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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:57 am
by Istenem
not chester. the answer is entirely logical; two (current English) words juxtaposed to make the town name.

Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:36 pm
by Cardinal Sin
Maidenhead?

Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:41 pm
by Istenem
yeppers, maidenhead used to mean the physical virginity of a woman
c.f. maidenhood

anyway His Eminence is back on the plate.

Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:55 pm
by Cardinal Sin
Yum yum.

Thank you UP.

Poker question: Which poker hand (2 cards) is known as the German virgin?

Clue: you could probably work it out...

Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:32 pm
by Mattb
Seeing as the only poker card that sounds German is 9 (nein), i presume it would be pocket 9s? Nein, Nein means no, no......so i'm guessing that must be it?

Matt

Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:42 pm
by Cardinal Sin
Well done MattB

.. over to you sir.

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:04 am
by Cardinal Sin
Since that buffoon MattB likes nothing better than answering a question and then dinghying asking a new one, I'll set one meself.

Where is the world's shortest passenger air route?

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:11 am
by Istenem
cripes it could be anywhere. i'll guess mexico-usa because of all the red tape round that part of the world

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:14 am
by Cardinal Sin
Nope. It's not there.

I'll give you a clue though, it's between 2 islands, otherwise you could do the journey on foot!

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:24 am
by Istenem
hmm, a poser. so i deduce that the two islands are sometimes joined by land and sometimes by sea.

north and south uist?

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:26 am
by Cardinal Sin
Right country! Wrong Island group.

And the 2 islands are always islands.

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:30 am
by Istenem
i'm afraid this is where my Scottish geography falls down. i only know the shipping forecast.
how about stornaway and mull.

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:31 am
by Cardinal Sin
Ah right. Head north-east then, I'll accept the name of the group of islands, since I'm sure they appear on the shipping forecast.

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:39 am
by darcle
outer hebrides?

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:42 am
by Istenem
to take a leaf from His Eminence's psalter:

viking, north utsire, south utsire, forties, cromarty, forth, tyne, dogger, fisher, german bight, humber, thames, dover, wight, portland, plymouth, biscay, trafalgar, finisterre, sole, lundy, fastnet, irish sea, shannon, rockall, malin, hebrides, bailey, fair isle, færœs, southeast iceland.

how about that :D