Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 2,948
I suppose this kind of gullibility shows just why cows are still cows.
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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What clever cows, I wonder how often they mistake the milking parlour for their bank.
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Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 2,975
The pub I'm at likes to be clear about such things:
Can't wait for Hot Chocolate to be included in the drinks menu...
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Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
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Hm. Not great, I have to say...
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Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 2,948
Great to see Chaucer making a comeback.
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Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-59345552
"Fleming was involved in various codebreaking missions during World War Two when he served in the Navel Intelligence division."
Presumably gazing at oranges.
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Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
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Eurotunnel, the company which runs vehicle-carrying trains between Dover and Calais, said it was "delighted that the French government has responded positively to its requests for flexibility in travel rules".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59832076(Not my real name.)
Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 2,948
When Jilly Cooper picks your strikers.
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Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 2,948
Day-dreaming in the cataloguing section.
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Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 2,975
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Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 2,975
Either my Kindle's playing up, or Bing is, or it's windier than I thought!
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Alec Sheldon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 18 Aug 2008
- Posts: 1,036
How strange.
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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Alec Sheldon wrote:How strange.
I have an automatic battery clock that is giving the wrong time even though I have changed the battery, the time is now showing four hours ago. I wonder if this B awful wind is to blame somewhere along the signal route as it went silly during Friday/Saturday.
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Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
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Just as strange is the siding/passing loop that, according to Bing maps, some enterprising person has installed on the Eurotunnel line to France in case you fancy a quick training session for your dog at Church Hougham:
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Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 2,948
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Button- Location: Dover
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Between u and i, not quite a proper job...
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Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
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Oh dear! Unless HER is some kind of acronym, it seems the PM's allies imbibed rather too much at those illegal raves we hear so much about...
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Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
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Adverb collapses before finishing line.
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Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 2,948
Property-proud but not possessive.
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,694
Homophones - not just for calling your gay friends.
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