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Dermot

Dermot Report 3 Jun 2010 20:03

A bus travels faster when you are running to catch it than when you are sitting in it.

Jane

Jane Report 3 Jun 2010 20:08

I always thought a pregnant camel was a Git lol.Was this something we all thought at school in the 60's?

Georgygirl

Georgygirl Report 3 Jun 2010 21:49

Julia
I take those Benzo wotsits as well, i cant pronounce it either!!!

AuntySherlock

AuntySherlock Report 3 Jun 2010 22:02

A black box flight data recorder is not black and you can not lick your elbow.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 3 Jun 2010 22:49

I used to take those Benzo wotsits - aren't they diuretics?

A duck's quack doesn't echo.


....so how many of us, when asked what medication we are on say 'Benzo wotsits, Dio thingumyjigs and Cander so and so's'!!

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Helen1959

Helen1959 Report 3 Jun 2010 22:57

I think the word people mean is Bendroflumethiazide.

Researching:
Booth's and Hughes from Birmingham

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 3 Jun 2010 23:05

The gap between pedals in a car are determined by a mans size 81/2 foot.

Researching:
Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.

Tawny

Tawny Report 3 Jun 2010 23:18

A male seahorse carries the babies and gives birth.

Researching:
No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled. Nor will we proceed with force against him except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 3 Jun 2010 23:59

It's all very well writing it, Helen, it's the pronounciation - and remembering the pronounciation that is the problem - it doesn't quite roll off the tongue does it!! LOL!!

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Elizabethofseasons

Elizabethofseasons Report 4 Jun 2010 00:18

Dear All

Hello

Wherever you are in England, you are only 50 miles away from the nearest salt making depot.

I thought you might like to know this!

Take care
Best wishes
x

jdubz

jdubz Report 4 Jun 2010 05:15

There are more than 127.000 germs per square inch on a telephone ( hopefully in an office) compared to 49 per square inch on a toilet seat.
Sorry to be so yukki.

Researching:
budgett, jones, inglis, leavers, maggs, henstridge, wareham,dransfield

Beverley

Beverley Report 4 Jun 2010 08:36

Flies take off backwards so if you want to swat one, aim behind it.

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 4 Jun 2010 10:36

In space which is a vacuum.........
there will be NO sound

so the bird trying to poo will also suffocate...........quietly

therefore in the movies, sound effects of space action are just that......
Effects

Bob

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

Dermot

Dermot Report 4 Jun 2010 10:39

You do not have a sense of smell while you are asleep.

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 4 Jun 2010 11:04

and "now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party"

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

MrDaff

MrDaff Report 4 Jun 2010 13:57

*Glumly* I do not ave a sense of smell when awake, either, lol

Love

Daff..... these are brilliant, lol

Staffs Col

Staffs Col Report 4 Jun 2010 14:39

Under the provisions of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 it is ilegal to shake or beat any rug or mat except door mats before 8.00am.

Hi by the way everyone...I'm well and pop on most days to see who's about just dont post so much at the moment because of that nasty four letter word called work getting in the way

Eddieisagrandad

Eddieisagrandad Report 4 Jun 2010 15:09

The jellyfish Turitopsis Nutricula is immortal.
Unless it gets killed presumably.

Dermot

Dermot Report 4 Jun 2010 15:10

Wasn't there some rule about the same time concerning the emptying of chamber pots from upstairs bedroom windows?

Or is this still practiced?

Teresa

Teresa Report 4 Jun 2010 19:51

Also the 40 in wd40 relates to the fact that the inventors tried 39 different formulas and were about to give up .They ,fortunately decided to have one last attempt.

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