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Cigarette smoking

I have just watched Commanche Territoy with Maureen O'Hara and MacDonald Carey as Jim Bowie. Charles Drake also appeared in the film and he was seen smoking a cigarette,but as Bowie was killed at the...

unrulyjulie

local dialects?

who here knows what a "croggy" is???? what words are purely local to you?

trudyombersl

skeetolene

where can you buy skeetolene to avoid mosquito bites

sigma

Wim Wam

If I asked what something was my grandparents answered "it's a wim wam for a ducks bridle". Has anyone else come across this saying, where did it originate from and what does it mean ?

davyjo1

i love random quotes any help sarcastic pls

i.e you are as thick as whale omlette.

carrust

Book jokes.

Broken windows...by Eva Brick. Unsuccessful lion taming...by Claude Balls. I used to know loads of these....Any more???

moggie 939

Cotton Pickin Minute

Can anyone tell me the origin of the saying "just wait a cotton pickin..minute"? Thanks Moggie

AB Asks

Is Roswell a true UFO story, or just a load of baloney?

It is the anniversary of the Roswell incident on July 8, when the spaceship was supposed to have crashed into the New Mexico desert. Does anyone buy into the UFO theory? Or is the weather balloon...

cazdarke

magpies

what is the saying for the magpies ie one for sorrow

221b

Does nobody say "Pounds" any more?

It gets on my wicket that DFS and PC world and the like say that something only costs 'four nine nine' or is down to 'three nine nine'. Do we not have a currently any more, then? Surely it's ?499 or...

betmark

london to majorca flight times

how long is a flight from Gatwick (London) to Majorca (Parma)

Lorcan

'Fellow Countryman'

I have often heard the above used (often sports commentators). Is it not tautological? Is it technically OK to use?

matt_london

Put up or shut up!

When people say this I always think, well surely they are both the same. Either put up with it or shut up. No difference so where does the saying come from?

stokeace

killers

so the government has spent ?13,000 on protecting the identities of little jamie bulgers killers.let their identities be known so hopefully they get their comeuppance i say.or better still they should...

Carleldon

Cajun

What is origin?

tinkle-berry

spanish aramada

what exactly was the spanish aramada? was it a battle or war? thnx

karalilog

what does

what does wmah mean?

Scylax

Gallic Wars ?

For the third time I have just read Julius Caesar's 'Gallic Wars'. What a guy, what a story. Can I recommend it as, in my opinion, the best war story ever told ?

columbus

derby county

Q. What do you call a Ram tied to lamp post in the centre of Derby?

Aquagility

Latin

Can anyone remind me the words of the pseudo-latin tag meaning "don't let the ba$tard$ grind you down"? something like "illigitimate nil carborundum".

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