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1. 4 days ago on Crumb

   Not as easily as those of a porcupine, but they do moult them.

2. 13 days ago on B.C.

   There have always been hints that this is the case.

3. 21 days ago on Speed Bump

   Bay leaves are cooked in with soups and stews because they add flavour. and they also smell wonderful, but you can’t actually eat them: they’re far too leathery and bitter. It would be like trying to eat aromatic brown paper.

4. 23 days ago on Crumb

   Our cat Plush disappeared after we had a plumber in to do some work on the beth. We spent hours looking for him – and he could meow. The little sod was sitting underneath the sink, behind the panelling, listening to us calling him.

5. 26 days ago on Monty

   The famous Border collie Chaser was able to work that out. If shown a basket of objects for which she knew the names of all but one, and then told to select the [word she didn’t know], she was able to work out that the unfamiliar word must refer to the unfamiliar object.

6. about 2 months ago on Pearls Before Swine

   I only see 27, but I suspect a lot of them are things not used as names here in the UK.

7. about 2 months ago on The Born Loser

   Sometimes here in the UK, too. If you have lunch in Morrisons’ café a hot drink comes with unlimited refills.

8. 2 months ago on Wizard of Id

   Here in Scotland it was quite warm a week ago, but now we’re back to cold, dark and rainy.

9. 2 months ago on Monty

   The British version of those is usually a fair bit bigger with a circular seat in the middle – you sit down, facing outwards, and then try to hang on to hand-holds as it tries to fling you off. I’m not sure if that makes it easier or harder.

10. 3 months ago on Speed Bump

    Exactly. The dog and cat have a collection of “cute human” photios.