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Me too, China.
And a good deal of it is still in the wrapper!
And a good deal of it is still in the wrapper!
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Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I
may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
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I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.
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What did they call electric eels before electricity was discovered?
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Electrophorus electricus.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from modern Latin electricus, from Latin electrum 'amber', from Greek ēlektron (because rubbing amber causes electrostatic phenomena).
Origin
Mid 17th century: from modern Latin electricus, from Latin electrum 'amber', from Greek ēlektron (because rubbing amber causes electrostatic phenomena).
Stanley Challenger Graham
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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And `electrum' is now the word for an alloy of gold and silver used in jewellery.
Nullius in verba: On the word of no one (Motto of the Royal Society)
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When you solve something you have found a solution and when you dissolve Parliament it is a dissolution. So why is it that when you dissolve salt in water you form a solution and not a dissolution?
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(Ooooo...'Eck!)
I am trying to think of a witty retort, China.
I will get back to you!
I am trying to think of a witty retort, China.
I will get back to you!
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The words refer to different things. The result is a solution but the salt itself in its original form has been subjected to dissolution.
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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10 out of 10, Stanley.
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(Bloody Pedants!)
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Stanley's View
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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Put whisky on your lawn when it needs cutting......enabling the grass to come up half cut
Russ
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Denis Norden, quoted in my diary...
`It's a funny kind of month, October. For the really keen cricket fan it's when you discover that your wife left you in May.'
`It's a funny kind of month, October. For the really keen cricket fan it's when you discover that your wife left you in May.'
Nullius in verba: On the word of no one (Motto of the Royal Society)
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He was a very funny man!
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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A government survey has shown that 91% of illegal immigrants come to Britain so that they can see their own doctor.
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I know you have your tongue in your cheek...... but unfortunately there's a nugget of truth embedded in that post China!
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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May's Brexit plan 2:
Ban shredded cheese, make Britain grate again.
Ban shredded cheese, make Britain grate again.
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Despite the high cost of living it remains popular.