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corylus

ATTENTION LANCASTRIANS!!!

In the song 'Mi Granny' by The Fivepenny Piece (poem by Samuel Laycock I think) there is a line 'God bless her oo's FARRENTLY looking,' can anyone explain to me what FARRENTLY means in this context....
12:44 Wed 18th Jul 20126 answers, last by corylus 15:27 Wed 18th Jul 2012
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youngmafbog

Value for money or a bonus for bankrupting the country ?

OK, not illegal, but then neither have been many of the things our boardrooms have been accused of. GORDON Brown (Bottler) raked in £114,998 of taxpayers’ cash last year — on top of...
12:11 Wed 18th Jul 201215 answers, last by bazwillrun 08:57 Thu 19th Jul 2012
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Gromit

Creationist Schools

Should the Government approve and fund by the taxpayer, schools run by Creationist Groups? http://www.guardian.c...approval-free-schools...
08:13 Wed 18th Jul 201241 answers, last by Ellipsis 10:55 Thu 19th Jul 2012
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Quizmonster

Rangers news

Regarding Rangers demotion to the Scottish Third Division today, Dunfermline chairman John Yorkston said, “The vote was 25 to five so I think that was fairly unanimous." You can't be...
15:00 Fri 13th Jul 20129 answers, last by Quizmonster 15:09 Sun 15th Jul 2012
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englishgirl

how obivous can you get

going down the motorway we stopped at a service center there were raditors n the wall with a notice above each one saying warning raditor can get hot. Is just me but i thought they were meant to get...
17:45 Mon 09th Jul 201240 answers, last by marval 14:38 Thu 12th Jul 2012
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sp1814

Do 'home grown terrorists' have learning difficulties

Without wishing to make light of the threat of terrorist attacks - has anyone else noticed how many would-be terrorists in the UK are (to put it bluntly) as dumb as a box of hair? Since the last...
14:52 Sun 08th Jul 201219 answers, last by ladybirder 22:01 Mon 09th Jul 2012
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madiba

Boundary or Boundry

The boundry between two buildings appears to be spelled without the letter "a" With the cricket boundary however the "a" seems to appear. Are these not the same word ? Is this an...
14:59 Sat 07th Jul 20124 answers, last by Quizmonster 06:58 Sun 08th Jul 2012
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youngmafbog

British champion or r***y Scotsman ?

Once again we are seeing euphoria around Mr Murray, being hailed once again as a great Brit. So how long will it be before he becomes the r**dy Scotsman again when he is out ? And what if he wins?...
11:37 Fri 06th Jul 201222 answers, last by tonyav 13:40 Sun 08th Jul 2012
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sp1814

Based on their performance in their respective offices - do you think that Boris Johnson would make a better PM than David Cameron?

Sorry if the question seems a but 'Londoncentric'. Curious to hear how these two are perceived by Tory and non-Tory supporters....
18:17 Wed 04th Jul 201225 answers, last by Quizmonster 14:37 Fri 06th Jul 2012
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FredPuli43

Try and answer!

In everyday speech, people say "I'll try and do it" and so on, when they mean '"I'll try to do it". Taken literally, 'try and do it' means that the speaker will do it and so 'try'...
18:19 Thu 05th Jul 201220 answers, last by Mick-Talbot 11:47 Fri 06th Jul 2012
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HowardKennitby

Barcalys Bank

Bob Diamond just starting his evidence to the select committee. BBC News channel
13:13 Wed 04th Jul 20128 answers, last by em10 15:31 Wed 04th Jul 2012
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Clanad

Happy Birthday, U.S.

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands...
14:41 Wed 04th Jul 201229 answers, last by Steve.5 10:00 Fri 06th Jul 2012
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megfitz

Boiled eggs and Soldiers

I was amazed to find that my American son-in-law had never heard of boiled eggs and soldiers, but I was unable to answer his query as to where the soldier part came from. I muttered vaguely about...
12:40 Sun 01st Jul 201221 answers, last by megfitz 12:57 Sat 07th Jul 2012
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Gromit

Jumping on the bandwagon

The banks almost brought this country to its knees through their greed and ineptitude and their bailout which for which we had to loan thousands of billions of pounds will take years to pay back. They...
08:43 Sat 30th Jun 201216 answers, last by bazwillrun 17:39 Sun 01st Jul 2012
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youngmafbog

Likely to be coming to a Street near you?

A protest to stop the eviction of an Ecuadorian family from their Spanish apartment escalated into a mass riot amid clashes with police. With more than one million Spaniards face a crippling mortgage...
12:18 Thu 28th Jun 20126 answers, last by BayBoy1 16:57 Thu 28th Jun 2012
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Gromit

U-Turns - Policy on the hoof.

It looks increasingly like Government Policy is being made on the hoof. The postponment of the 3p rise in fuel duty took many by surprise, including the Cabinet by the looks of it. // Treasury...
11:00 Wed 27th Jun 201221 answers, last by Quizmonster 14:41 Thu 28th Jun 2012
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sir.prize

Could this be

another Government cover-up? http://uk.news.yahoo....0854921--finance.html Also I've never understood how MP Sadiq Khan was appointed Shadow JUSTICE Secretary having previously been a little than...
00:45 Thu 28th Jun 20126 answers, last by Katiekonker 14:25 Thu 28th Jun 2012
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IggyB

most annoying modern phrase or saying

Which modern phrases annoy you the most. I personally can't stand it when people say "simples" like that meerkat advert a few years back or "end of" when discussing something... I...
23:01 Sun 24th Jun 2012123 answers, last by littleja 03:58 Sun 08th Jul 2012
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FredPuli43

A big ask

"It's a big ask but I think we can do it". When did 'ask' become a noun ? Is it's use in this way just a British usage or has it come from some other anglophone country?
18:38 Thu 21st Jun 201217 answers, last by vivandorron 20:13 Mon 02nd Jul 2012
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Quizmonster

Scuttle...scuttle!

So Assange has gone to seek refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy, much to the surprise of high-profile suppporters such as Jemima Khan and Vaughan Smith, in whose Norfolk mansion he was 'sheltered' for...
05:47 Wed 20th Jun 201233 answers, last by Quizmonster 08:04 Thu 21st Jun 2012

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