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Cat's avatar

Lev! Did you have to put that stained glass thingy there????? I will now waste hours trying to produce something remotely resembling the windows in the Sagrada Familia.

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Lev Parikian's avatar

sorry

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Helen Reynolds's avatar

Artsy-farts, Bait and switch, Kissing disease,Primordial soup

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Charlie, from Birdsong Academy's avatar

I find Merlin’s occasional hallucinations rather heartening. But may I count the Vermillion Flycatcher it heard on the Pevensey Levels please?

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Lev Parikian's avatar

You know the answer to that. But if you're having it, I'm having the Common Sandpiper it heard in West Norwood cemetery.

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Karen Fletcher's avatar

Big bang theory, cosmonaut, fabric softener, home computer. Wow. Am I *really* that old.

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Andrew Osborne's avatar

Marathon runners are now running at the same speed as I cycle. Frightening for me.

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Ambermoggie's avatar

Agammaglobulinemia, mind-bending,Nuclear medicine, Zika virus ,whiskey?

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Andrew Jones's avatar

Cringeworthy karaoke and Gatsbyesque parachute pants.

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Phil Cunliffe's avatar

Acid head, blitzed, freaked, idiot light, magnetic levitation, mind-blowing, tower block and yuck were my year's highlights...

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Lisa's avatar

A satisfying way to start the day. Thank you:)

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June Girvin's avatar

Who knew that words like 'empty calories', 'wet suit' and 'Oxbridge' weren't in use before 1955? Fascinating site.

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Rachel Goddard's avatar

I had meme! Pre Internet! And I really need to know what your neighbour's child sounds like now! I feel my merlin use has been decidedly boring in comparison, I think I'm being too nice to it. It did fail to identify the charm of goldfinches that were right in front of me this morning because a blackbird was being too loud.

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