24-06-2003 03:04									#61
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I swear that advert for the washing liquid says "The Essex of the Orient.".

Daaaaarreeeeeeen

	24-06-2003 03:52									#62
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quote: Originally posted by Provost Harrison God knows what I have, some kind of East Yorkshire spoken properly and then Oxfordised...

Your accent is like that of a cultured man from Hull, which is a term I just had to invent.

Mine, well, god knows. North Lincolnshire isn't reknowned for it's strong accent.

	24-06-2003 03:55									#63
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In fact, it's not really renowed for anything at all...

	24-06-2003 04:01									#64
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Fish

And yeah, most people consider the expression 'cultured man from Hull' to be an oxymoron of the highest order, and to be fair, I can see where they are coming from If you want to go somewhere where they really slag off Hull, go to...erm...Hull

	24-06-2003 04:08									#65
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quote: Originally posted by *End Is Forever* In fact, it's not really renowed for anything at all...

I'll have you know we invented Methodism.

	24-06-2003 04:11									#66
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quote: Originally posted by Paul Hanson I'll have you know we invented Methodism.

God good, I remember all that stuff last week on Calendar (the zenith of regional broadcasting of course ) and religious nuts from all over the world flocked to whatever the village was called...although from the footage there only actually seemed to be about 8 people there and they were all from the US...

	24-06-2003 04:13									#67
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...oh, and don't forget Lincolnshire sausages, and the ancient art of sheepsh@gging was supposed to have originated somewhere around Sleaford

	24-06-2003 04:31									#68
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quote: Originally posted by Provost Harrison ...oh, and don't forget Lincolnshire sausages

I prefer Cumberland saucissons.

	24-06-2003 18:59									#69
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Or bratwurst. Mmm.

	25-06-2003 01:11									#70
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quote: Originally posted by *End Is Forever* In fairness that's probably the case for pretty much any major metropolitan river, anywhere...

ISTR that the Potomac above or even just below Little Falls is not polluted to the point of being squalid. I suspect similar is true for other fall line cities like Richmond, VA.

	25-06-2003 01:17									#71
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i want to go to London.

	25-06-2003 01:18									#72
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quote: Originally posted by lord of the mark i want to go to London.

it would beat going to Virginia Beach.

	25-06-2003 18:38									#73
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I dunno... London could do with a beach.