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60s 70s Public Information Films - Dental Hygiene

Does anyone remember those animated public information films from the late 60s early 70s on dental hygiene? It involved a gang of little monsters armed with picks and hammers chipping away at your...

pink21

Ideas for left over beef

I am going to cook a joint of brisket in the slow cooker tomorrow (the first time I've cooked a joint of meat in the slow cooker - have read all your tips and finally plucked up courage to give it a...

Loosehead

middle management bovine guano!

what are the most irritating middle management sayings? It's quite old now but "Touch base" used to make me cringe, the latest one round here though is "Brown bag meeting"! OK It's Friday and I'm...

peppy

Dinner or Lunch ?

Regional expressions fascinate me, including what makes some of us (in the North ???) call the mid-day meal dinner, and others ,lunch. Where are you from and what do you call it ?

weefatboab

Your favourite put down

What is your favourite put down politically or otherwise? My own favourite has to be Winston Churchill on replying to Lady Astor's '' If you were my husband I'd poison your coffee.'' he replied '' If...

Buggy

Another word for travel...

Does anyone out there have a good word that means travel? I'm thinking of something obscure, quirky and really off-the-beaten-path, similar to shunpiking (but not shunpiking!). Thanks!

posiedon

worst movie you've ever seen

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...

ZebUK

Vegetables

Can anyone recommend any good sites which contain interesting ways to prepare vegetables so they don't taste so empty? I'm a meat eater at heart and have realised I really should be eating more...

pat2936

Hoi poloi

Where did the saying "Hoi Poloi" originate, and what was the original meaning?

Loosehead

Not really a question....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5405194.stm please tell me this is untrue!

~ vortex ~

This sounds a bit fishy to me

I read recently that its possible to cook a whole salmon in a dishwasher!! should it be too big for your oven Has anyone tried this and what was the result? Also what else could you cook in a...

lil emo hobo

do you have anymore sayings like

men are like a deck of cards, - you need a heart to love them a diamond to marry them a club to beat them and a spade to bury them Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way...

stevie-p

balsamic vinegar

I had some given to me.....what would you use it in...and why.?...thanks

jay90

venice

thinking of going to venice for my b/day.people always say its expensive,i'm not to worried about the money thing but any suggestions about where to stay eat etc without paying over the odds...

archiestaffy

Beans

Where do baked beans come from? i dont mean like heinz but where does the actual bean come from? do they grow on bushes or underground?

Segilla

Marches before collapse of the Berlin Wall

I recall Brian Redhead asking on the BBC why East Germans assembled on *Mondays* (I think it was), but he never got an explanation.

filthiestfis

holiday suggestions with ryanair

Right. This is the deal. Ive got a couple of days off I can go on holiday, its got to be cheap, so Im looking at all destinations leaving from London airports that Ryanair does: www.ryanair.com I have...

eash

Pasta

What is casareccia?

DiscoStu

famous people with sentence names

How many famous people can you think of whose names are also sentences? Here's a few: Jeremy Irons Robert Burns Bill Withers Lynn Faulds Wood (my personal favourite!) Ben Folds Brian Cant I'm...

captainkirky

russian properganda

hi does anyone know the name of the man who did the work of 15 men during stalins 5 year plan. i was told that the they had posters everywhere with this guys name on, telling you to work as hard as he...

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