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THE BRITISH THREAD

 
 
spendius
 
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Reply Sun 1 Oct, 2006 06:18 am
Dawg-

This Englishman is no dog lover.

I much prefer cats which live with humans on their own terms. Dogs with no useful function seem to me to be substitutes for grovelling slaves. Why anybody would want a grovelling slave or a substitute baffles me.

Had I received such a communication I would try to prevent a reoccurence but I'm assuming it's not a piss take. If it is it's aggressive.
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Mathos
 
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Reply Sun 1 Oct, 2006 06:27 am
It's bordering on bestiality this lot Patiodog and us Brits stay well clear of that!


My dogs are for hunting and security, they also make a good job of moving dinner plate left overs which I empty into a big bowel for them.

One of them (An Old English Mastiff) of a high class background will not consider dining without first washing his front paws and having a bib placed around his front. He also has his own mobile phone with a one way line to his stockbroker.

He weighs in at a 103 kilos.
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smorgs
 
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Reply Sun 1 Oct, 2006 07:02 am
I like cats and dogs in equal measure...

I have two cats, and did have a mongrel dog for 14 years, I loved him very much, he was no grovelling servant, we were companions of a different sort (not a substetute). We roamed over hill and dale. I like to think he had a nice life with us. When he died, I imagined I could here him 'snuffling' next to the bed for weeks. I really mourned his passing.

I like most animals, but I'm afraid of cows and horses (I've never even touched a horse).

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Mathos
 
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Reply Sun 1 Oct, 2006 07:13 am
Hello Smorgs, nice to see you, would you care to purchase a second hand Rotweiller?
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smorgs
 
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Reply Sun 1 Oct, 2006 07:29 am
Hi Mathos...

How are you doing?

Can you believe I have a hangover AGAIN! A good time was had by all though...

As for the 2nd hand dog? You and I both know there is no such thing as a bad dog, just bad owners!

And a Jack Russel had as much of a pre-disposition to bite as a Rotweiller.

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Mathos
 
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Reply Sun 1 Oct, 2006 07:51 am
Dead right there Smorgsi, I had an invite to a 40th last night in Manchester, couldn't go as my wife is still under the weather, however, the lady who's birthday it was phoned me at 2 am this morning waking me from a deep slumber, just to tell me how cold, damp and wet it was down Canal Street.

Are women totally insane?
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Francis
 
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Reply Sun 1 Oct, 2006 07:51 am
smorgs wrote:
And a Jack Russel had as much of a pre-disposition to bite as a Rotweiller.


Nonsense, Sarah. At least not mine (Jack Russel).
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smorgs
 
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Reply Sun 1 Oct, 2006 08:04 am
Bonjour mon aimee,

I was making a point, Francis!

I don't mean Jack's are particularly snappy - I mean all dogs can be!

I'm sure you have a lovely dog...

I'm partial to Jack Russels.

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Vivien
 
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Reply Sun 1 Oct, 2006 08:08 am
Lord Ellpus wrote:
I would! Or at least try for some form of compensation.

When they were filming some Darcy type olde english rubbish in a coastal village here recently, one of the shopkeepers got fed up and hung a ruddy great inflatable dinghy outside his olde worlde shop, to ruin filming.

They cam and bought it off her.

He waited until they shouted "action" and hung another one outside.

Apparently, she'd sold out of most of her big, expensive stuff by the end of the day.
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Vivien
 
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Reply Sun 1 Oct, 2006 08:10 am
Lord Ellpus wrote:
I would! Or at least try for some form of compensation.

When they were filming some Darcy type olde english rubbish in a coastal village here recently, one of the shopkeepers got fed up and hung a ruddy great inflatable dinghy outside his olde worlde shop, to ruin filming.

They cam and bought it off her.

He waited until they shouted "action" and hung another one outside.

Apparently, she'd sold out of most of her big, expensive stuff by the end of the day.
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spendius
 
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Reply Sun 1 Oct, 2006 08:45 am
There seems to be a madness going on at Longchamps with Japanese punters shovelling so much money on their champion that its price is, as of now, ridiculous. The last show was 10 gets you 1 whereas here in England 4 gets you 9 is readily available.

Anyhow, I'm on the one Lester suggested in the interview he gave last Saturday.

I haven't ridden many horses but it is quite hard work and almost impossible with fractious fillies, cantankerous mares and stubborn mules.

Those top jockeys are serious craftsmen and wildly unappreciated.
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Steve 41oo
 
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Reply Sun 1 Oct, 2006 10:32 am
sorry spendy/ francis not been paying attention who won L'Arc this afternoon?

was meaning to put a bet on but I went round my local pub to watch Man U v Newcastle and ended up watching West Ham Reading and Tottenham Portsmouth...in arabic.

Anyway the boy Solksjaer scored 2 Very Happy
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Sun 1 Oct, 2006 10:48 am
Steve 41oo wrote:
sorry spendy/ francis not been paying attention who won L'Arc this afternoon?


http://i9.tinypic.com/2jdicdz.jpg
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Steve 41oo
 
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Reply Sun 1 Oct, 2006 10:59 am
well thank you Walter

my money would have been on deep impact

so perhaps watching West Ham Reading was a good idea
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Sun 1 Oct, 2006 11:01 am
I would have lost my money, too - as did Schalke, what I watched instead.
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Steve 41oo
 
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Reply Sun 1 Oct, 2006 11:14 am
never mind Walter, at least Borden scored after 6 minutes.

If he had not scored you would have lost 3 0

[btw is Castro related in anyway to Fidel?]
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Sun 1 Oct, 2006 11:16 am
I only know Castrol ... and Schumi.
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spendius
 
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Reply Sun 1 Oct, 2006 05:07 pm
Rail Link was 20-1 on the pari-mutuel or whatever it's called.

Japanese punters are crazy. They must have thought that coming to Europe was like going to the bank to draw money out.
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Ashers
 
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Reply Sun 1 Oct, 2006 07:02 pm
Barton could face rap for backside stunt

LONDON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton could face disciplinary action for exposing his backside to Everton supporters after their 1-1 Premier League draw on Saturday. Merseyside Police spoke to City manager Stuart Pearce about Barton's actions which were caught by television cameras. "I did not see it. But if anything did happen, we will look at it with an open mind and deal with it," Pearce told the BBC.


Everton fans outraged at Joey's cheek

Laughing After Liverpool were "outmuscled" in our game I needed a laugh.
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Dorothy Parker
 
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Reply Mon 2 Oct, 2006 05:46 am
Can I buy a weed off you please?
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