why do we say "gormless"? surely the suffix "less" denotes that the person is without "gorm".
do I have "gorm" for working this out?
Mysteries
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mrsflibble
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oh how I love my tea, tea in the afternoon. I can't do without it, and I think I'll have another cup very
ve-he-he-he-heryyyyyyy soooooooooooon!!!!
ve-he-he-he-heryyyyyyy soooooooooooon!!!!
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eccentric_emma
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I've solved my mystery!!!!! According to the great oracle of google, the speed of dark is variable!
Maybe we should test its knowledge with some of our other mysteries....
Maybe we should test its knowledge with some of our other mysteries....
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circlecross
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Re: Mysteries
when contemplating the meaning of life et al, is the hokey cokey really what it is all about?
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mrsflibble
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I'm scared of testing the speed of dark. I'm clumsy enough when it's light.
oh how I love my tea, tea in the afternoon. I can't do without it, and I think I'll have another cup very
ve-he-he-he-heryyyyyyy soooooooooooon!!!!
ve-he-he-he-heryyyyyyy soooooooooooon!!!!
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sleepyowl
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How do they know that only smarties have the answer?
If something is passed from child to parent to grandparent is it exherited?
why do teaspoons always appear at the end of washing up even if you haven't been washing up teaspoons?
If something is passed from child to parent to grandparent is it exherited?
why do teaspoons always appear at the end of washing up even if you haven't been washing up teaspoons?
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mrsflibble
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if the pope sh1ts in the woods, does it make a sound?
oh how I love my tea, tea in the afternoon. I can't do without it, and I think I'll have another cup very
ve-he-he-he-heryyyyyyy soooooooooooon!!!!
ve-he-he-he-heryyyyyyy soooooooooooon!!!!
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pumpy
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Is the bear a Catholic (or is this the wrong thread)?
it's either one or the other, or neither of the two.
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grumpy-gran
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Are green fingers really green????
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Penny Lane
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'Cute as a button'.
Since when are buttons cute??
Since when are buttons cute??
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Going to work, to get money, to translate into things, which you use up, which means you go to work again, etc, etc.
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Going to work, to get money, to translate into things, which you use up, which means you go to work again, etc, etc.
The Norm.
What we should be doing is working at the job of life itself."
- Tom Good, The Good Life.
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weatherwax
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eccentric_emma wrote:I've solved my mystery!!!!! According to the great oracle of google, the speed of dark is variable!
To quote Terry Pratchett:
“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.”
Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it.
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Steven
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What does a rainbow taste like? *thinking skittles*sleepyowl wrote:How do they know that only smarties have the answer?
If something is passed from child to parent to grandparent is it exherited?
why do teaspoons always appear at the end of washing up even if you haven't been washing up teaspoons?
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mrsflibble
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i found some cola flavoured metos the other day. how the hell does that work?
(google mentos and coke)
(google mentos and coke)
oh how I love my tea, tea in the afternoon. I can't do without it, and I think I'll have another cup very
ve-he-he-he-heryyyyyyy soooooooooooon!!!!
ve-he-he-he-heryyyyyyy soooooooooooon!!!!
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circlecross
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on the subject of sweets, if the makers of revels know that some of their flavours are horrible, why continue to make them? Why not just make the nice ones?
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sleepyowl
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Why don't they use chihuaha milk in chihuaha cheese?
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mrsflibble
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why does sophie nag and nag to have ceebeebies on and then when shes got it on, come bug me about what I'm doing?
oh how I love my tea, tea in the afternoon. I can't do without it, and I think I'll have another cup very
ve-he-he-he-heryyyyyyy soooooooooooon!!!!
ve-he-he-he-heryyyyyyy soooooooooooon!!!!