Wordwizard

Bob, you beat me to the punch on that one (we get up 8 hours after you). I had just read the article on the BBC web site and was about to respond when I saw your post. They must have edited it in the meantime as in my version he is referred to as an evolutionary biologist. Anyway, the first 'Chinese...

But as the lady said, "When I'm bad I'm very good."

It seems that the talk show host Oprah Winfrey has made arrangements, that after her death she will be enshrined in a mausoleum on the grounds of Graceland. To direct the adoring masses, at the entrance there will be a sign saying 'This way to the fan tomb of the Oprah'

And all this time I thought they were Bangers.
In the US, black pudding is called blood sausage-luverly grub. Never seen the white kind. Pray tell, of what is it composed?

So Erik, what happens if you already have a Gardener's way and a Gardeners Way? would not that necessitate a change in pronounciation? For example, in London there is a King's Cross Station which is also spelled without the apostrophe in some signage and timetables. Until it was pointed out to me I ...

I have a suggestion that might satisfy both camps and also eliminate any confusion. Why not just drop the 's' altogether. Saint Paul Square, Acock Green, King Road etc. That would make the councillors of Birmingham happy and remove the confusion of the people. Although I am still wondering why the u...

I picked up this item in my local paper and wondered what was really going on. Is it a symptom of poor education, bureaucratic meddling or just plain laziness?
http://tinyurl.com/aqq67p

There is a place in Alberta, Canada called 'Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump.'
Explanation follows:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-Smash ... ffalo_Jump

I note that Ken spells the word with a Z not an S.

Shelley, We always kicked the dog and blamed it when we dropped a floating air biscuit.

To finally see the light, so to speak, or to be slow on the uptake is to hear the penny drop. . This is an expression that comes from my childhood way way back in pre-decimalisation times when a penny was 1/240th. of a Pound. Ken and others have researched it thoroughly but missed the latest example...

That clink you heard, followed by a groan, was the penny finally dropping.

Great stuff Erik,
Those reminded me of one bulletin that we saw while traveling through Alabama.
'A talk will be given on ensuring your path to Heaven. Tickets $5 per person'.

Just got the book WoZ, and am wading happily through it. I am wondering if he will refer to the surgeon of Crowthorne.
As an aside, I was looking at the caretaker job for Hamilton Island but the web site had overloaded and crashed. At $A150,000 it sounds too good to be true but apparently isn't.

Hardly subtle Harry, my head still hertz from your comment on buss bars.