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Re: Daily Thought
Posted: 24 Apr 2015, 06:39
by Marilyn
Me too, China.
And a good deal of it is still in the wrapper!
Re: Daily Thought
Posted: 30 May 2015, 04:09
by chinatyke
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I
may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
Re: Daily Thought
Posted: 31 May 2015, 04:53
by chinatyke
I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.
Re: Daily Thought
Posted: 25 Mar 2016, 04:41
by chinatyke
What did they call electric eels before electricity was discovered?
Re: Daily Thought
Posted: 25 Mar 2016, 05:24
by Stanley
Electrophorus electricus.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from modern Latin electricus, from Latin electrum 'amber', from Greek ēlektron (because rubbing amber causes electrostatic phenomena).
Re: Daily Thought
Posted: 25 Mar 2016, 10:44
by Tizer
And `electrum' is now the word for an alloy of gold and silver used in jewellery.
Re: Daily Thought
Posted: 31 Mar 2016, 09:54
by chinatyke
When you solve something you have found a solution and when you dissolve Parliament it is a dissolution. So why is it that when you dissolve salt in water you form a solution and not a dissolution?
Re: Daily Thought
Posted: 31 Mar 2016, 10:12
by Marilyn
(Ooooo...'Eck!)
I am trying to think of a witty retort, China.
I will get back to you!
Re: Daily Thought
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 03:51
by Stanley
The words refer to different things. The result is a solution but the salt itself in its original form has been subjected to dissolution.
Re: Daily Thought
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 12:27
by chinatyke
10 out of 10, Stanley.
Re: Daily Thought
Posted: 02 Apr 2016, 03:11
by Stanley
(Bloody Pedants!)
Re: Daily Thought
Posted: 09 May 2018, 05:06
by SPR676
Put whisky on your lawn when it needs cutting......enabling the grass to come up half cut
Re: Daily Thought
Posted: 09 May 2018, 08:12
by chinatyke
Re: Daily Thought
Posted: 09 May 2018, 09:33
by Tizer
Denis Norden, quoted in my diary...
`It's a funny kind of month, October. For the really keen cricket fan it's when you discover that your wife left you in May.'
Re: Daily Thought
Posted: 10 May 2018, 03:15
by Stanley
He was a very funny man!
Re: Daily Thought
Posted: 20 Jul 2018, 05:26
by chinatyke
A government survey has shown that 91% of illegal immigrants come to Britain so that they can see their own doctor.
Re: Daily Thought
Posted: 20 Jul 2018, 06:20
by Stanley
I know you have your tongue in your cheek...... but unfortunately there's a nugget of truth embedded in that post China!
Re: Daily Thought
Posted: 15 Jan 2019, 02:05
by chinatyke
May's Brexit plan 2:
Ban shredded cheese, make Britain grate again.
Re: Daily Thought
Posted: 15 Jan 2019, 09:19
by chinatyke
Despite the high cost of living it remains popular.
