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Scottish Place Names

a Scottish biscuit in a stream kill nothing in an animals lair these dogs are followed by a weight have a sleep with a writing implement....

anotheoldgit

What A Way To Trat Our Heroes.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2284673/World-War-Two-heros-family-forced-sell-medals-pay-heros-care-home-fees.html Why should his family be forced to sell these personal artefacts so as to...

Swiper

Can A Child Use An Adult Ticket For The Cinema?

I have two adult tickets for wreck it ralph at cineworld, but now want to use one for my 9 year old. Will the staff object to this? I don't see why they would moan as adult tickets are more expensive...

MadMen

School Punishing My Son For Not Doing P.e

Right. This is quite a long one, I'm afraid. My son was complaining of a bad headache last week, and was off school on the Monday because of this. On previous occasions this had been due to him not...

catswhiskas

Shade Quiz

It can be Texas,Jerusalem, or Russian (4) A place to escape from everyday life (5+5) The fairy showing a sign of age-not right !!(10) All answers are ,or contain,a colour or shade, any ideas pleased,...

gness

Mother! Be Careful. They're Not Real People.

Was the daughter's response when I started to tell her about Answerbank. Well let me tell you about a real and beautiful person, one of many I have met here. When Owd was having a very bad spell I...

Brickbat22

Where Artist Model Is Given The Facts?

I? T?E ?I???R? Thank you....

riptide

13 Year Old Jack Russell Update

I had my darling Ben put to sleep today. I am so upset and sad. I know in my heart it was the right thing to do as he had no quality of life and was so distressed, but miss him so much. He was always...

Jemisa

On The Beach...

A man with no arms or legs is sunbathing on a beach when three beutiful women approched him. The women took pity on him and the first women asked, "Have you ever been hugged?".The man shakes his...

marval

Warm And Wet

With a slight hesitation, I nervously inserted a finger: it felt warm and wet. She groaned. "I'm going to need more than that," she said. Taking a breath, I then inserted three more fingers. Her eyes...

DTCwordfan

Owd - R.i.p.

I have just received a message from Mrs. Owd that Owd passed away peacefully and, as Mrs Owd, described it, sleepily, this afternoon in his hospice, his family all around him. Mrs Owd asked me to...

starone

A Little Known Fact

The first testicular guard (“box”) was used in cricket in 1874 And the first helmet was used in 1974. Just imagine, it took 100 years for men to realise that their brains could be as important as...

revpat55

Anyone Got An Apple & Sultana Cupcake Recipe

I am trying to find an apple & sultana cake recipe suitable for cupcakes. The ones I have tried are all quite heavy for a cupcake and the outside seems to bake whilst the inside stays doughy. Is there...

Caran

Cliff Richard

Just watching the umpteenth repeat of An Audience with CR that I recorded earlier, still enjoy it, would love to see his latest concert but all venues are too far away. Any other Cliff fans about.

maggiebee

Win For Scotland

Apologies if there has been a thread about this already. Proud to be a Scot, two wins in a row for the rugby team - Italy and Ireland. Come on Scotland!!

mrs_overall

Idiot Of The Weekend Award

This must go to my friends son. He decided he fancied skiing and the fact there is no snow here did not deter him. He obtained a plank of wood, a length of rope and was towed along at speed by his...

notnutnut

Told The Other Day,joke But To Me Bad Taste A Bit.

Why did 'blade runner' and his girlfriend fall out ? A.He wanted a new bathroom door but she was dead against it,sorry....

DaisyNonna

Why?

Why do I no longer enjoy Dancing on Ice?

roger

Careful In The Toilet

Roses are red Violets are glorious Never sneak up On Oscar Pistorious...