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norman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Be Awaer. Do Not Touch The Curry Goat.. it Makes > You Limbo Under The Toilet Door'Before You > Shit.Then Your Lips Start To > Swell.and Thats It.You Start To Drive on The Wrong > Side of The Road......Keep To Fish and Chips.. What are you talking about, Norman?

ibilly99 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yup got done on the bacon scam - cost me ?7 for 2 > packs - couldn't be arsed to go back - someones > having a larf ere innit ! I almost fell for this one too, about a month ago. If even one member of staff notices that the signs are wrong and misleading customers, then it should be fixed right away. Judging by the responses here, it looks like that hasn't happened and the management doesn't care. But then (unless things have changed there recently) they leave reduced chilled food unrefrigerated and mix raw and cooked meat in the same display. Terrible place.

andymat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hello, my first post here. > > Got the papers and sat down > with two coffees, a bacon sandwich and a sausage > sandwich. ?3.75 each. Do you mean a coffee and a sandwich for ?3.75? Perhaps then - as suggested by Toshlines - the sandwich was ?2.75 and the coffee was ?1. Is it "?4 for one sausage" or "?2.75 for a sausage sandwich"?

...and it's just gone off again.

It was off from around 12:15 last night and has just come back on. Apparently around 60 houses were affected. It wasn't the best day to be without heat or light...

I'm pretty sure Blackstreet did it first (1994). It samples the Gap Band's "Outstanding" from 1982 - maybe that's what you're thinking of?

Isn't the ?120 fine reduced to ?60 if you pay it promptly?

Engles Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > By the way I thought Lordship lane was > meant to be independents anyway, not chains. > Why was Foxton's allowed to open there in the first place? Perhaps you should visit LL, Engles. You'll see betting shops, off-licences, estate agents (not just Foxton's), supermarkets, cafes, chemists, clothes shops and undertakers - all chains...

From five weeks ago - slapping at Goose Green. Have you reported it to the police?

The registrar won her case and was allowed to refuse to carry out same-sex marriages/single partnerships. In the case of the PC, he had not been ordered to guard the Israeli embassy but had simply requested not to be assigned there in the future. He feared that his family in Lebanon might become the targets of violence from those opposed to the Israel's foreign policies if his posting became known. His superiors agreed to his request.

Excellent post, Huguenot.

"I'm warning you with peace and love..."

There's an existing thread about it here. Gyms tend to be private members' clubs but, for some reason, they don't seem to annoy people as much.

EDOldie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Which leads to the next question, who would be the > president? Assuming, of course we retain parliment > anda prime minister. Er, Neil Kinnock? Mrs T? Lord > Coe? Peter Mandleson? > > Personally, I'd rather stick with Liz. May not be > perfect but at least you know where you are. I've never understood the logic behind this question when used as a defence of monarchy. It suggests that the only choice is between (a) an unelected monarch and (b) an elected figure of fun/scorn/hate etc - and nothing else. How do all the other elected democracies in the world manage?

Loz: Fair enough - my comment was a reaction to some of the replies ("here comes the offended bus", etc) to my first post.

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > If the sexes had been reversed and a 14/15 year > old schoolgirl had been given a "firm slap" by a > 30 year old man, would all the > "lighten-up-luv/it's-political-correctness-gone-mad" > brigade feel the same way? > > And if the sexes were reversed again and the 14/15 > year old schoolgirl gave a "firm slap" to a 30 > year old man, would you still be sitting on your > high horse? "High horse"? Not at all: I simply believe that it's rude and bad-mannered to slap strangers, regardless of sex or age. Now I've answered your question, would you answer mine?

If the sexes had been reversed and a 14/15 year old schoolgirl had been given a "firm slap" by a 30 year old man, would all the "lighten-up-luv/it's-political-correctness-gone-mad" brigade feel the same way? Some teenage girls doubtless would feel "chuffed" to receive that kind of attention. Can men just walk around saying "nice bum" and slapping anyone they take a shine to? If not, why not? Where are your boundaries?

I must say that I'm really surprised by the lighthearted response to this incident. Let's hope he doesn't see this thread: he might get the idea that his actions are OK - or even welcomed by some women...

Buy ?20's worth of cigarettes.

How on earth can it take over one hour to prepare and serve a Sunday roast lunch?

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Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don?t? get it. I?m thinking that the average > American is clever enough to know that Kenya and > the Arabian Peninsular are not the same place... I'm not surprised by that confusion. Putting the question of "what's an average American?" to one side, my experience has been that in the US there's an incredible lack of knowledge about the geography of foreign countries - especially those perceived as "non-Anglo". Of course, geographical/cultural ignorance is not restricted to US citizens.

*Bob* Wrote: > I still shure-ly thunk he's a a-rab though, > umm-hmmm. Ah - a Slingblade fan?

eater81 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Oyster readers good, ticket barriers bad! Will > not be impressed if I end up forced to pay for the > pitiful service that constitutes our local rail > transport system. Oh no! Barriers would mean you might have to buy a ticket to use the trains. Could this be "yet another example of the big brother police state in which we live" (eater81, here)?

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