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How a bout a thread for all those non-joke comments that get put in the joke thread. Here you can - Ask for explanations - Criticise the jokes - etc

Go on, test your ingenuity.....

https://www.gov.uk/alerts Apparently there is a test next weekend

Actually the Earth is not a completely closed system. Material from outer space keeps landing here.... the amounts are small proportionately, but maybe not negligible. From the BBC

This is a good resource : Arguments from Global Warming Skeptics and what the science really says

https://skepticalscience.com/co2-higher-in-past.htm

The name "Tullock's spike" refers to a thought experiment in which Tullock suggested that if governments were serious about reducing road casualties, they should mandate that a sharp spike be installed in the center of each car's steering wheel, to increase the probability that an accident would...

I used to believe that size wasn't important - until my wallpaper fell off.

It is very easy for the politicians to pass a law and claim that they are doing something to solve the problem. At the same time however, they need to increase the resources available to implement the new law. But they don't, and that means that laws are not enforced, undermining all the other...

Is it just me that sees something rude in this? Poor choice of font and kerning, methinks.

Have we done this one? Men apparently cannot find the cathedral - even with sat nav....

When asked 'What would it take to get you to do ballroom dancing?' my geordie friend said 'put their teats on the back'

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-Street-Atlas-Lincolnshire-Pocket/dp/0540083410/

A man walks in to an elevator with a blonde already in it. She looks at him and says T-G-I-F (only letters). He says S-H-I-T (only letters). Then she says again T-G-I-F (only letters). She tries one more time but this time she puts on a great big smile trying to be nice and says, “T-G-I-F.”...

I worked for a large tech company in the 'extremely techy' part of said company. Said 'lab' had a reputation for casual dress. I was once dispatched to a customer and donned a suit and tie for the occasion. The customer did not initially believe that I was from the lab and I had to demonstrate...

Thanks all for your replies - including the humorous ones. It seems that I am not alone in my frustration with paint cans. The tools recommended all look like screwdrivers to me. Sure they lever the lid edge from underneath but does that really make a difference? I guess for a few quid I...

Seriously, though - is there a tool for opening them? I generally use a flat-bladed screw driver, but some tins are so flimsy that this results in a deformed lid that gets progressively worse each time it is opened. Plastic paint cans are fine - there is usually an obvious recess to insert the...

If you are on a machine with a mouse, then you can hover the mouse above the link/picture. You should see the address that you would go to if you click. Quite often this is obviously wrong....... and then confirms that it is bogus. But that is only just for fun. No reputable organisation...

A timely reminder, thanks. For potatoes I prefer varieties from the 'Sarpo' family (Sarpo Potato | Sarpo Potatoes, a unique family of varieties, developed for superb taste, resist Potato Blight and are easy grow for gardener, allotment holder and grower.). Blight resistant - and that is a big...

They come in three sizes. S M L. Small, medium and liar.