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What does the phrase friends with benefits mean?

the lost saying

where the hell does the saying (paraphrased) 'any society is only three square meals away from revolution' come from. Is it a quote? If so whose.this is driving me mad.

bartholomew

Pre-condom?

Yesterday I overheard two guys talking and couldn't understand this phrase: I have some older stuff pre-condom." what does it mean?

crisgal

i was once on a flight from Gatwick to Rome and found myself sat next to a young man and his mother. Obviously we chatted and it turned out that we both came from the same town near blackpool; then we...

Dark Angel

whats it called

Bear with me on this fellow Abers, but I occasionally write short stories and am stuck for suitable words, for instance I'm not sure what word to use to describe, (1) you know those places you...

pjm007

Fart

Where did the word 'Fart' originate from ? Thanks in advance.

Deskpro

To let agreements

Does anybody know if, when you let a property and get a standardised letting agreement signed how easy or hard the terms of the agreement are to enforce if you have customised the agreement to include...

Dom Tuk

BBC employing people

BBC TV are constantly airing adverts for jobs vacancies on BBC3. On the one hand they are laying off 4000 people and on the other hand they are advertising for jobs on BBC3. Can someone...

tnwpp.com

New Pope

Why did the new Pope take another Pope's name as his?

ivypress

claustrophobia - liverpool street station

This is an incredibly random question but I am claustrophobic so don't the use the tube and really hate being underground or in tunnels. I have to catch a train from liverpool street station tomorrow...

Adams

AIr hostess sallary

what is the average sallary for an air hotess? and what do you ave to do to work your way up to a higher sallary or better job, i.e. with a better firm?

buddha01

Were can I get my hair cut nicely in London every month for �5 (Male)

I am fed up paying ?10 to get my hair. Were in london can I go to get my hair cut (nicely) once a month. Bud

mslovely

keir hardie

how important was the role of keir hardie in creating the labour party???

peterbar

Normandy newspapers 1944

Where can I find copies of local French newspapers reporting the Normandy Landings in 1944? Do they even exist?

PatTheRat

Looking for a word...

I got a project in work I have to update. It compares statistics for an area in Belfast against the statistics for Northern Ireland as a whole. Here is an example of my problem: 'the area has an...

fender62

postmans pay rate ? after tax

i have seen advertised postman pay rota at ?275 to ?300 is this before tax, if so how much would a new postman take home after tax etc if say he was married with two children. and what are the...

Scarlett

"Cold"?

For the past 2 weeks I have had an unbelievable amount of nose running. It's constant! I have used up about 25 hankies, and have to play the piano at school with only one hand. Yet it doesn't feel...

undercovers

British Pope

Has there been a british pope? and if so when? Thanks

Ducati

Women and building sites.

Listening to Radio London last night one of the phone ins was about encouraging women to become builders: a guy phoned in and, I thought quite reasonably, said the vast majority of women weren't upto...