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    The estate agents will soon no doubt give us Elephant and Castle Roundabout Village and Broadwater Farm Village for North London trendies.
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    We knew that cat as "Mac" or "Max" - a Devon or Cornish Rex with a pirates collar. We once helped her to climb out of a tree in which she had become stuck, and her normal grumpy face became an amusing mixture of half grumpy and half grateful. She is (or was) a great character. I hope that she hasn't gone to that great cattery in the sky.
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    The use of the word "cohort" when applied to a group of students rather than to a Roman military unit.
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    I knew that I was tempting fate when I said that I was waiting for the negative posts to appear on this thread. My main inclination is to greet the news that cinema has gained planning permission by quoting Margaret Thatcher (a person who incidentally I hated greatly) and shouting "Rejoice!"
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    This is great news. But I'm waiting for the negative posts to appear. EDF is nothing if it's not a glass half empty place.
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    I agree with what you say, worldwiser. However, they have made threatening noises towards EDF and for this reason I would never enter their premises, even if I might have considered doing so previously.
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    So Salsaboy wasn't joking then? I thought that I might have missed a bit of irony, which is easy to do when you can't see the poster's face.
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    Surely you are joking, Salsaboy. Or are you a PR officer for McDonalds?
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    People who take photos of their food rather than eat the stuff and then exhibit photos online to demonstrate how trendy they are. I'm tempted to go to the nearest McDonalds, take photos of a Big Mac and fries and then publish the photos on line while going into paroxysms of joy about the unhealthy snack.
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    For gawd's sake don't mention Le Chandelier. Aren't they the mob who threaten legal action against people who dare to criticise them in the slightest way?
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    Of yes, a bucket of chicken at KFC. They give you a bucket so that you can vomit into it after you've eaten the disgusting stuff.
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    I was asked at a coffee shop what size cappuccino I wanted and I replied "Small". The barista (as opposed to barrister) looked bemused and asked "Do you want a regular one?", to which I replied "In Britain we say 'small' and not 'regular' - at least I do". The Americanisation of the country is going too far.
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    Even worse when you explain your problem to them and they say "No problem". I'm tempted to reply "On the contrary there IS a problem, a bloody big problem!".
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    "No problem" or even worse "No probs" and "No problemo". A few years ago some guy was giving me a quote for insurance over the phone. After every exchange he said "No problem". I then said "Would you please stop saying 'No problem', it's getting on my nerves", to which he replied "OK, no problem".
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    First mate, I thought that it was obvious that Orwell type newspeak applies here. To use the slogan first featured in that rather boring song by John Lennon, "power to the people" means "much less power to the people". And to continue the Lennon analogy, "imagine no possessions" means "imagine lots more possessions for the chaps who have given our party plenty of dosh".
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    I have my own Zebedee's Law of French: "If the menu is in French, there will be a sizeable mark up on the bill". Seen on a menu many years ago: "Mushroom omelette ?2.50. Champignon omelette ?3.00".
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    Heavens, is this thread still running? I would have thought that the subject would have been exhausted weeks ago.
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    It was the Boys from the Dulwich College 'Hood, innit.
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    "With the greatest possible respect" means "I have the utmost contempt for you".
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    For some reason this seems to have affected the line through not only through Peckham Rye but also through ED. A train which (I think) was going to Beckenham Junction via ED and Tulse Hill instead went to East Croydon via Forest Hill. Unless, that is, things were going haywire again at London Bridge and I got the wrong train. Which is a possibility.
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    The expression "I hear what you say", which really means "I'm right, you're wrong and there's nothing more to be said on the subject". A position often taken by certain posters on this MB.
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    Perhaps I'm being na?ve, but isn't the East Dulwich Forum basically for discussion about issues that affect East Dulwich, as opposed to Slade Green, Pratts Bottom etc? I'm happy to go on at length about my yoof growing up in Walthamstow and the gang warfare in Woodford Green, but I'm assuming that I would be told pretty swiftly to post on a Walthamstow or Boys From Da Woodford Green Hood MB
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    Yeah, funky tunes make all the difference.
  24. Zebedee Tring
    Yes, we wondered why the shop was called "Mike's O Deal" - then belatedly we realised that it was really called "Mike's Square Deal"!
  25. Zebedee Tring
    Sorry Ottika, my most humbel appologies.

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