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Money and Relationships - Help!

I have had a major falling out with my husband. He is dreadful with money and I am very organised. Every month he spends all his salary (not an insubstantial amount) within a short space of time and...

archbishop

Rifle & Rifle

Rifle - a firearm. Rifle - rob,plunder etc. Why the same word for completely different things?

IgnorantBlis

Vegetarians who eat fish

Why do 'vegetarians' eat fish, a fish isn't a vegetable!!! It seems like a teetotaler not drinking any alcohol except sherry e.g. cheating at their own game.

bluedolphin

PLJ (pure lemon juice) from the70

Back in the 70's there was an ad. for PLJ on tv. Am I remembering correctly that it said if you drank PLJ diluted in water you would be cleansing your body and improving your skin?

beenee

Sensitive Lips

Everytime I try a new lip balm or chapstick my lips swell up the next day. I tried chapctick especially for sensitive lips by Caudalie and today I'm all swollen again. Can I use anything other than my...

murff576

riddle

It can't be seen, it can't be felt. It can't be heard, it can't be smelt. It lies under hills, and behind stars. It empties holes it fills. It comes first, and follows after. It ends life, it kills...

elee1218

Can't died in a cornfield.

Growing up when I said can't my mother would always say Can't died in a corn field. I'm 31 now and I still have no idea what it means. Can someone help?

ks

Magpie rhyme

One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret never to be told.... does anyone know 8,9 & 10?

chijiki

OK .... Right .... Yeah ... ??

When and why did English speakers start to prefix their utterings with these words ? I have noticed it for a long time with the spoken word and the usage now appears to be common in writing as I have...

chrisbak1

Where does the phrase........

'a flight of stairs' come from. As clearly it has nothing to do with flight (i think, ermmmmm ahh you tell me) Cheers

Tartanwizard

Italian food

Is it just me or is Italian food overpriced and bland. People go to Italian restaurants under the illusion that it's somehow cultured and posh. It isn't. It's glorified pasta and you pay through the...

nykkieberry

Tuna freak

I have a very strange addiction to tuna. I eat at least two cans a day (or Tuna steak), often have it for breakfast and I am renowned throughout my social circle for my slightly bizarre eating habits!...

brawburd

Dipped Flake

Metnioned today to some people that dipped flakes are making a comeback. But nobody could remember them first time around. I recall a Cadbury's Dipped Flake - like a Ripple because it was dipped in a...

sft42

I'm Tired

Just noticed that I'm tired.....what should I do?

Shatnerfan

T3

How do the Terminators come to be, considering Cyberdine Industries was destroyed in T2?

Wed17/9/2003

Is Wed 17/9/2003 a one day wonder?

or not?

manutdstott

am i gay

my old work colleague left for another job and we all gave him a goon send of, he went round and give everyone a peck on the cheek even me, i got an erection though does this mean i'm gay.

answerbok

AB Survey.

If you had the chance to ask 100 people a survey question. What would you ask? And do you think this would be a fab feature in AB?

mindbullets

the monarchy

As a keen believer in the abolishment of the monarchy in this country ,what is the best way to show my disapproval of this outdated bunch of parasites?thanks