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Discussion in 'Watford' started by colognehornet, Jun 26, 2013.

  1. Jsybarry

    Jsybarry Well-Known Member

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    The items I referred to in my clue were bats.
     
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  2. Jsybarry

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    The final clue: I may have mentioned this sport a few times in my posts in the Nest.
     
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  3. Bolton's Boots

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    Wheelchair rugby has to have at least one woman on the court during a game.
     
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  5. Jsybarry

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    Well done, BB. They are the sizes of the 2 balls used in softball. OFH, I stated that it may be, not that it is.
    Also, it's not just 1 female on the diamond, the team has to be split equally in Jersey, although some places in the UK will allow 2 more men than women.
     
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  6. vic-rijrode

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    What the hell is Softball, is it like Futsal, Rugsal, Cricksal, Water Polo on sand, Skateboarding on snow, Extreme Knitting with Robson Geordie etc. etc.?
     
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  7. Bolton's Boots

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    It's the sport of choice for Labour supporters. Tories, on the other hand, prefer to play Hardball - a game played fast & loose with other people's lives and money...

    Another quickie - which planet has never orbited the sun, and why?
     
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  8. Jsybarry

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    This is what softball is: http://www.jerseysoftball.com/what-is-softball.html
     
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  9. Jsybarry

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    As for the question, if I remember rightly from an episode of QI, technically the moon is a planet, so if that is what you're after, then the why is because it orbits another planet.
     
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  10. Bolton's Boots

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    And while it orbits the Earth, the earth orbits the sun, so it's also orbiting the sun - so, no....
     
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  11. NZHorn

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    The Daily Planet was a (fictional) newspaper.
     
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    Dear NZ,
    My spidersense thinks this is a good answer.
    Regards,
    An anonymous friend at the Bugle :bandit:
     
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  13. Bolton's Boots

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    No - but it's certainly something to do with the name...
     
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  14. NZHorn

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    Vulcan - which was believed to be between Mercury and the sun until it was proved not to exist.
     
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  15. Bolton's Boots

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    No - this one's a way further out.
     
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  16. vic-rijrode

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    The Earth of course, which as every good Catholic knows is the centre of the universe with the sun revolving around it.
    Simple really.
     
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    Scientifically speaking all planets orbit around the centre of the mass of our solar system which is not the exact centre of the Sun itself - so we do not actually orbit the sun, at least not exactly. Is this getting close ?
     
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  18. Bolton's Boots

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    No - nothing so complicated. I should point out that this is a bit of a trick question...
     
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  19. Bolton's Boots

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    Another clue needed. You can't get much further out than this...
     
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  20. colognehornet

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    Pluto has not orbited the Sun since the planet was discovered (and named) 248 years ago - it has obviously orbited the Sun at some stage but not as 'Pluto'.
     
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