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lies

the torries are calling labour liars. i was wondering if anyone new of an unwritten rule that politicians could not accuse the government of lying?

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The Conservative Party

Who are the alleged Tory MPs plotting against Iain Duncan Smith?

fayley

Messenger Ravens?

Have Ravens ever been used as message carriers (as homing pigeons were), or are the tales about their use all fiction?

johnno

John & Peter

Why is a prison cell called a peter, and a toilet called a john

chrisbailey

(c) BBC MCMXCIVIXXI

Just wondering, why (until recently) did television companies find it neccessary to put roman numerals on their production endboards? Why didn't they just put the year, like Granada does now?!

jimmer

racing through the sun

is it possible to fly a rocketship with full crew actually through the sun and come out the other side?

DBusby

Tony Blair

Blair's keynote speech - good or bad?

Coldfusion

People's fave jokes

What are people's fave jokes? (No rude one's please else thi question will be banned!)

Maudlettice

Todays 'Times' (P2) reports that the residents of Frinton are each to pay ?10 annually to fund patrols which will be empowered to take action against unruly behaviour. Is Frinton-on-Sea similar to Los...

James C

roman numerials

what is 1 in roman numerials

xyzzy@bok

Nasty Elves

Who said 'My name is Legion for we are many'?

FredPuli

Big Ben; other words

Furtherto the Q about the chimes and words, what are the words written in Gothic script under the clock faces of 'Big Ben'? They are pretty much indecipherable .

bluedolphin

A tumbler full of cool water before breakfast in one go???

My uncle swears that drinking a tumbler full of cool water in one go (without stopping to breath) before breakfast everymonring solves constipation problems and promotes inner cleanliness.....is he...

map08

The boatman

Hi, how far does the boatman carry souls into the next world? Is there an exact measurement given in myths?

m-shell

US import tax?

if someone were to buy a car audio item on ebay for example, from the US and shipping etc. came to around ?100 lets say, what tax would have to be paid on the item, if any? would it be taxed as it...

dondons

straw

what happens to all the strw that is left over after harvest. The farmers used to burn it but now can't and huge rolls of the stuff can be seen stored in the fields and in barns. Can it be put to any...

TRINITY

ABOK IS FORGIVEN!

The ban has been lifted so enough of the war, lets carry on with our Q & A and a little less silly Q's I persume not that I believe any Q's are silly but enough is enough.