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A guide to griffleys and mallishags... kitchen table lingo to get its own dictionary By Paul Sims Last updated at 4:11 AM on 16th June 2008 Comments (0) Add to My Stories Have you ever been asked to pass the 'doobly', watched a 'mallishag' crawling along or been caught walking around in your 'yupes'? You have - just not in those words. Linguists are collating 'kitchen table lingo' in an alternative to the Oxford English Dictionary But now such 'kitchen table lingo', or the English which is created in homes or workplaces, could become part of everyone's vocabulary. Linguists are collating the words in an alternative to the…

Casual greetings replacing traditional 'hello' when answering the phone By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 9:25 PM on 12th June 2008 Comments (0) Add to My Stories What's up?: People are being less formal when answering the phone Ring up a friend and you're less and less likely to hear the word 'hello' when they answer it. It is being replaced by more casual greetings such as 'hi', 'yo' or even 'what's up?' That's if they answer at all. Many are screening their calls with the answerphone or using caller display to show who is ringing, and then deciding whether or not to call back. The same technology also allows them to answer th…

$3 million for The First Tee; $1,950,000 for the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service; $460,752 for hops research; $211,509 for olive fruit fly research in Paris, France; $196,000 for the renovation and transformation of the historic Post Office in Las Vegas; $188,000 for the Lobster Institute in Maine; and $148,950 for the Montana Sheep Institute. Glad our government spends our money well... Growing number of americans are becoming poor, but its a good thing our government is looking out for us!

Eager beavers build first dam in England for 800 years By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 1:26 AM on 12th June 2008 Comments (0) Add to My Stories It’s the first dam of its kind to be built in England for 800 years. But the pair of beavers responsible for the mud and sticks creation have a great deal more on their minds than any historic achievement. It is believed they are about to breed. The pair were brought to Britain from Europe last year. Scroll down for more Team work: One of the two beavers that has left conservationists ecstatic Dam fine: The first dam built by beavers in England for 800 years Staff at the Escot E…

Okay, I've been searching all over and i cannot find when Run, Fat Boy, Run comes out on DVD! please don't tell me it's just not!!!!!!! help!!!!!!!!!

Obama, Huckabee sweep to Iowa victories By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press Writer CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire is where Iowa's Democratic caucus victors get ratified and where its Republican winners get stung. Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee headed into the Granite State on Friday as Iowa's presidential champions, one hoping to ride history's trend and the other eager to break it. Neither can expect it to be easy. Obama is neck and neck in New Hampshire polls with Hillary Rodham Clinton, who finished third in Iowa but has the resources to confront him head on. Will Obama, like Al Gore in 2000 and John Kerry in 2004, use his Iowa victory to cat…

Hip-hop hoodies to represent British 'national identity' in Beijing Olympics closing ceremony By Tom Kelly Last updated at 2:12 AM on 15th June 2008 Comments (0) Add to My Stories Connoisseurs of political embarrassment might remember the toe-curling scenes as Tony Blair and the Queen grimaced their way through Auld Lang Syne in the Millennium Dome eight years ago. But that’s nothing compared with what awaits Gordon Brown and Boris Johnson at the Beijing Olympics closing ceremony. They will be ‘treated’ to a group of hoodies gyrating to hip-hop music – in a segment intended to celebrate our national identity. Identity: Performers from urban…

Racism blamed for Eurovision loss 9:53am Monday 2nd June 2008 © Press Association 2008 Veteran presenter Terry Wogan has blamed racism in eastern Europe for Britain's poor showing during last week's Eurovision Song Contest. In hi…

Federally Funded Boffins Want To Scrap The Internet Seeking further funding from Congress for "clean slate" projects Steve Watson Infowars.net Tuesday, April 16, 2007 Researchers funded by the federal government want to shut down the internet and start over, citing the fact that at the moment there are loopholes in the system whereby users cannot be tracked and traced all the time. Time magazine has reported that several foundations and universities including Rutgers, Stanford, Princeton, Carnegie Mellon and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are pursuing individual projects, along with the Defense Department, in order to wipe out the current intern…

Look at it, its all colourful and spangley!! All those sequins and people who really can't sing but know how to 'bust a move'!! :laugh3: /gay moment

So, I know alot of people are against it, but I'm excited. I'm going to be updating the first post, right here as the housemates enter the house. stay tuned! - are you watching? share your thought! :) and if you hate Big Brother... please don't come here to mouth off about it, it won't hurt you to keep abuse off the board from the people who like it.... right.... cracking on with the show! Davina just showed us around the house and it looks very evil This whole "Zero Tolerance" regime has the potential to be brilliant, but it could also be annoying if it's put into action too often. housemates: ---------------------------------------------------------…

Pictured: Road-safe swans lead their cygnets across the road... using a zebra crossing By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 8:01 PM on 12th June 2008 Comments (0) Add to My Stories Any parent keeps a close eye on their brood when they're out and about next to busy roads. Especially when the youngsters in question are only a month old and are covered in fluffy feathers. This family of swans turned heads as they waddled through the Cornish resort of Perranporth on a 500-yard trek from the beach to their home on a boating lake. Enlarge What's for supper? One of the swans checks out a fish and chip shop The cob and pen safely guided…

Gardener dies as he breathes in deadly fungus from rotted leaves on compost heap By Fiona Macrae Last updated at 12:21 AM on 13th June 2008 Comments (2) Add to My Stories Gardeners have been warned of a deadly fungus that lurks in compost heaps and piles of rotting leaves (picture posed by model) Gardeners have been put on alert for a deadly fungus that lurks in compost heaps and in piles of rotting leaves. Doctors issued the warning after a man died from inhaling the Aspergillus fungal spores. The 47-year-old, a welder from Buckinghamshire, became ill less than 24 hours after spreading rotting tree and plant mulch, the Lancet medical jo…

Gridlocked cities, empty shelves and bloodshed as fury at soaring costs spreads around the world By Ian Sparks Last updated at 6:51 PM on 12th June 2008 Comments (6) Add to My Stories Worldwide protests over the rising price of fuel escalated today, with the Philippines presidential palace besieged by lorries, fishermen burning their boats in Thailand, and Spanish petrol stations running dry as hauliers blockade major roads. Violence has already claimed lives of lorry drivers on either side of the dispute, while one haulier was nearly burned to death in his cab by strikers. Hundreds of lorries and minibuses blocked roads in Manila leading to Malacan…

Sex-swap hen stuns owner by turning into a cockerel By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 10:43 AM on 12th June 2008 Comments (0) Add to My Stories A chicken called Honor stunned its owner when it turned from a hen into a cockerel. The unusual 'before' and 'after' photos show how the Black Rock chicken has swapped genders over the past 12 months. Owner Gill Whiteley originally thought the crowing she heard was from a nearby farm as she only kept hens. Enlarge Before and after: Honor was renamed 'Your Honor' after turning into a cockerel But when the neighbours insisted there was a cockerel crowing in her orchard, where she keeps the chic…

So I downloaded the album the day it leaked, and then added it to my iPod! Today I downloaded a better version so I deleted all the songs from the leak and start adding the songs from the better version - that way I could keep my play count! However, now the VLV songs won't finish playing! Can anyone help?

anyone got invites? would be appreciated greatly. its whinging i know, but this is a desperate situation lol

The lazy brown fox gets a quick forty winks ... on a sun-lounger By Sophie Borland Last updated at 11:15 PM on 11th June 2008 Comments (0) Add to My Stories If this urban fox gets any bolder, he'll be asking for someone to pass him the suntan lotion. Stretched out on a garden sun lounger to enjoy the early morning rays, he apparently hasn't a care in the world. And, after grabbing a quick snooze amid the growing cacophony of the waking city, he trotted off to his den in nearby undergrowth. Enlarge Lie of the land: The fox sunbathes in a garden in Clapham, South London The fox was caught on camera by Heather Kelso, 33, who spotted him…

Attack of the trouser snake: Man gets painful bite while answering the call of Nature in the Outback By Richard Shears Last updated at 7:12 PM on 11th June 2008 Comments (0) Add to My Stories Australians have been howling with laughter over the bizarre case of a carpenter who survived being bitten on the genitals by a deadly snake. Mr Daryl Zutt, 38, had gone into the bushes to relieve himself when the eastern brown snake, one of the most dangerous on the planet, managed to sink its fangs into a very delicate part of his anatomy. 'I thought I was gone,' said Mr Zutt, whose identity was finally revealed yesterday after the story had done the rounds…

Welcome to Thanet Earth: The biggest greenhouse in Britain unveiled By David Derbyshire Last updated at 10:15 PM on 11th June 2008 Comments (2) Add to My Stories You've heard of the factory chicken. Now meet the factory vegetable. Grown in their millions in trays of nutrient-enriched water inside a heated, artificially-lit greenhouse large enough to house ten football pitches, they are as far as you can get from 'natural' home-grown food. But this week, workers are putting the finishing touches to Britain's largest hydroponic greenhouse - an astonishing construction in white steel and glass. Massive: 'Thanet Earth' will cover 91 hectares of…

First signs of panic at the pumps as drivers warned price of petrol 'will double' By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 6:14 PM on 11th June 2008 Comments (38) Add to My Stories Crucial talks aimed at averting a strike by hundreds of tanker drivers were held today amid signs some drivers were panic-buying petrol. As long trails of cars formed on garage forecourts, industry insiders predicted petrol would rise to 230p a litre. Leaders of the Unite union met officials of two companies working on Shell contracts in a bid to resolve a row over pay. Motorists queue up at a petrol station in Aintree, Merseyside, today Queues had also formed …

:D:D:DWASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama has clinched the Democratic nomination for president, according to CNN estimates, making him the first African-American in U.S. history to lead a major-party ticket. Obama picked up a slew of superdelegate endorsements on Tuesday. Those endorsements, combined with the delegates he's projected to receive from South Dakota's primary, will put him past the 2,118 threshold, according to CNN estimates. Obama will claim victory during a speech in St. Paul, Minnesota, according to prepared remarks released by his campaign. "Tonight we mark the end of one historic journey with the beginning of another -- a journey that will bring a …

Spin dry: The washing machine that needs just one cup of water By Sean Poulter Last updated at 9:00 AM on 09th June 2008 Comments (0) Add to My Stories A washing machine that uses only a cup of water to carry out a full wash, leaving clothes virtually dry, has been developed by British inventors. Researchers say the technology, which uses less than 2 per cent of the water and energy of a conventional machine, could save billions of litres of water each year. The machine, which has been created by academics at Leeds University, works by using thousands of plastic chips - each about half a centimetre in size - to absorb and remove dirt. A…

it started today ! :nice: Djokovic just won his first match 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2 Now Guga is playing :dance: although it's against PH Mathieu, I really want him to win ! I so dont want to see the same final again..

Back on his feet: The walking miracle window cleaner who fell 47 storeys from New York skyscraper By Mail Foreign Service Last updated at 11:47 AM on 10th June 2008 Comments (0) Add to My Stories A window cleaner who survived plummeting 47 storeys is back on his feet only six months later. Alcides Moreno has astounded family, friends and doctors with his extraordinary recovery from the horror fall that killed his brother. Doctors described his survival as miraculous. Now the only signs of his terrible ordeal are a limp and a long scar on his left leg. Recovering: Alcides Moreno plummeted 47 storeys Moreno, 37, and brother Edgar, 30, wer…