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What's better?

This could be a silly question but... In an essay about ethics, is it better to write Black or African American? See I think Black is fine but when it's written down it doesn't look right. Sorry if...

Caran

Inappropriate questions

Have you ever been asked one? I have, many years ago when I returned to work after my husbands funeral, the office lothario who was in his fifties, ugly and dribbled asked me "Does this mean you...

Jemisa

Housework was...

... a woman's job, but one evening, Janice arrived home from work to find the children bathed, one load of laundry in the machine and another in the dryer. Dinner was in the oven, and the table set....

atalanta

Massacre of the Innocents

can anyone tell me of any ancient historians, apart from the Gospel writers, who recorded Herod's Massacre of the Innocents ? I can't find any myself, but wouldn't you think that such a ghastly crime...

carleykayy

How might yearly flooding hurt economic development in Bangladesh?

It might encourage many foreigners to build vacation homes in the country. It might discourage the government from providing disaster-relief services to its citizens. It might create massive amounts...

plowter

Do police horses like sausage rolls?

Do police horses like sausage rolls? There's a man in Glasgow has been arrested for feeding sausage rolls to police horses. Is that a bad thing? http://www.bbc.co.uk/...glasgow-west-20344740...

getonwithit

North and south bridge Edinburg

Did water originally run through Edinburg and was this why these bridges were built or was it because there was such a deep ravine ?

puternut

Senior Morrisons moment

Well, whilst on my travels today popped in to a Morrisons with the OH and, as usual, she did the house shop and I went my own way. Got to the DVD section and decided to purchase one, so I went to the...

rabet

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting apprehensive . . .

I know we say this every year, but this time it really does seem to me that 2012 has gone by in a flash. What do you think?

owdhamer

Who will be next

Who will be next celebrity to be accused of being a pervert, have you heard any whispers ,funny feelings etc.

rabet

Absence notes

Where is everyone tonight? Explanations please, with absence notes signed by your great-grandfather, secret lover, Madam, etc.

stokemaveric

looks like its going to kick off in the middle east.....

israel have killed the hamas most senior military leader in gaza..this could get nasty...

sir.prize

Ouch! That was expensive

Lord McAlpine's legal team has reached a settlement of £185,000 with the BBC after he was wrongly implicated in a child sex abuse scandal.

Stargazer

How often does this happen

A pregnancy more than ten years after a vasectomy?

Jeza

One for the ladies....

Have you ever used or been attempted to use the C word. I hate the word. Today I was sorely tempted to use it, but managed to bite my tongue, even though I made it bleed.

Mooria

Oreo dairy milk!

Firstly Oreo and dairy milk! OMG! What an amazing combination! But after I had eaten a bar I noticed on the back that it was not suitable for vegetarians. - but I couldn't see anything that could...

TWR

Does she>

have to prance about with her "its" hanging out on I'M A CELB? or is it her inteligence trying to get out " Helen" Corrie.

shooty

DLT arrested on suspicion of sexual offences.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-20336798...

banksman

I just read a post about DLT.

I remember he was the morning DJ who announced the news to me (I was a student at the time) that John Lennon had been shot. Do you remember where you were when hearing the news about the death of John...