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kags

Grammar - does it matter?

We have had a best-selling book about punctuation, do we need one about grammar? I have heard the following on the tv recently - ' he is coming to cut Richard and I's hair', ' they never gave you and...

Coldfusion

Money

Who decides how much money the Royal Mint can print each day/week? What stops our country from just printing loads and loads of money to make our country the richest in the world?

IndieSinger

Colours for the blind

The question about toilets for the blind reminded me to ask this question, which is less crude, but less funny. If a person has been blind from birth, is there any way of explaining a colour to them?...

IndieSinger

Romen Numeral Clocks

Anyone will tell you that the Roman Numeral for 4 is IV... why then, does every clock I can find with Roman Numerals on it show 4 as IIII?

Dunia

S.O.S.

What do the letters in S.O.S. stand for?

Dave Potts

Origin of the word POSH!

My mate reckons the word 'posh' originated with the East India Company stamping the word on the baggage of First Class passengers, and that it stood for 'Port Out, Starboard Home', the idea being that...

number8

Homophobe

Why are people who disagree with anything gay called homophobes? The dictionary definition is 'intense hatred or fear of homosexuals' I neither hate or fear them, but I do find it annoying that I'm...

Yai

Space

There are a few things I just can't understand about 'space'. What was here before the big bang ? Why did the big bang happen ? Why is 'space' here in the first place ? How can there be no edges to...

The Rut

Spelling Bee

Why is a spelling bee called a spelling bee?

thewillow

Reims, France

How do you pronounce Reims?

jesschant

dwarf heights

does anybody know the height ranges you have to be in to be classed as a dwarf of a midget?!

janeevans

Whisky

What do you add to whisky to make a nail go rusty?

davver

The second Fuhrer

Who became Fuhrer after Hitler committed suicide?

roscoe

reincarnation

Have you noticed how everybody wants to come back as some animal? Would anyone want to come back as an oridinary person?

Kos

Asian country with the least car drivers

Urgent answer required for a quiz....Which Asian country has the least number of car drivers?

thewillow

Latin phrase

What does Ars Artium Servatrix mean?

bobbobley

Retail Price Index

About a week or so I asked about inflation/pay rise figures etc. and someone said this site here gave a guide to RPI http://www.wolfbane.com/rpi.htm I have to admit though looking at this table of...