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Swan Breaking Arm

Was the myth that a Swan can break a person's arm started by Enid Blyton, or was it around before she put it in one of her stories about a cruel boy who got a taste of his own medicine?

Tubbycoates

4 Polo Shirts

I saw an advert in the Dail Mail on (I think) a Saturday, that had an offer of 4 Polo shirts for under £20. Can anyone remember who the company was please? TIA....

Cindy1302

Would I Be A Bad Person For Not Calling Out My Supervisor For Being Disgusting?

I started working for a cleaning company that has contracts cleaning a lot of office buildings. My supervisor was training me and I watched him clean one of the restrooms. He used a rag to clean the...

megfitz

Books For Reluctant Readers

My 8 yr old boy can read but is reluctant to do so, he enjoys being read to .I’m looking for books that will encourage him to voluntarily pick one up and dive in. We’ve read all Enid Blyton, some...

Buenchico

Bbc Quiz : Week 14

Here we go again! A middling FOUR out of seven for me in the main quiz this week: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-61026335 . . . and another FOUR, but this time out of five of course, in the junior...

netibiza

Con Clusky Has Died

So sad the singer with Bachelors has died. A great part of my youth!

Barmaid

Eco Protestors And Fuel Shortage

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10699027/Drivers-scramble-petrol-stations-amid-Just-Stop-Oil-protests.html Has anyone been hit by this? There is absolutely no diesel round here. We are 5...

Khandro

Hawaii Five-O

You may not remember his name, but some will remember his face, plus a few things he said. Passed on at 102 would you believe?...

wolf63

☺ Fluffy The Heroic Cat ☺

This is a cute story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkVdv7kHPQ8&ab_channel=FOX17WXMI they are devious little monsters ☺☺...

Tuvok

Look What The Duchess Is Doing Next!

https://uk.yahoo.com/style/meghan-duchess-sussex-tries-trademark-142957090.html What next - trademark the word Duchess?...

Canary42

Just When We Thought This Stupid Dame Couldn't Get Any More Wrapped Up In Herself . . . .

. . . we are told that she "treated herself" to a new Ferrari because of "all that she's gone through recently". And she can't drive it on public roads because she's banned. How daft can you get. The...

maggiebee

Join In

Lazy is such a negative word I like the term selective participation...

jennyjoan

Embarrassed Or What

Today I was doing bits and bobs but there were voices coming from my phone. Sister rung and she was able to tell me it was talk about football. I pulled phone out of the wall - toyed with it etc etc...

tiggerblue10

Another Level Of Skill

https://twitter.com/Alexpeter_idoko/status/1511067745613402116?t=yhdMhSTrZoc914M6oYiPzg&;s=19 Stunning!...

Karamia

Blood Pressure Query

I don't know what the blood pressure readings mean, but at an unrelated appointment with nurse at surgery she took my blood pressure only because she said I hadn't had it read for a while. She took it...

Stargazer

Poisoning Pies

It seems shocking that two died and a further 28 are in hospital after having been offered what must have appeared to be a kind gesture of free baked items and a further 300 in hospital posioned by...

emily1890

Incontinence Discussion

just wondering if anyone here ssuffers with incontinence? (in any shape or form) I am fully incontinent, and have been for over 10 years now- I just thought a discussion thread on it, (the stigma,...

seekeerz

The K M Links Game - April 2022 Week 1 Results

Good morning everyone - the sun is still shining and the time is back where it ought to be …..I always find the last couple of weeks of daylight saving unsettling- I know what’s wrong but I can’t fix...

nailit

Bought Up In The Late 70S,

For those of us born in the late 60's and bought up in the 70's (And almost a teen in the early 80's) What is a song that Reminds you of that?...

IrisAtwood

What Were The Set Books For An O Level In English In 1981?

I cannot remember any of the books or poetry that I studied!

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