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THE BRITISH THREAD II

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spendius
 
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Reply Sun 30 Mar, 2008 05:16 pm
Don't kid yourself Mac. I have slept with the French Foreign Legion mate. And I loved Laurel and Hardy's version of the experience. It was accurate in it's essentials.

Only once I'll admit.

Queenie wrote-

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Its just all fun.


Find what is "just all fun" that isn't dangerous and you will become richer than your wildest dreams have yet forseen or can envisage.
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Clary
 
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Reply Mon 31 Mar, 2008 05:29 am
Did anyone hear the serendipitous word coined by the reporter on Today, re Terminal 5? She was talking about the backlog of luggage but it came out as 'the baglog'. Even John Humphrys didn't pick it up.
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spendius
 
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Reply Mon 31 Mar, 2008 05:42 am
He probably thought it too corny.
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Clary
 
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Reply Mon 31 Mar, 2008 05:43 am
It's remarks like that that make me hate you, S.
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spendius
 
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Reply Mon 31 Mar, 2008 06:03 am
I like provoking ladies to hate me Clary. It makes their surrender so much sweeter.
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McTag
 
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Reply Mon 31 Mar, 2008 06:37 am
Clary wrote:
It's remarks like that that make me hate you, S.


Hey, join the queue.

Hah! I made a joke!

Very Happy

Okay I've just come back from taking our old chest freezer to the tip, sorry, waste management centre.

Amazing that it fitted into the car. I'm a genius.
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spendius
 
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Reply Mon 31 Mar, 2008 08:12 am
Mac wrote-

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Clary wrote:
It's remarks like that that make me hate you, S.


Hey, join the queue.

Hah! I made a joke!


Hey I once sent a lady a Furby. It was a Valentine present but she guessed who had sent it and returned it with some indignation.

I will refrain from chest freezer jokes in the interests of initiating my rehabilitation into the ranks of the Nice Guys.
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Black tulip
 
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Reply Mon 31 Mar, 2008 03:22 pm
Just stumbled across the Europe thread and thought I would say Hi to you all!
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McTag
 
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Reply Mon 31 Mar, 2008 03:30 pm
What?

Europe?

You mean that place over the Channel?

Hi there Black Tulip. Are you oriental?
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Black tulip
 
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Reply Mon 31 Mar, 2008 03:38 pm
Me Oriental? I am afraid not, purely British through and through. I did live in Germany for 2 years and found that enough for me.
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Steve 41oo
 
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Reply Mon 31 Mar, 2008 03:57 pm
Clary wrote:
Did anyone hear the serendipitous word coined by the reporter on Today, re Terminal 5? She was talking about the backlog of luggage but it came out as 'the baglog'. Even John Humphrys didn't pick it up.
the baglog is worsening. 28,000 now. I think its great, really shows what this country can do.
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spendius
 
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Reply Mon 31 Mar, 2008 05:15 pm
I think it is great too. Artistic even.

All those silly hopes and stupid dreams all in a higgly-de-piggly pile when you could be cycling around England's lovely lanes on your way to a pub, and keeping fit at the same time, having a game of darts, cycling back and flopping in front of the telly with a can of Sleepwalker's Nectar, watching Wayne Rooney put one in the back of the net and a real wife bringing in bowls of hot water to soak your feet in and bacon and egg butties and Horlicks.

It's better than Laurel and Hardy from thereabouts.
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hamburger
 
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Reply Mon 31 Mar, 2008 05:42 pm
from the BBC :

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Foreign minister loses bags in T5

An unnamed EU foreign minister has been caught up in the baggage backlog at Heathrow's new Terminal 5, UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband says.

Writing in his blog, Mr Miliband describes how the minister told him he had lost his bags on his way to an informal meeting in Slovenia.

The minister who was in transit was told the bags could take weeks to find.

"He asked me to pass on a message to BA/BAA: 'For goodness' sake, get your act together'," said Mr Miliband.


if you don't want no forinners comin tru heatrow , why not just tell us - no need to steal our luggage ! Laughing
hbg


some years ago we were flying into los angelos airport - luggage stuck in the chute - big mess - guy comes with long broom , climbs ladder , starts whacking away at the luggage .
suddenly : swish - boom - the luggage starts cascading down the chute and right out into the airport hall .

that's what's needed in heathrow : GUY WITH BROOM Laughing
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Steve 41oo
 
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Reply Mon 31 Mar, 2008 05:43 pm
thats remarkably perceptive of you spends

all except the darts

we dont do darts. cyclists have an aversion towards spikes and sharp objects of any description.
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Steve 41oo
 
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Reply Mon 31 Mar, 2008 05:48 pm
hamburger wrote:
from the BBC :

Quote:
Foreign minister loses bags in T5

An unnamed EU foreign minister has been caught up in the baggage backlog at Heathrow's new Terminal 5, UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband says.

Writing in his blog, Mr Miliband describes how the minister told him he had lost his bags on his way to an informal meeting in Slovenia.

The minister who was in transit was told the bags could take weeks to find.

"He asked me to pass on a message to BA/BAA: 'For goodness' sake, get your act together'," said Mr Miliband.


if you don't want no forinners comin tru heatrow , why not just tell us - no need to steal our luggage ! Laughing
hbg


some years ago we were flying into los angelos airport - luggage stuck in the chute - big mess - guy comes with long broom , climbs ladder , starts whacking away at the luggage .
suddenly : swish - boom - the luggage starts cascading down the chute and right out into the airport hall .

that's what's needed in heathrow : GUY WITH BROOM Laughing
could be hamburger. guy with broom handle eases constipated terminal. reminds me of the joke (in lower 4B i think) about the constipated mathematician who worked it out with a pencil.

'night all. off to the land of the Valkyries tomorrow to visit my very good friend H. Hinteler.
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ossobuco
 
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Reply Mon 31 Mar, 2008 05:58 pm
Have fun, both of you...
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spendius
 
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Reply Mon 31 Mar, 2008 06:02 pm
hbg quoted-

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Writing in his blog, Mr Miliband describes how the minister told him he had lost his bags on his way to an informal meeting in Slovenia.


What sorts of thing come within the definition of an informal meeting in Slovenia hbg?

That bag might be worth looking for.
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margo
 
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Reply Mon 31 Mar, 2008 07:31 pm
This is in the Europe forum?

I thought the Brits didn't want to be part of Europe??? Twisted Evil
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smorgs
 
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Reply Tue 1 Apr, 2008 01:12 am
Muckty wrote:

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Are you oriental?


Snigger

Muckty, you sound so British!

"There's an oriental chappie on the thread"

(Smorgs effects a 1950's news-reader tone)

Mornin' all!

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smorgs
 
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Reply Tue 1 Apr, 2008 01:15 am
margo wrote:
This is in the Europe forum?

I thought the Brits didn't want to be part of Europe??? Twisted Evil


We like some things about being in Europe, the subsidies etc...

But we don't like all that Kilo and straight bananas malarky.

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