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Grey squirrels can do very stupid things. We had one in the garden some years ago that would torment cats by dancing close to them and then dashing...

So is mine, unfortunately.

As I cycled up the hill this morning, a grey squirrel ran ahead of me, randomly squiggling all over the road. It did a sudden sideways leap through...

The French for "French Letter" is "capote anglaise".

. . Happy World Whisky Day!!

They're slow drains (often perforated pipe surrounded by large infill) intended to drain surface and ground water. They may outfall into a soakaway,...

What is a French Drain? Is this a linguistic relic of times when anything "not nice" was called French Eg French Letter. About the time of the...

There is a multi-story pretty much next door, I think that’s free (it says it isn’t but I think it is)

I asked them that today. Not for a while, there's apparently sub-studies running so won't be until these are finished. You can be unblinded for...

When do they tell you if you had the real drug or the placebo?

Phone call from St Thomas's heart unit. Can we make an urgent appointment with your daughter? Can I be told why? No. Hmm. I will...

Perhaps the residents of Bedford should be told;) ...

I can only guess how bad that might be especially if you add the pilchards in as well. Thankfully he is a long long way away.

dog + stilton = worst smell ever!

One of our dogs - a retriever / poodle thing - who howls for her food and when you give it to her she eyes it up very suspiciously and needs to be...

Our dog loves pilchards in tomato sauce and the rind off Blue Stilton.

I had a cat that went mad for smoked salmon, I used to buy the packs of trimmings from the supermarket for pasta. Open a pack, and the cat was...

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I'm more interested in how the RSPCA coaxed her down... Bottle of prosecco? Pork scratchings?

Thankfully, yes. I was getting tired of pushing it in a shopping trolley.

Did it cause your 3rd testicle to shrink?

Used to have a cat that thought every tin being opened contained tuna. Maybe used to eat too many tuna sandwiches?

After 18 months of having unknown chemicals injected into my arse cheeks, blood tests, pissing in a tub, ECG's and nasal swabs I've just completed my...

I just made the mistake of going into the ditch to collect flints to make a French drain for the washing machine, just before an impressive...

and my household income is considerably less

My mortgage payments are more than that!

Been on a few shore dives under the cliffs along N.Wales where there were sheep remains(bones) on the bottom. The tied bag of bones was a dog. ...

Stroke it and whisper comforting things in its ear. Works with the cat. (It doesn't but the cat knows it hasn't figured the tin opener yet so your...

I thought Milton Keynes was a city already.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61505857 So between a flock of Penguins, a herd of concrete cows and 100,00 alcoholics clinging to a rock; we now...