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Bert

Toilets for the blind

I asked this serious question a while ago and only got silly answers. How do blind people know when they have used enough toilet paper? It is not the sort of question I could ask a blind person (I...
16:07 Thu 15th Apr 20046 answers, last by Janetex 23:48 Sat 17th Apr 2004
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tracymort

frog/toad

On terry and gaby the other day, Danny Baker said there was no difference between frogs and toads, that toads weren't real it was just a description of warty frogs or something like that. However...
15:06 Sat 13th Mar 20048 answers, last by Bert 19:26 Sun 21st Mar 2004
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Terry R

surnames

Name 3 england footballers who's surnames end with vowels not the letter e.
12:55 Thu 26th Feb 200410 answers, last by FeNsTa 16:37 Fri 05th Mar 2004
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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...
17:34 Fri 27th Feb 20048 answers, last by Bert 17:46 Wed 03rd Mar 2004
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BadBob

Internet Search

Why is it that people post questions on here that take about 5 seconds to find out on any half decent search engine. I'd don't have a problem with people posting anything they wish to ask but if I...
13:41 Mon 01st Mar 200410 answers, last by Bert 17:27 Wed 03rd Mar 2004
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lyds toohin

Water's best before date?

Is it OK to drink tap or bottled water after 24 hours? Is water I take to bed one night drinkable the next morning or even the next evening?
17:07 Wed 21st Aug 20023 answers, last by Bert 23:26 Thu 12th Feb 2004
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Bert

Watch batteries

Why are watch batteries so ludicrously expensive? I know they use silver oxide, but still, the price charged in shops is crazy. Does anyone on the Answerbank know what they actually cost to make? I...
23:38 Tue 27th Jan 20049 answers, last by alitaksali 17:04 Wed 22nd Jul 2020
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IggyB

Bottled Water

How much healthier can you get than bottled water? so whats this i'm told about the plastic on the bottle causing cancer... and how come everything everywhere seems to cause cancer these days... how...
14:06 Wed 14th Jan 20045 answers, last by Bert 00:47 Wed 28th Jan 2004
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violaine

Milk

I've read so many conflicting articles about the benefits as well as the drawbacks of milk. I've read that as well as helping to build bone mass with calcium, that semi-skimmed milk can also help to...
14:20 Mon 12th Jan 20049 answers, last by Bert 00:43 Wed 28th Jan 2004
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Yai

Shops selling out of date food

Is it illegal for shops to sell food which is past it's 'best before' date and hasn't been clearly marked as being out of date ? There's a shop near me which has been selling some out of date food for...
14:24 Fri 23rd Jan 20045 answers, last by GMH 01:17 Sat 14th May 2005
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Bert

Jim Morrison's Epitaph

What does 'Kata ton daimona' (on Jim's gravestone in the Pere-Lachaise cemetery, Paris) mean? Is it a quotation? If so, where from?
15:59 Sun 21st Dec 20034 answers, last by Bert 23:14 Tue 27th Jan 2004
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Bert

Jim Morrison's Epitaph

What does 'Kata ton Daimonai' mean? Is it a quotation? If so, where from?
15:57 Sun 21st Dec 20033 answers, last by DMorris486 08:10 Sun 24th Oct 2004
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bernardo

That man's father

There is a famous riddle which says. : ' A man is looking at a portrait and says 'Brothers and sisters have I none, but that man's father is my father's son': whose portrait is the man looking at?'...
12:24 Fri 15th Aug 200338 answers, last by RedFalconVI 10:07 Tue 07th Jul 2009
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number8

What's the most annoying British accent?

My votes are Liverpudlian way out ahead, followed by sarf east Laahhnndon (I'm from the SE, but am fairly accentless) and then Brummie. My favourite is Geordie.
09:55 Mon 26th Jan 200414 answers, last by mollymoo43 22:39 Sun 01st Feb 2004
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ken c

the right price

what is the legal standing when an item is labeled at a price but when at the check out it scans at a higher one, what is the correct one, could i have insisted on the lower one
15:13 Sat 24th Jan 20048 answers, last by dinoboxer 04:23 Sat 26th May 2007
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mindbullets

'going at it hammer and tongs'

any ideas where this originates
19:20 Mon 07th Jul 20032 answers, last by Quizmonster 06:36 Tue 08th Jul 2003
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Perplexed

Selfridges

How did the Selfridges department store get it's name? Is there a Mr/Mrs Selfridge? Or because they 'sell fridges' Or some other explanation??????
16:39 Mon 30th Jun 20037 answers, last by Perplexed 12:00 Fri 04th Jul 2003
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kahunabean

Mark-ups on retail goods

Hi. Anyone know for a fact any outrageous sounding mark-ups on retail goods (not trying to get philosophical - I'm a capitalist and all that) - just for some shock value. I read, for instance, that a...
09:09 Mon 30th Jun 20037 answers, last by Gef 19:01 Tue 01st Jul 2003
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skelly

�1000 fine for using your mobile in the car

Is this serious? I do it all the time and I bet most of you do the same. I've started using my hands free kit but sometimes I can't be bothered untangling the wire and sticking it in my ear. I take it...
20:45 Wed 25th Jun 200322 answers, last by skelly 18:32 Sat 26th Jul 2003
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Nelli

Tongues!

I found this out a while ago and no-one else I know has it, if you twist your tongue over in your mouth (as much as you can), clamp it in place with your teeth, then run your fingernail along the tip...
08:56 Fri 27th Jun 200319 answers, last by clairey-s 13:19 Sat 19th May 2007

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