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days of the week

Two questions for the price of one!! was thinking about the names of the days of the week. I know all apart from saturday are of norse origin,but my queastions are 1. which god is tuesday named...

GeordieSteve

Ideas for a Purple Party?

Ok the company I work for have decided to have a Purple Party. Everyone must bring along a purple item, as unusual as we can think of. Has anyone got ANY ideas of what to take? We've thought about...

meia@bristol

Croissant anyone?

Is it true that the word croissant derives from when the French invaded Turkey and used their symbol to make the croissant shape, if not where does the word come from? meia x

coggles

What flavour do you favour?

What flavour crisps would be your idea of crisp heaven - if they made them?

Smiley

What are everyone's 3 all time favourite books?

I'll start with mine... this is such a hard thing to pick out though. My all time favourite has to be.. 1.Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews (Based on a true story, so well written, very sad,...

branchinghen

i think i just pumped in my pokamon panties !

what doyou think of that then?

andyba

worlds longest

what is the worlds longest running tv show?

woofgang

watching!!

SO now we've had the reading question, what movies, video's DVDs are we watching at present?? I'll start you off with Shrek, completely excellent, great music, can't wait for Shrek2

spiff

Negley Farson

Long shot. When I was younger I fell in love with his book entitled 'The ways of a transgressor'. Has anybody else read this?

spiff

How nigh is the end of the world?

We survived 1999/2000. What I wish to know is how long have we got left according to some people's beliefs? When will I witness the 'Rapture'? When will comet 'die allearthlings' smash into the...

jills

Texan bars

who made Texans in the 70s/ 80s...cand can we all lobby the company to start making them again??

spiff

Foreign animal 'speak'

Here's one for you! We say dogs bark,cats meow,horses niegh etc. But what do other countries say what noises an animal makes? I don't mean a translation of the word,but what it actually sounds like in...

s_rishi1

The Matrix - Woman in Red

Can anyobdy tell me what the music is that plays as Morpheus and Neo are walking along in the original before they see the woman in red? Thanks

Morrisonker

who, what , where, why, when and how

I'm *sure* there that one of these words can be put at the beginning of a sentence and *not* form a question, even a retorical (sp?) one. Any help?

shaughnessy

make way for the mushrooms

which tv advert used that slogan ?

thekraut

good SF

Ok, maybe this is not a literature question after all but it's about books so I thought..... And OK, maybe it's still not a good thing to start a sentence with OK but who gives a s**t, really?...