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Meanings of Names

If you want to know the meaning of your name, just type in "what is the meaning of (name)" I'm glad my parents didn't call me Giles as it is said to mean "young goat"...

Georgiesmum

ARE YOU REALLY HAPPY?

Generally speaking, would you say you are happy?

sherrardk

Just heard my surname on telly

Watching a programme I Sky + at New Year and actually heard my surname on telly - I am quite chuffed, don't hear the surname Sherrard outside of the family.

dave50

Workshop - a word that has lost it's true meaning

The word 'workshop' should only mean a place where things are manufactured or repaired like a garage or factory. When I hear it used to describe a place where people get together to do or discuss...

TWR

Bearskins

What is the purpose of this headgear. Sorry but I thought Prince Phil looked rather silly at the Trooping the Colour.

modeller

What do you call bouts of sunshine and no rain. ?

We all know what showers are , intermittent periods of rain. but what single word describes , intermittent periods of sunshine. Today we have had half hour periods of sunshine followed by half hour...

wildwood

Satan

I am still trying to get my head around the devil concept. If the deity that is worshiped in religions is omnipotent, how can a devil 'evolve'? I had entertained the notion that the dark side of the...

LazyGun

Atheist? Go Directly to Jail, Do not pass go.....

So, it would seem that in Indonesia, posting that you are an atheist , that god does not exist, and some cartoons of muhammed "causes anxiety in religious communities", and is effectively...

anotheoldgit

Student downloaded Al-Queda magazine.

http://www.telegraph....it-would-contain.html Do you believe he was just being curious or was there a more serious intent? Why would he need to use specialist software to securely wipe the file from...

jomifl

Freedom to Believe, or Not

I don't think that this needs any comment from me. http://www.rawstory.c...-god-doesnt-exist-on-...

tinkerbell23

Why would anyone NOT believe her

.... http://weknowmemes.co...lm-made-her-pregnant/ Yeah ok im being sarcastic.......

Bambiagain

Anyone know anything about cats and poisonous plants?

Specifically Gardenias. I'm speculating here, but... My fourteen year old cat has been unwell for some time. She vomits, sometimes daily. She is very fussy about her food and although she tells me she...

TWR

I admire the French.

3 Call them women??? you cannot tell can you? arrived in C.D.A. In Paris, came up to Passport Control would not remove their Masks, BYE BYE they were on the next plane out, was the French right in...

giveup

Can you freeze cooked chorizo

A friend has made a cooked chorizo and potato dish,but has made far too much. Can it be frozen.

RATTER15

Its been a bad day, and now maybe a kidney infection?

I had a bad nigh with a back ache giving me grief and waking me up, at 08.30 the dentist phoned for an emergency appointment at 09.30 to have an aching molar pulled, that went ok. Now I am beginning...

sandyRoe

Is the major storm that's expected to hit the UK tomorrow the tail end of a hurricane ?

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sp1814

Where do you think bacon comes from?

A third of 16-23 year olds don't know it comes from pigs. A third don't know where milk comes from and...and...only two thirds knew that eggs came from chilckens. Not so much a question as a 'sheesh'...