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Why do marketing men drive BMWs?The BMW Isetta (known as the Bubble Car) and first produced in 1955, saved BMW from going bust as it was in serious financial difficulties at the time.
Because they can’t spell Porch, er Porsh, er Poach.
Tuearts right boot
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Likewise, used to see loads in Sale, not so many out here in the sticks. I think they prefer man made contructions.I’ve got 3 bats flying around my garden in Burnage. The bats come at this time every night during this time of the year. Watching them fly close up, swooping a couple of metres over my head, around the trees, and across the gardens is great. They look like they are having a great time. :-)
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The term acronym is technically only for pronounceable words such SCUBA (Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus).
Initialisms like FBI are not
Initialisms like FBI are not
Rags. Red arses getting slaughtered.The term acronym is technically only for pronounceable words such SCUBA (Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus).
Initialisms like FBI are not
mancity2012_eamo
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But what is royalty other than the pinnacle of aristocracy.And aristocrats looked down on the nouveau riche entrepreneurs as not being of the right stuff. The aristocracy has been the greatest drag on the rations since 1066. Off with their heads.
mancity2012_eamo
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Interesting?No, just some interesting things that I found interesting and that I thought my chums on her may also find interesting.
You don't have to laugh, just be interested.
Don’t make me laugh!
Quite, the monarchy is first for the chop in my book to hasten the withering of the rest of them.But what is royalty other than the pinnacle of aristocracy.
2smokinberyls smockfrocks
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way back in the day when pubs weren't allowed to open on a sunday in scotland,
ferry owners took advantage of a loophole in the law and started sunday booze cruises on steamships, solely for the purpose of getting drunk.
that's where we get the phrase "steaming" from.
ferry owners took advantage of a loophole in the law and started sunday booze cruises on steamships, solely for the purpose of getting drunk.
that's where we get the phrase "steaming" from.
Tuearts right boot
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Where would we be with good old Blue Moon ???way back in the day when pubs weren't allowed to open on a sunday in scotland,
ferry owners took advantage of a loophole in the law and started sunday booze cruises on steamships, solely for the purpose of getting drunk.
that's where we get the phrase "steaming" from.
Similarly ‘legless’. There were a lot of cider houses along West Country canals and rivers. Old fashioned cider would get to your legs and you were carried out and laid on the bank to recover.way back in the day when pubs weren't allowed to open on a sunday in scotland,
ferry owners took advantage of a loophole in the law and started sunday booze cruises on steamships, solely for the purpose of getting drunk.
that's where we get the phrase "steaming" from.
I found warm sake had the same effect, didn’t feel drunk but the legs would not work.
Grassland Blue
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Brings back memories of The Red Cow in Exeter and The Cider Bar in Newton Abbot.Similarly ‘legless’. There were a lot of cider houses along West Country canals and rivers. Old fashioned cider would get to your legs and you were carried out and laid on the bank to recover.
I found warm sake had the same effect, didn’t feel drunk but the legs would not work.
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My Welsh neighbour, a retired railway worker, told me that during the ban on Sunday drinking in Wales, groups would hire trains (pulled by steam driven locomotives) for a Day Trip. It was legal to serve booze on these excursions.way back in the day when pubs weren't allowed to open on a sunday in scotland,
ferry owners took advantage of a loophole in the law and started sunday booze cruises on steamships, solely for the purpose of getting drunk.
that's where we get the phrase "steaming" from.
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Tmesis is the only word in the english language starting TM. abso-f**king-lutely is an example of Tmesis!
And
Dreamt is the only word in the english language ending in MT. an example of this is rags winning the league which they once dreamt of!
And
Dreamt is the only word in the english language ending in MT. an example of this is rags winning the league which they once dreamt of!
Nothing stranger than folkWhen the Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911 from the Louvre, more people turned up to look at the empty space, than when it had the painting on display.
Barcon
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It’s the name of a team. Not more than one (plural) team.The plural of leaf is leaves
e.g. cabbage leaves, vine leaves , lettuce leaves, maple leaves.
Today I spotted a lad with a sweatshirt of the Canadian ice hockey team called the "Toronto Maple Leafs"
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Everyone knows about the Spanish Armada.
Very few have heard of the Counter Armada of the following year. One of the worst debacles in English military history, a total failure with heavy casualties.
And no, the Tudors did not make us a 'Great Power'. In the 17th Century slave raiders were attacking the British and Irish Coasts as our defences were so weak and Charles I spent a lot of cash on ships in an attempt to sort this. This was funded by Ship Money, and unpopular and illegal tax. Which in turn contributed to the outbreak of Civil War.
Very few have heard of the Counter Armada of the following year. One of the worst debacles in English military history, a total failure with heavy casualties.
And no, the Tudors did not make us a 'Great Power'. In the 17th Century slave raiders were attacking the British and Irish Coasts as our defences were so weak and Charles I spent a lot of cash on ships in an attempt to sort this. This was funded by Ship Money, and unpopular and illegal tax. Which in turn contributed to the outbreak of Civil War.
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This is true. But it also applied to the regular operation of the Ffestiniog Railway, which always served beer in its buffet cars.My Welsh neighbour, a retired railway worker, told me that during the ban on Sunday drinking in Wales, groups would hire trains (pulled by steam driven locomotives) for a Day Trip. It was legal to serve booze on these excursions.
Of course, it was always a hypocritical nonsense. Anyone local who wanted a Sunday drink just joined a club as they were exempt.