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In 2012 I made a trip with 2 friends, entirely by rail, from Greenfield (Saddleworth) to Shanghai.
On arrival in Beijing, en route, I found out that City were playing the tarquins.
I got a ticket from a Chinese bloke outside the stadium for about £25 and managed to see most of the match.
City won 2-0!
 
KS55 said:
On uk roads, ducks have right of way. If they cross ahead of you, the law requires you to stop till they pass.
I was once on a country bus that stopped in the middle of nowhere as a line of ducklings followed mum across the road.
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In my part of the world, a number of local farmers, known as "Sheep Badgers" have the ancient right to let their flocks roam freely around several villages, often causing accidents on country lanes and wandering into people's gardens.
While street wardens patrol, looking to fine dog walkers for not picking up dog turds, even a small group of sheep can leave an impressive trail that's hard to avoid on a narrow pavement.
 
Fiftyyearsandcounting said:
In my part of the world, a number of local farmers, known as "Sheep Badgers" have the ancient right to let their flocks roam freely around several villages, often causing accidents on country lanes and wandering into people's gardens.
While street wardens patrol, looking to fine dog walkers for not picking up dog turds, even a small group of sheep can leave an impressive trail that's hard to avoid on a narrow pavement.
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Hard pellets, though.
 
Fourteen staff members at a US animal shelter were hospitalised on Wednesday after the FBI used an incinerator at the facility to burn two pounds of seized methamphetamine.

Staff and some 75 cats and dogs were evacuated from the Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter in Billings, Montana, when the building filled with smoke.

The incinerator is usually used by animal control officers to dispose of euthanised animals, but local authorities said it can also be used by law enforcement to burn seized narcotics.

The cats and dogs have been relocated, and the animals which experienced the most smoke exposure are now under supervision.
The incident was caused when smoke was pushed in the wrong direction because of negative pressure, according to Assistant City Administrator Kevin Iffland.

Shelter executive director Triniti Halverson said she was unaware that a drug burn was happening.

"I can firmly and confidently say that, as the Executive Director, I did not know that they were disposing of extremely dangerous narcotics onsite," she wrote in a statement.

"My team and my animals had been confirmed to have been exposed to meth," she said.
 
In church, Suzie Smith stood up and walked to the podium. She said, "Two months ago, my husband, Phil, was in a terrible bicycle wreck and his scrotum was completely crushed. The pain was excruciating and the doctors didn't know if they could help him."

A muffled gasp arose from the men in the congregation as the thought of the pain poor Phil must have experienced sank in.

"Phil was hurt so badly that he couldn't even hold me or the kids," Suzie continued. "Every movement caused terrible pain. We prayed when his doctors performed the delicate operation required to repair the extensive damage. Luckily they were able to piece the crushed and broken remnants of Phil's scrotum together and wrap it in wire to hold everything in place."

Again, the male half of the congregation squirmed uncomfortably, cringing at the thought of what Phil went through.

"Today," Suzie announced in a quivering voice, "Thanks to the Lord, Phil is out of the hospital. His doctors say that with time, his scrotum should recover completely."

A great sigh of relief arose from the pews. The shaken pastor stood and tentatively asked if anyone else had anything to say.

A man stood up and walked slowly to the podium. He looked around the congregation and said, "I'm Phil." The entire assembly held its collective breath.

"I just want to tell my wife that the word is sternum."
 
Lavinda Past said:
In church, Suzie Smith stood up and walked to the podium. She said, "Two months ago, my husband, Phil, was in a terrible bicycle wreck and his scrotum was completely crushed. The pain was excruciating and the doctors didn't know if they could help him."

A muffled gasp arose from the men in the congregation as the thought of the pain poor Phil must have experienced sank in.

"Phil was hurt so badly that he couldn't even hold me or the kids," Suzie continued. "Every movement caused terrible pain. We prayed when his doctors performed the delicate operation required to repair the extensive damage. Luckily they were able to piece the crushed and broken remnants of Phil's scrotum together and wrap it in wire to hold everything in place."

Again, the male half of the congregation squirmed uncomfortably, cringing at the thought of what Phil went through.

"Today," Suzie announced in a quivering voice, "Thanks to the Lord, Phil is out of the hospital. His doctors say that with time, his scrotum should recover completely."

A great sigh of relief arose from the pews. The shaken pastor stood and tentatively asked if anyone else had anything to say.

A man stood up and walked slowly to the podium. He looked around the congregation and said, "I'm Phil." The entire assembly held its collective breath.

"I just want to tell my wife that the word is sternum."
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didn't you end up with insufficient privileges in another thread for posting this sort of thing?


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Do some people live in a totally different world to the rest of us?
Tim Davie, Director General of the Beeb has said today, and I kid you not:
“The Eurovision Song Contest has never been about politics.”
Congratulations (and jubilations), mate. It surely cannot be about the songs, can it?
Boom bang-a-bang.
PS Football is not about goals, I wager.
 
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Does politics have to infiltrate every sector of life so much these days, we can't have a lighthearted escape from all that shit?

Yes, I post in the politics forum, but let's get this back on topic, and say, in the time honoured fashion of swimming pools, London busses, and Lord Nelson colums being a measure of size, it would take approximately 1.4 billion football ptches to stretch from the Earth to the Sun.
 
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NPBlue said:
Does politics have to infiltrate every sector of life so much these days, we can't have a lighthearted escape from all that shit?

Yes, I post in the politics forum, but let's get this back on topic, and say, in the time honoured fashion of swimming pools, London busses, and Lord Nelson colums being a measure of size, it would take approximately 1.4 billion football ptches to stretch from the Earth to the Sun.
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As soon as politics enters anything I'm reading or watching I quit. Bores me to death and creates pointless arguments between friends.
Those posters in the politics thread will never change each others mind so it's pointless, a completely pointless exercise.

Luckily here in Oz I don't think we are as swamped with politics as the UK and that suits me just fine.
 
Bill Walker said:
As soon as politics enters anything I'm reading or watching I quit. Bores me to death and creates pointless arguments between friends.
Those posters in the politics thread will never change each others mind so it's pointless, a completely pointless exercise.

Luckily here in Oz I don't think we are as swamped with politics as the UK and that suits me just fine.
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OK, but getting back on topic, Guinea Pigs don't cost a Guinea.
 
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