THE BRITISH THREAD II

Steve 41oo wrote:

I failed the entrance exam to Stockport Grammar. So they packed me off to Kings School Macclesfield.

Stockport is just a couple of points and two places ahed of Macclesfield.

Oh, Embarrassed

, school it is you are talking about. Not such essential as football. (I know the former captain of Manchester Grammar rugby team, btw. 2nd team.)

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Off to a race night tonight, so I'd better get spruced up, as I've just been turning over my compost. Lots of red worms and crumbly stuff so it appears to be working.

I'm going to employ my new fangled betting system tonight, which I think will turn out to be foolproof. My plan is to bet on the even numbers in an odd number race, and visey versy.

Failing that, I've got a fall back position where I keep enough money to get squiddly to the point that I don't really care if I lose my shirt.

AND THEY'RE OFF.........

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Are you a scientist, bunsenspendy?

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Is it not obvious?

DW- Your system is hopeless. Bet in small stakes is my advice and watch out for the waitresses.

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smorgs wrote:

Are you a scientist, bunsenspendy?

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what on earth makes you suspect that s?

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This thread is suffering from excessive spendipreenification. Does no one have a recipe for properly roasting hedgehogs?

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Well, went to the race night at the Legion and I'm happy to say that my foolproof system worked up until the second race, so I reverted to my old system of a. Only betting on horses that exhibit mad, staring eyes whilst being walked round the enclosure, or b. Only betting on horses that have three legs or more.

Ended up losing about a tenner, but won a tin of talcum powder in the raffle! StMichael "Lily of the Valley" which, judging by the style of writing on the tin, was made around 1963.
It wasn't really my scene, as I'm not into "Harold on his Organ", or formica tops and bright red velvet curtains, but it was for a good cause. Beer was good though, and really cheap.
My Pa had a great time, or so he told me as I carried him up the road.

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German's Frauen beat the Dutch yesterday (European Championships qualifier). Not really a very good game, I admit, but beating the Dutch - and at home - always satifies. (Though more with the men.)

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I had a good night last night too, eventually.
The Bakers Vaults had advertised some Chicago-style blues a few days ago, but when I went there was a change and three young bands of spotty herberts with guitars they had got for Christmas were having a thrash. A bit like Siouxie and the Banshees it seemed to me, but more amateurish.
Not too bad actually, enthusiastic but not my style.
So I finished my pint and went up to The Thatched House, where I had seen another band unloading their gear previously.
They were totally brilliant, especially the guitar player. Mature, splendid musicians playing a mix of blues-based stuff, hard to categorise exactly.
The lead singer played a battered old Yamaha keyboard. They are called The Removal Men, but I can't see a reference to them on the Web. Maybe just some local old guys getting together. There was no cover charge, only a collection for the band later. Brilliant.

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farmerman wrote:

This thread is suffering from excessive spendipreenification. Does no one have a recipe for properly roasting hedgehogs?

I heard that gypsies cover the hedgehog in clay and light a fire on top. The bristles come off with the clay, apparently.
But I don't know how you persuade them to uncurl first so you can clean them. Maybe by using the method for lobsters at first.
Cool

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Just heard on the radio that Jarrow council are putting up a memorial to Billy Jobling, the last man to be hanged and gibbeted in England.

The man was convicted of murdering a magistrate, but is now reckoned to've been innocent.
He was hanged and placed into a gibbet for six weeks, during the miner's strike in 1832. (that recent?). He, coincidentally, just happened to be a miner. Rolling Eyes

Nowadays, he'd have probably got a community order.

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.....and literacy levels among children are said to be "no better" than they were in the 50's.

I'd put up a child of the 50's against most modern day kids any day.

How does it go? LO M8, HowRU?

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fm wrote-

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This thread is suffering from excessive spendipreenification. Does no one have a recipe for properly roasting hedgehogs?

My contributions to the last ten pages are, reading backwards, 1-0-0-3-4-0-2-3-2-3.

I hardy think that is "excessive". It looks as if fm is now having problems taking accurate readings off the instruments.

Everybody knows how to cook a hedgehog by the time they are 8. And anyway, if you can't get them in a tin it proves there's no demand for the dish.

How does one cook smorgsie is what we all want to know.

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Lay her on her back, breasts up and legs in the air, and baste her gently for 20 minutes?

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20 MINUTES!!!!!!! Good grief. It takes longer than that to do a veggie burger.

Is your name Stubbs DW?

Walt wrote-

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German's Frauen beat the Dutch yesterday (European Championships qualifier). Not really a very good game, I admit, but beating the Dutch - and at home - always satifies. (Though more with the men.)

I would ask the mods to allow you special editing facilities on that one old chap.

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spendius wrote:

20 MINUTES!!!!!!! Good grief. It takes longer than that to do a veggie burger.

My special basting technique ensures that the relevant parts are smouldering in no time, and even allows for a quick bit of smoking after everything's been removed from the hotbed.

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spendius wrote:

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German's Frauen beat the Dutch yesterday (European Championships qualifier). Not really a very good game, I admit, but beating the Dutch - and at home - always satifies. (Though more with the men.)

I would ask the mods to allow you special editing facilities on that one old chap.

Classic! I always had a suspicion that they were all into this sort of stuff.

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Yes well- the forced machismo is a dead giveaway according to what I've read.

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20 MINUTES!!!!

I like to be well done, not rare...

See what I mean 'bedroom department'?

I'm off to The Four in Hand after work as Deirdre leaving us for Birkenhead. Reckon I'll be pissed by 0600 hours, if anyone would like to join me.

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Doowop wrote:

Just heard on the radio that Jarrow council are putting up a memorial to Billy Jobling, the last man to be hanged and gibbeted in England.

The man was convicted of murdering a magistrate, but is now reckoned to've been innocent.
He was hanged and placed into a gibbet for six weeks, during the miner's strike in 1832. (that recent?). He, coincidentally, just happened to be a miner.

Nowadays, he'd have probably got a community order.

Now someone's got to explain to me the difference between a person being hanged, and being placed in a gibbet. Six week, yet.

I always thought a gibbet was just the gallows, i.e. a place to dangle a noose, with a handy trapdoor or whatever, a place to kick away the stool.

Confused

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