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was walking the doggies in the park yesterday when a sainsbury's delivery van came trundling along the footpath. as the dogs were scampering back and forth, I stopped the van asked what he was doing. he said he was delivering to the cafe (0n the other side of the park) and was lost. I told him where the cafe was and he said (honest!): "i've done the delivery but I couldn't find a way back out." he then drove off along the narrow path beside the picnic area and managed to rip some branches off the trees. the last we saw of him was getting jammed in somewhere near the saxby gardens. what a pillock

Alan Medic Wrote:

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"What we are looking for is what is looking"


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Very profound/true signature, Alan M :)


Never noticed it on your posts before.


Though I would have put an "apparently" before the first "looking".


Sorry, as you were thread people :))

Satnavs eh? Pahhh

I live on the Nunhead side of Peckham Rye and came across a car round the back of Torridge Gardens. The driver asked me where the cafe was in the park as their satnav had told them to come down Torridge Gardens.

I said, couldn't you see the park on your right as you drove up here? TYhey said they had. I said, did you not see the road leading IN to the park? They said yes.

Sue Wrote:

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> Alan Medic Wrote:

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> "What we are looking for is what is looking"

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> xxxxxx

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> Very profound/true signature, Alan M :)

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> Never noticed it on your posts before.

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> Though I would have put an "apparently" before the

> first "looking".

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> Sorry, as you were thread people :))



Dammit... now the Thread People are on to us!


*trailer for upcoming summer blockbuster "Return of the Thread People"*

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