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cjmf

Giving up smoking

This is my 2nd day of not smoking and I was wondering if anyone else had found a good way to distract themselves,when you get a craving? I am taking zyban which is supposed to lessen the urge to...

chazza

david blaine on TV

do you think he is really in a box, or is it one of his illusions - any websites suggesting one way or the other?

banana

I have a new job working for a huge organisation . I was sent a letter confirming my appointment (subject to health report -which was ok ).A couple of days after taking up the position I was sent some...

seamus m.

Watch problem

I have a good watch which stopped when the battery ran out. New battery replaced but it still will not start up. What is the matter?

Coldfusion

Mint sweets

Does anyone remember a spearmint chewy sweet from the 80's which was green and white striped and looked like a opal fruit/starburst. They came in big bags as well. Does anyone remember the name and...

emailer

registry office

how long does a wedding ceremoney in a registry office take? If the couple want no religious things in the ceremony?

brawburd

AB Answers - What Resources?

What do you use when responding to questions? Your brain, reference books, the net, other people's knowledge? What's the most popular? I would say a combination of brain (?) and net for me.

gazzawazza

watch numbers

I've recently bought a watch which is the normal type with pointers instead of the digital type. Around the watchface there is a dial with the numbers 1-15. Each of the numbers have a dot between them...

coggles

unfullfilled dreams

have you any?

FTVS

Bodum Teapot

Inspired by the spout reserach below: we got a Bodum Teapot as a wedding present and I simply cannot seem to get the tea strong enough with it. I've tried swirling the pot but doesn't seem to...

Roastyuk

Usual Suspects

Is the ending to Usual Suspects just the best ever twist.

Coldfusion

Favourite Film Moments

What are people's favourite film scenes/moments and why?

rickards99

Diminish to The West - LOTR

At the end of the Lord of the Rings what does 'diminsh to the West' mean? Is it a metaphor for Frodo, Bilbo , Gandalf and the Elves dying?

shybearuk

Jokes to go with punchlines

So what are the jokes that precede these punchlines? I know a couple, but some of them are a mystery to me, so any chance of giving us the rest?

PaulB

Pink Wafers

This question was inspired by the Jaffa Cake Question below. Who remembers those Pink Wafer Biscuits? What were they called? AND they WERE disgusting yeah?

Travelcard

Punchlines

What's your favourite punchline to a joke? I'll start it of with 'No, I'm Tessa Sanderson'

answerbok

Love Lanes.

Any confirmation that a street near Savoy theatre in Dublin was once called Gropec*nt Lane?

Mortartube

Ghostly Aircrew Film

Can anybody give me the title of a film made in the late forties or 1950's about a WWII American aircrew whose plane has crashed in the desert. The film is the story of how they try to cope with their...

emailer

holiday checklist

i'm going on holidays soon and have compiled a short checklist of girly things. i don't mean important things like tickets etc, but things like sun lotion, vaseline, tweezers, plasters, body lotion,...