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ships

Why are ships etc referred to as she? Why not he? Just wondering.

Quotation question

Does anybody know who first said "Give me the child for the first five years and I will show you the man" Thank you in anticipation...

Amber-Rose

Who is going to be....

home alone for Christmas Day and if so, how do you feel?

Cocosweet

Which body or group are responsible for making up the words that go on to be collective nouns for animals?

What exactly qualifies them and what process do they go through when coming up with a word to describe different groups of animals? The reason i ask this is because some of them sound so ridiculous...

Clanad

U.K. Equivalent?

It's "Black Friday" here in the U.S. So called because yesterday was the national holiday of "Thanksgiving"... first observed, of sorts, by the Pilgrims (all English, to whom we...

rov1100

The Public Sector Strikes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ Are the Public Sector workers selfish for going on strike which will do enormous harm to the country?...

derekpara

'The Last Knockings.'

Where does this come from ? Cheers. D...

Steve.5

Whats the cleverest newspaper headline you have seen/heard

This gets my vote: I`ll go for “Super Caley go ballistic, Celtic are atrocious.” from 2000...

Sgt.Rock

Do you not? Are you not?

Why are these phrases being used so much these days? Didn't it used to be don't you and aren't you?

Quizmonster

TV Guides

Of all the printed TV guides/listings/magazines, which is the most comprehensive? I ask because - having bought a variety of them - each seems to miss some of the channels we occasionally watch.

albaqwerty

A Wibbler

never knew what one was (or even existed until I watched Ade In Britain) A Dibber, isn't that some little thing for gardening and planting seeds? I love the names, where on earth do they come from?...

atrollope

rod liddle

The Judge in the Stephen Lawrence trial gave strict instructions to the Jury that they must not read the current issue of The Spectator magazine. The Spectator,and the writer Rod Liddle have been...

youngmafbog

Will tge right succeed in fixing another Socialist mess?

The Spanish have ousted the Socialists so the centre right are stuck with imposing austerity measures whilst no doubt the lefties snipe from the side. Will tgey succeed or will Spain be the final nail...

Elderman

Have you been marked by the beast ?

(Revelation 17:8 ) The Bible sheds much light on the meaning of symbolic beasts. Like the lion, a bear, a leopard, and a fearsome beast with big teeth of iron. It tells us that these beasts represent...

hibiscusrose

two tiny ones...just can't get them!

1....Salt spread over the road and....(3) pattern: - - R 2....Red setter?(3) pattern: - - N Thank you...

Caran

back button

I know i'm on here late but has anything happened to the back button?

Kayless

Water is not healthy, right oh!

http://www.express.co...-water-is-not-healthy Do we really want to be involved with these nutters?...

McMouse

Chilcot Inquiry

So publication of the Chilcot Report is being delayed until next Summer. Start of the big coverup or what?

Kayless

Are Unions on another planet?

So the Pizza's are in financial mess, even Berlesconi realises that, they have a new governement to dig them out of the mess so what do the ATC unions do? yep you guessed it! Strike!

Ric.ror

Can I strike?

All my colleagues are taking part in the strike on 30 November - they are all in Unison. I am in a different union but can I strike too? I am not bothered about losing one days pay

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