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29 Mar 2021, 3:51 am

Northern England used to be called Nosex but since they were getting none they changed it to Northumbria :lol:



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29 Mar 2021, 2:53 pm

They are all eccentric and grow giant vegetables.People get murdered all the time in small villages over who really grew the biggest leek.


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29 Mar 2021, 3:44 pm

They all still wear bowler hats and bow ties and walk around saying "Hello Guvner"!



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29 Mar 2021, 3:57 pm

The wealthy hunt fox on horse and the poor hunt rats with terriers.


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29 Mar 2021, 4:07 pm

cyberdad wrote:
They all still wear bowler hats and bow ties and walk around saying "Hello Guvner"!
I thought it was "Pip-pip, what-ho old bean!"

(Blimey, gor stroike a light Mary Poppins en no mishtake, etc.)


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29 Mar 2021, 4:22 pm

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But the ethnic wars between Scots and English are in the distant past.

Not if you're Scottish, resentment of the English is still an ingrained national trait.


Can confirm. Worst thing my parents even did was move to Central Scotland and make me go to school there as an English kid with a posh accent. I will never, ever go back to live in the Glasgow area. Took years to build up my self esteem from all the bullying.



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29 Mar 2021, 4:24 pm

Misslizard wrote:
They are all eccentric and grow giant vegetables.People get murdered all the time in small villages over who really grew the biggest leek.

That's actually true.

There's this small county called Midsomer... it has a higher per capita murder rate than El Salvador... or Alderaan.



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29 Mar 2021, 4:25 pm

GGPViper wrote:
Misslizard wrote:
They are all eccentric and grow giant vegetables.People get murdered all the time in small villages over who really grew the biggest leek.

That's actually true.

There's this small county called Midsomer... it has a higher per capita murder rate than El Salvador... or Alderaan.

Their cider has an interesting tang...


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29 Mar 2021, 4:48 pm

Midsomer is a TV show.....



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29 Mar 2021, 4:56 pm

So which place has the highest homocide rate?

El Salvador?

Guatamala?

Jessica Fletcher's hometown of Cabot Cove?

Or Midsomer?

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And while we are on the subject.

Which is more common per capita?

The rate of amnesia among humans who populate TV soap operas?

Or the rate of tooth decay among humans in real life?



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29 Mar 2021, 4:57 pm

I bet the fictional places do!



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30 Mar 2021, 1:43 am

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The wealthy hunt fox on horse and the poor hunt rats with terriers.


Infact that's the origin of foxes in Australia. People trying to emulate the British lords by bringing them over here to hunt. They obviously weren't successful shooters as the feral fox population in Australia is now thought to be around 10 million!



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30 Mar 2021, 1:47 am

Cornflake wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
They all still wear bowler hats and bow ties and walk around saying "Hello Guvner"!
I thought it was "Pip-pip, what-ho old bean!"

(Blimey, gor stroike a light Mary Poppins en no mishtake, etc.)


I say old boy! you've got quite a way with the old "lingo", Haven't heard such dulcet tunes since the war!
You've got quite some moxie!

But anyhoo must trundle along....



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30 Mar 2021, 2:27 am

Misslizard wrote:
The wealthy hunt fox on horse and the poor hunt rats with terriers.


the first is very much true. My in-laws help with 'the hunt' each year, which I will have nothing to do with



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30 Mar 2021, 2:28 am

Cornflake wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
They all still wear bowler hats and bow ties and walk around saying "Hello Guvner"!
I thought it was "Pip-pip, what-ho old bean!"

(Blimey, gor stroike a light Mary Poppins en no mishtake, etc.)


There is a house a couple of roads away from mine which is actually called 'Tally-Ho!'

That's living in the countryside for you! :lol:



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30 Mar 2021, 2:38 am

"I say", these jibes are rather not a good show old boy.

Now where's my gun? time to shoot these damn foxes on my estate....