I am seeking a poem about land/property/real estate. It is perhaps called "I am Land" and contains wording like "I am the basis of wealth throughout the ages".
A woman goes to the Doctor in Glasgow, worried about her husband's temper and threatening manner. The Doc asks: "What's the problem, Janet? The woman says: "Weeell Doctor Cameron, I dinae...
...any favourites/un-favourites from your own childhood? I was a child of the 70s and the following come to mind: "Spaz" "Mong" "Flid" (as insults) there was a regional...
I always thought that charisma and charismatic where pronounced > Carizma and carizmatic< But on this advert the small cowboy pronounces it as it's spelt which heavily relies on the >Ch<...
My daughter when she was very young used to recite a poem which I'm trying to find.All I can remember is In a cottage in a wood, A little old man at the window stood, When he saw a rabbit running by....
Well here's a thing! I was aimlessly browsing through a nursery rhyme site that gives the history/meaning of various childrens rhymes. Came across this; Round and round the garden Little Teddy bear...
what has many limbs,but cannot walk? Mark can throw a ball as hard as he can and it always comes back to him.Nothing and no one touches the ball except Mark.Why does the ball come back? many...
Usually I know when to use 'this' or 'that' but which is better (or correct) in this example: A) I told him we did not have a vase, although THAT was not strictly true. B) I told him we did not have a...
I'm looking for a specific term, that means something like neologism, or compound word all in one. But it's not a usual hyphenated compound term. It's the definition of a coined term that is refering...
A recent cryptic clue was...get up out of bed and throw in to confusion.
The answer was ..TUMBLE UP. Ive never heard of this expression before.
Does it simply mean ..to confuse?...
h.l.a.s. completely
w.i.o.t.w imminent downfall
l.n.s.u. make every effort
b.t.p unacceptable behaviour
b.o.f. harsh initiation
d.t.b.t. away from the normal
b.t.h. make up...