h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

True, this is because it is made of bronze, an alloy of copper which weathers to form basic copper carbonate-which is green.

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A "copper" is someone who 'seizes or captures'. This nineteenth century Northern England slang is the most likely origin for the words "cop" and "copper" and it's unlikely these terms have anything to do with their badges or buttons.

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-cop2.htm

Comes from 'cappere' to capture apparently

The word 'policeman' evolved from the word 'polis', meaning man of the city. In Scotland we still call the police the polis

Amongst other things

fords (GLAUCOMA 2 is in danger of being organised - A28537112)

has just directly quoted from a pratchet novel..................twice

Damn I've been found out

Do I redeem myself if I say I knew all that stuff before getting engrossed in the lives of the Night Watch?

You mean... you are really Terry Pratchett?

(If I understood correctly

Josef Ratzinger attended Greek writer Nikos Dimou's PhD thesis defense.

he was also in the hitler youth

Our last parish priest (just retired last year) was one of his pupils.



But I suppose saying that is a bit like walking into a shop and asking "Has my husband just been in here" - when no one in the shop knows you!

If you multiply 21978 by 4, you get the same number with the digits in reverse order: 21978 x 4 = 87912

Can you do that underwater?

Y.

Enough with the sharks already.

NEVER!

"The barber shaved everyone in his village who didn't shave himself."

Did the barber shave himself ?

Presumably.

yes !!!!!apart from his beard and moustache

Arlene Philips, of Strictly Come Dancing, choreographed the Kurgan's sword practice sequence in Highlander.

There are two Nobel Prize ceremonies each year, both held on Alfred Nobel's birthday. The Nobel Peace Prize ceremony takes place in Oslo, Norway, while all the other laureates receive their awards in Stockholm, Sweden.

A man was arrested and charged with the robbery of vending machines. The man posted bail, entirely in quarters.