The 'ask a question get an answer' thread

A: normal yoguhurt with the weird sweet strawberry stuff that is actually really nice.

Q: Leeds or London?
 
A: because God made it and for jokes he thought make it round

B: Do the bracketed strings form a constituent in the examples below?
 
A:Twice the length of half a piece of string

Q: (stolen from nix) "If you had to allow an ocuk member to ritualistically shave your left testicle whilst others watched, who would they be?"
 
A: As much as he wanted, it's a free country.

Q: What does 'the exception that proves the rule' mean?

'Proves' in this case is related to the 'proving' of bread. This is where the bread is allowed to rise to 'prove' that the yeast is alive, therefore it takes the form of a test or trial. The saying then means that the exception to the rule, tests the validity of that rule.
 
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