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JG70 | Report | 3 Dec 2005 20:28 |
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JG70 | Report | 3 Dec 2005 20:29 |
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I'll start us off. Harry Corbett (of Sooty fame) was the nephew of Harry Ramsden (the famous fish and chip shop owner). Jacquie |
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Nana Anna | Report | 3 Dec 2005 20:36 |
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A rat can last longer without water than a camel Rats and horses can't vomit Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 3 Dec 2005 20:43 |
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Charlotte Church's grandad was the bass player in Amen Corner |
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BobClayton | Report | 3 Dec 2005 20:48 |
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Dickens got the idea for 'a Christmas carol' from the Edinburgh grave of Ebenezer Lennox Scroggie, meal man. Dickens with poor eyesight thought it said 'mean man' Bob |
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Winter Drawers Ever Near | Report | 3 Dec 2005 20:53 |
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If a month begins on a Sunday, it will always have a Friday 13th. |
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JG70 | Report | 3 Dec 2005 21:43 |
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Cheetah from the Johnny Weismuller 'Tarzan' films is still alive!! Cheeta (born c. 1931) is a chimpanzee noted for appearing in numerous movies and television shows, most famously many Hollywood Tarzan films of the 1930s and 1940s. Cheeta also appeared in the 1967 Doctor Dolittle film with Rex Harrison, Cheeta's last role before retirement. Cheeta became the longest lived known chimpanzee upon passing the age of 64. Cheeta is still alive as of 2005, living at a private residence in Palm Springs, California. In retirement Cheeta watches television and makes paintings which are sold to benefit primate related charity |
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JG70 | Report | 3 Dec 2005 21:50 |
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Mia Farrow is the daughter of Maureen O'Sullivan who played Jane in the 1930's Tarzan films. |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 3 Dec 2005 21:51 |
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Dee, I'd better not tell the wife, she is a Libran....! |
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WhackyJackieInOz | Report | 4 Dec 2005 13:29 |
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Shirley McLean and Warren Beatty are brother and sister Regards Jackie |
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Unknown | Report | 4 Dec 2005 13:51 |
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Decorating with holly at Xmas dates from the pagan Druids, for whom holly was a sacred plant. Bev x |
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Shady Lady | Report | 5 Dec 2005 00:12 |
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qabalah,qaddish,qajar,qanat,qasida,qawwali,qinghaosu,qintar,qiviut.These are also words with no U after the Q. Maddy |
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