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Amazonian fish - Truth or Urban Myth?

Has anyone heard of a South American fish that swims up the stream of urine into it's victims penis, from anyone unwary enough to wee into the amazon? Not being peurile, just trying to settle an...

robber1

TV picture

Are you like me? I cant read subtitles of films without having to watch the film. Really annoying.

bluedolphin

Dont mention the war...did Basil Fawlty coin this phrase

Saw this on the front page of the Guardian...and remember it from an episode of Fawlty Towers (the germans). Was Basil the first to use this particular phrase.....and if so has it been universally...

Spellmaster

This site

Is it just me, or has this site become more boring since the recent purge?

molly

clothes that flatter?

Can anyone explain why the high street shops are full of clothes designed to only suit anorexic teenagers? At the same time we are being told more and more people are overweight. Surely clothes...

brawburd

Is it possible to watch a programme with subtitles on without reading them?! I can't. If there are subtitles on I am drawn to read them, and often this means I know what is being said just before I...

Mark Carter

how many islands has norway?

paulz

Dentists

I need to visit the dentist, [assuming I can find one who still does NHS] but am too scared. I now it sounds wimpy, it's irrational & plain stupid. The older I get the less I want to go. My daughter...

shortstop

Trainee Dentists

What do Trainee dentists practice on. I've been told they practice on Pigs Heads.

seamus m.

Watch problem

I have a good watch which stopped when the battery ran out. New battery replaced but it still will not start up. What is the matter?

Rainbow

Bid-up TV

Are the jewellery items are this show really 'the bargins' they appear to me. Is the jewellery really worth the prices they state & then you only pay about a third? Also why do people buy things like...

purplefairy

blue whales

how big are blue whales

Carolina

phone number

How can I find out someone's phone number if I don't know their surname (I know their full postal address)?

Elle

Phantom files and phantom bytes!

On Kazaa, the text at the bottom which tells you how many files you're sharing, says I'm sharing 250 more files than I actually am. I've checked my shared folders list, and if I look in 'My Kazaa' ,...

theopenworld

ASDL Filters

I am thinking about getting broadband. I know what ISP i want to sign-up to, but they suggest I get 'filters' for my phone sockets which do not have the modem attatched. What do these things do?

gerry

Robert Palmer is dead

Just found out the sad news that Robert Palmer died of a heart attack in Paris.

Cashmiir

Relegation teams

I know many will think its too soon to tell, but I don't care. All I want is your best guess. So tell me, which teams are likely to be relegated and which will be promoted.