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A Piece Of Non-News

Headline on BBC web site: "60 children unhurt after bus crash in Newport" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-25829823 Reminds me of a competition that was held a few years ago to find the most...

237SJ

I`ve got a new garden shed and I noticed a hole where the knot in the wood had fallen out. On closer inspection, I see there are a couple of other holes as well (one of them is mouse sized). What can...

WhiteWolf747

Is It Weird To Smile At A Girl That You Don't Know?

There's a girl at my school that I don't know but I think she's cute. She's a sophomore and i'm a junior so I don't have any classes with her either. I do, however, see her in the halls sometimes and...

hellywelly4

Mikaeel

This will be very controversial I know, but please believe me when I say I'm not being judgmental, just curious. Why do people take toys to the sites where flowers are laid for people who have had...

naomi24

What Do The Faithful Have That The Rest Of Us Don’T?

With no explanation, Goodlife is constantly telling the ‘poor’ atheists here that they have nothing – and today Khandro said exactly the same. I'm curious. Just what is it that these chaps think...

pastafreak

The Musketeers...bahhhh!

45 minutes in,and it bears no resemblance to the book....the beginning is totally different. Don't think I am going to bother watching after all. Why can't they make a version true to the original?...

Answerprancer

Road Thumpers!

Hi folks - long time no posty! So who remembers these? I Remember seeing them being used a long time ago then it occurred to me that they are no longer around. Just in case anyone is wondering, what...

gness

How To Wipe The Smile Off A Teenage Boy's Face.

Courtesy of G's brother and sister in law who are off on holiday and leaving him in charge of the house..... Son....Auntie G will be making random, unannounced visits while we are away......☺ I...

Caran

This Hits The Spot.

I REMEMBER THE CHEESE OF MY CHILDHOOD And the bread that we cut with a knife, When the children helped with the housework, And the men went to work not the wife. The cheese never needed a fridge, And...

AB Editor

Good Words Which Ought To Make A Comeback

Afternoon all, I wondered if any of you had a good word for me? By that I mean: what words do you believe aren't currently used quite enough or have been completely abandoned by our (or anyone else's)...

anotheoldgit

Isreal Moves To Ban The Word Nazi.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2540581/Israel-moves-ban-word-Nazi-references-Third-Reich-education-purposes.html Should we consider adding the word 'NAZI' to our list of banned words also?...

anotheoldgit

£250,000 Bill For Portraits Of Politicians?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2539190/Parliament-posers-Taxpayer-billed-250-000-MPs-order-paintings-statues-photographs-other.html In these days of austerity do we really need to spend money...

sunny-dave

Uxbridge English Dictionary

Hours of fun - submit your own too : http://www.alspcs.com/main.html Some favourites Allocate Greeting - for example to Ms Winslet Car Park How Noah saved the fishes from the great flood Ratchet...

sandyRoe

To See The World In A Grain Of Sand Or The Hand Of God In A Formation Of Space Matter.

I confess, I haven't the imagination to see them myself. Do you? http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/hand-of-god-seen-in-space...

ukanonymous

Fracking

So now good old Cameron is going to polute our lands even more. why do we need this exactly? I thought our economy was booming?

EDDIE51

Plane Lands At Wrong Airport!

How can this happen? http://airchive.com/blog/2014/01/12/southwest-737-lands-wrong-airport-injuries/ Not the first time either there was a similar event a few weeks back again in the USA....

Jennykenny

Has Anyone Heard Of A German Invasion Of The East Coast Of England During Wwii?? Possibly In 1940 Or 1941?

Was on a day course the other day about tracing your military ancestors, and, almost in passing, the lecturer mentioned this invasion. Apparently hundreds of Germans were killed, the sea was 'set on...