'Strictly for the birds' is an old expression. I'm not sure what it means. I think it means 'for fools', but I'm not certain. What exactly does it mean and where does it come from? Thanks.
In his song 'Wildwood', Paul Weller asks the listener to come out of the Wildwood. Was he refering to the ancient virgin forest that once covered the British Isles? If not, what did he mean?
Was there ever a time when Wildwood Britain was uninhabited by human beings, or did Stone Age people move into Britain while the forest was spreading northwards?
What is this 'No Sugar' stuff? The advert says it's made from sugar, yet it isn't sugar. How can this be? I'm confused. And what does it taste like? Is it as sweet as sugar? Or does it have a chemical...
I remember an old Hammer horror film and can't remember the title - can anyone help? Peter Cushing plays the proprietor of an antique and curiosity shop. Each time a customer buys an object, it brings...
Apparently they are edible, so why don't we eat them? People made coffee out of them during the war and Iron Age people included them in their diet. Why don't we eat them today?
Before Monty Python there were other surreal comedy shows (Spike Milligan, The Goons, That Was The Week That Was, etc) and after Python there were others too (The Young Ones, Absolutely, Bottom, Harry...
Can anyone trace this cheesy but memorable song and its artist(s)? It's from the 70s and the lyrics are something like: 'Oh I'd like to know where you got the notion, Yes I'd like to know where you...
I love that word, but what the blinking heck does it mean? Bespoke tailor, bespoke shoemaker. Does it mean that everybody goes around speaking about them? It's a quaint phrase you don't expect still...
Come on all you unbelievers, have a go! Let's see just how much you actually know about the Bible. (1) What kind of fruit were Adam and Eve tempted to eat? (a) an apple (b) something else. (2) What...
Look at your life. You go to work every day and come home at night knowing tomorrow and the day after will be just the same. The highlight of your year might be two weeks in the summer and an office...
Do people still use them in an office, or have they been totally replaced by computers? Has the manual (or even electronic) typewriter become as obsolete as the phonograph or the steam engine?