The current Mrs Spod and I have recently returned from a week's cruise. Back on dry land we find ourselves still feeling that we are afloat with a not-unpleasant swaying. All to be expected of course...
Why: A) When I'm about to perform an act of utter clumsiness, I see the glass begin to topple for instance, do I perform an exaggerated intake of breath? B) When I witness an absolutely unbelievable...
If I pay the deposit on a fairly expensive holiday by credit card, but the remaining 80% by cheque (thus avoiding the 3% surcharge), does the entire holiday benefit from the card company's consumer...
If I pay the deposit on a fairly expensive holiday by credit card, but the remaining 80% by cheque (thus avoiding the 3% surcharge), does the entire holiday benefit from the card company's consumer...
The IFA dealing with my application is dragging his feet to an unacceptable degree. It looks like this scheme is not regulated by the FSA so I can't threaten him with that, but it is regulated by the...
When you turn on a radio with a rotary on/off/volume switch you turn it clockwise. When you want to increase the ..VOLUME.. (gettit?) of water from a tap you turn it anticlockwise. I know it's trivial...
I have recently had my temporary denture replaced by a permanent bridge and have quite a lot of Steradent-type tablets that I no longer need. They must be good for effortlessly cleaning something...
If you have three doors that are locked COC, you can present that information in three ways: COC, CCO, and OCC. Four doors COCO can be presented six ways and five doors COCOC, eleven. What's the...
If you have three doors, they can be in three states - CCO, COC, and OCC. Four doors give six states and five give eleven. What's the pattern; how can one predict how many states e.g. twelve doors can...
Well I've finished today's. I'm left with Umber Jack or Jack Umber. Wossat then? I assume a weak stab at Lumberjack, but that doesn't feel right. Thanks.
I was prescribed a couple of "strong" antibiotics by my GP and am a few days into the course. I feel really drowsy all the time, and I wasn't until I started on them. There's no mention of this on the...
In an argument with a colleague (we're both qualified advisers). He maintains that the gross roll-up in an offshore bond makes it ideal even for UK resident investors; I reckon they're not all they're...
11A Promise she'll get a seat inside S?A?E ?E?L Now I quite like "shape well" being Shell with a pew in the middle, but what is a shape well? Just like my cashew delivery man, it's driving me nuts!...
Can't believe everyone else has got 25D Menacing appearance of sailor leaving work ?O?R. What am I missing here? I know I know the answer, but what is it and why? Thanks as ever.
