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Names for meat

Ok, so does anyone know why if meat from a lamb is called lamb and chicken is chicken, why do we give a different name to meat from a cow (beef) and pigs (pork)?

bupf

My grandmother used to tell me to close the window at night or midgets would get in. We didnt live near a circus. Did she mean midges ? Why worry a four year old that creeppy small people are out to...

bupf

midgets again

Do they buy their clothes from mothercare ? or do they buy normal sized clothes made with synthetic fibres and shrink them in the oven like crisp packets ? Do midgets have personal shoppers because...

willprentice

Into the woods

How far can a dog run into the woods?

sexy_bef69

Mensa test?

Does anyone know where i can find of those? With all the numbers and stuff? Thats like, - 12 m in a y - 12 months in a year obviously. An easy one if poss! xx

Dave Potts

What are the odds?

If you were to deal out 11 cards at random from a full deck of 52 cards, what would the odds be of all 11 cards being of the same suit, and how in the name of Alan d'you work that out? Ta.

pigface

AB people

Can anybody give a short summary of themselves as I often wonder what the other people who use this site are like?

james_9904

james clark

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alisont

tuck your...

what was todays letter on the competition tuck your blanks into your blanks?

ian_kennett

Ditloid

150 VBR

Jules6

DITLOIDS

150 VBR

button

Jason's Absence

Does anyone know why Jason was not at the BBLB BBQ on Channel 4 on Sunday - the excuse given he needed "valuable time" with friends & family sounded a bit lame. Would they not need to contractually...

David Black

Council Tax how much is fair?

My council tax has now risen to almost twice what it was five years ago. Does anybody know how high the govrnment is expected to push the average charge up in the next few years? The cost of cars, TVs...

jills

Where is Nedflanders?

Anyone know?? (Mucko, Buttons?)

Jules6

words

Which word which means luxurious, voluptuous or pleasure seeking derives from an ancient Greek city?

Jules6

brainteaser

A train was going from Aye to Bea, but an hour after staring the engine developed a fault, and the train had to continue at 60% of its former speed. The driver said that if the fault had occurred 50...

5029

Big Brother superfans

you know the bloke who is scottish and quite young with blondy hair (not sure who's superfan he is). Does anyone know his name? was he ever in holby city? cos there was a nurse in it who went out with...