* Cornflakes had arrived from America but it was obvious that they would never catch on. * The phrase "boil in the bag" would have been beyond our realms of comprehension. * The idea of "oven chips"...
* Pasta had not been invented. * Curry was an unknown entity. * Olive oil was kept in the medicine cabinet * Spices came from the Middle East where we believed that they were used for embalming *...
I shot someone with a starting gun. I've been charged with race crimes. I got an e-mail saying 'At Google Earth we can read maps backwards!' I thought, "That's just spam." My mate dug a hole in the...
We're just adding some links to the AB social profiles (for those interested) and adding a "related question" feature. The latter is a bit "dumb" at the moment, and runs a direct title search to...
A policeman spots a black guy dancing on the roof of a car. He radios for backup, saying... "I've got a darkie dancing on a Volkswagen." "You can't say that over the radio." replies the operator "You...
John was telling his friend how his uncle tried to make a new car for himself... "So he took wheels from an MG, a radiator from a Spitfire, some panels and bumpers from a TR6..." "Holy Cow,"...
Myself & a neighbour switched from BG to another gas supplier just before Christmas. It takes a few weeks for change- over to occur & hasn't happened yet. In the interim BG has switched us from one...
I've noticed (on another law site and sometimes here) that an increasing number of people that get caught for something, whether drink driving, shop liftering or assault etc etc make the claim, as a...
// An overhaul of the probation service in England and Wales will see low-risk offenders supervised by the private sector, the government is to announce. // After the fiascos with G4S and the...
Phone just rang. Answered it. Caller was possibly from an Indian call centre and he said "Is that Mrs Greenslade". Me: "No, I think you have got the wrong number". He carries on talking. Me, again,...
I'm asking on behalf of a friend of mine who needs some help! His wife told him to go out and get some of those pills that would help him get an erection. When he came back he handed her some diet...
An Arab Sheik was admitted to hospital for heart surgery, but prior to the surgery, the doctors needed to obtain blood in case the need arose. As the gentleman had a rare type of blood, it couldn't be...
