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Well, it was getting pretty late in the day and he needed a beer :wink:

Has anyone here bought a house through "informal tender" before? As I understand it, this is where all interested parties make an offer by a given deadline, and then the seller chooses the bid they wish to accept. Like the way they do things in Scotland I think. Anyway, tomorrow I'm...

I asked for "un demi" of beer in Paris, expecting half a litre... The guy looked at me and asked "wouldn't you prefer a pint?" (it is thoroughly weird hearing the words "un pint" :lol: ) Turns out that in some French bars, they regard a pint (yes, a 568ml pint) as "a beer", in the same...

I see your point, but remember you are designed for childbirth! :shock: (awaits a big slap from every woman on the forum :lol: ) So, if your hubby gets it done you should treat him as lord and master for a while as compensation.

I know guys who've had vasectomies for this reason... Hmmmmm, take a miniscule pill every day or HAVE SOMEONE GET INSIDE YOUR SCROTUM AND FIDDLE WITH YOU FROM THE INSIDE... I seriously hope women understand just how much this puts us out compared to their taking of a little pill. I know...

I think a good start would be taking it to a Vauxhall main dealer (if you bought it at such a place, then don't go to the one you bought it from!!!). Ask them if they can help you out, perhaps they can check the engine software to give some help. The digital odometers are pretty much...

Personally, I reckon we should have a dragon on the Union Flag (are we such a bunch of pedants that no-one has incorrectly said "Union Jack" yet? :lol: ) But then I am 1/4 Welsh. According to my Japanese-ophile (I think this would be "nippophile" as in "nippon", but it just sounds wrong...

Not has reminded me of an observation I've made... I'm 25 now... but up until I was 23 I could stay out till all hours during the week, and just make up for it at the weekend. I could have 4 hours during the week but then sleep until 4pm at the weekend, that sort of thing! But now I can't...

Yet the US pint is equivalent to a "fluid pound", but ours is 20 fluid ounces. I know it makes our beers larger and therefore more manly, but the US pint is definitely more logical than ours. (note: I have never been served 16oz of beer in the US, 20oz servings seem far more popular there...

There is something on the EU website all about how to write Euros. IIRC, the correct , EU-mandated fashion is to write it the same way as we write pounds. E.g. €1.50 rather than 1€50 In the past, other countries write monetary values in differing fashions. If memory serves correct, in...

Agreed. Christmas 2005, I went to a big works party on a Thursday night, showed up for work on the Friday and developed a SERIOUS hangover as the day progressed. Me sitting there turning green wasn't doing anyone any good, so I explained everything to my boss, apologised, booked the day...

This documentary wasn't called "Lock, Stock and two smoking barrels" by any chance? :lol: It's veyr similar to a con they suggested in this particular film. Although in the film, the idea was that they would claim the company went bankrupt and issue refund cheques from the payer of "a**e...

They can be fun when drunk... although, I haven't used one in 6 years now. I'd probably hate it now: from what I am told they generally now have 2 guys saying how much they love George Bush, and then 900 people calling them idiots. No-one listens to each other and they don't really seem to have...

On the subject of 0898-type calls... When I was at school, my music teacher once told us all "You pay 39p per minute for these 0898 calls, but you just know that in reality there is some fat old granny on the other end pretending to rub baby oil into herself"... Now, 3G video mobiles have...

Any idea who is No. 1? :P Be seeing you.

AdamW is actually a committee of people. At the moment we are 7 in number. Regards, Fourth of Seven.

According to a muslim friend, the issue is not just the cloven hooves but also because they regard a pig as "unclean" and, like most of these religious instructions, it's down to being healthy in a hot environment... So, even if I invented a pig without cloven hooves, the joy of a bacon...

When the whole rohypnol etc. stuff started happening, girls learned to be more careful about what they do with their drinks. Perhaps this will convince teenage girls to NOT smoke. Why do people take up smoking? Peer pressure. What are drunk people? Suggestable. How many stupid ideas have...

Well, some firsthand experience there. Thanks! I was born at home also: everyone I've ever mentioned it to is surprised to hear it... apart from my mum, she was there at the time. :wink:

Get to your nearest snowdome for some lessons!!! I saw the Milton Keynes one the other week, would love to try that one in UAE though!!!