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THE BRITISH THREAD II

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Dorothy Parker
 
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Reply Mon 2 Jul, 2007 11:11 am
So the suicide bombers were doctors? Aren't they supposed to have taken some sort of oath to save lives?

Obviously Allah comes first.

Evil or Very Mad
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Mon 2 Jul, 2007 11:51 am
The Countess of Wessex, btw, is pregnant with a second child, and William and Katie spend the night together!
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McTag
 
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Reply Mon 2 Jul, 2007 12:17 pm
Walter Hinteler wrote:
The Countess of Wessex, btw, is pregnant with a second child, and William and Katie spend the night together!


Spend the evening together....? Or have you got some more privileged information?
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Mon 2 Jul, 2007 12:27 pm
McTag wrote:
Spend the evening together....? Or have you got some more privileged information?


From London's tabloid No.1:

http://i13.tinypic.com/4qft4yq.jpg
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Steve 41oo
 
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Reply Mon 2 Jul, 2007 12:43 pm
Dorothy Parker wrote:
So the suicide bombers were doctors? Aren't they supposed to have taken some sort of oath to save lives?

Obviously Allah comes first.

Evil or Very Mad
failed suicide bombers DP. They live another day to try and kill us.
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Mon 2 Jul, 2007 12:46 pm
... which has nothing to do with Duties for a doctor - Good Medical Practice.
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Dorothy Parker
 
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Reply Mon 2 Jul, 2007 12:48 pm
Them burns looked a little painful though didn't they?

Twisted Evil
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McTag
 
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Reply Mon 2 Jul, 2007 12:59 pm
The Hydrostatic Oath says they should do no harm.

Well, they didn't do much.
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McTag
 
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Reply Mon 2 Jul, 2007 01:05 pm
spendius wrote:
A delicate soupcon of a part-formed English Diogenes can be seen on You Tube under "seanymac321"

***** Drainage experts in action.

**** Guitar Master.

** Guitar spooning.


Spendy, I can't believe you wrote that. And what the hell are you doing poking around in the murkier depths of YouTube?
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Steve 41oo
 
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Reply Mon 2 Jul, 2007 01:09 pm
McTag wrote:
The Hydrostatic Oath says they should do no harm.

Well, they didn't do much.
silly person. Hyppopotamus oaf.

edit woa not you mct just trying to be silly...comes naturally
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spendius
 
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Reply Mon 2 Jul, 2007 02:37 pm
Mac wrote-

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Spendy, I can't believe you wrote that. And what the hell are you doing poking around in the murkier depths of YouTube?


I have an open mind. There's nothing new in the light world of of petit bourgeoise. The new things well up from the murkier depths.

Everybody thought Faraday was in the murkier depths. And Kepler and Copernicus. They burnt Bruno at the stake. You don't think anything dynamic can come from the aristocracy do you. They said Newton was nuts. Einstein probably was. Nothing like a bit of craziness to gee things up a bit.

I thought it quite funny. I wished I had been directing it. I could have made it better. Try putting shoes on your knees and tapping them like feet while you play guitar and mouth organ. It was good. Seriously intrepid and imaginative.

Will spending the night with Katie is seriously banal. I've spent the night with (X) number and probably better performers than a buttoned up rich Daddy's little girl. Being interested in that stuff is voyeurism. Takes you nowhere. I can see that lad on telly one day entertaining the masses and that's usefulness. I hope so.

You're a stick-in-the-mud boring fuddy-duddy despite your hat which for all we know is hiding a Hinteler.
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McTag
 
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Reply Mon 2 Jul, 2007 03:40 pm
spendius wrote:

You're a stick-in-the-mud boring fuddy-duddy...


Guilty as charged. Crying or Very sad

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... despite your hat which for all we know is hiding a Hinteler.


Clever of you to perceive my hat as the most interesting thing about me, but not even my hat could hide a Hinteler.

Smile
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spendius
 
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Reply Mon 2 Jul, 2007 05:17 pm
What I can't understand is why people who are frightened of tobacco smoke in pubs can't stay away from them in the same way that they stay away from climbing the north face of the Eiger or joining up in the military or collecting fares on The Whip at the fairgrounds.

They could mount a campaign that they were frightened of oncoming traffic using evidence of numerous crossover head on smashes and get you all banned from driving when they were on their way to pick up a book from the library about how to **** your country up and betray the memory of the men who fought to the death for our freedoms.

As Bob Dylan said recently- "Something's outa whack".

By heck- you must be the ultimate silliest sods in history.
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McTag
 
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Reply Tue 3 Jul, 2007 04:14 am
spendius wrote:
What I can't understand is why people who are frightened of tobacco smoke in pubs can't stay away from them in the same way that they stay away from climbing the north face of the Eiger or joining up in the military or collecting fares on The Whip at the fairgrounds.


Well the clue might be in the name- public house. That signifies, a house for all of the public, not only the stupid *uckers who smoke and don't care what they make the place smell like.
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Tue 3 Jul, 2007 05:29 am
McTag wrote:

Well the clue might be in the name- public house. That signifies, a house for all of the public, not only the stupid *uckers who smoke and don't care what they make the place smell like.


But: if it is a Free House, it would be different, isn't it?
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Dorothy Parker
 
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Reply Tue 3 Jul, 2007 05:30 am
.......and not only the boring "I'm so healthy blah blah blah" people who don't smoke!

Ha!
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Steve 41oo
 
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Reply Tue 3 Jul, 2007 06:52 am
Walter Hinteler wrote:
McTag wrote:

Well the clue might be in the name- public house. That signifies, a house for all of the public, not only the stupid *uckers who smoke and don't care what they make the place smell like.


But: if it is a Free House, it would be different, isn't it?
A public house is an enclosed public space and so falls under the new smoking regulations no matter who owns it.

A free house just means it is free of being owned by the brewery. Years ago most pubs were owned by the brewery, who's ale you drank and then pissed up against the brewery owned toilets (sort of vertical integration).

So those pubs which were not owned by the brewery (owned by the landlord or company owning a chain of pubs) were able to sell a range of beers, not tied to the products of the brewery that owned them.

Hence they would advertise themselves as Free House. (Making any sense or am I lacking a pint or two?)

Sometimes you might even see a sign saying Free Beer, meaning the beer was not from any particular brewery. It has been my life long ambition to point such a sign out to a new tourist in Britain and await developments.

I'm unlikely ever to do this, as Free House signs are quite rare. Most pubs are owned as part of a chain. They are mostly "free".

Apologies Walter, you probably know all this, just a refresher course for my benefit...and getting thirsty.
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Tue 3 Jul, 2007 06:54 am
Steve 41oo wrote:
Apologies Walter, you probably know all this, just a refresher course for my benefit...and getting thirsty.


It was thaught as a joke, sorry.
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Steve 41oo
 
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Reply Tue 3 Jul, 2007 07:00 am
Walter Hinteler wrote:
Steve 41oo wrote:
Apologies Walter, you probably know all this, just a refresher course for my benefit...and getting thirsty.


It was thaught as a joke, sorry.
Dammit Its that German sense of humour of yours...mostly too subtle for me

now I really am thirsty
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McTag
 
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Reply Tue 3 Jul, 2007 07:01 am
Walter Hinteler wrote:
Steve 41oo wrote:
Apologies Walter, you probably know all this, just a refresher course for my benefit...and getting thirsty.


It was thaught as a joke, sorry.


Of course, and, those who smoke but take it outside are not included in my rant. Smile

Although they may not be free of at least some criticism. :wink:
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