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Hygiene in the Middle Ages to 19th century
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ConfusedYankFilter: What's the deal with the British pronouncing "idea" as "ideer"?
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What are some songs that mention breakfast (or, second-best, the morning)?
comment posted at 4:51 PM on Jan-18-07


So my girlfriend has a bit of a thing for those 'worker' jeans they have at Gap. I'm quite happy for my jeans to be blue, personally, but apparently the rolled-in-mud look is what she likes, and I guess I should have at least one pair of jeans that she can stand. My question is: where might I get something like them without breaking the bank?
comment posted at 4:21 PM on Jan-16-07


how can i advise a youth-mentorship organization to be sensitive to the cultural and religious needs of its young participants and their parents? this Q applies to a very diverse group of kids. the issues i've noticed so far have specifically affected the muslim kids.
comment posted at 5:54 PM on Jan-14-07


Why won't Internet Explorer print images from a web site?
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So, despite no one having told me this through high school, now that I'm in college I've been informed that everyone, everywhere, thinks I'm gay (and high school friends have confirmed this, now that I've asked). Men, women, doesn't matter. I am aware that I have a (very) slight lisp, which I hate because I can't control it (from birth). I am aware that I'm upbeat and tend to talk fast when excited. My body language is probably somewhat submissive, but I don't think it's THAT bad. I'm shy around a lot of women, don't make eye contact a lot, and a lot of guys don't like me because I'm not that into the "guy topics of conversation". Aside from, you know, how EFFING HOT random girl #43 is. (Cause she was!) The point is, I'm disturbingly straight and finding out what everyone really thinks has thrown me for a huge loop--not only am I being perceived as something I'm not, but it's also been (continually) detrimental to my success with women and social acceptance by guys... and I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
comment posted at 8:17 AM on Dec-10-06


what's up with .
comment posted at 11:01 AM on Dec-7-06


If Europeans were responsible for bringing chili peppers to countries renowned for their spicy cuisine(Korea, Thailand, etc.), why didn't the use of chili peppers become popular in European cuisine?
comment posted at 9:09 AM on Dec-2-06


Connoisseurs of Cunnilingus: What does it taste like to you?
comment posted at 9:33 AM on Dec-2-06


0800-reverse in the UK - are there any mobile networks that support this on pre-paid ("pay as you go") tariffs?
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Great "up yours" songs?
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How to answer offensive questions about homosexuality...
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Last night I got into a discussion with the proprietor of our local pub. For years I have heard from various sources that certain pubs in the united states get their Guinness airlifted in from Ireland (or the U.K.). Now I don't mean specially airlifted, simply that it comes in the cargo hold of an aer lingus flight or some such to maintain the ultimate freshness. One person who told me this is my wife's (born in Dublin) friend who worked for Guinness. Now the proprietor insists this is not true and told me if I can prove it I can drink free Guinness in his pub for the rest of my life. I can not find any evidence of this on the Internet, can anyone provide any evidence for this?
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I just got two root canals in the past month or so. First one was OK, tooth fractured after, but generally OK, it can be capped. Second one was behind it, i believe the first was #13 and second one was #14 behind it. It went fine...it feels maybe very very slightly sensitive, but i'll be damned, it's the next tooth behind it (#15 I assume?) that has been hurting (and which never had an RTC). It's been sort of very minor at times, then a little worse when I chew, and sometimes more moderate pain when I chew over the past two weeks. Past couple days it's started hurting more, kind of a dull ache, and hurts when I chew. Why would the tooth behind the root canal tooth hurt? Neither RTC teeth have been capped yet....
comment posted at 3:21 PM on Nov-2-06


Could the United States be expelled from NATO for refusing to abide by the Geneva Conventions?
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Firefox-Is-On-CrackFilter: I deleted a non-default Firefox profile and things got deleted from my desktop...not just icons, but folders that I was storing there. How do I recover them?
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Windows update problems... I get to windowsupdate >> http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us >> and then my browser hangs. CPU usage hits 100% and prety much stays there. SVChost.exe / or at least one instance of it / takes up most of that ; about 98%.
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What's going on in The English Beat's song "Monkey Murders" (From Wha'ppen, 1981)?
comment posted at 7:38 PM on Sep-7-06


I've lost my hair, I've lost my youth and now it's time for my hearing to follow. recommend a stereo system, please.
comment posted at 6:18 PM on Sep-4-06


Is it really so bad to leave a toaster plugged in?
comment posted at 6:53 AM on Sep-2-06


I've fallen in love with London Taxis, but I live in the US where they're almost nonexistent. Any ideas?
comment posted at 6:14 PM on Sep-1-06


I want a windows application that can give me international times - I contact people in Europe on occasion - and I don't remember what time it is in Dublin or London. Is there a small app that can do this for me?
comment posted at 2:45 PM on Sep-1-06


TeaFilter: should I buy a kettle for my cooker (hob/stove/whatever you call it), or a regular electric one? [UK resident]
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What symbol do military burial sites use for atheists?
comment posted at 5:46 PM on Aug-18-06


What's in the way of re-using, instead of recycling?
comment posted at 2:18 PM on Aug-15-06


Who have been the benovolent dictators ?
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No matter what time I go to sleep I always wake up within 15 minutes of 3 am. I may or may not get up and take a lap of the house and then I go right back to sleep until my normal wakeup time of 6:30. Why? What's special about 3 am?
comment posted at 3:31 PM on Jul-24-06


How did actor/magician Harry Anderson's "Needle Through the Arm" magic trick work?
comment posted at 11:51 AM on Jul-11-06


What was said to Zidane?
comment posted at 3:44 PM on Jul-9-06