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Doreen

What is the standard punishment for commiting 'Actual Bodily Harm'?

What is the standard punishment given for commiting 'Actual Bodily Harm?'

smithers

is azerjiban in europe or asia

is azerjiban in europe or asia? work arguement

abrowne

Chamber Pots

What did people in days gone by used to shout before they threw the contents on their chamer pot out of the window?

m4roon77

Is Turkey in Europe or Asia?

Is Turkey In Europe or Asia? and if it is in both...who decides where the borders of continents are?

brooks1976

Border Crossing

What happens at the border crossing between two countries, one of whom drives on the left, the other on the right?

wibblewobble

'all the best men are dead'

I heard this spoken recently, as thought it were a quote taken from a book or a film....any ideas where it's from?

Moog

Answerbank

Are the people who regularily contribute answers to the questions on this site genuinely highly intelligent or just a bunch of work shy, cut and paste happy wasters?

astonvilla12

where/were

what is the difference between where and were? and why the difference?

Farrukh

French Fashions

I am playing the part of a French Mayor in Paris in the 1940's for a murder mystery, any ideas of costume?

Hippy

The recent (late 20th Ct.) expression 'Off the wall' seems to mean variously; an impromptu and possibly ill considered response to a question, or a subject or verbal treatment that is not in accord...

jseels

Twin Towers acreage

What was the acreage of the Twin Towers site and what percentage of New York is it?

Judy Young

'tragically hip'

What is the origin of the phrase 'tragically hip'?

paulmason

Dominion, Colony or Dependancy

Bermuda is a crown colony, the Falklands is a Dependancy, and Australia and Canada used to be Dominions. What defines one from the other ? Why would an Island be a Crown Colony that a Crown dependancy...

grizzard

hoad

whence comes the slang word 'hoad'?

flirty41

'Hand over foot/fist'

I recently heard the phrase 'selling hand over foot', but I've also heard of 'hand over fist'. Do they mean the same thing? What do they mean and from where/what did they originate? Thanks all!