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Punxsatawney Phil
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Not sure about the competition, but certainly conferring City Status has always been an award:
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Not sure about the competition, but certainly conferring City Status has always been an award:
turienzo's lovechild
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"what county is SCOTLAND in?"
f*** sake
f*** sake
The Large One
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The concept of a city being defined by being a town with a cathedral was something to which the sovereign often adhered to when the church held a lot more power than it does now.
Nowadays, far more criteria are used, including heritage, culture, social status, commerce and so on. However, when towns are invited to ask for city status, the guidelines are rarely clear as to what would make a succesful bid.
Point in case: The dignitaries in the town of Chelmsford moaned its arse off when Brighton & Hove were chosen, because 'the guidelines weren't clear and Chelmsford has far more history than Brighton...'
Nowadays, far more criteria are used, including heritage, culture, social status, commerce and so on. However, when towns are invited to ask for city status, the guidelines are rarely clear as to what would make a succesful bid.
Point in case: The dignitaries in the town of Chelmsford moaned its arse off when Brighton & Hove were chosen, because 'the guidelines weren't clear and Chelmsford has far more history than Brighton...'
There's a new bar, called +venture, opened down the road from me in Balham.
In all seriousness, my other half thought it was called 'Plusventure'.
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In all seriousness, my other half thought it was called 'Plusventure'.
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The Clown of Pevensey Bay
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It's got to be an Anglican cathedral as well, hasn't it? Arundel, for example, is not a city.
¡Cereal Killer!
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my ex girlfriend had never heard of the beatles
Gully
Monkey in a seagull suit.
Went out with one lass, on her birthday a couple of her friends brought her an Austrian Sacher Torte (a gorgeous chocolate cake, high in calories and incredibly tasty), it had the word Sacher in chocolate on the top. One of the girls asked, who is Sacher, to which another replied, I think he was the man who I bought the cake from. Granted she wasn't as thick as her mates but the phrase "guilt by association" came to mind, in the end I dumped her because she was a Tory.
Cian
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my ex had never heard of Eric Clapton despite going to see a Cream tribute band at least twice and claiming Layla was her favourite song....
NMH
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MYOB said:
Is she some kind of atheist?
In America particularly, many people will cite Santana as brilliant for having composed 'Black Magic Woman', when that was actually by Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green.
Greeny was the replacement for Clapton-almighty in the Bluesbreakers, and John Mayall rated him as even better than Eric!
Eddie the Seagull
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I had been showing my ex, over a period of weeks, how to check the oil, water, tyre pressures etc. on her car.
So prior to a long trip to York I suggested that she do the checks herself...... so off she went.
About 30 mins later she came in beaming from ear to ear.
"I've done it - everything was OK, but the oil was a bit low. So I topped it up.", she beamed with pride.
"Well done love, what was the dip-stick level after you topped it up?", I enquired.
"Oh, I didn't need to check as I filled it to the brim."
So prior to a long trip to York I suggested that she do the checks herself...... so off she went.
About 30 mins later she came in beaming from ear to ear.
"I've done it - everything was OK, but the oil was a bit low. So I topped it up.", she beamed with pride.
"Well done love, what was the dip-stick level after you topped it up?", I enquired.
"Oh, I didn't need to check as I filled it to the brim."
mcshane in the 79th
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Eddie the Seagull said:I had been showing my ex, over a period of weeks, how to check the oil, water, tyre pressures etc. on her car.
So prior to a long trip to York I suggested that she do the checks herself...... so off she went.
About 30 mins later she came in beaming from ear to ear.
"I've done it - everything was OK, but the oil was a bit low. So I topped it up.", she beamed with pride.
"Well done love, what was the dip-stick level after you topped it up?", I enquired.
"Oh, I didn't need to check as I filled it to the brim."
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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RoyalAli said:
I hope you told her that that was impossible...everyone knows scotland is in London...
Trufflehound
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RoyalAli said:
No that's the "Aisle of Dogs" - the cheap sherry aisle in the Morrison's in Paisley.
i once took an ex to watch us play away at colchester, and we were playing in our yellow away strip (which seemed to escape her notice til "the yellow team scored") she asked why we were all cheering colchester. i then spent 10 minutes explaining that we were the away team and had to change strips cos we both played in blue and white.....to which she replied "why? surely all the players know each other" didnt last long after that
Dave the OAP
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RoyalAli said:
you have a girlfiend?
Uncle Buck said you were called sally
Dave the OAP
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RoyalAli said:
sorry I got the wrong end of the stick...I thought Royal Ali meant you were a Queen
whaddamistakatomaka
BTW what does whoooosh mean? Is that some subtle reaDINg joke.