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LollyWithSprinklez

LollyWithSprinklez Report 13 Jun 2010 00:25

You can't sneeze with your eyes open!!

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 13 Jun 2010 10:09

when i was a teenager...........

"Antidisestablishmentarianism"
WAS thelongest word in the English language......dunno if it still is.....

Bob

Beverley

Beverley Report 13 Jun 2010 10:58

Well Bob, it still has 28 letters. I assume it did when you were a teenager :-)

Dermot

Dermot Report 13 Jun 2010 11:27

The word 'Underground' starts & finishes with the letters 'UND'.

Beverley

Beverley Report 13 Jun 2010 13:36

We chose our friends for OUR ability to make THEM laugh.

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 13 Jun 2010 14:11

Continents start and end with the same letter, i e Asia, Europe.

CherryBlossom

CherryBlossom Report 13 Jun 2010 16:09

The longest word ever to appear in an English language dictionary is

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

according to the Oxford English Dictionary, "a factitious word alleged to mean 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, causing inflammation in the lungs.'"

Dermot

Dermot Report 13 Jun 2010 19:53

In 1661, Oliver Cromwell's body was exhumed from Westminster Abbey, and was subjected to the ritual of a posthumous execution.

LollyWithSprinklez

LollyWithSprinklez Report 14 Jun 2010 00:57

Fleas only jump backwards and always land on their back legs :O

Dermot

Dermot Report 14 Jun 2010 07:10

'Catch the ball' - shocking new game invented by Rob Green.

Julia

Julia Report 14 Jun 2010 12:02

During the last 3,500 years, it is estimated that the world has had a grand total of 230 years in which no wars took place

Julia (in Cambs)

MrDaff

MrDaff Report 14 Jun 2010 14:14

Charlie Chaplin once came third in a Charlie Chaplin look-a-like competition.

Love

Daff xxxx

MrDaff

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

Dermot

Dermot Report 15 Jun 2010 14:23

BP oil leak spreads to goalkeeper's gloves - Obama blamed.

Beverley

Beverley Report 15 Jun 2010 15:10

The Queen can't be prosecuted for driving offences because she would technically be prosecuting herself.

Bobtanian

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

Beverley

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.

Dermot

Dermot Report 15 Jun 2010 16:06

'Chirotonsor' is an alternative title for a barber.

skwirrel

skwirrel Report 15 Jun 2010 18:17

The Queen drove ambulances in WW2 when she was a very young princess.

Gill

Bobtanian

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