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Oneeyedvic

RIP Robin Cook

The only labour politician with scruples has died.
19:17 Sat 06th Aug 200518 answers, last by Andy008 22:50 Tue 09th Aug 2005
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robertheenan

Schooldays

Does anyone remember the "schoolboy's alphabet"?
00:08 Fri 05th Aug 20054 answers, last by Peter Pedant 23:05 Sat 06th Aug 2005
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10ClarionSt

British P.O.W.'s in Nagasaki

Can anyone confirm that a party of British P.O.W.'s were working in Nagasaki when the atom bomb was dropped? And they all survived to tell the tale? I think I remember reading this in one of the...
07:14 Sat 06th Aug 20054 answers, last by 10ClarionSt 22:25 Sun 07th Aug 2005
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Jinfull

allusions

`are allusions a type of figurative language? thanks
03:28 Sat 06th Aug 20053 answers, last by Trillipse 01:59 Tue 09th Aug 2005
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tali122

billionaires buy?

billionaires usually drive a rolls phantom but what are the brands of everyday items and electrical/white goods that billionaires buy?
00:51 Thu 04th Aug 20057 answers, last by sdfdsfsfsf 22:19 Sun 07th Aug 2005
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Somski

Peripheral Vision

Why is it that some types of brain surgeries can cause problems with peripheral vision only? what part of the brain specifically controls peripheral vision?
21:17 Fri 05th Aug 20051 answer, last by Peter Pedant 00:15 Sat 06th Aug 2005
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Pentagon

Do you know this word?

What 11-letter word means not being able to recall the word you want when speaking?
22:19 Thu 04th Aug 20053 answers, last by Quizmonster 09:02 Sat 06th Aug 2005
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dash_zero

French indefinite plurals

hopefully someone can help me understand this, my french lecturer couldn't.  So for the definite, you say: le chat brun (the brown cat) and the plural is les chats bruns (the brown cats) And...
06:15 Fri 05th Aug 20058 answers, last by ChocClare 09:37 Sat 06th Aug 2005
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kjc0123

meaning of "this hardly counted as drinking before noon"

What is the meaning of "this hardly counted as drinking before noon" in the following sentences?   Fache strode to the back of the plane and poured himself a hard drink. It was early, but he had...
07:15 Fri 05th Aug 20052 answers, last by Peter Pedant 23:58 Fri 05th Aug 2005
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kjc0123

meanign of "our redirect was unscheduled"

What is the meanign of "our redirect was unscheduled" in the following sentences?   Fache lowered his voice. "Where are you landing?""One moment." Aringarosa covered the receiver and then came...
07:27 Fri 05th Aug 20055 answers, last by jhiker 15:25 Tue 16th Aug 2005
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sthorn

what to wear to an English wedding

I'm going to attend my first "English" wedding, as I am a foreigner. The groom is British and the bride is American. I had asked the wedding planner via email to tell me the...
23:45 Fri 05th Aug 20058 answers, last by lmyh 04:43 Sat 04th Dec 2010
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eagle

opera

an opera where the hero nearly suffocates in a locked chest and a talkative hairdresser who helps him meet his loved one
11:10 Fri 05th Aug 20054 answers, last by Clayhead 11:06 Tue 09th Aug 2005
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Peter Pedant

which song by Elton John

had a video which was a troupe of young men clad only in bathing costumes and body paint, shimmying down the corniche at Nice - in high summer I think nikita was one of the words in the song. thanks
00:02 Fri 05th Aug 20053 answers, last by Peter Pedant 09:31 Fri 05th Aug 2005
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fudgee_babee

Can n e 1 identify...

"Down down down da down, da da da da da da da down down down down down....." etc etc bit dancey.. male vocalist bit of an ibiza teeeune, out a few years ago.. please help! merci!!
21:13 Thu 04th Aug 20055 answers, last by torie 09:16 Fri 05th Aug 2005
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kimba

What is the volume of gas

20 cubic inches of a gas with an absolute sressure of 5 psi is compressed until its pressure reaches 10 psi. What is the ne volume of the gas? (assume that ther is no change in temperature}
21:40 Thu 04th Aug 20054 answers, last by tony1941 20:17 Fri 05th Aug 2005
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kjc0123

the meaning of "lack thereof"

What is the meaning of "lack thereof" in the following sentences?   "Here's the million-dollar question," Teabing said, still chuckling. "Was your position on the Priory favorable or...
02:34 Thu 04th Aug 20053 answers, last by Peter Pedant 23:48 Thu 04th Aug 2005
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robocopa1

whale

was their ever a whale of eny sort found in coventry canal
16:54 Thu 04th Aug 20053 answers, last by hairylemon 15:05 Tue 09th Aug 2005
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Westenra-Fan

Book Title?

does anybody know the Title/Author  of the book that is about a guy that meet homeless people on the streets and offers to take them back to his home for something to eat   and when...
11:58 Thu 04th Aug 200510 answers, last by Sequin 16:03 Sat 06th Aug 2005
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Borisamber

Post war rationing

I believe "Rationing" ended in 1954, but what was the last commodity to be rationed in the UK?
11:35 Tue 26th Jul 200517 answers, last by Peter Pedant 22:11 Wed 03rd Aug 2005
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Shipstabber

Joey Barton's statement.

Is it just me or did it seem as though Joey Barton's appeal to his brother, with statements like, "my side of the Barton family" and "although we weren't brought up together",  was far more...
10:49 Wed 03rd Aug 200510 answers, last by luckyboy 15:57 Fri 05th Aug 2005

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