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Alison doesn't have Susie's depth of knowledge, and I find Susie's occasional other-worldliness quite endearing. She will sometimes explain the meanings of words, but have no idea how to pronounce them, despite the fact that they are not excessively obscure.

Yes, I'm quite good at puzzling myself - I never need any help doing that.

Ah, thank you. The train hasn't quite arrived at my station, though. If there is a haddock, a cod and a plaice on a slab, there are three fish, and each one is a fish. But if I pick a trifolium africanum, a trifolium albopurpureum and a trifolium alexandrinum, although each one is a clover, and toge...

But Wikipedia lists 102 "selected" species. If I sow half a dozen of them as a fodder crop, are there not several clovers there?

Bacon, egg, two slices of buttered toast as a basis, then an informal rota of added extras for variety and interest. Sausages have to be real - pig guts for skin, and plenty of coarse-chopped pork as a filling. The occasional lamb's kidney, and mushrooms fried for no more than three minutes, while t...

I am Harry Whitehouse. I'm a dedicated lurker, who pops up occasionally to complain about Des O'Connor and to ask silly questions. I'm 58, and if I ever pluck up courage to apply for an audition, and luck through it, I shall be on, off, then instantly forgotten, as a member of that horde of nondescr...