Who Invented the Crossword?
May26

Who Invented the Crossword?

Who Invented the Crossword?

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Half Animal, Half Plant and Totally Tasty on Toast – Fungi
Apr21

Half Animal, Half Plant and Totally Tasty on Toast – Fungi

When you eat mushrooms Ă  la Grecque or a truffle omelette, you may have thought that you are eating a vegetable. But you aren’t.Fungi were thought for many years to be plants, members of the vegetable kingdom with a few peculiarities. But modern science has shown that they are not.

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Riddle me this … Can you solve these Riddles?
Apr07

Riddle me this … Can you solve these Riddles?

Pit yourself against some mind bending riddles and see if you can work out what each one is referring to.

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When Moms text – Some Parental text bloopers
Mar24

When Moms text – Some Parental text bloopers

Some hilarious text bloopers … courtesy of the iPhone’s auto correct feature ! (plus some parental misunderstandings)

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Instead of swearing, some people say “Gordon Bennett”  – Why and who was he?
Mar20

Instead of swearing, some people say “Gordon Bennett” – Why and who was he?

Instead of swearing, some people say “Gordon Bennett.” But why? Did he exist and, if so, who was he?

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The Humble Wheelbarrow – Wheeling us to success
Mar10

The Humble Wheelbarrow – Wheeling us to success

Europeans have been using the wheelbarrow for about 800 hundred years. But the Chinese invented it at least 1,000 years before that. The Ancient Chinese even gave their wheelbarrows names such as “Wooden Ox” and “Gliding Horse” and some even had sails on them.

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When it’s raining what’s the best way to keep dry – Run or Walk ?
Jan27

When it’s raining what’s the best way to keep dry – Run or Walk ?

When it then starts raining and you don’t have your umbrella with you the question is should run or walk. If you run, think of all those extra raindrops that you are colliding with. On the other hand, if you walk you will be out in the rain for longer.

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Some Amazing Santa Factoids
Dec19

Some Amazing Santa Factoids

Some factoids about that jolly seasonal elf … Santa Claus

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Is it ever “too cold for snow” ?
Dec02

Is it ever “too cold for snow” ?

When it’s bitter winter and the sky is leaden grey there’s invariable some bright spark who’ll stair at the sky, sniff and say “it sure is cold , but too cold for snow”. But is that ever true ?

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The Great U.S of A – Some of the Oddest Laws you’ll ever hear of
Nov28

The Great U.S of A – Some of the Oddest Laws you’ll ever hear of

We Brits always secretly like to laugh at our some of the strange ways of our ‘American cousins’. However sometimes they just seem to bring it on themselves. In this article we look at some of the most bizare laws of some of the States on the good ‘ol U.S. of A.

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Wordsmith – Test your wordpower
Nov21

Wordsmith – Test your wordpower

Improve and test your wordpower against a list of rather unusual english words.

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Urban Myths Debunked : Is it true that goldfish have a memory span of only 3 seconds?
Nov11

Urban Myths Debunked : Is it true that goldfish have a memory span of only 3 seconds?

One of the most persistent of urban myths : Is it true that goldfish have a memory span of only 3 seconds?

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Local Historic Figures and Celebrities – Can you name them ?
Oct03

Local Historic Figures and Celebrities – Can you name them ?

Moores Hotel has a rather curious mural on the wall of it’s upper level – a pantheaon of Baliwick historical figures and modern day celebreties (including a rather curious cat) … but can you name them ?

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How do Spiders build their webs over such long distances ?
Sep30

How do Spiders build their webs over such long distances ?

Here at guernseyDonkey.com we like to ask (and try to answer), some of life’s bigger questions: What is reality, what is consciousness … “How do Spiders build their webs over such long distances ?

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Wordsmith – Test your Guernsey French
Sep12

Wordsmith – Test your Guernsey French

Guernsey French is theoretically the mother tongue of our island home, Guernsey. However it is dying out rapidly. So how many of these Guernsey French words do you know (or can guess)? Improve and test your Patois wordpower by matching each of the words below to one of the multiple possible definitions.

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