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ninnersmama

achilles heel

where did the term achilles heel originate
22:13 Sat 22nd May 200411 answers, last by shoegal 16:47 Mon 30th Aug 2004
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MikeMikeMike

But. And 'And'. amongst others.

Can anyone give me a good reason not to start a sentence with the word 'But' or 'And'? And also, apart from archaic Latin rules which have little to do with the English language, why should I not be...
19:00 Sun 23rd May 200411 answers, last by thewillow 11:03 Tue 25th May 2004
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seal!

bible contradiction

why is it that, the whole christian religion is based around a book that is full of contradictions? if sombody is going to live their life according to such a thing then surley it shouldnt contradict...
20:31 Wed 05th May 200419 answers, last by SoloBoshek 15:57 Wed 21st Jul 2004
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JohnPPotts

5 'Champions' in England?

As I understand it, the Winners of the 'Champions' League get automatic qualification for next years tournament, so if Chelsea were to win it, would this mean that the 5th place team in the...
02:42 Fri 23rd Apr 20045 answers, last by titanium 16:01 Wed 08th Sep 2004
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slimjim

Benefits of wars

Were there any real benefits from the two great wars of the last century. Ok, the second one removed a tyrant but overall, they both seemed to lead to even more worldwide divisions and uneven balances...
15:04 Tue 20th Apr 200422 answers, last by jiggy 04:38 Sat 26th Jun 2004
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Lisa-Marie

OFF SIDE

Right im rather clueless about footie so im gonna ask the dreaded question, can someone explain to me the off side rule?
15:42 Wed 21st Apr 200413 answers, last by JohnPPotts 02:35 Fri 23rd Apr 2004
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loz

pearshaped

Where does the saying pearshaped come from?
21:14 Thu 22nd Apr 20042 answers, last by JohnPPotts 02:19 Fri 23rd Apr 2004
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shanecullen

who founded tasmania???

who founded tasmania???
05:33 Thu 22nd Apr 20044 answers, last by archbishop 08:05 Fri 23rd Apr 2004
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Azimov

24 Hour Quiz

Don't get me wrong, I detest this piece of dumbed down televisual crud, but a friend of mine posed me a question he saw on there but couldn't remember the correct answer! The question was: 'Which...
20:14 Sat 17th Apr 20047 answers, last by JohnPPotts 21:59 Sun 18th Apr 2004
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nedflanders

Is it acceptable for Israel to assassinate a known terrorist leader ?

Or do you think this was a step too far and will onlt create more problems in palestine.
13:12 Mon 22nd Mar 200410 answers, last by archbishop 08:01 Tue 20th Apr 2004
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mucko

After hundreds of people dying

i would like to know WHY these terrorist insiste on blowing themselves and other innocent people up? surely there is an epidemic in the middle-east of mental illness as no-one in their right state of...
08:06 Wed 07th Apr 200414 answers, last by ianess 15:43 Sun 07th Nov 2004
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jjf2003

Anti-American sanctions

What would happen if the whole of Europe, or indeed the rest of the world, agreed to impose economic sanctions against the USA? Imagine further if we all agreed on mutual defence should the USA...
15:22 Tue 13th Apr 200412 answers, last by thekraut 20:18 Tue 20th Apr 2004
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apricot

Words which have meanings different to the way they sound

Oh dear, that sound like gobbledygook, please Spellmaster don't get me?? My favourite word in this category is pulchritudinous - which always sounds quite revolting. Anyone else got examples?
12:31 Fri 16th Apr 20048 answers, last by darth vader 14:23 Mon 19th Apr 2004
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nightowl

Geometry

What name is a parallelogram having adjacent sides of unequal length?
00:44 Sat 17th Apr 20047 answers, last by del_1690 01:14 Tue 20th Apr 2004
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cap'n spanky

Christ and the Anti-christ...

I'm confused. I read this book once and it said there was this guy called God and his son called Jesus (or 'the christ') These people were both really good and were really nice to a few people, i...
08:25 Thu 08th Apr 200414 answers, last by JohnPPotts 01:42 Sat 17th Apr 2004
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nedflanders

Camp X ray 'Britons' ?

Please give me your opinions on whether they have a charge to answer. Please note i don't want the usual innocent until proven guilty jargon I want your gut feeling on the basis of what you know to...
13:14 Tue 09th Mar 200418 answers, last by nedflanders 09:05 Thu 01st Apr 2004
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The Rut

The Boat Race on ITV

The Boat Race on ITV........How will they ruin it?........Ant and Dec as coxes?.......any idea?
16:19 Fri 27th Feb 20045 answers, last by JohnPPotts 03:10 Tue 02nd Mar 2004
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Marcia

Civil War

On what basis was the confederacy formed ?
15:47 Tue 17th Feb 20043 answers, last by IanPat 10:25 Sun 18th Jul 2004
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David H

Di-arrhoea song

Sorry to be gross, but when I was young there was a little song 'It's wet and it's runny and it's not very funny, di-arrhoea' etc. Does anyone know the other verses which I know exist but never...
16:25 Fri 23rd Jan 20047 answers, last by David H 00:11 Tue 03rd Feb 2004
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molly

1500-1750

Why all the interest in the years 1500-1750?
19:10 Tue 27th Jan 20044 answers, last by shoegal 16:39 Mon 30th Aug 2004

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