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sigma

Half past a quarter to, just struck a bobby.

When I was little I remember my grandmother giving this response when asked the time. Where did it originate from....

piglet2222

cockney ryhming slang help please

hi everyone, please could anyone help i am looking for cockney rhyming slang for the words body, british, and great if anyone can help it would be most appriciated. just off for lunch but will come...

dumanddummer

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dumanddummer

Proverbs or sayings

T T O C (IGNORE INKIND TREATMENT) W A A (NO ATTEMPT TO HIDE DEFECTS) P O O T W (TO CALM A HEATED ARGUMENT)...

Nibble

Strange New Olympic verbs....

I'm watching the diving. I thought that the verb "to medal" was bad enough. In diving, the dives are graded according to degrees of difficulty, which affect the judges' marks. The...

FredPuli43

They're having kittens!

"He's having kittens over it", "The goalkeeper's giving his defenders kittens" and so on. When and where did 'giving s.o. kittens' or 'having kittens', meaning creating, or...

Duncer

Olympic injury

I was watching the semi-finals of the women's beach volleyball and, within the first five minutes, there was a dreadful wrist injury. Still, with the help of an ice pack I should be okay for the...

Petal360

Proverbs

What do the following mean I.I.B L.N.G.M A.I.T.O.T.M.B.B.D...

Duncer

Creepy organ music

The creepy organ music was playing as I watched the telly last night and I couldn't help screaming at the box, "Don't do it; don't go into thjat building!" "What are you watching?"...

hideaway

crusader thurs 9th

6a 4 letters narrative makes academy 's head wilt first 7d p letters cut in lead production turned sour - -i-u---t also 14a in the DM. First of three ducks aswell - could it mean the first TWO ducks -...

AceofClubs

Mother's Sayings

When we used to have a quick wash my mother used to say "A cat lick and a promise".Is this a Midland saying?She was actually from Derbyshire.

Booldawg

Licence to print money

Where did this phrase orginate from? Years ago someone told me it was a phrase made popular by Maggie Thatcher during the Falklands conflict concerning the huge overtime bill BBC film crews were...

albaqwerty

Pubs V Churches

TEXAS BEER JOINT SUES LOCAL CHURCH OVER LIGHTNING STRIKE A bar called Drummond's (in Mt Vernon, Texas) began construction on an expansion of their building, hoping to "grow" their business....

Janbuck

Blame it on the weatherman

Help please with my last 4 questions. Answers have a type of weather in either the title of song or artist. 10. DIMMBEB by CG 21. RNIG by RC 25. OB by HS (I thought maybe Hank Snow but can't find a...

Bend10

Opportunity seldom knocks twice..

Do you believe this to be true or is it b.s? When one opportunity misses us surely like the buses and trains there's one not too far behind it? Maybe to pessimistic people the wait's forever for...

hazelcs

local scout group quiz - singer or band

1. No colour on their Parade? 2. A life on the ocean wave, but not for him? 4. Famously not dumb, and not blonde either? Thanks for any help, Hazel

swinman

"Tick" symbol?

Please could someone advise me which font and letter to use for the 'tick' symbol, as in 'correct'!? I thought I'd used Wingdings before, but can't seem to find it now. Thanks, if you can help....