I'm going to a charity night in a couple of weeks featuring Cannon and Ball (if anyone remembers them). The second half of their show is a question and answer session where the audience asks them...
Did anyone see this quiz tonight on BBC2? One of the questions was "What is the chemical symbol for Halon?". The answer was NaCl. Surely that is salt rather than Halon which is CBrF3? I don't think I...
A Polish immigrant decided he needs some new glasses so he went to the optician. The optician showed him a card with the letters: 'C Z W I X N O S T A C Z.' 'Can you read this?' the optician asked....
A man phones up 118-118 and asks for the telephone number of "Peter Smith" in Manchester. Operator: "Sorry sir but we have dozens of Peter Smiths. Do you have a street name?". Man: "Err. well most...
Here's one that's bothering me. I have some webspace with a website on it, let's called it www.mysite.co.uk. I also have another website registered called www.minetoo.co.uk. However, this doesn't have...
Hi there, I reported the spammer who keeps posting links to his poetry to the website he links to and got this reply: ------------------------------ Hi *****, I will take a look. By the way, this one...
Has anyone just seen Eggheads? One of the questions in the science round was "What is the S.I. Unit of electrical resistance?" Before the answers were shown, I said "ohm" to the missus. However, the...
A guy goes to the Local Council to apply for a job. The interviewer asks him, 'Are you allergic to anything?' He answers 'Yes - caffeine' 'Have you ever been in the services?' 'Yes,' he says. 'I was...
Earlier Frankofile posted a question about Chatterbank saying that (s)he thought it was a little clique-y and to let outsiders in. I can no longer find this question. Has it been removed and if so,...
Recently, certain people have been making duplicate usernames using html codes purely to disrupt the look of the site. Can I suggest: A) you delete all these users B) you change the submission code...
We are getting Sky Plus installed on Wednesday but have been told that the equipment will need to be connected to a landline phone. The only landline we have is upstairs and I don't fancy have cables...
