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Nice try, Snake, but as I said, I'm not omniscient.

In other words, I don't know.

NEXT!

Cheers, Martin :D
 
Martin said:
Chewbecca:

Where have my missing socks gone?

Did you check your duvet case?

And why do you only lose one of each pair of socks?

Think about it. If you lost both socks of a pair, would you notice? You only notice it, when you see one sock and can't find the other. So, you lose nothing, and you don't notice a thing, naturally; or, you lose an entire pair, which you also wouldn't notice, because you have, say, 20 pairs lying around; or, you lose one sock, and not the other, and those times are the only times you notice.
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A) Washed separately.

B) I would, in fact, notice. I have, let's say, unique socks. I actually do know each and every pair and have noticed an entire pair go missing at one point.
 
Okay, fair enough.

Chewbecca:

Where have my missing socks gone?

I don't know; where do things go when you've lost them? The entire concept behind 'losing things' is not knowing where they went.

And why do you only lose one of each pair of socks?

Okay, other answer. People lose stuff, right? Odds are, you're gonna lose a sock every now and again. Capiche? Okay. But! What are the odds of you not losing one sock, but two ... of the same pair?! Quite low, I'd imagine. And that's why, when you lose a sock, you only lose one.

Satisfied?

NEXT!

Cheers, Martin :D
 
Martin said:
Okay, fair enough.

Chewbecca:

Where have my missing socks gone?

I don't know; where do things go when you've lost them? The entire concept behind 'losing things' is not knowing where they went.

And why do you only lose one of each pair of socks?

Okay, other answer. People lose stuff, right? Odds are, you're gonna lose a sock every now and again. Capiche? Okay. But! What are the odds of you not losing one sock, but two ... of the same pair?! Quite low, I'd imagine. And that's why, when you lose a sock, you only lose one.

Satisfied?

NEXT!

Cheers, Martin :D
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Yes, thank you ;)
 
:eek: :eek: that was beautiful, martin. :eek: :eek: thank you.

I'll be honest, I don't know why german-derived words are mostly monosyllabic and latin-derived words are mostly polysyllabic, but I think it might have something to do with the sophistication of their cultures. on one hand you have words like 'sword', 'gun', 'horse', 'shield', &c.; and on the other hand you have words like 'governor', 'jurisdiction', 'legislator', 'admin ...' <huff> 'istra-' <gasp> 'tor' <phew!> ...

it really is difficult when you've been marching all day and are weary from battle.
 
Martin said:
Fluffy Bunny:

Name the top 20 best selling albums of all time please.

07) Shania Twain - Come On Over (<-- what?!)
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Don't ask me- it sold well over 35 million copies on initial release. I don't know anyone who owns the greatest hits by the Eagles either (must be an American thing). I do know the popularity of p2p software means that that list isn't going to get challenged anytime in the near future.

Next question- which Shakespeare lines are quoted the most often?
 
On a dark desert highway . . . Cool wind in my hair . . .

The Eagles ROCK. I have that album on order.
 
Forgot all about the middle-aged women contingent :p

I'll stick to the other rock thanks eg Beatles, Zeppelin and Bowie. Apart from Hotel California, I can't really name the Eagles' tunes off the top of my head

Martin - can you give us the lyrics to Baz Luhrmann's tune from 1999 -'Sunscreen.' It's one of those tunes by definition I shouldn't like, but there's some decent advice in there
 
fluffy bunny said:
Forgot all about the middle-aged women contingent :p
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No one's called me a middle-aged women since I fell in the 3-legged race at the company picnic.Thank you so much for bringing back that life altering memory! :eek:

RaVeN
(who tucks it in and flys off in a huff)
 
RaVeN said:
No one's called me a middle-aged women since I fell in the 3-legged race at the company picnic.Thank you so much for bringing back that life altering memory! :eek:

RaVeN
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Well, if you need any more nostalgia trips let us know :D
 
Martin,
That is for plain M&Ms, what about the peanut?
Phil T, got the shit-eating.
You aren't going deep enough on the owl.
 
snake0024 said:
what is the word in thse:
longer life _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ c _ _ _ push up the costs of health care???

her financial Obligations are still _ _ _ _ e

The strike has brought about a _ h _ _ _ _ _ _ of petrol

I have been working on them for 2 days :mad:
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First one's something to do with expectations, maybe expectancies but I think the number of blanks is wrong for that, second one I don't know, third one is shortage.
 
Martin said:
I have about a million black socks. But once they have been through the washing machine, it is almost impossible to match them. No two are alike. Why is that?

Because they're cheap.

Why do the pillow case and sheet (and everything else you put into the machine) almost always end up inside the duvet case, when you launder them in the washing machine?

I'm clueless. I don't even know what a duvet case is. If I'd have to guess, I'd say that, because the duvet case has such a large opening, and the ... err ... things in the washing machine are constantly moving, odds are that something will end up in the duvet case. Just, you know, statistics, calculation of probability.
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Martin, I am a little disappointed of your answer. Somehow I had expected more of you. But if that is how it is...

I may buy cheap socks, but it is only the black ones that are giving me grief. Not the white ones. :confused: :(

A duvet case is the linen / cotton "thing" you put your duvet or quilt into. Don't you have those in the Netherlands? :rolleyes:

A sad and dissappointed Hobitten.
 
Martin,
Please tell me the whereabouts of my "Name That Band" thread. It seems to have disappeared.

Thanks!
RaVeN
 
hobitten said:
Martin, I am a little disappointed of your answer. Somehow I had expected more of you. But if that is how it is...

I may buy cheap socks, but it is only the black ones that are giving me grief. Not the white ones. :confused: :(

A duvet case is the linen / cotton "thing" you put your duvet or quilt into. Don't you have those in the Netherlands? :rolleyes:

A sad and dissappointed Hobitten.
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Because the black socks are EVIL! They are members of the DARK SIDE! Darth Vader wears black socks and a black cloak. Do you see? Beware of your black socks!!!!

Regards
SillyWabbit
 
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