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If You Were To Have A Secret Base, Where Would You Put It?

I'm writing a book where the main characters basically have a secret base. I just don't know where I'd put it. Any ideas?

burston

toilet or not toilet

why do we sometimes call the toilet a loo ?

inksplotter

A Retronym is a noun (e.g. mother) which due to a particular social or technological development (e.g. adoption) must be turned into a phrase noun (e.g. birth mother) to distinguish it from the new...

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What is special about these Misters?

Mr Chalk Mr Flibble Mr Tibbs

LotsC

Magpies - what does 16 magpies in one place mean?

I saw 16 magpies yesterday in Hyde Park - almost like walking into a magpie's tea party. Is this good or bad luck?

coget

Battle of Waterloo

Hi, I'm looking for the music hall monologue 'The Battle of Waterloo' Not sure who wrote it

Trojanowska

Leonardo da Vinci

Who was the model for Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa?

taliesin238

Cheese gives you nightmares???

Why do some people believe that cheese gives u nightmares if u eat it before going to bed?? Where does this saying come from??

Shadow Man

Sherlock Holmes.

Can anybody tell me if Dr Watson had a surgery or was being a Private Detecive along with Holmes his full time employment?

Meg888

Toad in the hole

The yorkie with the sausage in the middle - does anyone know why it's so called? TIA

keithmorris

bread

why is the name of the end of a loaf called a nobby,\I think this is a london term.

johnlambert

romeo vs alpha romeo

why is the mans name Romeo pronounced "Romeo" as in the Shakespere play "Romeo + Juliet", yet the Romeo in the Alpha Romeo car is prononced " Romayo"? TIA

inksplotter

Four Degrees of Separation

Surprisingly, there are only four degrees of separation between O Brother Where Art Thou (2000) and Way Out West (1937). They are the films/tv programmes: Way Out West Out West with the Peppers ER O...

Annablake

Bestseller in 1982

I need to find out what the bestselling book was in September 1982

tootsbaloots

Cadburys

Whos was in the adverts for Cadbury's Fruit and and whole hazelnut ie 'everyone's a fruit and nutcase' and' 'nuts whole hazrlnuts'

denormster

Heads will roll

Origin of heads will roll

inksplotter

Name the pubs?

Which pubs feature in the following series? Life on Mars The Archers Andy Capp The Royle Family Early Doors

richardf

Why are elderly people often called "old people" but children are never called "new people"?

unrulyjulie

local dialects?

who here knows what a "croggy" is???? what words are purely local to you?

15goddess15

Quotes

Hey Guys! Ok, really wierd question, but what two famous quotes would be suitable to put on a door hanger? A quote that suggests not to disturb one in deep thought, and another about nothing is more...

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If You Were To Have A Secret Base, Where Would You Put It?

toilet or not toilet

Find the Retronyms

What is special about these Misters?

Magpies - what does 16 magpies in one place mean?

Battle of Waterloo

Leonardo da Vinci

Cheese gives you nightmares???

Sherlock Holmes.

Toad in the hole

bread

romeo vs alpha romeo

Four Degrees of Separation

Bestseller in 1982

Cadburys

Heads will roll

Name the pubs?

Why are elderly people often called "old people" but children are never called "new people"?

local dialects?

Quotes

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