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PaulB

Cigarettes

The cream colored butt of a cigarette has little light colored yellow bits on it. Is this to simulate the look of a cork by any chance? Weird question I know!
14:32 Tue 19th Aug 200312 answers, last by paulobrad 21:12 Thu 21st Aug 2003
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Mahoolah

Eddie Buckingham from Neighbors

What did his mobile food stall sell? I say it was a Taco stand. My mate reckons, nay swears it was crepes. Yet a search on the web seems to indicate sandwiches. I am drawn to beleive it sold all three...
14:38 Thu 14th Aug 20035 answers, last by Spellmaster 21:28 Thu 14th Aug 2003
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NIKITA12

Fosters Advert

Is the new fosters advert with the man and the crocodile real?
17:43 Sat 02nd Aug 200315 answers, last by bernardo 11:08 Thu 07th Aug 2003
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answerbankin

Burger King or McDonalds?

McDonalds for me cos its cheaper and you get bigger portions. and the fillet o fish is the best burger in the world.
13:37 Mon 04th Aug 200324 answers, last by Jo984 12:06 Thu 14th Aug 2003
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stumanfu

Pete and Pete

Can anyone tell me what the music was at the start of this kids program that used to be on Nickelodeon? I remember the first verse was something like 'This sound is strange, you're looking happily...
20:23 Mon 04th Aug 20034 answers, last by stumanfu 20:07 Wed 06th Aug 2003
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petethehoop

lancaster bombers

of a crew of 7 which had the highest survival rate of lancaster bombers shot down in ww2
16:27 Wed 16th Jul 20038 answers, last by petethehoop 05:19 Thu 14th Aug 2003
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cp

music used in bbc clever animal program

music used reguly in a bbc program about top 10 cleverist animals in the uk, with lirics 'golden leafes.........'
13:45 Wed 16th Jul 20031 answer, last by Spellmaster 23:20 Wed 16th Jul 2003
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Spellmaster

Roman numerals

One of the most commonly asked questions on Answerbank is what is such-and-such in Roman numerals. But why is that practically every person who asks this question spells the word 'numerials'? Or is it...
23:17 Mon 14th Jul 20036 answers, last by paulz 07:09 Sun 20th Jul 2003
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Astraz

Subtitles

Isn't it about time in this day and age, and now that the technology is available, that cinema films and DVD's should carry subtitles for the hard of hearing. ?
12:06 Fri 04th Jul 200310 answers, last by Spellmaster 18:38 Tue 08th Jul 2003
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Perplexed

Selfridges

How did the Selfridges department store get it's name? Is there a Mr/Mrs Selfridge? Or because they 'sell fridges' Or some other explanation??????
16:39 Mon 30th Jun 20037 answers, last by Perplexed 12:00 Fri 04th Jul 2003
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phil35

large citys

what are the ten largest citys in the uk
23:07 Thu 26th Jun 20035 answers, last by Spellmaster 11:34 Sat 28th Jun 2003
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comloulou

The English Language

Genuine question here and not intended to rile anyone. I am of the view that the English language is an evolving, living entity. It has seen chaucer, a vowel shift, French, Saxon, Roman Asian and...
10:04 Fri 20th Jun 200315 answers, last by SJmacleod 12:29 Mon 30th Jun 2003
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quattro

Breakfast

why is it that most people have the same thing for breakfast every day of their lives . I have muesli orange juice and a coffee but I'd hate to follow the same trend for any other meal of the day .
12:45 Wed 25th Jun 20034 answers, last by quattro 07:42 Fri 27th Jun 2003
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xyzzy@bok

Fpellmafter

Our language is a changing language, and not for lexical Luddites, what you think you are protecting has been in flux for centuries. If the majority say it's 'color' then 'colour' is not so useful in...
23:41 Thu 19th Jun 200311 answers, last by Spellmaster 22:28 Wed 25th Jun 2003
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Janetex

Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, hand up, hand up!

Spellmaster, (deeper voice, eyebrow raised) were those deliberate mistakes? You do tickle me.
14:14 Thu 19th Jun 200313 answers, last by AB Editor 11:22 Wed 25th Jun 2003
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Spellmaster

Why I do it

Let me explain why I post my corrections of grammatical/spelling errors. There are three types of mistake I correct: 1) Americanisms, ie program instead of programme. This is because a nation's...
10:17 Thu 19th Jun 200321 answers, last by arabella 14:07 Mon 23rd Jun 2003
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Einstein

A plea

Can we please have fewer arguments (usually between Spellmaster and someone) over spelling? I think he offers a useful service, if that's the right word, bu several threads have been spoiled recently...
21:32 Wed 18th Jun 200316 answers, last by Cathy 14:33 Fri 20th Jun 2003
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Baranger

What annoys you?

mine is lazy people in jogging bottoms.
12:37 Thu 19th Jun 200331 answers, last by Cheesefreek 14:07 Sat 28th Aug 2004
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kenny-g

roman numerials

what is 1977 in roman numerials
08:15 Wed 18th Jun 200314 answers, last by FredPuli 22:01 Sun 29th Jun 2003
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darth vader

the great apostrophe debate

I've put this here Quizmonster as we're delving into literacy and away from food - so when would 's's' be acceptable? is that in the case of more than one Rhodes? ....as in ' it was the male family...
16:12 Wed 18th Jun 20038 answers, last by darth vader 09:01 Thu 19th Jun 2003

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