Now then, many moons ago when I was growing up we had a Jackie annual knocking around the house with instructions for a rather fetching knitted 'egg, bacon, beans and chips' beret. Does anyone know...
Can anyone explain to me why some parents teach their children to use (usually silly) alternatives to words, when they will then have to teach them the correct one at some stage? For example: gee gee,...
Hi, I've just started working at this company and i'm constantly itching with small red spots appearing. The building is quite old and has just been renovated, people think it could be a reaction to...
Like everyone else I have a lot of junk mail and would like to stop it I got a questionaire through the post from thePostal Preference Service saying that it would reduce my junk mail by limiting it...
Why do my cats stick out their tongues, just a little bit. The only pattern seems to be contentment. Also, if you scratch on a cats spine, they have the urge to lick. You have to get the right spot...
This is a question for QM (or any hairdrerssers out there). In your answer on IDS and Tory plotters, you referred to the 'blue rinse brigade', and we all know what you mean. But is there such a thing...
When and why did English speakers start to prefix their utterings with these words ? I have noticed it for a long time with the spoken word and the usage now appears to be common in writing as I have...
Last night I dreamt I was having a fight with someone and so we started to punch and grapple with each other. This guy in my dream was holding on to my arm so I grabbed on to his too and squeezed as...
It's an absolute nightmare trying to worm my two cats. I've tried every way going, to get tablets down them, but it's impossible. Does anyone make worming drops (for all types of worm)? Thank you.
How does one get rid of these horrible tickets which are stuck onto the drivers side windows if one has parked illegally.....they are hellish things to shift and no amount of scraping gets rid of the...
This is my 2nd day of not smoking and I was wondering if anyone else had found a good way to distract themselves,when you get a craving? I am taking zyban which is supposed to lessen the urge to...
and I can't understand the label. I found a spray bottle under my sink when I moved in. It's called Hoffman's Form & Halt Spruhstarke. (with two dots over the u and a in Spruhstarke) It also says 'Mit...
I was watching the England v Liechtenstein match on the box last night and when they sung the national anthems Liechtensteins was sung to the tune of God save our queen why?