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Doh! Now you've gone and spilt it! Thanks for the compliment about the thread; I was pretty sure it was in keeping with "General Banter" and "Daily Natter" Quote:
And Yes, as a Catholic myself, I do know who Guy Fawkes was but did not know that he is (still) so widely celebrated over there! My 13 and 15 year olds not only knew who he is, but did know he's got himself a holiday! (Catholic School) Do Catholics and Protestants kid around or are you going all Irish on each other still? Quote:
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Wow, are you people ALL drunk over there? (Glad I fit into the demographic so well)!
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Have you never been to the UK?
For hundreds, maybe thousands, of years the only way to stay alive here was to drink beer, not water. We are genetically selected to drink and survive/thrive on it!
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The most pointless thread in ages! Good job aTOMic! I'm thoroughly enjoying it!
Mmmmm Peroni! Great choice Johnmed!
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Frosty start to the morning and by mid-day it was sunny and a toasty warm 41F with plenty sheep on the road
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Still following the forum I see Prof. Peach You'll be back!
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Great thread!
6 degrees here in Somerset, just watching the sun set over the Somerset Levels.
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There you go Tom, Audidothat's from Somerset where they drink cider (the alchoholic apple juice - not American cider) which probably accounts for the fact that he was lying on his side when taking that photo.
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Not Dicken's then?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfzxesxk_Yo
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:rofl:
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