david_carnell

Ivy House? Rye Hotel? You could do a (extended) lap of the Rye pub-crawl. FHT Herne Waverley Arms Ivy House Page 2 Rye Hotel Gowlett Clock House Decisions, decisions. You started the thread Brendan and despite your anarchic tendancies it should be your choice. We're all along for the ride anyway.

I say "Huzzah!" and "Mine's a pint of foaming nut-coloured ale"

Oh, don't get me wrong Bren, it's that very hetero sort of man-love. The way a man loves a pint and a pork pie.

*drapes St George flag around shoulders and adopts best Alf Garnett voice* It's not that we (that's me and you know, all the other English) hate the Spanish on their own. We hate everyone equally. Frogs, Krauts, Eye-tais (sp?), Turks, all of 'em. But since we ain't got no one to support - we'll pick one country at random to give our best wishes to. And since Spain are as good at penalties as we are...this year it's you. You should feel privileged guv'nor.

Yeah we don't leave till the 28th so could do both those weekends. Thanks for thinking of me Brendan. Love you.

And it features the world's greatest breakfast: Beer with a egg(raw). Ugh.

Watching season 3 as we speak, I mean type. Brilliant. Best yet.

Not to highjack your thread VBC but tautologies always bug me: ATM machine PIN number new innovation and my personal poke my own eyes out favourite: free gift ....oh and the contradiction that is prefixing "unique" with stuff like "very" or "slightly" - it's either bloody unique or it's not!! So anyway....oh yeah I mentioned on another thread "to all intensive purposes" Great thread btw VBC! Welcome to forum addiction 101.

Mockney that cover of Paint It Black made my ears bleed pooh it was so bad! What are you trying to do to us?! Can't believe no one has put this: Hendrix does Dylan

My Grandma always said the key to good cooking was to "keep 'em hungry" i.e. anything tastes good if you're hungry enough. During the famines under Mao, rural Chinese villagers often ate clay. Doesn't make McDonalds a good place to eat though - either in terms of taste or business ethics. Plus on a practical side, the amount of litter such establishments create is terrible.

No, just orally as far as I know - I've never seen the wrong version written down but you'd be amazed how many people try and pronounce it "intensive". Barmy.

Wikipedia offer some sensible and some stupid answers....much like every entry on wikipedia, then: The origins of the name are uncertain. One claim is that the '99' was coined in Portobello, Scotland, in 1922, by the Arcari family, who owned a well known ice cream shop there. They sold ice-creams with half a large 'Flake' inserted in the top, and reputedly gave it the name simply because the shop was sited at 99 High Street. The idea spread locally, then further afield. Another possibility is that it was named by Italian ice-cream sellers (many of whom hailed from mountainous areas in the Veneto, Trentino, Bellunese and Friuli) in honour of the final wave of conscripts from the First World War, born in 1899 and referred to as "i Ragazzi del 99" - the Boys of '99. They were held in such high esteem that some streets in Italy were named in honour of them. The chocolate flake may have reminded them of the Alpine Regiment's hat, with a long dark feather cocked at an angle. Another suggestion is that the initials of "Ice Cream", IC, form the Roman numerals for 99 (being 100 - 1). In practice, the number 99 is not written like this but as XCIX. It could be that the name was coined by someone who either did not know this or ignored it. One more explanation suggests that the original length of the flake chocolate bar was 99mm, but this is an unlikely explanation as the chocolate bar preceded the introduction of the metric system to the UK. And, finally, a company known as "Askey's" first established a cone called "99". As people ordered this, "99 with a flake" would have been shortened over the years to "99 flake". There is also a theory to suggest that the term was coined by a Miss Anna Ohrling, who was the first to sell Ice Cream in Helsinki for 99 pennies (pre euro), however this theory has been criticised by historians like Alex Ibrahimov who claims that the 99 Flake was created in Azerbaijan by Hosan Mak Duk It has also been suggested that a Chinese ice-cream seller in the 1920s was approached by a group of British Deaf, who asked for extra chocolate with a doubled sign of a hooked finger. The Chinese seller, not certain what to call the chocolate flake, interpreted this sign as the number 99. The Cadbury's website says that the reason behind the Flake being called a 99 has been "lost in the mists of time". Cadbury started manufacturing chocolate and cocoa from its first factory in 1831. The invention of the 99 Flake was 99 years later in 1930, hence the name.

Just to let all Wire fans know that fan-favourite Michael K Williams (Omar Little) will be appearing in the new Incredible Hulk movie. He's a soldier in Gen. Ross's unit tasked with capturing the Hulk. "Now, where did I put ma shotgun?"

"For all intensive purposes" An intensive purpose - wtf is one of those?! Get it right or don't use it.

Not be an annoying pedant but this thing about Italy "cold starting" was put to bed by the ITV commentators last night. I would have thought this was fairly accurate but apparently in their last 15 opening matches of a big tournament (up until last night) they had won 10, drawn 4 and lost just one (to Ireland in USA '94). So really, they do quite well. The French looked equally dreadful against the negative Romanians.

Yeah, rub it in. World Champions my arse. Still, I have a feeling they'll either crash out or turn it around go all the way and beat the Dutch again in the final. One can dream.

I believe those are known as doubles and come in a wide variety of flavours and colours. Enjoy.

Michael Palaeologus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just had a delivery from Jaflong. I was somewhat > confused as the meal was delivered by Haroon - one > of the senior waiters from the Mirash, I was even > more surprised when he gave me a big hug. Michael, just how much curry do you order, to get a hug?

How about this as the August Forum drinks instead of a regular one-pub-deal? And damn right it's halves if we're doing this many!

I'll go for the 4th.

I beleive the 66% likeness I acheived may be attributable to both of us having hair, eyes, a nose and a mouth. The other 44% accounts for all other differences. Ah, Kofi Piers - how marvellous.

Surfed the net apparently 90 mins a week? They've never met some forum members - that's a morning's usage!

As for me.... According to Bellenden Belle, to whom I am most grateful and very flattered, I'm a young Robert Redford (mrs_david_carnell wishes!!). According to this piece of gadgetory I'm a 66% match for this fella (although I have no idea who he is: http://images.askmen.com/men/celeb_profiles_entertainment/42_seann_william_scott.jpg Not bad. I think it might all be ego massage though. As to who I'd like to look like, anyone tall dark, swarthy and handsome. Us blond chaps get a raw deal in the world of female fantasies!

It's this.... http://www.mtv.com/news/moviehouse/photos/collateral_040720/flip-a.jpg Handsome man, Sean!

Monopoly board drinking game? In one afternoon!! These guys seem to have managed it.....could be messy