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Can you find this Burberry product online?

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[1] I can't. I can't afford it either, but I'm curious. Thanks. Imagine Reason (talk) 01:42, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There's plenty on Ebay. Try searching in the UK and you'll find all the women's Burberry raincoats you can shake an umbrella at! --TammyMoet (talk) 09:08, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I couldn't find in on Burberry's site... Imagine Reason (talk) 13:00, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It may not be part of their new season's collection but may well be available elsewhere - in fact it certainly is as the Google search I did earlier has found! --TammyMoet (talk) 14:07, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Do share. I'm not familiar with fashion, or clothing... Imagine Reason (talk) 02:11, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Most all purpose yards in (U.S.) football?

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Can anyone tell me what player has the most all purpose yards in a single game of American football...specifically Division 1A or the NFL? Regular season...not pre-season or exhibition. I have a steak dinner riding on the assumption that it's a quarterback, but my buddy seems to think it is most likely a running back/kick returner. Quinn BEAUTIFUL DAY 04:06, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Glyn Milburn (RB, NFL, 404 yds) and Emmett White (RB, NCAA 1A, 578 yds), I think, after some Google searches. AlexiusHoratius 04:18, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Well, if we're counting passing yards (which doesn't seem standard but does seem to be the OP's intention), then it probably is a QB. Norm Van Brocklin has the single game passing record with 554 yards in 1951[2]. I don't know if he gained yards any other way, but he's already ahead of Milburn. --209.253.116.50 (talk) 02:19, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I think you're right, if you count passing yardage (David Klingler threw for like 700 yards in one game) but the All-purpose yardage article makes it sound like neither the NFL nor the NCAA count passing yards, so like you said it depends a bit on the wording of the original bet. AlexiusHoratius 03:43, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
That's correct: All-purpose yardage is the sum of receiving + running + return yardage. If passing yards were counted, they would actually count twice (for the receiver and for the passer). Since the sum of all-purpose yards for the individual players should equal the total all-purpose yards for the team, passing yards don't count. --Jayron32 14:46, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Brylle

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Hi everyone! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.54.108.174 (talk) 06:55, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. This is the Wikipedia Reference Desk. Do you have a question we can answer? --TammyMoet (talk) 11:18, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.112.82.1 (talk) 19:09, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Good way for a spy and his handler (espionage) to pass information, no? μηδείς (talk) 01:23, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Is Joanne Woodward related to Sir Thomas John Woodward (Tom Jones), OBE, of Wales? Having read the Wiki pages on both, I can find no reference to their shared surname or possible Welsh relations in Ms. Woodward's page. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.38.113.196 (talk) 12:28, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think this has to go under "doubtful if possible". How possible would it be that two people with such a relatively common name be related? Here is a link to a history of the name. This page tells us that the name is still more common in the UK than the US. --TammyMoet (talk) 14:03, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Frank Sinatra's song

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Hello! What's the name of the Frank Sinatra song, played in the ending of this commercial? Doncsecztalk 17:39, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"...as if I had a sign telling me that this was love at last." Sounds familiar, but can't place it. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots18:16, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Here are the lyrics:

We may never pass this way again
never get another chance to meet
if we never chance to meet again
life would be forever incomplete

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-- Jack of Oz [your turn] 18:27, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Should bit (in two places) not be beat, and should loosing (in two places) not be losing?
Wavelength (talk) 20:31, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Doncsecztalk 08:32, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(b) The object of his/her love doesn't return his/her affections and has to be restrained. Clarityfiend (talk) 20:43, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The name of the song is "It's All So New To Me". I have removed the balance of the song's lyrics above as a copyright violation.--71.183.174.150 (talk) 21:41, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Am I right in thinking a false heir turned up in "the Titchfield Inheritance" or similar Possibly Hitchcock. Kittybrewster 23:04, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

See the (real life) Tichborne Case. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.193.78.39 (talk) 01:46, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]