Can anyone explain to me why some parents teach their children to use (usually silly) alternatives to words, when they will then have to teach them the correct one at some stage? For example: gee gee,...
Does anybody know what happened to that awful couple from Rochdale (?37k a year in benefits, ?70 a week on fags when two of their kids were chronic asthmatic). Have they been investigated? The...
I'm considering becoming a bricklayer or plaster. I've seen ads in the paper for a training centre offering to train you up in a week for either discipline. Is this possible? How difficult would it be...
Does anyone know if it is possible to get compensation if your is afraid to attend school through fear of being bullied as a result of previous occasions?
Hello, I'm hoping someone can tell me how to go about investigating why the HW pressure on my kitchen sink tap is pathetically low, while it's OK on the bathroom taps. Keep it simple, please, as I...
There was a song released in the mid nineties (I think) which was by a female duo and the video was a grand black and white affair. The tune was pretty orchestral and got fairly high in the charts. I...
'Wednesdays child is full of woe' - 'thursdays child has far to go' ' ???? child works hard for a living' '???? child is loving and giving' etc, etc. Anyone remember the correct rymes for the full 7...
I heard this sentence on a TV programme within the past two weeks - it might have been the on about Rodin's 'The Kiss' - it was said as though it was a quotation. When I put it on Google I found lots...
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...
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.
What is the name of the 70's ( I think ) song that is a disco song and is based around 'WORDS'. and incudes the line 'What are words for, words are easy words are quick ' Please can someone let me...