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Remember when the egg in a cup threads were as common as the swine flu? I have never had egg in a cup but in the interests of hitched nostalgia I'm going to now but how do I make it? ?

As the title says, if you and your siblings are treated differently by your parents, how do you cope with that? Especially if you're the one that's treated worse. Thanks in advance, Em

An article from the glorious DM here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1201852/The-weird-world-Tim-Burtons-Alice-In-Wonderland-movie.html;jsessionid=CB686448D6891872E0FC3FB3DC35E35E I...

Hi, It's my parents 40th wedding anniversary in August and I'm totally stuck for ideas of what to get them. I don't have a huge budget - I could possible go to around £100.00 Any ideas? I've looked on...

? Hello We're 3 weeks away from getting Meg and her breeder is weaning her on to a raw diet. Whilst I can wholeheartedly see the benefits of her choice, I suspect that with two young children, an...

I know they are very 1980s and unhealthy. I used to love proper home made chips and Master I has never had them, I am a neglectful parent. I am almost convinced that I need a DFF but also think they...

We have just had an offer accepted on a flat with electric storage heaters. Not our preference obviously but was just wondering how they work and what the pros and cons are? The agent said they store...

I have been on pill for 9 years. For the last 7 months it has been cerazette. I have tried about 8 different pills in my time, due to unexplained bleeding between periods. I found one which stopped...

Iknow this is a strange one but myself and OH cant figure out how old we think she is ? I have googled and cant find it, any ideas how i could find out x

1. Despite your claims, you are not a chef. Do you work in a restaurant ? No. Can I make a reservation to have you cook me something ? No. You are a slightly average food writer with an irritating...

Did anyone watch this last night? Was one of the captains a transexual or just have a deep voice?

Reading the retro thread, am I the only person in 2006 to have had a cake with royal icing? I can't stand fondant soft icing so it wasn't an option and my mum makes wedding cakes so I could hardly...

Your three year old needs to go to the toilet while you're out shopping. You are surrounded by bars/restaurants/coffee shops, but you go the nearest drain and he wees there. Is that normal? L xx

Most people would like to be popular with others, but not everyone can achieve this goal. What is the secret to popularity? In fact, it is very simple. The first step is to improve our appearance. We...

We have a sunken walled garden and roughly every 3-4 weeks we receive a new "pet" hedgehog who presumably falls down the bank into our garden and then can't get out. Our garden is average sized so we...

I don't want to bother my GP at the moment as it's nothing serious. I was put on this 4 week ago as the Asthma nurse said it was a combination of the two inhalers I was on before. It's great and I...

Is this true? Can't find confirmation but someone has just told me.

Can i join ? Am a clumsy oaf. I just came out of the shower and managed to drop my towel down the loo. ? In order to get another one I had to run naked past our sitting room windows. Our sitting room...

Basically, I have a holiday booked with my ex partner/partner to Mexico, complicated situation at the minute! Holiday is first week in October but the problem is, last weekend he went to a festival...

Last year it was daddy long legs invading my house, this year it's thunder bugs! All our doors and windows are shut yet they are still crawling all over me ? Is it just me or are they everywhere this...

My boyfriend and I are looking at a house in Shackleford, a small village near Godalming in Surrey. I'm not that familiar with the area, but does anyone know what kind of place it is to live? It looks...

Morning all, I have a contract with vodafone and have the friends and family. I am trying to ADD another number but the website is undergoing some work and i cant get through on the phone. Does anyon...

I am looking at geting curtains in the Next sale tonight and have just measured my bedroom window but I have no idea how o work our what size of curtains to get, can anyone help please? My window is...

I thought I'd cured the problem. On Saturday night I went into our conservatory and it was like a horror scene - the place was alive with flying ants. We were on our way out so I shut up the house and...

...do you and your OH split the maintenance 50/50 even if, biologically, the kids aren't yours? Sounds incredibly petty, but am I being unreasonable for saying to H that I'd rather not help foot the...

Looking at U2 tickets on level 5, East stand as only ones available from ticketmaster but not having been there, am wondering are these even worth having? I'm thinking it's a no-brainer, perhaps? I...

I've always had a little darkness under my eyes - I think it's hereditary - but it seems to have got worse in the three years since turning 30. I keep seeing pics of me with my eyes looking all small...

I wonder if such a thing exists! I've always had difficult skin, as I get rosacea, spots and I am quite pale. I really want to find out what to do with my skin as it can look so red, and blotchy and...

OK, so I've got a MovieMail voucher that's about to expire, and they're doing a Studio Ghibli sale that means I can probably snap two DVDs up for virtually no actual cash... ...so which of their films...

Has anyone any advice they can give about the implications of the above? Heard from the doc today that my blood tests results have shown that I'm in early menopause. Have to go in on Monday to discuss...

Seriously? WTF? Go to work nude "to improve communication and productivity"?