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Peter Pedant

l'haricot or le haricot?

The tee-vee ad has the waitress come in and say, "saucisses et haricots...." - Just before Joanna Lumley says oh dont be so lah-did-ah. But she doesnt say ..... ay tarricoh - with an elision as we...
22:28 Sun 26th Jun 200511 answers, last by Narolines 23:41 Tue 26th Jul 2005
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manrow

hooligan

Where does the phrase, "football is a gentleman's game played by hooligans" come from?
08:58 Wed 29th Jun 20057 answers, last by manrow 11:25 Sun 03rd Jul 2005
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kermit911

Cold Water

Don't know if this is true or not but I heard if you are going to fall into Ice cold water, exaple "Titanic" It is beater to go head first, so that your body can prepair itself...
17:22 Mon 27th Jun 20053 answers, last by stevie21 09:14 Tue 28th Jun 2005
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LoungeLizard

Violent death rate in Iraq

How does the risk of death by violence in Iraq compare to the risk, say, in America or South Africa?
13:22 Sun 26th Jun 20052 answers, last by Peter Pedant 22:27 Mon 27th Jun 2005
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mindbullets

su-bleedin-doku

im a reasonably intelligent man but for the life of me i cant complete a su-doku ,ive tried on numerous occasions but i can get 6-7 numbers and then i get stuck, am i alone in this? am i missing...
00:17 Mon 27th Jun 200516 answers, last by Lorcan 16:59 Sun 03rd Jul 2005
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Aschenbach

One for the Semanticists

Is this a question.
01:22 Mon 27th Jun 20058 answers, last by jno 00:16 Wed 29th Jun 2005
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boobesque

taste

why is it when you have a blocked nose or you hold your nose, that you cant taste your food properly?
11:35 Sat 25th Jun 20054 answers, last by PatTheRat 13:33 Wed 29th Jun 2005
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bartholomew

What is the word?

The cutting down on the number of zeros of any currency? For example: In Romania there's going to be a...of its currency. ?1 will equal to 6 LEI instead of 6,000.
11:09 Fri 24th Jun 20057 answers, last by Peter Pedant 22:22 Sun 26th Jun 2005
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bartholomew

does this make sense?

Hi My brother is in love with a girl from Poland. The thing is that she thinks of goping back to her home country in 5 years time. My brother won't go because he won't get a job (language barrier etc)...
21:36 Fri 24th Jun 20059 answers, last by niceprincess 11:53 Sun 10th Jul 2005
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hobsonbear

Do mermaids have bottoms?

well, that's it.  Do mermaids have bottoms? h
15:55 Thu 23rd Jun 20056 answers, last by JimmyEvans 21:58 Wed 04th Oct 2006
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islandgirl

Reincarnation

Many years ago I read a series of books written by a woman I think during the earlier part of the 20th Century about her alleged past lives. One I think was as an Egyptian priest or priestess. She...
16:51 Fri 24th Jun 20052 answers, last by islandgirl 15:06 Wed 29th Jun 2005
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katrinaloo

human anatomy

explain the structure and function of the cardiovascular system inc:- breathing,respiration,role ofgaseous exchange in the maintence of the body temp and the internal enviroment.  may thanks for...
12:48 Tue 21st Jun 20052 answers, last by Bob A Job 19:03 Sat 25th Jun 2005
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ludwig

Atomic bomb

When they tested the A bomb for the very first time, how did they know how far back to stand?
09:14 Wed 22nd Jun 20054 answers, last by landie 12:21 Mon 27th Jun 2005
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sarahjessie

Why a lion?

What is the significance of the lion in British history? Why is the lion on the Royal Famly coat of arms?   My Australian friend has asked me why our rugby team touring Australia is...
12:23 Tue 21st Jun 20056 answers, last by El Syd 12:43 Sun 26th Jun 2005
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Sweet G

Francophile - equivalent word???

What is the equivalent word for people who like all things Spanish, Italian or German?? Words for other countries  are welcome too. Thanks.
16:26 Mon 20th Jun 20058 answers, last by Emily Ball 00:12 Sat 25th Jun 2005
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Stevvee

looking for people residence.

I would like to know where I can go to find out information about where Daniel Patrick Moynihan lived in Washington DC. Also I am looking for information about the location of where Mayor Anthony...
20:26 Mon 20th Jun 20052 answers, last by Peter Pedant 22:45 Mon 20th Jun 2005
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annavc

Flooding in Yorkshire

Just heard about the flash floods in Yorkshire and I used to live in Sutton-under-Whitestonecliff which was mentioned in the reports.  Can anyone tell me exactly how bad it is in that...
14:15 Mon 20th Jun 20051 answer, last by Peter Pedant 22:40 Mon 20th Jun 2005
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Andy008

Nappy changing in public

I went out last night for a pint, ended up having ten, and after 2 hours sleep got the train home. I left the station, and walked through a shopping centre en route to my house. As I entered the...
22:17 Mon 20th Jun 200567 answers, last by eupraxia 17:39 Tue 28th Jun 2005
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marylyn

Urgent - Dog Hair

Does anyone know of an easy way to remove dog hair from the inside of  car. I have just acquired a car and the inside is smothered.   Thanks a lot
14:03 Sun 19th Jun 20058 answers, last by dmsjps 20:31 Mon 20th Jun 2005
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Beswad

Falling into the ocean

Movies always portrays that if you jump from a bridge or fall from a plane into the sea you won't survive. Is it true?
04:18 Mon 20th Jun 200512 answers, last by the.dr 21:58 Tue 28th Jun 2005

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