sp1214 Member Profile in The AnswerBank

Nelson Mandela/ITV

Why are ITV holding a 90th birthday celebration of Mandela? I've never seen them do it for any other politician! No, really. Why? I know many people have elevated him to demi-god status, and perhaps,...

Theland

Gordon Browns' Shirts

Am I alone in thinking that Gordon Brown always looks scruffy around the neck, with his shirt collar never sitting right and often his tie knot all skee whiff? And, sometimes it looks like he bought...

tigerlily11

Darling

Just read this little item from Mr Darling. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080622/tuk -darling-calls-for-lower-pay-deals-6323e80.htm l I was just wondering do you suppose this will include...

tiggerblue10

What is the point of there being an election?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/746970 5.stm Is it not a forgone conclusion (as it was before Tsvangirai withdrew) anyway?

shylock73

Run on Water!!!!

I have just been reading an American advert to run your car on water with a devise that they say is fully guaranteed or your money back. What do Abers think? Is it worth a try, or what??

tiggerblue10

Paying smokers to quit!

http://news.uk.msn.com/Article.aspx?cp-documen tid=8673188 Where is this money coming from?

flipnflap

Kay Burley's hurly-burly

Sky News anchor-woman Kay Burley was caught on film with a hand round the throat of a female photographer, after apparently being accidently knocked by her camera. Burley says she can't recall putting...

bazwillrun

Dont you just love the irony ?...... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7465460.stm

far better to keep her out and keep on letting trash in that want to destroy our way of life

sp1214

Teeth

Have humans always had teeth to eat meat or did they evolve later? If they were always present does that mean we were not alone when the first humans existed?

anotheoldgit

Afghanistan/terrorism

Another nine young lives lost in ten days, in that hell hole called Afghanistan, yet our 'chicken livered polititions' are still convinced these lives were lost in "the noblest of causes". This...

helpmetoo

labour ducking the vote

i see labour are not putting up a candidate for the davis by-election because they know they will be hammered again has there been a previous time that labour have declined to partake in an election?...

Gromit

Simon Mann, MarK Thatcher and Equatorial Guinea

Old Etonian, Ex-SAS turned Mercenary, Simon Mann is on trial in Equatorial Guinea accused of plotting to otherthrow its leaders. In court yesterday, he sang like a canary, implicating every one from...

maxiewaxie

Opening the bonnet of a Polo?

I know this is pathetic but I can't find my manual and I can't remember how to open the bonnet of my old Polo, it's a J reg so it's very old. I've searched and searched but I'm obviously missing it, I...

10ClarionSt

How times change. What about this?

Isn't it tragic that those young men have died in Afghanistan? It really is. Can you imagine what it must have been like in WW2, when thousands and thousands of 17 and 18 year olds were killed or...

R1Geezer

Is someone having a laugh??

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1 319373,00.html They must have known that releasing this waste of air would enrage the public. So why do the authorities in this country seem determined...

Gromit

If you could vote in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election

Who would you vote for: David Davis - Conservative Mad Cow-Girl - Monster Raving Loony http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haltemprice_and_H owden_by-election%2C_2008 Wonder how much this farce is costing?

pigface

Cancelling sky

I want to cancel my Sky subscription and watch free channels if possible. Can my existing Sky box / dish be used? How much will this cost me? I have a Sky+ box. Will I still be able to record...

Abdulmajid

IRA vrs Al Qaeda

With the release of this camel-humping terrorist guy who no doubt has 6 hairy wives, rapes babies and smells of pig skin, it got me thinking about the IRA. One recalls the days before PACE (detention...

Abdulmajid

Micro-chipping your dustbin.

Good or bad idea?

Panic Button

Sat Nav in Dartford Tunnel

I tried out my new satnav today, and went through the Dartford Tunnel. I assumed that once in the tunnel it would show me as not moving, as it couldn't see the satellites. However it showed me as...

Questions

Answers

Best Answers