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I don't understand why anyone would invite strangers into their homes. I have a strong sense of privacy and am cautious by nature so that I don't like having people I don't know around my personal belongings. I wouldn't hire a home cleaner just because of that. What do you get in return for...

I have been avoiding Spanish fruits and vegetables for years because of all the pesticides they use. I think that the recent crave for organic products owes a lot to the unscrupulously unhealthy agricultural methods in Spain.

It is a tool made by Dienekes so I guess a lot of us will end up being Greek ! lol

Wow ! this is great ! When are they planning to commercialize it ?

How about fairy tales ? Many Disney stories originated in Germany

Nobody has mentioned yet that Napoléon started Imperialism in Europe. Before him there was only one European emperor, the Holy Roman Emperor. After everything country tried to become an empire : Britain, Austro-Hungary, Germany...

as tempting as it is to say the English language, it is not properly a British contribution. It's as much an imposition of the Anglo-Saxons and Normans on the native British. It's kind of an anti-British contribution.

I read on Wikipedia that the Caucasian bronze age started in 3500 bc but the Mesopotamian and Egyptian bronze age only in 3100 bc. Does that mean that the Caucasus was the most advanced place in the world at the time ?

Young recruit going out for a friendly drink with his boss after work : Boss : "So Dan, do you like tits ?" Employee : (a bit surprised and taken aback by the question) "Who doesn't, sir ?" Boss : "Oh yeah, black tits especially. Beautiful ! And cute too." Employee : (nodding, a bit baffled by...

What is the generic term of whistling, burbping, stomach gurgling and farting ? Organ music.

I found that article on Cafe Babel : (cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=T&Id=12804) The first paragraph says it all. I have experienced the same during my Erasmus in Belgium. It was maybe not as bad but definitely reminds me of that university I attended. We didn't have tutors at all. Professors...

Sometimes in the middle of the day, when I have nothing better to do I like to come up with jokes and puns of my own. Here is today's selection. --- I found a new bestseller at the bookshop. The author's name was Paige Turner. --- Why don't the Palestinian have a chance at the...

The relativity of lying In life there are objective things and subjective things. One can lie about something objective, like a fact. Anything subjective is a matter of personal perception, and can vary in time. That is why there cannot be actual "lies" about emotions, feelings, perceptions, or...