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Quote by Dawnie

It looks easy enough ... couldn't he read?

At a quick glance I thought that was Tampax instructions redface
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They are easily mistaken Dawn, I've seen some minnies that through lack of grooming resemble half a pound of hand rolling tobacco
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I've seen some minnies that through lack of grooming resemble half a pound of hand rolling tobacco

ready-rubbed?
or is that pipes?
lp
Right! I'm back from a christmas meal and a couple of hours of excessive drinking dressed as an elf so i think i should post the next question.
Where was the gullotine invented?
Quote by Drewxcore
Right! I'm back from a christmas meal and a couple of hours of excessive drinking dressed as an elf so i think i should post the next question.
Where was the gullotine invented?

Oh hard one this
....davej sits with his head in his hands thinking......
blonde .................... although blonde...................... tries to sit and look unknowing !!!
I know nowt!
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In Edit - Damn, I came too late rolleyes

You need to work on your timing dear wink
Quote by Mallock2006
France

Nope
Quote by Drewxcore
France

Nope
Why not ?
lol
Quote by Mallock2006
France

Nope
Why not ?
lol
If you go for the less obvious and seemingly stupid answer you might find its right!
Ireland
Ireland. No its not an echo
Quote by Drewxcore
France

Nope
Why not ?
lol
If you go for the less obvious and seeminglystupidanswer you might find its right!
Not very nice Drew
Are we asking where it was invented or where it was first used?
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In Edit - Damn, I came too late rolleyes

You need to work on your timing dear wink
I'd rather come late than not at all :giggle:
The guillotine became infamous (and acquired its name) in France at the time of the French Revolution. However, guillotine-like devices, such as the Halifax Gibbet and Scottish Maiden , existed and were used for executions in several European countries long before the French Revolution. The first documented use of The Maiden was in 1307 in Ireland, and there are accounts of similar devices in Italy and Switzerland dating back to the 15th century. However, the French developed the machine further and became the first nation to use it as a standard execution method
Quote by Drewxcore
Right! I'm back from a christmas meal and a couple of hours of excessive drinking dressed as an elf so i think i should post the next question.
Where was the gullotine invented?

The gullotine, not to be mistaken for the rather larger guillotine, was invented on The Isle of Guano in the Outer Hebrides. The traditional fayre of poached seabird required excessive force while strangulating the creature, thus sometimes damaging the tongue which was regarded as something of a delicacy when lightly braised and served on a seaweed platter. The invention of the gullotine by Seeup McKilt allowed a clean decapitation, preserving the tongue intact.
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The guillotine became infamous (and acquired its name) in France at the time of the French Revolution. However, guillotine-like devices, such as the Halifax Gibbet and Scottish Maiden , existed and were used for executions in several European countries long before the French Revolution. The first documented use of The Maiden was in 1307 in Ireland, and there are accounts of similar devices in Italy and Switzerland dating back to the 15th century. However, the French developed the machine further and became the first nation to use it as a standard execution method

Yeah thats the answer i was looking for, the concept was originally invented in Halifax long before the french modified it to become thier famous method of execution.
Before i post another general ignorance question i may as well as this, when was the last execution using the guillotine?
Name the two countries which have Australian Rules football as their number one sport.
The French themselves continued to use the device for nearly two centuries. The last public execution by guillotine was performed in 1939, but the device continued in use until 1977. In 1981, the French banned capital punishment, effectively bringing the guillotine's reign of terror to an end. wink
Nauru and Papua New Guinea .
hows that ? :wink:
Right, maybe its about time i carried ths on.
Next question.
Whats is the largest living thing?
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Right, maybe its about time i carried ths on.
Next question.
Whats is the largest living thing?

Apart from the Earth ??
yes. Just to clarify, the living thing i'm refering to is either an animal or a plant.
blue whale?
sperm whale?
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blue whale?
sperm whale?

no and no
The Great Barrier Reef?? dunno
It has to be one individual living thing, not lots of living things attached to each other x
I thought a whale was the largest living thing dunno
Blue whales are huge (and are the largest typeof animal) but there is a specimen of one partcular living thing that has out grown even the biggest blue whale by a long way. To make it easier i'll give you a clue- you might find this thing in your garden
a 106-acre patch of aspens, which are totally connected by the same root system. There are 47,000 tree trunks, which are genetically identical and weigh over 13 million pounds. They have named this "individual" Pando, which is Latin for "I spread."
dunno