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twins

a gay friend of mine has a straight twin brother. They're not identical twins though. Does anyone know of any identical twins where one is gay and one is straight? Has any research been done on this?...

milkybarkid

teen drinking

in light of the UN report, which said the UK's teens were drinking a lot, i ask what's the problem? in my eyes teen drinking is not a problem at all. i'm a teenager and it seems like a bit of a fuss...

suffragette

Toddlers Goaded To Fight

What type of parents encourage toddlers to fight in this manner? Are people losing all sense of decency and can we overcome this apparent descent into barbarism?...

suffragette

Guns For Hire

Things have certainly changed in the seventeen years since I was a teenager. I was content to hire a video from Blockbuster, but judging by an article in today's, London Evening Standard, it is now...

Goodsoulette

well this is a bit inappropriate smirk

UK-- A pub has been criticised for selling a dish called 'Barrymore Pie - Faggots swimming in gravy'. The name refers to the death of Stuart Lubbock, found drowned in the pool at Michael Barrymore's...

bumble

Saying I love you

I'm with my boyfriend who I love dearly and who loves me, but he has said that he doesn't like to tell me he loves me too much ie. everyday as he feels it doesn't mean as much if you say it everyday,...

4getmenot

Schools closed

With all the snow yesterday over a million children wernt allowed to go to school due to them being shut. How do you feel about this? Many adults today are moaning they had to take time off work to...

bookend

Telling apart hydrochloric acid and sulphuric acid

I've got two small unlabelled amber reagent bottles containing concentrated (pure) acids. I know one bottle contains hydrochloric acid and the other contains sulphuric acid. Is there a simple test...

milkybarkid

teenagers

hey i was wondering about the media portrayal of teenagers. i'm one myself and think everyone seems to be scared of us. i just read about some rule that if you're 16 or over you can be arrested on...

rosepetal

University Education

Shouldn't a university education only be offered to the most academically able students? For example, how can someone who only obtained a poor A-Level grade in a subject be expected to study that...

vehelpfulguy

Not sure Science fits under Technology and Science.

Still not happy with the sub categories. BUT If they are going to stay I am not sure Science fits under Technology. Computers, Internet and Electronics seem to go together, but Science seems to stand...

anotheoldgit

News Topics

Judging from the amount of postings on the other 3 categories of NEWS, proves it just ain't working. Agree or Disagree?

justasking

Admit it doesn't work and change it.

I know the editors have gone to alot of trouble changing the category layouts but it isn't working and if you did a poll on this you would find that 99% of people would prefer the old layout back....

newtron

Muslim efforts against terrorism

After reading the many threads about muslims in our community, I can honestly say that I can kinda understand both sides of the story. It seems that a few extremists are ruining peaceful...

vicious_sid

Rain - an old chestnut

If you run through rain do you get less wet (poor english I know) than if you run

Hard@it

Salt water gain and fresh water loss

How far inland especially on small islands does sea water permeate and is there a degree of filtration that makes it into near fresh ? Furthermore is there a large amount of fresh water lost to the...

RLM89

9-11

Does anyone believe that the factual evidence against the alleged story that we are being told about 9/11 (that it was Osama Bin Laden's terrorist group that blew up the WTC 1, 2 and 7, a part of the...

nat_84

I Like or I Dont Like

Everyone just write (in the words of Borat) whether you like or don't like the new AB layout/sub sections. Just write "I LIKE" or "I DONT LIKE".

Gef

Too many (sub) categories.

Just back from a few days away from everything. What has happened to AB? Can't be bothered looking through all the new sub sections. Any thoughts?