goldfinger
- 09 Jun 2005 12:25
Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).
Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.
cheers GF.
Fred1new
- 16 Dec 2011 10:51
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Be careful, there are a lot of possible immigrants there. 8-)
Fred1new
- 16 Dec 2011 10:51
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Be careful, there are a lot of possible immigrants there. 8-)
ahoj
- 16 Dec 2011 11:08
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I think having "good" immigrants is positive, but any criminal (convicted killers, sexual and so on) immigrant should be sent back home regardless of the condition of their country or their link or association in the UK.
2517GEORGE
- 16 Dec 2011 11:13
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skinny------CAR is closest I can find, although LED is quoted on aim but look to be a bit on the dodgy side. LARD also involved but to what extent I have no idea.
2517
TANKER
- 16 Dec 2011 11:14
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just before i go .
so the libs want the uk to get into bed with the french
they hate the brittish and now they have told the world .
skinny
- 16 Dec 2011 11:16
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Cheers George - I've found LED & PSL and even the mighty General Electric (there is a link from the BBC link above) to have a look at over the weekend - I'll add LARD.
partridge
- 16 Dec 2011 11:22
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Skinny - I looked at Dialight a couple of years ago. Decided against it and regretted ever since - another of life's lost opportunities!
skinny
- 16 Dec 2011 11:29
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Thanks Partridge.
skinny
- 16 Dec 2011 13:34
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An old joke - but still tickles me.
This how the Greek bail out may work.
It is a slow day in a little Greek Village. The rain is beating down and the streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit.
On this particular day a rich German tourist is driving through the village, stops at the local hotel and lays a 100 note on the desk, telling the hotel owner he wants to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one to spend the night.
The owner gives him some keys and, as soon as the visitor has walked upstairs, the hotelier grabs the 100 note and runs next door to pay his debt to the butcher.
The butcher takes the 100 note and runs down the street to repay his debt to the pig farmer.
The pig farmer takes the 100 note and heads off to pay his bill at the supplier of feed and fuel.
The guy at the Farmers' Co-op takes the 100 note and runs to pay his drinks bill at the taverna.
The publican slips the money along to the local lady of the night drinking at the bar, who has also been facing hard times and has had to offer him "services" on credit.
The lady of the night then rushes to the hotel and pays off her room bill to the hotel owner with the 100 note.
The hotel proprietor then places the 100 note back on the counter so the rich traveller will not suspect anything.
At that moment the traveller comes down the stairs, picks up the 100 note, states that the rooms are not satisfactory, pockets the money, and leaves town.
No one produced anything.
No one earned anything.
However, the whole village is now out of debt and looking to the future with a lot more optimism.
And that is how the bailout package works
Fred1new
- 16 Dec 2011 14:02
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Skinny,
Very old.
(The village was not in debt.)
(Individuals of the village were in debt to one another.)
(Members of the village produced of provided satisfaction to one another.)
Etc.
Hovever, the joke has similarities to Cameroon's economics and his "big society".
Stan
- 16 Dec 2011 14:26
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Have a good one Tanks... And bring us back a curry.
Fred1new
- 16 Dec 2011 14:32
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Exec,
It is on wires.
I can see it sticking out of his back pack.
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Actually, just like the last time I rode a bike.
aldwickk
- 16 Dec 2011 15:21
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Stan
Isn't that like coal's to Newcastle , or should that be Birmingham.
ps did you know that Vindaloo was a British curry dish ?
Stan
- 16 Dec 2011 15:27
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No.
Think your right.
ramu
- 16 Dec 2011 15:29
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test
Stan
- 16 Dec 2011 15:30
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Pass -):
skinny
- 16 Dec 2011 15:33
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aldwickk - I know that chicken tikka massala was "invented" in Scotland, but I thought vindaloo originated in Portugal?