Ali Baba and the 40 Phoenixes (and why not indeed? ;) )

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 5:21 pm

As an aside:

i've just seen a ghost so i'm shaking like a leaf just now. weird

Eh?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 5:37 pm

a good stab Hornby, i like the johnsesque avatar, did you diy?

but it is not turdy sheringham, he has never played in the 3rd or 4th tier.

also btw i have got over the ghost stuff, it came as a bit of a shock. not a real ghost but somebody i used to know who used to feel like a chorus girl and now feels like a whore.

anyway it's not sheringham

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:57 pm

Bob wrote:Yes! Finally an answer I knew..

Ok, here's a football question :-
Sunderland won it in 1979, Villa won it in 1981 - who won it in 1980?

i'm sure i read this question last week somewhere, was it the in the sun?? one of the few questions i could have answered and i was'nt about

bumped

harry 3 · Post by **harry 3** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:05 am

Wild guess, Sol Campbell ?

Hangmanfan · Post by **Hangmanfan** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:31 am

Is it Steve Finnan? I know he played for Fulham and so he was possibly on their books during their ascent through the leagues.
I couldn't tell you if he's played in the Conference though

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:13 pm

yep, steve finnan. over to you HF.

Hangmanfan · Post by **Hangmanfan** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:24 pm

Wahey!

OK,
Which country is home to all three of the world's longest palindromic words?

I'll post the actual words by 9am tomorrow morning if no-one's guessed correctly.

Good luck

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:35 pm

Obligatory obvious but wrong answer: Wales?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:40 pm

hurrah! foreign words,
this is right up my street.

i believe the finnish word for soapstone seller is saippukavivakuppias or something like that.
i'd be surprised if any language could beat that

harry 3 · Post by **harry 3** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:50 pm

Is one Malayalam ?

If not I'll try the native Kiwi language.

Hangmanfan · Post by **Hangmanfan** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:53 pm

Hats off to UP. It's Finland.

The other (slightly longer) words being saippuakuppinippukaupias (soap-cup trader) and solutomaattimittaamotulos (the result from a measurement laboratory for tomatoes).

Source: The Meaning of Tingo.

Over to you....

Hangmanfan · Post by **Hangmanfan** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:56 pm

How did I know I'd spell one wrong

ops: the first word has four sets of double Ps...

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:18 pm

ah yes, a very good book. particularly good as i made some modest contributions to the contents.

i'm going to make a new thread so this doesn't get too long. see you in number 41