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Allan | Report | 23 Jul 2020 10:08 |
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Whilst Karl Marx, together with Engels, was famous, or infamous, for the ideology that became known as communism, Karl's younger sister, Onya Marx, invented the starting pistol |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 23 Jul 2020 10:40 |
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:-D :-D :-D |
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Sharron | Report | 23 Jul 2020 12:37 |
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And here come Mr and Mrs Bee with their scruffy son, The bum Bill Bee! |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 23 Jul 2020 12:47 |
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:-D :-D |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 23 Jul 2020 14:06 |
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Do you have any sources for your assertion ? |
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Dermot | Report | 23 Jul 2020 15:15 |
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I love coming across underused words. |
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Denburybob | Report | 23 Jul 2020 17:12 |
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.... such as "please" and "thank you"? |
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Bobtanian | Report | 23 Jul 2020 17:50 |
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must be so, my cousin Arfer said exactly the same.... |
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Bobtanian | Report | 23 Jul 2020 17:52 |
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and a little known relative, from the UK euro vision entry Null Marx |
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Sharron | Report | 23 Jul 2020 18:40 |
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Karl was not the one who played the harp was he? |
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Dermot | Report | 23 Jul 2020 18:46 |
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Catholicism is no longer ‘compulsory’ in Ireland . |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 23 Jul 2020 18:57 |
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Was Engels fixated on corners - to a degree? |
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Dermot | Report | 23 Jul 2020 18:59 |
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In Shakespeare’s time there were around 100,000 words in circulation in the English language. |
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Bobtanian | Report | 23 Jul 2020 19:38 |
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many had ss's that looked like written 'f's |
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Allan | Report | 23 Jul 2020 21:41 |
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My father was a music hall magician. His specialty act was the sawing a person in two act. |
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Allan | Report | 23 Jul 2020 23:52 |
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For Rollo, here is my sauce |
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Caroline | Report | 24 Jul 2020 01:19 |
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:-D :-D |
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Sharron | Report | 24 Jul 2020 02:35 |
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Maggie, now don't be silly. Of course Engels was not fixated on corners. They are right Engles and he would have had to have been a left Engle wouldn't he? Otherwise the Marx brothers would not have wanted to star with him! |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 24 Jul 2020 10:59 |
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That's true, Sharron! :-D :-D :-D |
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Allan | Report | 24 Jul 2020 11:16 |
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Marx didn't have any brothers, only the one sister, Onya. |
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