The famous fruit-chat quiz!
Istenem
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by Istenem » Tue Sep 05, 2006 10:02 am
switzerland?
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by Cardinal Sin » Tue Sep 05, 2006 10:10 am
BIngo Harry, it was NZ.... Wyoming actually did it decades earlier, but obviously it's not a country. Portugal didn't get in on the act till the 1970s.
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by harry 3 » Tue Sep 05, 2006 10:15 am
What was Iceland previously known as ?
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by Cardinal Sin » Tue Sep 05, 2006 10:19 am
Hmmm. I'm a big fan of Iceland (despite never having been), and I'm stumped.
But it is partly administered by Denmark, so I'm going to go for North Zealand.
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by Weyland » Tue Sep 05, 2006 10:35 am
Agh, wasn't it named after the first settler? I can't remember the name... It's been Iceland for a good long time though - one of the legends is that the first settlers named it such to discourage anyone else coming there and disturbing them!
I'm going to kick myself here, I know... Was his name Andersson? Anderssonland?
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by harry 3 » Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:01 am
I'm going to get some stick for this.
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What was Iceland previously known as ?
BEJAM !!!
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by Istenem » Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:02 am
no idea but i look forward to learning.
they have a beautiful language there too.
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by Istenem » Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:03 am
harry2 wrote:
BEJAM !!!
brilliant
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by Weyland » Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:06 am
Sod!
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by Cardinal Sin » Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:11 am
Right. I'm going to sneak in with a question.
I've just been doing some work (hard to believe I know), and came across the word, Ullage.
It was a new one on me... who knows what it means?
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by Weyland » Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:14 am
One of those bizzare medieval taxes? Like scutage?
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by Matt Vinyl » Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:17 am
Hmm, sounds like some sort of waste product?
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by Cardinal Sin » Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:18 am
Was scutage not a tax on tails, imposed by the Danes on rabbits and hares?
Anyway, ullage isn't a tax. Although like taxes, if you had a lot of "ullage" you'd be a bit miffed.
EDIT: Matt is closer, but I need to know precisely what the "waste" is
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by Istenem » Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:23 am
it is the wastage from a keg of beer.
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