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"There are currently no vacancies at the useless information department" Belt up....*mumbles something about that rag you are holding* | |||
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"There are currently no vacancies at the useless information departmentBelt up....*mumbles something about that rag you are holding* " Oi Missy, leave ma Sunhat out of this | |||
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"Most of what I know is useless " everything I remember is useless | |||
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"The pellet with the poison is in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true." though the pellet with the poison was in the flagon with the dragon? | |||
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"can someone tell me what is the medical name for the crease at the back of the knee" A Wrinkle | |||
"The pellet with the poison is in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true. though the pellet with the poison was in the flagon with the dragon?" I know this! Oooh it's in my brain somewhere | |||
"can someone tell me what is the medical name for the crease at the back of the knee" Politely Fossa | |||
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"If you want to take some pictures if the fascinating witches who put the scintillating stitches in the britches of the boys who put the powder on the nosed on the faces of the ladies of the harem of the court of king Caractacus, you're too late... Coz they've just passed by... " *noses.... Grrrrrr!!!!! | |||
"Mine is... P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Heaven knows why! " Nemo?? | |||
"Mine is... P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Heaven knows why! " Ya Uni proff...??? | |||
"Mine is... P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Heaven knows why! Nemo?? " Yep, but why oh why?! Unless it comes up in the Pub Quiz.... | |||
"can someone tell me what is the medical name for the crease at the back of the knee" that'll be the eenk | |||
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"The pellet with the poison is in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true. though the pellet with the poison was in the flagon with the dragon?" You must be of an age too. | |||
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"can someone tell me what is the medical name for the crease at the back of the knee that'll be the eenk " lol wrong though lol | |||
"If you want to take some pictures if the fascinating witches who put the scintillating stitches in the britches of the boys who put the powder on the nosed on the faces of the ladies of the harem of the court of king Caractacus, you're too late... Coz they've just passed by... " Are you singing it? | |||
"Mine is... P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Heaven knows why! Nemo?? Yep, but why oh why?! Unless it comes up in the Pub Quiz.... " I only know it because its my daughters film of the past month lol... went to Plym aquarium and since then its been 'nemo' crazy lol | |||
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"Mine is... P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Heaven knows why! Nemo?? Yep, but why oh why?! Unless it comes up in the Pub Quiz.... I only know it because its my daughters film of the past month lol... went to Plym aquarium and since then its been 'nemo' crazy lol" Thing is when I recall it, I do it in Dorys voice too! | |||
"If you want to take some pictures if the fascinating witches who put the scintillating stitches in the britches of the boys who put the powder on the nosed on the faces of the ladies of the harem of the court of king Caractacus, you're too late... Coz they've just passed by... Are you singing it? " In C#, and one breath... | |||
"Mine is... P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Heaven knows why! Nemo?? Yep, but why oh why?! Unless it comes up in the Pub Quiz.... I only know it because its my daughters film of the past month lol... went to Plym aquarium and since then its been 'nemo' crazy lolThing is when I recall it, I do it in Dorys voice too! " Haha sorry actually laughed out loud then.. | |||
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"Mine is... P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Heaven knows why! Nemo?? Yep, but why oh why?! Unless it comes up in the Pub Quiz.... I only know it because its my daughters film of the past month lol... went to Plym aquarium and since then its been 'nemo' crazy lolThing is when I recall it, I do it in Dorys voice too! Haha sorry actually laughed out loud then.. " People usually do laugh when I do it, hahahahaha. | |||
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"Ostrolapithicus was the first form of ape/man and homoerectus was the first form of ape/man to walk upright through the evolutionary line lol learnt at junior school many many years ago lol " Yeah I learned that too - but it's Australopithecus :P | |||
"Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch... " Me too! | |||
"can someone tell me what is the medical name for the crease at the back of the kneePolitely Fossa" Popliteal Fossa - could so easily be a user name on here. | |||
"can someone tell me what is the medical name for the crease at the back of the kneePolitely Fossa Popliteal Fossa - could so easily be a user name on here. " Posterior cutaneous nerve is more suitable for some. | |||
"If you want to take some pictures if the fascinating witches who put the scintillating stitches in the britches of the boys who put the powder on the nosed on the faces of the ladies of the harem of the court of king Caractacus, you're too late... Coz they've just passed by... " But do you know all of the actions? | |||
"can someone tell me what is the medical name for the crease at the back of the kneePolitely Fossa Popliteal Fossa - could so easily be a user name on here. Posterior cutaneous nerve is more suitable for some. " Add femoral and people will assume it's a female profile. | |||
"i am a few.... 1) the most stolen item in the UK are gillete mach 3 razor blade 2) in the us... you are more likely to be shot being a mcdonalds employee than you are being a policeman 1) the proper name for LA is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reyna de Los Angeles de Porciuncula"" WOW #2 - McDonald's employee more likely to get shot than a policeman... Think I'll send a few applications for mcdonalds to people I don't like much. | |||
"The square of the hypotenuse is the sum of the squares of the other two sides." | |||
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"No information is useless. Someone,somewhere will need to know at some point" this is true - quite often i will recall something that seems quite meaningless but somebody needs to know | |||
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"I can recite a song from school x I learnt as my daughter used to sing it x x lol x it's a barmy song x " Go on then, we are ,listening | |||
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"If you want to take some pictures if the fascinating witches who put the scintillating stitches in the britches of the boys who put the powder on the nosed on the faces of the ladies of the harem of the court of king Caractacus, you're too late... Coz they've just passed by... But do you know all of the actions? " Not in English... | |||
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"Mine is... P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Heaven knows why! " There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium, And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium, And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium, Europium, zirconium, lutetium, vanadium And lanthanum and osmium and astatine and radium And gold, protactinium and indium and gallium And iodine and thorium and thulium and thallium. There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium And boron, gadolinium, niobium, iridium And strontium and silicon and silver and samarium, And bismuth, bromine, lithium, beryllium and barium. There's holmium and helium and hafnium and erbium And phosphorous and francium and fluorine and terbium And manganese and mercury, molybdenum, magnesium, Dysprosium and scandium and cerium and caesium And lead, praseodymium, and platinum, plutonium, Palladium, promethium, potassium, polonium, and Tantalum, technetium, titanium, tellurium, And cadmium and calcium and chromium and curium. There's sulphur, californium and fermium, berkelium And also mendelevium, einsteinium and nobelium And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc and rhodium And chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, Tungsten, tin and sodium. These are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard, And there may be many others, but they haven't been discovered. | |||
"The square of the hypotenuse is the sum of the squares of the other two sides. " Who cares about algebra etc. We were all taught it, but when do you actually use it etc. I've worked in my job now in my 17th year and NEVER had to use algebra etc | |||
"Mine is... P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Heaven knows why! There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium, And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium, And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium, Europium, zirconium, lutetium, vanadium And lanthanum and osmium and astatine and radium And gold, protactinium and indium and gallium And iodine and thorium and thulium and thallium. There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium And boron, gadolinium, niobium, iridium And strontium and silicon and silver and samarium, And bismuth, bromine, lithium, beryllium and barium. There's holmium and helium and hafnium and erbium And phosphorous and francium and fluorine and terbium And manganese and mercury, molybdenum, magnesium, Dysprosium and scandium and cerium and caesium And lead, praseodymium, and platinum, plutonium, Palladium, promethium, potassium, polonium, and Tantalum, technetium, titanium, tellurium, And cadmium and calcium and chromium and curium. There's sulphur, californium and fermium, berkelium And also mendelevium, einsteinium and nobelium And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc and rhodium And chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, Tungsten, tin and sodium. These are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard, And there may be many others, but they haven't been discovered. " Would graphene need to be in there now? | |||
"The square of the hypotenuse is the sum of the squares of the other two sides. Who cares about algebra etc. We were all taught it, but when do you actually use it etc. I've worked in my job now in my 17th year and NEVER had to use algebra etc " Some people must need it or it wouldn't have been invented. | |||
"The square of the hypotenuse is the sum of the squares of the other two sides. Who cares about algebra etc. We were all taught it, but when do you actually use it etc. I've worked in my job now in my 17th year and NEVER had to use algebra etc " algebra is quite common though maybe not in the form you were taught at school. You never used a spreadsheet? | |||
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"The square of the hypotenuse is the sum of the squares of the other two sides. Who cares about algebra etc. We were all taught it, but when do you actually use it etc. I've worked in my job now in my 17th year and NEVER had to use algebra etc algebra is quite common though maybe not in the form you were taught at school. You never used a spreadsheet?" Yea, use spreadsheet regularly, but all done on computer, so no mental arithmetic etc. | |||
"Lipsmackin'thirstquenchin'acetastin'motivatin'goodbuzzin'cooltalkin'highwalkin'fastlivin'evergivin'coolfizzin'... PEPSI! (Learned this when I was a miserable teenager on a family holiday with the family in the 70s)" Which reminds me of... two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions all in a sesame seed bun. | |||
"The square of the hypotenuse is the sum of the squares of the other two sides. Who cares about algebra etc. We were all taught it, but when do you actually use it etc. I've worked in my job now in my 17th year and NEVER had to use algebra etc Some people must need it or it wouldn't have been invented. " Oh algebra "invented" you say, inventions are useful like phone/radio/TV etc. Iike I said I've NEVER used algebra since then and don't intent took | |||
"Mine is... P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Heaven knows why! There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium, And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium, And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium, Europium, zirconium, lutetium, vanadium And lanthanum and osmium and astatine and radium And gold, protactinium and indium and gallium And iodine and thorium and thulium and thallium. There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium And boron, gadolinium, niobium, iridium And strontium and silicon and silver and samarium, And bismuth, bromine, lithium, beryllium and barium. There's holmium and helium and hafnium and erbium And phosphorous and francium and fluorine and terbium And manganese and mercury, molybdenum, magnesium, Dysprosium and scandium and cerium and caesium And lead, praseodymium, and platinum, plutonium, Palladium, promethium, potassium, polonium, and Tantalum, technetium, titanium, tellurium, And cadmium and calcium and chromium and curium. There's sulphur, californium and fermium, berkelium And also mendelevium, einsteinium and nobelium And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc and rhodium And chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, Tungsten, tin and sodium. These are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard, And there may be many others, but they haven't been discovered. Would graphene need to be in there now? " No. It's a form of carbon, not an element in its own right. As for algebra, I use it quite often for all sorts of things. The last time was for drawing a scale diagram of a room to work out how best to arrange furniture. | |||
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"Mein hund hat keine nase. Wie riecht es? Fürchtbar. " That joke is no better in German lol | |||
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"A cockroach can survive for up to 6 minutes in the microwave on full heat." Presumably they survive longer in lower powered microwaves? What happens past 6 minutes? Do they explode? Has anyone autopsied one to see what they actually die of? And why the hell am I even thinking about this at nearly 4am? | |||
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"A cockroach can survive for up to 6 minutes in the microwave on full heat. Presumably they survive longer in lower powered microwaves? What happens past 6 minutes? Do they explode? Has anyone autopsied one to see what they actually die of? And why the hell am I even thinking about this at nearly 4am?" afterwards you have the ingredients of a value range chicken chow mein (I'm not joking!) | |||
"The pellet with the poison is in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true. though the pellet with the poison was in the flagon with the dragon? You must be of an age too. " I only remember half of that and that it's a Danny Kaye fillum | |||
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"Molecular geometry ideal bond angles from VSEPR theory. Totally pointless but was forced to memorise them in A-level chemistry. Trigonal bipyramidal anyone?" SP3 hybrid orbitals and poly aromatics | |||
"Mine is... P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Heaven knows why! There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium, And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium, And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium, Europium, zirconium, lutetium, vanadium And lanthanum and osmium and astatine and radium And gold, protactinium and indium and gallium And iodine and thorium and thulium and thallium. There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium And boron, gadolinium, niobium, iridium And strontium and silicon and silver and samarium, And bismuth, bromine, lithium, beryllium and barium. There's holmium and helium and hafnium and erbium And phosphorous and francium and fluorine and terbium And manganese and mercury, molybdenum, magnesium, Dysprosium and scandium and cerium and caesium And lead, praseodymium, and platinum, plutonium, Palladium, promethium, potassium, polonium, and Tantalum, technetium, titanium, tellurium, And cadmium and calcium and chromium and curium. There's sulphur, californium and fermium, berkelium And also mendelevium, einsteinium and nobelium And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc and rhodium And chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, Tungsten, tin and sodium. These are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard, And there may be many others, but they haven't been discovered. Would graphene need to be in there now? No. It's a form of carbon, not an element in its own right. As for algebra, I use it quite often for all sorts of things. The last time was for drawing a scale diagram of a room to work out how best to arrange furniture. " what about the inert gases? | |||
"Mine is... P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Heaven knows why! There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium, And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium, And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium, Europium, zirconium, lutetium, vanadium And lanthanum and osmium and astatine and radium And gold, protactinium and indium and gallium And iodine and thorium and thulium and thallium. There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium And boron, gadolinium, niobium, iridium And strontium and silicon and silver and samarium, And bismuth, bromine, lithium, beryllium and barium. There's holmium and helium and hafnium and erbium And phosphorous and francium and fluorine and terbium And manganese and mercury, molybdenum, magnesium, Dysprosium and scandium and cerium and caesium And lead, praseodymium, and platinum, plutonium, Palladium, promethium, potassium, polonium, and Tantalum, technetium, titanium, tellurium, And cadmium and calcium and chromium and curium. There's sulphur, californium and fermium, berkelium And also mendelevium, einsteinium and nobelium And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc and rhodium And chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, Tungsten, tin and sodium. These are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard, And there may be many others, but they haven't been discovered. Would graphene need to be in there now? No. It's a form of carbon, not an element in its own right. As for algebra, I use it quite often for all sorts of things. The last time was for drawing a scale diagram of a room to work out how best to arrange furniture. what about the inert gases? " just spotted them | |||
"Mine is... P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Heaven knows why! There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium, And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium, And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium, Europium, zirconium, lutetium, vanadium And lanthanum and osmium and astatine and radium And gold, protactinium and indium and gallium And iodine and thorium and thulium and thallium. There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium And boron, gadolinium, niobium, iridium And strontium and silicon and silver and samarium, And bismuth, bromine, lithium, beryllium and barium. There's holmium and helium and hafnium and erbium And phosphorous and francium and fluorine and terbium And manganese and mercury, molybdenum, magnesium, Dysprosium and scandium and cerium and caesium And lead, praseodymium, and platinum, plutonium, Palladium, promethium, potassium, polonium, and Tantalum, technetium, titanium, tellurium, And cadmium and calcium and chromium and curium. There's sulphur, californium and fermium, berkelium And also mendelevium, einsteinium and nobelium And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc and rhodium And chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, Tungsten, tin and sodium. These are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard, And there may be many others, but they haven't been discovered. " Impressive, now recite them in order of atomic number (I don't see Lawrencium, Ytterbium or Luttetium in there, but after several readings it all gets jumbled up :D) Aluminum is an American misnomer caused by a shipping clerk misreading a manifest on an import from Canada. For some reason, his mistake became the defacto spelling/pronunciation in the US. It should of course be Aluminium (Al, atomic # 13) | |||
"I said a hip hop - a Hippie to the hippie, The hip, hip a hop, and you don't stop, a rock it to the bang bang boogie, say, up jump the boogie, to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat. Saaaaaaaad... " that is not sad... that is the beginning to one of the great songs in hip hop history...... | |||
"I said a hip hop - a Hippie to the hippie, The hip, hip a hop, and you don't stop, a rock it to the bang bang boogie, say, up jump the boogie, to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat. Saaaaaaaad... that is not sad... that is the beginning to one of the great songs in hip hop history...... " lol .... I know this one! We all have stuff ingrained in our minds.... Damn! This gonna be there all day now! | |||
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"The Fresh Prince Theme Tune " That's not rubbish!!! All the moves to steps/five songs | |||
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"Mine is... P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Heaven knows why! There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium, And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium, And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium, Europium, zirconium, lutetium, vanadium And lanthanum and osmium and astatine and radium And gold, protactinium and indium and gallium And iodine and thorium and thulium and thallium. There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium And boron, gadolinium, niobium, iridium And strontium and silicon and silver and samarium, And bismuth, bromine, lithium, beryllium and barium. There's holmium and helium and hafnium and erbium And phosphorous and francium and fluorine and terbium And manganese and mercury, molybdenum, magnesium, Dysprosium and scandium and cerium and caesium And lead, praseodymium, and platinum, plutonium, Palladium, promethium, potassium, polonium, and Tantalum, technetium, titanium, tellurium, And cadmium and calcium and chromium and curium. There's sulphur, californium and fermium, berkelium And also mendelevium, einsteinium and nobelium And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc and rhodium And chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, Tungsten, tin and sodium. These are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard, And there may be many others, but they haven't been discovered. Impressive, now recite them in order of atomic number (I don't see Lawrencium, Ytterbium or Luttetium in there, but after several readings it all gets jumbled up :D) Aluminum is an American misnomer caused by a shipping clerk misreading a manifest on an import from Canada. For some reason, his mistake became the defacto spelling/pronunciation in the US. It should of course be Aluminium (Al, atomic # 13)" Lawrencium wasn't discovered until two years after Mr Lehrer's muse... The other two are in there, notwithstanding my spelling... The tanks couldn't spell correctly if the Saudi Oil lines depended on it... And the elements in atomic number order wouldn't scan to the music... Or am I just overthinking this... | |||
"Mine is... P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Heaven knows why! There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium, And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium, And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium, Europium, zirconium, lutetium, vanadium And lanthanum and osmium and astatine and radium And gold, protactinium and indium and gallium And iodine and thorium and thulium and thallium. There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium And boron, gadolinium, niobium, iridium And strontium and silicon and silver and samarium, And bismuth, bromine, lithium, beryllium and barium. There's holmium and helium and hafnium and erbium And phosphorous and francium and fluorine and terbium And manganese and mercury, molybdenum, magnesium, Dysprosium and scandium and cerium and caesium And lead, praseodymium, and platinum, plutonium, Palladium, promethium, potassium, polonium, and Tantalum, technetium, titanium, tellurium, And cadmium and calcium and chromium and curium. There's sulphur, californium and fermium, berkelium And also mendelevium, einsteinium and nobelium And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc and rhodium And chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, Tungsten, tin and sodium. These are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard, And there may be many others, but they haven't been discovered. Impressive, now recite them in order of atomic number (I don't see Lawrencium, Ytterbium or Luttetium in there, but after several readings it all gets jumbled up :D) Aluminum is an American misnomer caused by a shipping clerk misreading a manifest on an import from Canada. For some reason, his mistake became the defacto spelling/pronunciation in the US. It should of course be Aluminium (Al, atomic # 13) Lawrencium wasn't discovered until two years after Mr Lehrer's muse... The other two are in there, notwithstanding my spelling... The tanks couldn't spell correctly if the Saudi Oil lines depended on it... And the elements in atomic number order wouldn't scan to the music... Or am I just overthinking this... " Yanks... Not tanks... Grrrrr!!!! | |||
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"Mine is... P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Heaven knows why! " Love it x | |||
"Mine is... P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Heaven knows why! " I keep seeing this address crop up No idea why, It's doing my head in. | |||
"Mine is... P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Heaven knows why! I keep seeing this address crop up No idea why, It's doing my head in. " Its the address of the Dentist in 'Finding Nemo' | |||
"The pellet with the poison is in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true." So love danny kaye... Folk used to say i looked like him Sue.. (Joking, david) | |||
"Mine is... P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Heaven knows why! I keep seeing this address crop up No idea why, It's doing my head in. Its the address of the Dentist in 'Finding Nemo' " Even more bizarre that I haven't seen the film lol | |||
"The square of the hypotenuse is the sum of the squares of the other two sides. Who cares about algebra etc. We were all taught it, but when do you actually use it etc. I've worked in my job now in my 17th year and NEVER had to use algebra etc " Oi tink thats geometry not algebra... I may be wrong... X | |||
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