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Will 'quid' work on a cheque?

I've often wondered, but never had the nerve to try it: If you wrote the word 'quid' instead of 'pounds' on a cheque, would the bank still accept it? I know banks can tend to get a bit spiky about...
15:53 Sat 03rd Nov 20073 answers, last by EverClean 12:30 Tue 06th Nov 2007
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Beatles Xmas fan-club flexi-discs

Does anybody know if these 7 flexi-discs, which were recorded as gifts to the Beatles' fans and given away with the fan club magazine each Christmas from 1963-1969, have ever been made available on...
15:47 Sat 03rd Nov 20072 answers, last by AndiFlatland 14:08 Mon 10th Dec 2007
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Slang, colloquial or normal?

There are many words in the dictionary which are described as 'slang' or 'colloquial'. What I'd like to know is, how is it decided whether words are slang or colloquial, and at what point does a word...
14:37 Thu 01st Nov 20072 answers, last by AndiFlatland 15:43 Sat 03rd Nov 2007
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Can animals cross their eyes?

Can animals cross their eyes? If they can, this poses 2 more questions: Firstly, what benefit can it be to any animal to be able to do this? And secondly, if they can't, that leaves us humans as the...
18:19 Tue 02nd Oct 20073 answers, last by AndiFlatland 14:50 Wed 03rd Oct 2007
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fa-dooomph-a!! fa-dooomph-a!!

Cast your mind back, those of you who are lucky enough to be able to do so, to the 60s and 70s (...yes, we do it all the time, don't we! How fortunate were we to be young in those decades!) This is...
16:25 Mon 24th Sep 200714 answers, last by AndiFlatland 14:44 Mon 29th Oct 2007
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Impossible 3-dimensional lettering

Does anybody know what is the name of the lettering which is apparently 3-dimensional, but which is physically impossible? To see what I mean (if you don't), go to a record site such as Amazon, and...
18:35 Mon 10th Sep 20072 answers, last by AndiFlatland 21:09 Mon 10th Sep 2007
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Where can I find stereo editions of these tracks?

I have 2 tracks on tapes of the Radio 2 programme Sounds of the Sixties which I am desperately trying to find on CD. The problem is not the tracks themselves - they are both easy to find. What I'm...
20:10 Thu 09th Aug 20071 answer, last by Eastender 20:28 Thu 09th Aug 2007

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