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20th century music

Who were the five most important people in 20th century music? My list is rather populist but would be Elvis, Maria Callas, Louis Armstrong, Brian Wilson and Paul McCartney. But I would like to hear...
12:17 Thu 17th Jun 200410 answers, last by magicbeatle 01:16 Sat 23rd Oct 2004
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And following on from my earlier Q...

What are the nicest places to live in England? I know we'll all have our personal preferences but just imagine you'd only moved to England and someone said you could live anywhere, where would it be....
12:11 Thu 17th Jun 20049 answers, last by louisefenner 20:29 Sat 19th Jun 2004
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Berkshire

Is it offically titled 'The Royal County of Berkshire'? Or is this just something they stick on the signs to jazz it up a bit? And whilst we're on subject, I recently discovered that ABingdon used to...
12:09 Thu 17th Jun 20041 answer, last by Chris2505 15:32 Mon 21st Jun 2004
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Ampersand

Before the advent of email addresses, did we use this much?
12:03 Thu 17th Jun 20048 answers, last by ousgg 21:35 Tue 22nd Jun 2004
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Lots of consonants

Are there many words of 9 or more letters that only have 1 vowel in them? I can only come up with straights and strengths so far.
12:02 Thu 17th Jun 20048 answers, last by JohnPPotts 23:48 Tue 22nd Jun 2004
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Grim places

What are the grimmest places in England? Barrow and Warrington come high on my list.
12:00 Thu 17th Jun 200415 answers, last by sharpep78 13:16 Sat 02nd Apr 2005
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rain smell?

What's that metallic-like smell that is in the air whenever it rains for the first time in ages?
12:21 Fri 28th May 200410 answers, last by sherljim 16:56 Mon 31st May 2004
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NHS Dentists

How does this work? I pay National Insurance (which isn't cheap these days). My dentist recently annouced that he has stopped NHS treatment. There are no others in my area who will take on new...
09:35 Fri 28th May 20048 answers, last by aiyanaa 06:47 Mon 25th Mar 2013
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Pringles Tubes

Why are they too thin to get your hand down?!?
15:36 Wed 26th May 200412 answers, last by 5x5 10:28 Fri 04th Jun 2004
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Funny but why?

Anyone think of good examples of things that, on paper, don't seem very funny but just are once they're on the screen. My example is Trigger saying 'Dave'. Always cracks me up but why?
14:17 Thu 20th May 20047 answers, last by BigTed 14:07 Fri 21st May 2004
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Motorway driving

My wife won't go in the fast lane on a 3-lane motorway. Do other people have this problem? Is it a woman thing?
11:10 Fri 14th May 20048 answers, last by lisaj 06:47 Mon 17th May 2004
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Cure for cancer.

Can someone explain, in simpleish terms, what are considered to be the main stumbling blocks in finding a cure/prevention for cancer. And, will we ever overcome those blocks?
11:05 Fri 14th May 20047 answers, last by norfolk boy 21:10 Mon 17th May 2004
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Sweeping it under the carpet

In all this fuss over war crimes, atrocities, treatment of prisoners, etc how come My Lai never seems to be mentioned? This is one of the single greatest atrocities of the post-WWII era. Nick Berg...
13:28 Wed 12th May 20047 answers, last by JohnPPotts 23:28 Sun 23rd May 2004
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Who are the four people on the Friends Reunited logo?

Do they know that they must be some of the most viewed people in cyberspace?
13:13 Mon 10th May 20044 answers, last by flirty41 22:25 Thu 13th May 2004
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Free music on the internet

Now that someone has stuck loads of posters on the side of my house advertising Madonna's latest tour, am I entitled (as recompense) to download some of her tracks from the internet free of charge??...
11:51 Fri 07th May 20044 answers, last by haroonmalik 12:30 Tue 03rd Jan 2017
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Volvo ad

The one with the Hollywood drug addict (Robert Downey). What on earth is that all about?
23:21 Sun 02nd May 20042 answers, last by seb brown 11:13 Mon 03rd May 2004
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Iraqi PoWs being abused

What the hell is going on? Do Americans ever stop to think why they are hated by so many people? I know it was a tiny minority of their soldiers (and most of them are doing a tough job in very...
11:44 Fri 30th Apr 200412 answers, last by WaldoMcFroog 15:00 Tue 04th May 2004
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nice celebs

Friday in the office and today's topic is 'name a celeb that no-one has a bad word to say about'. So far we have Bill Oddie and Trevor McDonald. Not a great start. Any more ideas?
08:30 Fri 30th Apr 200431 answers, last by darth vader 12:49 Tue 04th May 2004

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