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briancperry

making a racket

What is the origin of the phrase: "making a racket"?
08:57 Wed 17th Apr 20021 answer, last by mrsdanvers 10:30 Tue 23rd Apr 2002
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skippyroo

"Pop" goes the weasel?

Why did the weasel go "pop"
20:10 Sun 21st Apr 20028 answers, last by Cartaphilus 14:34 Fri 22nd Apr 2005
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divan

Versifying

OK. Contentious one. What's the point of poetry?
07:52 Fri 19th Apr 20022 answers, last by mrsdanvers 10:19 Tue 23rd Apr 2002
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johnlaw83

Thanks for all the fish

What does the expression "Thanks for all the fish" mean and how did it come about ??
18:34 Thu 04th Apr 20023 answers, last by incitatus 18:28 Mon 08th Apr 2002
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mrsdanvers

Gravy

Who said 'gravy booby'?
08:16 Fri 22nd Mar 20024 answers, last by bobsailer 08:04 Fri 29th Mar 2002
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dogfrank

French cheese

Who said: 'The French will only be united under the threat of danger. Nobody can simply bring together a country that has 265 kinds of cheese'?
15:36 Sat 16th Mar 20023 answers, last by ravenhair 09:37 Wed 20th Mar 2002
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reece1

Chic combination

"Mandarin red and fuschia is a very chic combination this year sir" is a line from which movie? Which actor/actress said it?
17:39 Wed 13th Mar 20021 answer, last by mrsdanvers 12:35 Thu 14th Mar 2002
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reece1

Pain and pleasure

"My understanding of women only goes as far as the pleasure. When it comes to the pain I'm like every other bloke....I don't wanna know" is a line from which movie? Which actor/actress said it?
17:47 Wed 13th Mar 20021 answer, last by mrsdanvers 12:33 Thu 14th Mar 2002
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mrsdanvers

Barbara Cartland

Just how many books did Barbara Cartland write? I've heard it was over 250. Is this right?
07:47 Mon 11th Mar 20023 answers, last by incitatus 19:31 Mon 18th Mar 2002
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mother

Cold hands, cold ****

What's a bumfreezer?
10:54 Tue 12th Feb 20023 answers, last by mrsdanvers 21:47 Tue 12th Feb 2002
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stoogmeister

I think

What is the quote "I think therefore I am" in Latin? Is it "Cognito ergo sum"?
20:50 Tue 12th Feb 20022 answers, last by Papillon 16:39 Thu 14th Feb 2002
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mother

elgin again

Now that a precedant has been set by that Scottish church returning the Ethiopian altar piece, is it only a question of time till the Elgin Marbles, Benin bronzes, etc. go back to their homes? Discuss
11:56 Thu 31st Jan 20025 answers, last by mrsdanvers 17:56 Mon 11th Feb 2002
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boatman

Poetry

What's the earliest poem in English?
08:03 Wed 30th Jan 20024 answers, last by sgs 11:03 Mon 04th Feb 2002
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divan

Ulysses

Whatever happened about the court case over the edited version of Ulysses (see article at http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Article.go?id=2415&category_id=2)?
07:00 Sun 20th Jan 20022 answers, last by sgs 16:46 Sat 26th Jan 2002
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cuteyp

blue

If I am blue in the UK what does this mean?
06:27 Wed 16th Jan 20025 answers, last by vittoria 12:34 Sat 19th Jan 2002
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mrsdanvers

Suets you

Is suet bad for you?
12:39 Mon 14th Jan 20023 answers, last by incitatus 08:49 Tue 15th Jan 2002

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