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Dermot

Dermot Report 9 Aug 2010 11:59

Peter Crouch is innocent.

Beverley

Beverley Report 9 Aug 2010 10:05

The difference between 'flammable' and 'inflammable'

Flammable means - catches fire easily
Inflammable means - catches fire easily

Dermot

Dermot Report 6 Aug 2010 21:54

Apparently, there are over 86 million bicycles in Japan.

Dermot

Dermot Report 5 Aug 2010 14:38

Taxi fares to the fayre are far from being fair.

Dermot

Dermot Report 31 Jul 2010 10:43

'The Fables of Bidpai' were translated into English from a Spanish translation of a Latin translation of a Hebrew translation of an Arabic translation of a Pahlavi translation of the supposedly original Sanskrit.

(The Story of Civilisation - Will Durant).

Dermot

Dermot Report 30 Jul 2010 14:25

Historians, like newspaper editors, record the exceptional simply because it is interesting. It's a cosmetic art.

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 29 Jul 2010 09:15

seeing the way that Italians(at least, the ones I know)"talk with their hands," I presumed that that they HAD perfected sign language....LOL

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

Dermot

Dermot Report 29 Jul 2010 08:20

Italian hardly existed as a language at the beginning of the 13th century.

Dermot

Dermot Report 28 Jul 2010 19:29

Researchers investigating Scotland's biting midges have found that the insects like to attack tall men and large women.

skwirrel

skwirrel Report 26 Jun 2010 19:16

Doesn't seem very many Col

Gill

Researching:
Ireland, Poland.

Staffs Col

Staffs Col Report 26 Jun 2010 15:18

Only 5% of those who can donate blood

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 24 Jun 2010 18:15

At 6 min & 7 sec after 5am on the 9th of August this year, it will be 05:06:07 08-09-10.
(note the US date notation)

similarly it works for september too.....08-09-10
Just a useless fact!!

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 19 Jun 2010 13:16

It only takes 7lbs of pressure to rip off your ears.

Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 19 Jun 2010 09:07

A passionate kiss uses up 6.4 calories per minute.

Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 18 Jun 2010 21:27

Are you gonna tell him or shall i?

Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 18 Jun 2010 19:29

Thankyou Bob for that useless piece of information. Guess wot? i aint even bovvered!!! LOL Susan x

Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

Staffs Col

Staffs Col Report 18 Jun 2010 15:09

The Queen is not allowed inside the House of Commons hence she opens Parliment in the House of Lords

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 18 Jun 2010 14:53

Susan,
methinks that you've got that the wrong way round......its cold water that is heavier than hot........

although if you placed a bowl of hot water and a bowl of cold water outside in the frost........its the hot water that will freeze first!!

Bob

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 18 Jun 2010 14:27

During his or her lifetime, the average person will grow 590 miles of hair.

Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 18 Jun 2010 12:51

In 1977, a 13 year old child found a tooth growing out of his left foot.

Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

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