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Don't look a gift horse in the mouth

Does anybody know the origin of this expression? Why a "gift Horse"? Also, any idea why, if the plural of goose is geese, then why is the plural of mongoose not mongeese?
18:14 Fri 21st Nov 20089 answers, last by dundurn 22:24 Sun 23rd Nov 2008
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What to do with thousands of used padded bags and record mailers (part 2)

(Part 2) I have tried calling all sorts of organisations to see if they can offer me any solution, or suggest some body who would be pleased to have them to re-use - schools, museums, mail order...
16:59 Tue 11th Nov 20089 answers, last by blackalbino 02:19 Wed 12th Nov 2008
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What to do with thousands of used padded bags and record mailers

I've been collecting records since 1963, and my collection is now approaching 8,000. Nowhere near John Peel's vast stash, of course, but still pretty impressive for someone on a limited income. For...
16:57 Tue 11th Nov 2008
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Is this dangerous?

I've not been able to get an answer which makes sense on this one yet, so I've come to the Answer Bank for help. I've had several cassette machines over the years - yes, I still use them, and still...
16:31 Tue 11th Nov 20082 answers, last by Disco Fever 20:27 Wed 12th Nov 2008
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Serial or relay marriages

Let's try this one again, and this time, can I please have sensible, considered answers, and not just brain-dead pond life making smartass remarks which aren't remotely helpful. Thanks. Here's the...
16:24 Tue 11th Nov 200810 answers, last by Mrs_Pegasus 01:09 Sat 15th Nov 2008
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Serial or relay marriages??

Not quite sure how to phrase this one, so I hope this makes sense. A couple get married. Eventually, one of the partners dies, leaving the other free to re-marry. After some time, the new partner...
18:31 Sun 26th Oct 20085 answers, last by stonekicker 08:50 Tue 28th Oct 2008
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Just where does the council's control end?

The local council seem to have control over pretty much everything that goes on within its boundaries - parking, health and safety, building regulations, etc. But I've often wondered just where that...
16:03 Mon 16th Jun 20083 answers, last by Nhozu 10:47 Tue 17th Jun 2008
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The end of eclipses

I tried to find an answer to this one during the time of the 1999 eclipse, but nothing came of my enquiries. Time to try again through the Answer Bank. The Moon is apparently receding from the Earth...
18:50 Thu 29th May 200810 answers, last by sp1214 08:05 Sat 31st May 2008
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Soap's Bert Campbell's US Comedy Series

I've been trying to remember the title of a US comedy series that went out on UK TV about 10 or 15 years ago, which featured Bert Campbell, from the 'Soap' series, as the central character. I seem to...
14:54 Thu 13th Dec 20077 answers, last by Octavius 15:34 Thu 13th Dec 2007
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Pigeons, pigeons, pigeons everywhere

Wherever you look, there are pigeons. Even in news reports from far-flung cities, you see them waddling around in the background. Does anybody have some kind of vague idea as to how many pigeons there...
14:55 Mon 10th Dec 20079 answers, last by tiggerblue10 15:20 Mon 10th Dec 2007
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Mice or mouses?

There seems to be continual controversy over the plural of the word 'mouse' - as in computer mouse. Most people seem to be content with 'mice', while a few who don't see it as a real, proper mouse are...
16:52 Mon 26th Nov 200710 answers, last by Quizmonster 08:36 Thu 29th Nov 2007
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The missing �1

3 men go into the restaurant at the Hotel Hilbert, where they agree between them to pay exactly a third of the bill and the waitresses tip, whatever the individual costs. At the end of the meal, the...
15:58 Mon 26th Nov 20072 answers, last by FoxLee 00:10 Tue 27th Nov 2007
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Potty sounds

A few years ago, some archaeologists had a crazy theory that sounds from man's distant past may have been unwittingly recorded in the grooves made in clay pots as they spun upon the potter's wheel,...
17:54 Wed 21st Nov 20075 answers, last by kempie 22:52 Mon 26th Nov 2007
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The primary colours

We've all been told from an early age that mixing blue and yellow gives you green, and have proved this correct by doing it. The primary colours red, blue and yellow, are the 3 colours from which all...
17:00 Wed 21st Nov 200714 answers, last by AndiFlatland 16:58 Wed 28th Nov 2007
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Tiny enclaves of one country inside another

If you have access to a map of large enough scale, have a look at the borders between Belgium and Holland, and between France and Spain. In Holland, there is a town called Baarle-Nassau, very close to...
21:28 Sun 18th Nov 20072 answers, last by dundurn 17:41 Mon 19th Nov 2007
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Rechargeable batteries

Can those tiny button batteries, or lithium or NiCad batteries, etc. be recharged? If not, why not? And if they can, where does one get a recharging unit? I use quite a lot of them in various devices,...
14:54 Thu 15th Nov 20073 answers, last by AndiFlatland 16:32 Wed 21st Nov 2007
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People carrier, MPV... or Maxi Cab?

When mini cabs were started up, all that was available was the 4-door saloon. They were generically known as mini cabs. In more recent years, with the law restricting the number of passengers to 4,...
14:47 Thu 15th Nov 20074 answers, last by AndiFlatland 17:49 Wed 21st Nov 2007
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The ground floor

When you enter a building, unless you're Spiderman, you're on the ground floor. But this is the first floor you walk on, so why don't we call it the first floor? By that logic, the first floor is...
14:42 Thu 15th Nov 20075 answers, last by mrsbob 20:37 Wed 12th Dec 2007
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The 'The' Countries

Why do we precede some countries' names with the word 'the? eg, The Gambia, The Sudan, The Lebanon, etc. You never hear 'The Switzerland', or 'The Brazil', do you?
14:35 Thu 15th Nov 200721 answers, last by Paul22118 18:14 Fri 30th Nov 2007
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Video remote via fibre-optic cable

I recently bought 2 new VCRs off E-Bay, to replace the ones I'd had for many years, and had ceased working efficiently. Both machines are variants of the same make and model, but unfortunately only...
14:32 Tue 06th Nov 20075 answers, last by AndiFlatland 15:14 Tue 13th Nov 2007

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