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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 11:37 am
by Istenem
'fraid not
ay
bee
cee
dee
eff
gee
aitch
ai/i
jay
kay
el
em
en
o
pee
cue/queue
ar
ess/es
ti/tee
ewe
ex
why
zed
are your building blocks
(you won't need v or w)
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:46 pm
by darcle
PJ / JP?
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:52 pm
by Cardinal Sin
arrow - RO and o - arrrrrrrrrr jim lad - OR
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 2:20 pm
by Istenem
'fraid not, one is a boxing term.
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 2:28 pm
by Cardinal Sin
KO and OK?
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 2:38 pm
by Istenem
ça y est.
kayo and okay are both words.
sorry for dud Q
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 2:56 pm
by Cardinal Sin
I forgive you
Ok. How many bank's notes are legal tender in the UK?
See if you can guess them as well....
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:06 pm
by Istenem
i believe that it is only one in England, not sure what the state of play is in SCO/WAL/N.I i'll guess twelve across the whole of the UK.
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:10 pm
by Cardinal Sin
I don't think the Welsh issue their own banknotes.
Try again, you're a wee bit too high. Can you hazard a guess at any of the others?
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:29 pm
by Istenem
BoE, RBS, clydesdale, bank of ulster
erm and another so five?
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:34 pm
by Cardinal Sin
Yes. Well done, there are 8
Bank of England
Halifax / Bank of Scotland
Clydesdale Bank
Royal Bank of Scotland
Ulster Bank
Allied Irish Bank
Northern Bank
Bank of Ireland
And that concludes another crap question. Back to you UP!
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:44 pm
by Istenem
okay the long now 01996 foundation is a pisstake organisation which mocks which recent(ish) bout of hysteria?
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:46 pm
by Cardinal Sin
Erm... that 01996 looks like a dialling code, I take it it isn't?
Erm. Bout of hysteria... death of Diana?
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:58 pm
by Istenem
not diana, also it is an american organisation but with worldwide outreach. it doesn't take itself very seriously.
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 4:04 pm
by Cardinal Sin
01996 looks like a zip-code then?
Or maybe I should just stop acting like John Nash.
Americans are prone to get hysterical over quite a lot of things, religion, politics, a has-been pop-star getting her nips out..... erm.... is it any of the above
( we all know what I've done here)