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What happened to Jesus?

According to Christian theology (not your own personal perspective on the validity of religion or the existence of god).... What happened to Jesus in the three days between his death and resurrection?...

Kingaroo

Latin roots - bellus and bellum

Many words have their roots in bellum, the Latin word for war. Many others hve their roots in bellus, beauty. Is that coincidence, like the words cat and cap sound similar for no good reason? Or would...

topogigo

Mon Nom de plume

Does anyone out there know who or what my name Topogigo is about? I do by the way

cgoody

Elvis Costello

I know this is a very long shot but I visited someones house and played an CD by EC.As this was well over four years ago I can't remember the albums name or track title.The song had a very rhymical...

Baby Jane

I need some suggestions please

I am doing a "make over" in my sitting roomI have a cream leather suite,cream drapes and cream fireside rug with a plain navy carpet , what colour walls would go best do you think, any suggestions...

nat_84

Restless Legs

I'm having HUGE trouble sleeping because i have terribly restless legs, i know being pregnant makes this worse but i had it even before i became pregnant! Those who have it will know what i mean! Legs...

Joe_the_Lion

Americanism for "Pi55ed"

I have noticed that our American cousins say "I am really pi55ed now" when they are angry and not drunk like English people do. Does anybody know what term came first?

123everton

What film?

I saw a really good film on I think B.B.C.4 about a Jewish Italian family who were interred and sent to a concentration camp, the film focussed on the father and his attempts to shield his son from...

porlock

Sixty horses

"Sixty horses wedged in a chimney". Who wrote this line and what was the title of the work?

dutch25

May

Never cast a clout till may be out, but is it the month or the flower?

Whickerman

Marty wakes up

Marty wakes up at home with a huge hangover. He forces himself to open his eyes, and the first thing he sees is a couple of aspirins and a glass of water on the side table. He sits down and sees his...

exbill

fill your boots

what is the origin

con-amca

The smuggler

In the 1930s, twice a week a Frenchman crossed the frontier into Germany on his bicycle carrying nothing but a suitcase filled with sand. The German customs officers, sure that he was smuggling...

matty2670

Turquoise

I'm from the south of the country and say the above word with the "qu" pronounced as in the word "queen." i.e. "TURKWOISE" However, my girlfriend from up north swears blind you don't pronounce the...

Penny

photoshop composites

where can i find a website with a composite gallery? both realistic and unrealistic composites would be good. i need to do research on it but can't find any good pictures anywhere. thank you

rass

tush

from whence does the term `tush' derive? i presume it is american slang although it could be yiddish? is it's useage euphemistic or intended to be insulting etc?

Maggoty

The USA state of Maryland - how is it pronounced

Thank you

portocat

Help with an alternative to Pudding for a comedy menu

I am making up a menu for my dad's 60th dinner and I have put 'In the Beginnings' for the starter, 'The Main Event' for the main course, and now I am stuck for what to put for Pudding. I don't want to...

koster

Charlotte's Web

In the book Charlotte's Web, it says: "...The geese hung around the barnyard the way boys hang around a drug store, and Mr. Zuckerman fed them corn and turnips to keep them cheerful." Is "...the way...

chazza

hair dye

I have managed to get hair dye on the white panelling around my bath and shower, has anyone any tips on how to get rid of it?

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