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In Britain, 'cracker' is a slang term that is often applied to a sexually desirable young woman, giving rise to the popular Christmastime double entendre, 'pulling a cracker'.

Shelley, I found the following info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_flag : "It is known that from about 1300, Norman ships would fly red streamers to indicate that they would "take no quarter" in battle. This meaning continued into the 17th century, by which time the flag had been adopted by pir...

Edwin, what do you suggest regarding people who have elephants eye your sis?

PS -- That would be the typical response of a paper millionaire.

Bob, Could you not telephone your pub landlord and ask him to send you some recuperative liquid relief by express barmaid to speed your recovery? Killing two birds while getting stoned, you could also check the Cornish pronunciation of 'pasty' with him over the phone. Then report back to us while yo...

I too am crossing myself with disbelief.

Schwarzenegger didn't have much luck at the polls yesterday following his "California robust" campaign. I guess it's back to plain ol' "bust".

But I really didn't do nothing!

Apart from making me hungry, all this talk of Finnish-Cornish hybrid pasties has led me to another thought, namely: Is it beyond the wit of man to invent a pastry-based edible-cum-wearable accoutrement for strippers? The need is obvious.

The archives of this site contain extensive discussions of the origins of this word, as the search tool will reveal.

Yes, of course those patients deserve the same level of care. But regardless of that theoretical point, in practice nurses who are effective verbal communicators are more likely to do a good job with the patients they are able to converse with than those with which they can't. It can boil down to su...

If that's a journalist's question, you can expect a politician's answer.

Yes, Edwin, the ax was indeed originally a spring instrument; it was much favoured for its usefulness in the early days of the American West for facilitating the early release of prisoners from rural jails. Moreover, as Herbert Axelrod showed when he sold his collection of violins in 2003, springs a...

I positively have to oui-oui.

Careful, Russ! Such talk is liable to start Edwin off on the subject of shooting elephants in his pyjamas...