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You know the bobbly bits on the pavement to tell blind or partially sighted people that there's a crossing or a dropped kerb? Is there any particular reason why some are red and some are yellow? If...
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Waterwolf
So what exactly are the chances of Britain getting a climate like that of northern Canada in the next 20-50 years?
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Waterwolf
How did we arrive at the convention of pairing 'Dear Sir/Madam' with 'Yours faithfully' and 'Dear [name]' with 'Yours sincerely'?
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Waterwolf
Given that human activity is doing an excellent job of destroying our planet's ecosystem, would it ever be possible for some other (hypothetical) intelligent species to reach our level of...
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Waterwolf
You know when you play an audio CD on your computer, and the music player programs automatically retrieve the song details from the Web? How does that work exactly? I can see that there might be some...
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I'm sure I read somewhere once that the people behind framleyexaminer.com were members of a band -- Elbow, Turin Brakes or some such group. Can anyone confirm this, or am I just misremembering?
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Why is that whenever I get a pre-addressed envelope through the post (to send a reply back), the postcode on the envelope is often different from that on the letter that came with it -- even if the...
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Waterwolf
I heard a dance remix of the Andrews/Jules version of Mad World the other day, and it struck me as pointless, completely missing the point of that interpretation of the song. So, any thoughts on good...
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Waterwolf
Did it have any redeeming features whatsoever?
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Waterwolf
If modern physics posits the existence of parallel universes, each one different, does that mean there would be a universe with no parallel universes?
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Waterwolf
Who took Richard Arnold's place on GMTV's TV review segment last Monday and the previous Friday (7 and 10 November)?
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Waterwolf
Suppose Jonathan Ross interviewed Iain Lee... Who do you think would pause for breath first?
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Waterwolf
Perhaps a long shot, but does anyone know the name of the singer who was interviewed on RI:SE just before 8 o'clock this Monday (29 September)?
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Waterwolf
Was it Laurel or Hardy who used to say the above line? This was a question in a quiz I once entered, and they said the answer was Stan Laurel. But I've always thought it was Oliver Hardy.
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Waterwolf
There was an animation on kids TV sometime around the mid 90s, and all I can remember about it was that the main characters were mice, and two of them were called Bubble and Squeak. It might have been...
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Waterwolf
Where does the idea that the moon is made of (green) cheese originate?
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Waterwolf
I was thinking of opening an internet bank account. Are there any pros and cons I should know about besides the obvious (such as no branches)?
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Waterwolf
Does anyone else remember The Ratties, or is it just me?
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Waterwolf
What's the difference between the role of a director and a a producer in making a film? And why does the director get the main credit for 'authoring' a film -- what about screenwriters and the like?
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