why do Jewish people not eat prawns or seafood (except fish)? I understand they are not Kosher but would like to understand the rationale behind this? Can anyone help?
I understand that "nothing but..." means "only...". However, if "only everything" is substitued for "nothing but everything" in the following passage, the result would seem unreasonable. Could anybody...
not sure where to put this one but here goes, my daughter is doing a list of comical names, e.g teresa green( trees are green) perrigrin sox (pair of green socks), does anyone know of anymore many...
I know someone who is troubled with arthritic knees. She sprays Deep Heat spray, or uses a similar gel, which provides temporary relief, as do hot water bottles and ensuring that she has enough to...
When visiting our daughter who now lives in North Carolina we were surprised to see that she does her clothes washing on the COLD setting of her machine, using cold-water detergent bought in the local...
Hi All Is there any fairly simple chemistry experiments that can be done as a party trick or something. I dont want explosions or anything jsut something that makes you go wow and uses fairly easily...
Can anyone give more more examples of "radio" lingo as used by security guards, lorry drivers, police etc... and their meanings: for example "roger that" "over and out" "copy that" "10-4" etc...
Thought this might privide some fun. Aperio Q What percentage of the world's water is contained in a cow? (veterinary medicine, Cambridge) Q Explain how a perm works (biochemistry, molecular and...
There is the age old question which came first the chicken or the egg? I was just wondering if I sould insane as I believe it stands for which is it god or evolution. I mean think about it...if you...