Phoniex 73 - Clutch with a Flea (bingo slang apparently)

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 7:34 am

Cradle cannon. They changed the rules afterward so you could only play 35 consecutive cannons, then had to pot a ball instead. It was only about forty years ago that billiards was more widespread than snooker.

steveseagull · Post by **steveseagull** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 7:58 pm

Apologies again, i will post the answer when i eventually find the damned thing!

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steveseagull · Post by **steveseagull** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 8:01 pm

Either Betcha or Harry to pose a Q. I cant find the answer, SORRY!
The wife (me) has disgarded it. First to post gets the point.

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harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:42 am

What or who first appeared in the 1887 Beeton's Christmas Annual ?

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:47 am

elementary my dear harry

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:55 am

my namesake Sherlock Holmes.

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:09 am

Too easy.Over to Lugsy.

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 6:36 pm

o.k thanks harry.

obama became the first black american president today,but who is widely considered as the first true example of a super-villain?

steveseagull · Post by **steveseagull** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:28 pm

vlad the impaler springs to mind for no sane reason

al capone?

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:08 pm

Alphonse Capone ?

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:13 pm

i should rephrase it to literary super-villian

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steveseagull · Post by **steveseagull** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:15 pm

the green goblin?
baron greenback?

steveseagull · Post by **steveseagull** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:16 pm

moriarty?

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:16 pm

but no.

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:17 pm

professor moriaty it is . well picked up and over to you.