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taxi driver

can anyone go one better? i recieved a call from my son who was a barcelonas airport. he asked me to go onto the net and to to locate the hotel where he was staying,and directions to it. these were...

Trillipse

etymology

are there any really good websites allowing the user to search a word and find the roots and history of that word. the best results i've had si far (by far) have been from wikepedia - which is...

sistar

brand names becoming the product names.

Not sure this is the right section, but here goes, I was thinking the other day about brand names that have come to mean the object, whatever its brand, for example, Hoover for Vacuum cleaner, I can...

Ric.ror

Sausages

Is there a website with butchers who have award winning sausages. I am looking for one in my area

MrPahoehoe

Chomp

Since when did chomp bars cost 15p? I think it is a disgrace, the whole point of the chomp is that it was only 10p. Now don't get me wrong, I love chomps, but in the balance of things i don't think...

SBell2406

Insults

We're being really childish at work and trying to come up with insults...but they CAN'T involve swearing...Stuff that you used to say when you were little, or things like 'go play in the road', 'take...

81london

Bavarian Beer

Does anyone know the name for the 1 litre beer glasses served at the Bavarian Beer Gardens. I'm pretty sure it begins with an 'H'. Many thanks.

jen1302

BBQ Food

Anybody got an suggestion for some yummy bbq food, something a bit different from the usual burgers and sausages !! Also any recipes for a cold pasta salad/cous cous salad, or any cold sides to go...

keithlambert

What was Kayli?

Can anyone solve an agrument, does anyone remember what Kayli is, basically one of my collegaues says it is sherbet and the other says it is not

Champagne

McDonalds

http://www.makeupyourownmind.co.uk/ A desperate attempt to try to rid themselves of some of that bad press? Or an informative and educational public forum?

detective

Figures of Speech

Which figure of speech describes phrases like Buckingham Palace has announced it will issue a statement tomorrow in which something, ie the Queen is replaced by something closely associated with it,...

johnlambert

Partners!!!!!!!!

When did we all stop having wives, husbands, girlfriends and boyfriends? Everyone now refers to their respective partner and I very rarely hear the term wife/husband etc

blue2

Mashed Potato

Hi Does anyone have any ideas to 'jazz up' mash potato? Thanks

xanderma

Abbreviations that have always puzzled me

Apologies if this has been asked before, and more apologies for sounding completely dumb... but what do the following stand for? SUV (as in what they call 4X4s in the US) SWAT ( as in SWAT teams,...

msgreeneyes

Phrase meaning

What does it mean when people use the phrase "to-a-T"? And where did it originate?

Metz

Bad Lads Army

Hope this is the right category :o) One lad was in the Clink,why is jail known as this?How many other names is jail known as? I only know "doing time", "the nick" ,"the slammer"