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What is a “barleycorn per fortnight”

In common use it generally refers to a generic non-measurement of any kind in a similar vein to “widgets”, however it is actually a speed.
The barleycorn was used as a measurement of length in early Anglo-Saxon times, now, generally accepted as one third of an inch.
Therefore your average person walks at approximately 127,733,760 barleycorns per [...]

What is the name of the solar system creating process?

Accretion.
The Big Bang “process” created a little more than the solar system.

Band tee-shirts, are they gay?

Yes… well, for the most part… well, as usual, it depends.
In the same vein as wearing you favourite footballing tee-shirt when you are not activly involved in the process of watching a game of them playing. (Obviously Rugby shirts are exempt from this as Rugby is a real game).

Lost a lot of blood?

Your buddy has a car accident and ends up in surgery – which goes well given the ruptured splein, punctured lung and haemothorax. The doctor surgeon comes out afterwards and says that your mate is stable but that they did “loose a lot of blood in surgery”.

Important people wear watches

It has come to my attention that all the important people in the world wear watches. If you are VERY important then you generally have important people around you… who are wearing watches.
George W Junior has been seen wearing a watch, but he is an important person wannabe.
By the way, a watch consisting of the [...]

Nature vs Nurture

(aka Honey vs Pliers)
Are you destined to have specific traits before you are even born, or can you develop specific traits as you mature…