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Marce

M.P.'s

Where can I find a list of MPs serving the South East of UK?

DavidUK

Magical Disappearances

How do magicians make things like the Statue of Liberty and the Spaceshuttle disappear then re-appear?

froggequene

Planet of the Apes(Tim Burtons version)

I may wind up sounding quite thick or confused, take your pick but could someone take pity on me and explain what happened or what they think happened at the end of the film. Is it a parallel universe...

Uncorrect

Affect or effect?

Do you say affect or effect, and in what contexts are each most fitting?

andyp

Democratic war?

Is it true that no two democratic countries have ever gone to war?

beenee

Incestuous, surely

Im quite surprised at how ok it is to mention sisters in a sexual situation like 'her and her twin at the same time'. Images of identical girls (twin sisters presumably) directing sexuality towards...

straz

Did the Scottish Nationalist Fall into a Proportional Representation Trap?

It is nearly impossible for a country that uses PR to have a majority government. Is this what Labour have done in Scotland to maintain the Union? The SNP is the only main party that wants...

xyzzyplugh

What is your current favorite multiWord?

A word with several meanings. My current favorite is 'devices' ; a contrivance, a plan or scheme, a system part, a motto, a conceit, a masque. I also like the word masque, though not multi, and chiral...

slimjim

Name changing

Why did Oil of Ulay become Oil of Olay? And why did Sophie Ellis-Baxtor become Sophie Ellis-Bextor?

neoteric

Comparative idiom: very healthy

Does anyone know a comparative idiom meaning 'very healthy' in the form of as ___ as ____? Thanks in advance. 1)Very, Very sick________ Instructions: Write in the idiom that fit the explanations. All...

wheelspin

Origins of Sayings & Phrases

What is the origin of the phrase 'All Mouth & Trousers'?

keitra

"Wall" saying

What does 'throw everything against the wall'mean?

haller

Percy Bysshe Shelley's

I'm having trouble with this particular title, as the poem Mutability seems to have two different versions. Can anyone sort out this conundrum for me. Are they both works of the same poet bearing the...

Fantismo

Working In America

Im british and have been travelling around Australia, in a few months I'll be in New York, I want to stay there for 4 - 6 months and get a job, I am trained in IT Back Office / Front Office, Server...

neoteric

the thumb

Do you consider thumb is a finger or it's thumb? Which is the first finger, the thumb or index finger?

srbrown

A pose, from a picture???

I have seem several poses, of people, Elton John & Ru Paul in one of EJ's videos & also in Rocky Horror P S to name a couple. The pose is of an old farming couple & an American barn behind. The man...

Einstein

Desert Island Dinner Party

I bet Tartanwizard will like this one! You're throwing a dinner party and can invite five guests. They can be anyone from any place, and any time in history, today included. Who will you choose, and...

donniedarko

What's the most glaring conspiracy that the world should know about ?

Well, Aliens? Mind-control through the water supply? The New World Order? or any other intersting theories ? What's the craziest theory? Can any theories actually be proven with a little research?

sue young

All Lombard Street to a china orange

I came across this in a book : what does it mean, and what are its origins?