Jah Lush

Corned beef and spam. Whatever next...oh hang on - pork luncheon meat. Is anyone going to confess to still eating this war-time comestible?

You ate all the pies Ted?

Corned beef!! Sorry, but I'm with *Bob* on this one. You'll be admitting to eating spam and powdered egg next.

johnhinton Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Suspected WWII bomb/incendiary device in the > "antiques shop" (thought that had closed some time > ago). What a strange thing to collect as an antique. Must be worth a bomb though.

You don't seem to have any evidence to back up your claims. No Pide or Lahmacun on the online menu or any photos on the shop windwows. Personally I've always liked the place but haven't been in a while, though as a fellow addict of cheesecake I share your pain. Shocking!

Time to introduce some Ian Dury lyrics here methinks. Geraldine I'm in love with the person in the sandwich centre If she didn't exist I'd have to invent her There isn't any secret to my frequent visits It's the way she makes them and they're all exquisite I'm in love with the person in the sandwich centre I'm enamoured of the magic of her fresh polenta My temperature rises and my pulses quicken When she gets cracking with the coronation chicken Geraldine, Geraldine I know there's much more to life than the physical side And I should put these thoughts on hold But when she buttering my baguette My blood runs hot and cold Geraldine, G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-Geraldine Geraldine, G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G I'm in love with the person in the sandwich centre I'm living for the moment that I next frequent her In beauty's eyes beholding my inamorata As she works her wonders on a dried tomato Geraldine, Geraldine I know there's much more to life than the sensual side And the spiritual should come first But when she's buttering my baguette I think I'm going to burst Geraldine, that's the nicest badge I've ever seen Geraldine, you make the world seem fresh and clean Geraldine, G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-Geraldine Geraldine, G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G

Don't You Want Me - The Human League

How Do You Think It Feels - Lou Reed.

Bit of mutual masturbation there *Bob*? Or should that read mastication?

I don't think it will be quite a case of "meet the new boss, same as the old boss." He'll take a different approach to the problems he faces and I'm hoping that firstly he'll make a stand against the Israelis continued bombardment of Gaza amongst other things. Anyone who isn't some right-wing neo-con religious fundamentalist idiot and a puppet to big business has got to be better in my book. I wish him luck and it will be a long struggle, a bit like going up a hill backwards with the brakes on.

Bloody pessimist. What odds are you gonna get for that?

Nothing Lasts Forever - Echo & The Bunnymen

It was definitely April 2004. In the picture that Keef provided of Half Moon Lane in Herne Hill my friends bar (Bolands now SE22) which was next door to the Lloyds Bank in the picture was severely flooded and their basement had to be drained of the water but it recovered in time for my sister's wedding reception at the end of the month. A friend took some photos at the time of waste bins floating down the road.

My mum could have scored with that header that Bent missed in the final minutes and she's been dead for 15 years. The only plusses in the game for us was our improvement in the second half and Defoe's fabulous equalising finish. We ain't going down. No way.

Good grief! Cheer up for feck's sake. Bloody hell, life could be a hell of a lot worse. Imagine you were some poor starving child in Africa. Jeez, it's only another dreary Monday tomorrow. Fecking hell you're a negative fecker. Smile and be happy. You don't know how lucky you are.

Bah! Tottenham were very poor today.

Dum di dum di dum di dum di dum di dum dum dum. I loved the that programme as a kid and the theme tune too, which is I so hummable. RIP indeed. Lovely man. Edited because I was a bit pissed when I wrote the orginal.

jaybee82 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Such a shame as we people from Britain are often > called 'Brits', so why cant the same logic be > applied with absolutely no malice intended? It's because of the history behind the term. Maybe you're too young to remember skinheads going out Paki-bashing in the late 60s and early 70s. I don't particularly like being called a Brit either but being of Asian descent or having a darker skin and being called a Paki even if you're from Pakistan or not is disrespecful and most certainly a derogatory remark.

Quids - irony doesn't seem to come over too well on the page and that's why me and buggie didn't get it. It just looked like what it was. The only person who seems to do it well on this forum is *Bob*. Anyway, nurses are great and do a very tough and demanding job. If you're ever seriously ill in hospital you'll soon find out how hard they work and the long hours that they do. I still don't think they get paid enough.

Just looked it up and he was apparently her third son. (Her name is recorded as Frances Trollope on Wikipedia).

No, it's just an unfortunate name. Fanny was quite a common name in those days though. Is she any relation to Anthony Trollope?

Sarah J Dew Wrote: > But, we all have our preferences, and I can > understand why people don't generally gravitate > towards classical novels. I do, or did, especially Russian and French stuff and then obviously Dickens, Hardy, Collins, Elliot etc.

I'd go along with that Matthew or how about The Prince by Niccol? Machiavelli.

Oops cross-posted.

I'd say The Palmerston would be classed as a gastro-pub Louisa and I'm pretty sure Sean would agree as it has it's own chef and is not a slave to the Pubcos.