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Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 24,533 Send Message	Bobtanian	Report	17 Jun 2010 10:05
	some snakes, if they have bitten off more than they can chew ARE able to regurgitate its victim, and snakes have a boney part of their body which crushes eggs so that the shell can be expelled..and the contents digested normally... Bob not many people know that!!
	Researching: me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	17 Jun 2010 10:00
	The longest Monopoly game played in a bath tub was 99 hours.
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: December 2007 Posts: 87,799 Send Message	Dermot	Report	17 Jun 2010 09:55
	'Bombilate' is the word for loudly humming or buzzing (eg. Mexican Vuvuzelas).
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	17 Jun 2010 09:29
	Pentheraphobia is a fear of a mother-in-law.
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: December 2007 Posts: 87,799 Send Message	Dermot	Report	17 Jun 2010 07:18
	Is a 'pedant' a peasant with nasal congestion?
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	16 Jun 2010 17:52
	A judge in Louisville decided a jury went "a little bit too far" in recommending a sentence of 5,005 years for a man who was convicted of five robberies and a kidnapping. The judge reduced the sentence to 1,001 years. Susan
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: December 2007 Posts: 87,799 Send Message	Dermot	Report	16 Jun 2010 15:52
	'Between 1054 & 12224, there were 83 civil wars in Russia; 46 invasions of Russia; 16 wars by Russian states upon non-Russian peoples & 293 princes disputing the throne in 64 principalities'. (Will Durant).
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	16 Jun 2010 15:43
	Chewing gum is outlawed in Singapore because it is a means of "tainting an enviroment free of dirt." Susan
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 5,730 Send Message	Staffs Col	Report	16 Jun 2010 15:07
	The only Disney member of staff ever allowed to wear facial hair was Walt Disney
Member Since: December 2007 Posts: 87,799 Send Message	Dermot	Report	16 Jun 2010 13:46
	'Callipygean' is the word to describe well-shaped buttocks.
Member Since: October 2008 Posts: 2,301 Send Message	CherryBlossom	Report	15 Jun 2010 21:46
	A snake's intestines shrink and shut down between meals which is why they can go so long between meals. Wish mine did that!!!
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 280 Send Message	skwirrel	Report	15 Jun 2010 19:40
	yes bob
	Researching: Ireland, Poland.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 24,533 Send Message	Bobtanian	Report	15 Jun 2010 19:24
	LOL Ambulances.......!!! THAT rings a bell!!! wasn't she and margaret in the land army as well? Bob
	Researching: me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 280 Send Message	skwirrel	Report	15 Jun 2010 18:17
	The Queen drove ambulances in WW2 when she was a very young princess. Gill
	Researching: Ireland, Poland.
Member Since: December 2007 Posts: 87,799 Send Message	Dermot	Report	15 Jun 2010 16:06
	'Chirotonsor' is an alternative title for a barber.
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 502 Send Message	Beverley	Report	15 Jun 2010 15:38
	Actually Bob, I don't recall ever seeing her driving before until a news item yesterday and she wasn't wearing a seatbelt.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 24,533 Send Message	Bobtanian	Report	15 Jun 2010 15:36
	well actually, I dont recall the Queen ever passing a driving test......??? (thats NOT to say that she has never had one cos I cant remember) do they have driving tests for 'Orses though? Bob
	Researching: me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 502 Send Message	Beverley	Report	15 Jun 2010 15:10
	The Queen can't be prosecuted for driving offences because she would technically be prosecuting herself.
Member Since: December 2007 Posts: 87,799 Send Message	Dermot	Report	15 Jun 2010 14:23
	BP oil leak spreads to goalkeeper's gloves - Obama blamed.
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 11,773 Send Message	MrDaff	Report	14 Jun 2010 14:34
	You are more likely to be killed by a rogue champagne cork than a poisonous spider. Now that one surprised me! xxxx

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