? Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly neologism contest, in which readers are asked to supply? alternate meanings for common words. The winners are: ?...
I am due to move shortly and although I will be selling all my furniture there are a few items I would like to take such as mirrors, some smaller kitchen electrical items and excess clothing and some...
This is a question to some slightly older Ab'ers. Remember back in the 70s, whenever you bought packets of bacon (back bacon, rather than streaky), you frequently got that little bit of white white...
Was that one of the best finals or what? Such a shame that the comeback kid did not quite make it, but the best entertaining game of darts I have seen for a long time. I really thought Martin Adams...
Following on from jojp's question, how long would a dinosaur live, presuming it died of natural causes and wasn't munched by another. Say for example a T-rex, have we any indication of their...
Is there any way to look at another person's profile here on AB like you can on other websites - to find out their age, etc.? I think it would help me sometimes - when someone's question or answer...
i want to start eating healthy and i take a pack lunch to work but i want something abit more exciting than a salad or a sandwich i dnt mind eating things cold, bearing in mind i dnt have a microwave...
mine has to be jaws the revenge starring michael caine, after watching trhat movie, i wished the shark had eaten me, the second one is the island also starring michael caine, the film goes, he is on a...
What films/scenes make you laugh no matter how many times you watch the film? Mine is the money pitt with Tom Hanks, where the bath falls thru the floor.
T'was the month after Christmas, and all through the house Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse. The cookies I'd nibbled, the eggnog I'd taste All the holiday parties, had gone to my waist. When I...