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The Universe

According to my limited knowledge of astronomy, the universe is finite. So, could someone explain to me, when you are travelling in your spaceship and arrive at the 'end' of the universe, what is on...

happyducky

I'm an emotional person....

Does anybody know some good sad songs? I want some quite modern ones, with nice meaningful lyrics but also some classics like adagio for strings. stuff that can move you to tears! please.

gabennett

Do you know this book...

It must have come out about 20 years ago. It is a factual comedy about a man who declares his house and garden (in Canterbury, Kent, I think) to be separate from the UK and sets up his own country. He...

aceizace

Cartoon Drawing

I like cartoons and i'd like to draw my favorites, but i'm not too good and the pictures are usually reckonisable, but always look like typical 4yo fan art, and i'm 15. How do I cross the line into...

farhan17khan

Aeroplanes

Where does excreate go afrer it leaves aeroplanes?

Robbie

Royston Vasey

Is it true that the village of Royston Vasey in the League of Gentlemen tv programme is the real name of comedian Chubby Brown? if so, why the connection

Darkmoon

Christmas Colours

Why are red and green the colours of Christmas?

si_web

Crash Test Dummies

Can anyone explain the song 'Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm'?

The Rut

Users with similar names

Sould AB allow people to register with similar names, I am 'The Rut' and have been for a couple of months now but I see there is a submiter called 'rut', this can be a bit confusing.I also accept that...

sft42

Laser Eye Treatments

Being one of the speccy four eyed brigade I have been considering maybe, possibly, getting this treatment. But I would like to know if anyone out there has first hand experience of this....is it...

sft42

Dreams - Meanings

Following a discussion with another user of the site and friend I'm prompted to ask what are the best reference sites for the interpretation of the contents of dreams and their meanings i.e. Dinosaurs...

kahunabean

Wallace and Gromit last week

Hi. I was watching tv last week with my daughter and we just caught the last 30 secs of a Wallace and Gromit film whereby Wallace had made a football machine but to thwart him Gromit inflated himself...

mick h

99 icecream

How did it get its name & when?

Birchy

Summer (The First Time)

Probably no real answer, but why does an American song about an American boy seeing 'the sun rise as a man' etc. use the word 'pavement' instead of 'sidewalk'? 'the pavement was steaming' is the...

Wispy68

Coincidences

Seveal years ago, whilst on holiday in Perth, Australia, my Mum bumped into a bloke she'd been to junior school with in Essex. I'd really like to hear about others strange coincidences.

mad_for_it

Is it my Imagination ...

Is it my imagination or have i finally found something worth living for...no only kidding, does it seem to everyone else that The Answerbank is losing/lost it's cutting edge? It is no longer the...

nekro_nic

Nicknames

Where does the naval term matlo come from

Tartanwizard

Lara's theme (from Dr Zhivago)

Where can I get a free download of 'Somewhwere My Love' (Lara's Theme from the movie of Dr Zhivago)? I tried a Google search and all I got were either adverts for books containing it, or lists of...

bluedolphin

Favorite Street Games from 70's

Trying to put a list together of popular street games for kids in the 70's. Got a few Rounders, Knick Knack, Kick the Can, Relevio,Kerbs .....Any others around to remember? and are they still popular