It was visitor's day at the lunatic asylum. All the inmates were standing in the courtyard and singing "Ave Maria" - and singing it beautifully. Oddly, each of them was holding a red apple...
An aquaintence of mine has apparently been told by an official (not sure who) that she has to get a passport as proof of her British citizenship. Apparently her birth certificate isn't proof enough,...
eg ----- ----- lemon squeezy answer easy peasy 1. a person who is exceedingly dilligent 2. to do something in an umplanned,haphazzard way 3. all the best players on the same side in any sport 4. a...
Just a brief thank you to all ABers - my wife of 8 years died suddenly at home in the early hours of last Tuesday morning. I was Ok at the time, my old training kicked in and I went into auto-pilot...
I got fed up waiting for my last voucher to arrive, (ordered last week in Feb) so I contacted them thro' the rewards page yesterday, and funnily enough it was posted out yesterday according to the...
I was aware of extensive use of computer graphics in Sci-Fic movies, but I had no idea how virtually any movie, TV, or Internet video might be either cleverly manipulated or totally fabricated. This...
Question for you experts out there... Can a planning officer from a local authority simply walk into your back garden without your permission or knowledge to inspect the rear of your house? We were...
The Antiques Trade Gazette has reported that the Great Bed of Ware is to be loaned by the V and A to Ware Museum for a year. The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £229,200 to allow the bed to be...
I have tweaked something I my arm. It is where the arm goes into the shoulder. Seems to a small muscle there. I am in such pain I really can't believe it. I am taking ibuprofen 2x400mg. Every 4 hours...
Ok guys, here goes: 1. Have you ever been arrested? - 2 points 2.Have you ever been breathalysed? - 2 points 3. Have you ever been fingerprinted? - 2 points 4. Have you ever been in a police station?...
the local authority have issued notice that I am to be penalised for not conforming to the regulations for keeping sheep on my land. I do not have any sheep on my land. Is this possible??
For the past couple of weeks there has been a bullfinch coming to the windows on one side of the house (northside) and pecking at the glass. After a couple of days of getting woken at 7am i decided to...
Lady I was speaking to said she had taken friends out to lunch .Ten of them .Bill came to 250 quid so she questioned it as you would .Turned out the previous card had not been acccepted so the both...