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railway

what was the Romney smythe and dimechurch railway and where was it?

It could be that I'm simply noticing more examples of apostrophe misuse than I used to. However, I do think that it is more widespread than it was. Several recent bad examples I have seen include the...

wrayperson

town or city

pieces on a chess board......answer is a town or city

har16vey

First Aeroplane

Where was the world's first aeroplane designed and built, and by whom?

AndiFlatland

The 'The' Countries

Why do we precede some countries' names with the word 'the? eg, The Gambia, The Sudan, The Lebanon, etc. You never hear 'The Switzerland', or 'The Brazil', do you?

GlenB

Laos

Were there any plans to send UK troops into Laos in the late 1950s and if so to what aim?

MandyFiesta

Ford Radio Code 2015

Hi there, Please can someone help me with the code for my radio. The serial number is: M092353. Many thanks

Count_Emmup

Volvo S 40 radio

I had my Escort torched a couple of weeks ago, and all I could afford was a '98 S40 Volvo - with no manual. I've figured out all the important stuff but can't reset the radio/cd clock. Can anyone...

luckyju

winters coming

why do people say you can never get 2 snowflakes the same? how do u know when as soon as you touch them they melt?

can'tdo

Hen's Teeth

Do hen's ever have teeth? This would explain "As rare as hen's teeth", otherwise, where did it come from?

hempsall

loathsome words

Yesterday a bloke on the Chris Evans show used the word, if you can call it a word, incentivise. I hate words like that. Burglarise, hospitalise, are 2 more. Am i alone in my hatred?

Richie1976

In Classs

3 kids in class, the teacher asks Amy , 'what do cows say?' Amy replies 'Moo' Teacher asks Tom 'what do sheep say?' Tom replies, ' baa' Teacher then asks Leroy, 'what do pigs say?' 'Freezer ******,...

Count_Emmup

German Shepherd Look-a Like

Does anyone know what breed those grey and silvery German Shepherd look-a-likes are? They are smaller than German Shepherds and I thought they were Keeshonds, but on googling Keeshonds seem very bulky...

MunkFish

Common Pharse(?)

Hi There, a colleague of mine has an unhealthy obession with using the pharse "touch base" (I counted ten in one day once).I have no idea what it means and I think it is one of those stupid pharses...

Everhelpful

Portugal

Who,if anyone,discovered Portugal. Many Thanks for any replies.

worfman

rock of age's

i think this is the right place for this one... i've just come back from norfolk, lokking at family grave's, and on one headstone it read relation's name death year 1935 age 55, but then said ..ROCK...

velvet lady

my boyfriend asked me last night for a threesome

he asked me if i`d like a threesome with my best mate as we are really close and have recently had some "fun" together! never done a threesome so a wee bit nervous. HELP!!!

lynnandmick

english to latin translation

can anyone translate the following to latin for me. its for a tattoo? only the Lord can judge me or only God can judge me

stanwixman

People who say missed a penalty when its been saved?

It really annoys me when sports commentators and people in the media refer to a saved penalty as a missed penalty! ie the goal keeper saves the ball - quite often people say the penalty was missed? it...

claymore

ghost ship

what happened to the Marie Celeste after it was found abandoned

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