I always want to put a break in the middle of this placename, but that's probably not a good idea!

Poll Somerset place names

In the latest issue of Mathematics Today there is a request for traditional pub names which are mathematical in some way shape or form. So far, the best I can do is the Four Alls (for all) and (not really traditional) Zero Degrees.

Does anyone know of any more?

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Today I shall not be Hunting the Wren; although it has been revived in Suffolk.

Happy St Stephen's Day to you all! (especially any wrens listening).

The Garland at the Great Hall of Cotehele.


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After doing some country dancing on Monday, I was thinking about what skills I don't have which might have been useful ...

Poll Your right arm is your faithful arm, your left arm is the unfaithful one ...

Poll It was asked for ...

I was reading about Cheddar Man, and was amused by the fact that the schoolteacher relative of Cheddar Man was offered money by a tabloid to take his clothes off. This motivated me to ask the question:

Poll We're not doing it for the money ... We're doing it for a shedLOAD of money!

Don't you think their hands were shaking
As that rocket ship touched down?
I'm sure they shivered
When they finally touched the ground
And the giant leap so fragile that it hardly made a sound
But it must have been amazing
What a world they got to see ...

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Some friends and I were discussing how to choose new employees, and one of the people there said that one of the things that he decided on was whether they had showered that day, on the grounds that if they didn't shower on the day of a job interview then it was likely that they would never shower and this would not make for a pleasant working ( Read more... )