I was doing a crossword in yesterday's paper. One clue really bugged me and when I read the answer in today's paper I couldn't understand. Clue: Northern student spoke Italian- smart, cultured, fair....
Is this some kind of anti-Bush slogan? You can even buy t-shirts, mugs and other merchadise with the word on it. What does it mean and where did it originate?
Imagine a live action movie of the Wacky Races was to be made. Who would play each part? Muttley would be CGI of course, but what about the human actors? Here are some suggestions: Professor Pat...
South American Indians hunt animals in the Amazon Forest with poison darts and arrows. They then eat the meat of their prey. Why do they not get poisoned? (It's not a joke, I'm serious).
My female cat is over a year old, supposedly fully grown and sexually mature, yet she is tiny and playful. She still looks and behaves like a kitten. My son describes her as a 'catten'. Anyone else...
I have sometimes seen women with the most amazing glossy legs (bare, not wearing shiny tights or stockings). Some are so well-burnished I can see my face in them! How do they do it? What do they...
To watch old western movies.you'd think that every single small American town west of the Mississippi in the 19th century had gunslingers and showdowns. I'm sure it is greatly exaggerrated....
In his Communist Manifesto, Marx argues for 'community of women', but doesn't actually explain what he means. Did he mean equal rights for women, or did he mean that women should be 'shared in common'...
If Baby Stuie is an American kid, why does he have an upper-class English accent? Is it because he's an evil little genius and that an upper-class English accent is supposed to sound appropriate for...
In the People & Places section there is a question called claim to fame. Somebody called Mr Piper says 'My bits were going to a party'. What does 'my bits' mean? Were just parts of him going to...