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The Seven Ages Of Socks

The seven ages of socks: 1. Someone else puts them on for you. 2. You can only just manage by lying on your back and bending your legs up. 3. You can do it but you must be sitting down. 4. For most of...
14:09 Thu 21st Jan 20219 answers, last by lady-janine 16:32 Thu 21st Jan 2021
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Anyone Ever Seen A Rural Church Flooded?

Aerial photographs of flooding usually show rural churches and surrounding houses high and dry. As most were built centuries ago this appears to demonstrate that these situations have been with us for...
13:05 Wed 20th Jan 20219 answers, last by joeski53 14:53 Thu 21st Jan 2021
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Department Store Tea

Is anyone going to miss Department Store tea? I for one will not, as in most places it's truly awful, as though the water has been boiling away in the twenty year old boiler since it was new. If I...
00:12 Tue 19th Mar 20198 answers, last by Buenchico 00:41 Tue 19th Mar 2019
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Could We Double The Length Of Our Parliamentary Summer Break?

The true importance of our politicians is about to be demonstrated - last week, this week, our world is falling apart...but next week the politicians all b...g.er off for three months, just like that....
23:04 Wed 18th Jul 20183 answers, last by Hymie 18:56 Thu 19th Jul 2018
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Women's Work Fashion

Is it time the ubiquitous black trouser suit was dumped? They're fine when new but tend to be worn to the death, unpressed and with the bottoms of the trousers all chewed and manky. The shapeless flat...
23:04 Sun 25th Mar 201813 answers, last by Theland 01:27 Tue 27th Mar 2018
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Television Etiquette

Do you turn off the TV when visitors call? We've always switched off immediately when someone visits, family members included. It seems to me that this used to be the norm, but appears to be less so,...
19:40 Tue 06th Mar 201810 answers, last by emmie 07:59 Wed 07th Mar 2018
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Rats

Why is it that nobody ever saw a small rat? Or even an average one? they are inevitably "huge" or "the size of a cat"...
23:27 Wed 21st Feb 201824 answers, last by jourdain2 15:44 Thu 22nd Feb 2018
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Is "question Time" On Its Last Legs?

The Question Time audiences are good but the quality of the panellists has gone downhill rapidly
23:59 Thu 08th Feb 201813 answers, last by ichkeria 17:26 Sat 10th Feb 2018
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Delivering Flour

I once worked with a chap who used to deliver flour to bakers and grocers etc. He told me that it came in 16 stone (100kg) bags which he had to lug off a lorry into the shops. I've always thought this...
22:44 Wed 24th Jan 201815 answers, last by Davemano 00:07 Thu 25th Jan 2018
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Zips On Men's Trousers

Does anyone know where you can buy men's trousers with proper men's zippers? They have been getting shorter over time and now seem to be universally equipped with women's zips i.e. 120mm long (4.7...
00:04 Sat 02nd Dec 20174 answers, last by douglas9401 00:52 Sat 02nd Dec 2017
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Do You Believe What You Hear On Tv News?

The Queen thought it was her 70th wedding anniversary, but apparently she was mistaken...according to the BBC and Emily Maitlis she was married in 1937, with the Spanish Civil war raging and...
00:35 Tue 21st Nov 201712 answers, last by vetuste_ennemi 01:48 Tue 21st Nov 2017
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Wrongly Copied Photograph

I have a photo on my computer which was copied from a slide onto a CD. The slide must have been inverted, so the photo is the wrong way round...can the computer fix this?...
22:42 Sat 21st Oct 20174 answers, last by RobNorth 23:26 Sat 21st Oct 2017
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Unshaven Soldiers

Watched the anniversary ceremony from Ypres and very good it was too. I noticed that a lot of the Belgian soldiers had designer stubble, even Officers and I wonder if this will catch on with the...
22:54 Sun 30th Jul 20171 answer, last by sunny-dave 23:09 Sun 30th Jul 2017
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Do You Appreciate The Parliament Recess?

I can't wait for it to come around and I think 48 days holiday is insufficient - it should be perhaps 98 days, to bring us closer to the Christmas recess, giving us all a lot more peace. As the MP's...
12:43 Tue 25th Jul 20172 answers, last by Togo 23:09 Tue 25th Jul 2017
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Unidentified Seedlings

https://i.imgur.com/tSReSJ0.jpg Can anyone identify the above seedlings please? The packet was marked Lavender........
17:39 Tue 04th Jul 201713 answers, last by RobNorth 22:06 Tue 04th Jul 2017
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Water Carriers

Why do people feel the need to be hauling a bottle of water or a huge coffee around everywhere? - it seems that to be "right on" you have to do the "coffee walk" into work each day looking like a...
18:40 Thu 29th Jun 201731 answers, last by diddlydo 14:43 Fri 30th Jun 2017
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Beard Fashion

Is everyone going to have a beard? The tennis final from Queens is on TV and both men have fine beards, as have all the photographers, trainers and most of the linesmen and officials - the men that...
14:25 Sun 25th Jun 201721 answers, last by Quangoid 17:15 Sun 25th Jun 2017
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Celebs On Tv

Are "celebs" taking over TV? It seems every programme now has to have a celebrity version, plus they have muscled in on all sorts of programmes - even "The Sky At Night" and "Countdown"! Tonight...
21:01 Thu 15th Jun 20178 answers, last by zebo 10:28 Fri 16th Jun 2017
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The Queen's Cameraman

Just watched a programme about him - very impressive. He works alone, does the filming, edits it, then sends it out to all the News channels around the world who jointly employ him. He seems to have a...
21:51 Sun 07th May 20173 answers, last by maggiebee 18:47 Wed 10th May 2017
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Actors Who Forget

How long did it take for Foyle's Sergeant to grow a new leg? I'm watching an early episode and he's on crutches - but in later episodes he can jump in and out of cars and walk up and down stairs quite...
21:32 Sat 29th Apr 20173 answers, last by woofgang 13:50 Sun 30th Apr 2017

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