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Celebrity Caprice - Promotion Of Pseudoscience

Sense about Science, a UK charity whose aim is to offer sensible scientific and health advice, has published its annual "celebrities and science" review......

sandyRoe

What devilment is going on in Italy that they need to increase the number of excorcists ?

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/exorcism-hotline-demand-swamps-milan-priests-153117432.html ....

gabrielle2010

A gay American lady made an unwelcome delivery here (6 letters)

The answer is an island

mrs_overall

Interesting Squirrel Fact no. 1

Did you know that in the original French version of Cinderella, the glass slippers were actually made from squirrel fur?

ossian

Rail Tracks

For years now rail tracks have been welded to produce a smooth, continuous rail with no gaps like the old tracks had, hence the lack of the clickety clickety sound. What happens on a very hot day? If...

qui7master

LATIN PHRASE

Can anyone translate the following Latin into English: qui flecti nesclus aequus thanks...

NoMercy

Do you think

it would be insubordinate of me to remain in my jim jams all day?

anneasquith

ford kia ?

a friend has been quoted £500 to repair the exhaust on her car, is this a reasonable price ? TIA

plowter

When you bounce a spacehopper where does the energy go?

When you bounce on a spacehopper where does all the energy go?

Ann

Soham - A Parents Tale

Documentary was on ITV tonight - 10 years on from the sad case of the murder of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. Although at the time everyone was waiting for news, joining in the search, and grieving...

Hopkirk

Spelling error

Sorry to be pedantic Ed, but there is a spelling error in the 'Welcome To Body And Soul' paragraph. Too many Cs in excercise...

BayBoy1

Andrew marr show

I saw Boris Johnson on the Andrew Marr Show today, is there any chance of getting G4S to lock him up until the Olympics have finished, to save the rest of the world laughing at us?...

Bert

Open sockets (switched on) waste electricity - Alistair Campbell

On "The Wright Stuff" (Channel 5) this morning (26 June 2012), Alistair Campbell said that open sockets (i.e. with no plug in them) use electricity if they are switched on. Could this be...

chelle017

insects

1. A relative 2. Ball game 3. Depressed vessel 4. Important joins grain sieve 5. Used to be a green vegetable 6. Brass instrument for alien 7. Place of worship in the open, initially 8. Liquid sailor...

IggyB

most annoying modern phrase or saying

Which modern phrases annoy you the most. I personally can't stand it when people say "simples" like that meerkat advert a few years back or "end of" when discussing something... I...

david7

Engineering Science

If anyone can help with my last assignment question please. A car accelerates along a straight road with a uniform acceleration when it passes A it has a speed of 12m/s and when it passes B it has a...

lynbrown

Why no Corrie this coming Friday?

According to my weekend mags, it is a 2 hour Lewis on Friday. Why?

Jemisa

No Arms...

Bob goes into a public toilet and sees this bloke standing next to the urinal. The bloke has no arms. As Bob's standing there, taking care of business, he wonders to himself how the poor wretch is...

muckle-41

anagram

what is an anagram of WRAKFOMER. Thanks in anticipation.

EcclesCake

How did you choose you user name?

I'm often intrigued by username's Abers select. Some it is obvious how they were chosen eg. The Builder and some seem to imply dodgy hygiene practices e.g. LidLicker (no offence LL!). How did you...

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