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Break my/your duck

Hello: What does this phrase mean & what is its origin?

The letter "J"

Which is the only British professional football club whose name contains the letter "J"? NOTE: Can this question be worded better?

bobobalde111

uncle stan had sent some stamps to his nephews, but a fight soon ensued after the stamps had been divided rather unfairly between the 3 of them dad walked in and dealt with the situation he said joe...

sykosat2004

Mobile phone contract

Okay, im not too good at phones but if i got a o2 contract and got a free phone, could i not use that new phone but use the o2 sim in my unlocked orange phone? cheers

enthada

simple

The minute hand of a clock overtakes the hour hand at intervals of 64 minutes of correct time. How much a day does the clock gain or lose

enthada

think

A person walking 5/6 of his usual rate is 40 minutes late. What is his usual time?.

Finchogue

sport

Are there 5 sports in the Olympics where you have to go backwards. Rowing is one, the backstroke in swimming another. But are there 5?

ugly_bob

Rail Refund

Not sure if this still applies - used to when it was British Rail Went to cricket yesterday (Sat). Bought return tickets from Bedfrod to Birmingham new street (via Liecester). No problems (except i...

Rubyrose

Type of person

What type of person are you? Are you quiet? Argumentative? Loud? Untrusting? Shy? Have you been the same since you were young? I just got called a 'mouthy little madam' by another user and I kind of...

rustybath

Nearside/offside?

Maybe someone from over the pond can answer this? In the UK we call the left hand side of the car, that is nearest to the sidewalk, the "Nearside" and the right side, "Offside" What is it called in...

shabbaranks

Americanisms

heres a general question for those who feel strongly about language; what are people attitudes to american english entering british english and culture in general? do people think it's dumbing down...

Elspeth

The Great British Menu

Lots of you must have been watching this programme on BBC - is anyone as intrigued as I am that the judges have not changed their clothes over the several weeks the programme has been running? Can...

carmac06

Freeview Boxes

I am thinking of getting a freeview box but the signal on my TV is quite bad, if i get freeview will the signal improve slightly or stay the same? im not good with tv's!

gucciman

office 2000

ive bought an original copy of microsoft office 2000 off ebay but ive been told (how relaiably i don't know) that i need some service packs to go with it as the original was flawed. does anyone know...

wilson83

Do you like your job?

Just curious.. Do you like your job? Why? What did you want to do when you were younger?

BillyBB

Book Value/ Write off

Looks like our Nissan Micra will be written off by the insurance. It's a 1.3 GX, 1997 'P' plate with 65000 miles and the repair would be ?1500. How much are we likely to be offered and can we...

dot.hawkes

Garth Brooks

Is He as fit as he looks in this pic? http://i4.tinypic.com/10z0pzk.jpg Yes me thinks so!!!!!!!!!!

Goodsoulette

How come brits rock when it comes to music??

Seriously I reckon Brits are the best at churning at great tunes. Why is that?? Groups of gorgeous northern guys seem to be the best at it too. Any other girls out there a sucker for a guy with hair...

bavodnik

Groove is in the heart

I heard new version of dee-lite's groove is in the heart, housey version. Any ideas any of you smart people out there?

andyjack

Prince Harry: Is Prince Charles really Harrys Biological Father?

Who Believes that Prince Harry really is the Son of Prince Charles? Or could he be the result of the Hewitt Affair?

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