Happy Fat Thursday!
- Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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16 February 2023 11:26380256The Christian tradition to indulge on the last Thursday before Lent is alive in several countries but probably nowhere as much as in Poland.
Poles buy more than 100 million pączki (doughnuts) today, and eat on average nearly 3 each.
Off to Sainsburys for a pack of five for my carer and me.
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson - Matey
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 11 Oct 2021
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16 February 2023 12:02380257Ummm, what’s your point?Life without a dog is like a salad without lettuce. - Captain Haddock
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16 February 2023 12:14380258Matey wrote:Ummm, what’s your point?
1. People have been saying that for years.
2. I thought it was vaguely interesting and perhaps might be the start of a much needed light-hearted thread.
e.g. 3. I'm thinking of giving up Dover Forum for Lent.
victor matcham, Reginald Barrington, Bob Whysman and 1 more like thisvictor matcham, Reginald Barrington, Bob Whysman and The Gov like this"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson - Bob Whysman
- Registered: 23 Aug 2013
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16 February 2023 13:12380259At last a light hearted thread which doesn't prove too taxing for the grey matter. This sprang to mind as soon as I read the posting; casting no aspersions mind you!
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/378072/what-is-the-origin-of-the-pejorative-idiom-you-doughnut#:~:text=An%20idiot.,An%20idiot
Jan Higgins likes thisDo nothing and nothing happens. - Keith Sansum1
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19 February 2023 07:09380298Quite amusing though Bob WALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS