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Tricoteuses

What would be the modern equivalent?

kags

Stickers

When my son was little I let him put stickers all over his bunk beds, mainly the sort of stickers you get free in sheets with comics. Now that he is a mature 8 year old he wants rid of them, but...

andy hughes

Woz yooor problem!

An EastEnders query. If, as I am advised, Sharron Watts was adopted by Den and Angie, and is therefore no blood relation to Dennis, and they only met as adults, why the who hah about them having a...

nedflanders

Please give me your opinions on whether they have a charge to answer. Please note i don't want the usual innocent until proven guilty jargon I want your gut feeling on the basis of what you know to...

becks

work - sick leave

there should be a work section but never mind - anyway, having had a week off work sick (well four days) i have to give my company a reason for absence and sickness or unwell is not enough apparently....

kags

answerbank

How long has answerbank been going, and what was the first ever question?

Mrs N

Cabinet

What were the old cabinets that people had in their kitchens in about the 1950s, which were double door glass at the top, then a flap down bit which was a cupboard and work top and at the bottom a...

buttons

ROOT BEER v's GINGER BEER

Can you help solve an office debate?? Is root beer the same as ginger beer, or are they two different drinks? I think they are the same - ginger being a root and all but on of my work mates swear they...

annmarie

King Edward VII

characteristic of, or associated with the English King Edward VII

PaulB

Ages

Ok, it's the weekend and AB Ed is off on his weekend break with Mrs AB Ed so, how are the answerbankers this weekend and what age are we all?

brawburd

Ouzo

Does ouzo have any particular qualities which are not shared by other alcoholic spirits? I ask this because, after a day of forcing water down for my ouzo-laden hangover, a friend pointed out this is...

Jaybee

Sweetbreads

Why does the myth that 'sweetbreads' are testicles persist, when it is made abundantly clear in every cookery book and dictionary that it is the culinary name for both the thymus gland (from the...

dannyj

melts in your mouth, not in your hands?

melts in your mouth , not in your hands.. what chocolate does this relate to?

Tefler

Musical with champagne corks popping?

I'm trying to remember a musical which has a load of champagne corks popping at the end of it. I've got a feeling it could be a Fred Astaire film, but I might be wide of the mark there. Does anybody...

nykkieberry

The Shining

Why does the character Jack famously sneer 'Here's Johnny!' in The Shining. Obviously he's Jack and the previous caretaker wasn't called Johnny ...is it just a case of himj being known by both names?

lea-lea

Beautiful

In your opinion what make a woman a beautiful woman? Just to be clear i like to ditinguish sexiness from beauty.

panderton

Loft Water Tanks

Like 60% of huseholds I have a loft tank which feeds water to te bathroom (bath, shower, wash basin and lavatory). It is plastic wih a cover, but there seems always to something floating, dust or...

BadBob

Madrid Bombing

Given that Terrorism seems to have reared it's ugly head in Spain, can we expect to see President Bush sending over his top secret service officials to Spain to aid in the capture of those responsible...

David Fay

Australia

why did the English inhabit Australia