A man phones up 118-118 and asks for the telephone number of "Peter Smith" in Manchester. Operator: "Sorry sir but we have dozens of Peter Smiths. Do you have a street name?". Man: "Err. well most...
We generally judge the entirety of the universe by the insignificant yardstick of our own experiences, and dare to speculate with our imagination what lies beneath and beyond our personal spectrum of...
Is it true, as is often said "There are no aetheists on a sinking ship". Or would they call out to God to be saved, at the last minute as the ship was sinking.
Selfridge's in London have removed a nativity scene from one of their floors to placate Islam. Muslim staff objected to passing it on their way to the toilets. Where is all this going to end?
An elderly English gentleman of 83 arrived in Paris by plane. At the French immigration desk, the man took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry-on bag. "You have been to France before,...
I do a lot of driving for my work and am thinking of getting a personal dab radio for the car as I like 6 music and other digital only stations. I have an aux socket on my car stereo so not probs...
Someone told me recently that if the history of the earth were measured as one day (24 hours) then the dinosaurs lived from approx 10.45pm - 11.41pm and modern man (homo sapiens) appeared at just...
"have you got any bread?" "No" says the barman "we don't sell bread" The duck says "Have you got any bread?" "I just told you, we don't sell it in here" the barman replied. "Have you got any bread?"...
The Chrysalis? What environmental pressures could ever have brought about the the process of catterpillar, chrysalis, to butterfly? What possible use / strengths woulfd the intermediate stage have?...
Where can you buy little transparent pryramids and cones? I'd like a pyramid with a square base, a pyramid with a triangular base and a cone, for a geometry lesson. Thanks