"Oh sorry mate, I didn't mean to invade your country. I will send these 10K soliders back home immediately. Tanks? Nah, can't see any tanks mate. Oh THOSE tanks - yeah, right, well I will get rid of them too. Sorry - won't happen again."
I can't find it now, but I'm sure there was a headline in the "i" newspaper a couple of days which said, "Iceland back in British hands". I never knew we had it in the first place, but that's business for you ....
I can't find it now, but I'm sure there was a headline in the "i" newspaper a couple of days which said, "Iceland back in British hands". I never knew we had it in the first place, but that's business for you ....
And there I thought the Cod War was just about fishing limits ...
I can't find it now, but I'm sure there was a headline in the "i" newspaper a couple of days which said, "Iceland back in British hands". I never knew we had it in the first place, but that's business for you ....
And there I thought the Cod War was just about fishing limits ...
I thought it was about the piece of cod that passes all understanding.
I can't find it now, but I'm sure there was a headline in the "i" newspaper a couple of days which said, "Iceland back in British hands". I never knew we had it in the first place, but that's business for you ....
And there I thought the Cod War was just about fishing limits ...
I thought it was about the piece of cod that passes all understanding.
Good grief! ITTWACW!
And now to something completely different: please give us your utterly weird headlines, ladies and germs! They are precioussss. Thank you very much!
Although it has since been changed to something less giggleworthy, the Philadelphia Inquirer website this morning had: Philly eyes staggering students and staff when reopening schools
Brings to mind the "fight song" (based on the Notre Dame fight song) we used to sing at school -- and, I am told, is widely sung elsewhere:
Cheer, cheer for [name of school] High.
You bring the whiskey, I'll bring the rye.
Send the freshmen out for gin
And don't let a sober sophomore in.
Juniors never stagger, seniors never fall.
They sober up on wood alcohol
While the loyal faculty lie
Drunk on the barroom floor.
Late last night, when we were all in bed,
[name] and [name] were necking in the shed.
When he kissed her, she turned around and said:
"There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight!"
There were ten in the bed
and the little one said,
"Roll over! Roll over!"
So they all rolled over and one fell out
There were nine in the bed
and the little one said...
(when there's only one left, the little one said, "Good night!")
--We always started with "99 bottles of beer", not 100, and that was also the name of the song. Sometimes, people substitute some other item else for bottles of beer.
--I only knew the violent version of the kids' song of "Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory Of The Burning Of The School". Had mixed feelings about it.
--And then there was the jump-rope rhyme:
Cinderella,
Dressed in yella {(yellow)},
Went downstairs to
Meet her fella {(yellow)}.
How many kisses did she get?
1...2...3...4... {Counting as far as you can while jumping rope.}
Poor boat. Didn't know they can cling to trees--unless a hurricane swishes them around. Perhaps there should be boating competitions for boats *alone*?
Apart from how, what the story is, how the users were killed, what's also intriguing is which words are nouns and which adjectives. Is this a mogul who specialises in candles, penises or only objects that fit all three? And is it the mogul who is Spanish or the penises or the candles?
Not a headline, but the first line of a piece on the BBC news website: "Blanket restrictions on non-essential overseas travel will be relaxed in the UK from 6 July, ministers have said."
Restrictions on those dratted Continental Quilts remain in place as part of the Brexit transition, of course.
Traditional Amish quilts use only solid-color fabric and a certain color palette. On the linked page, I particularly like the "Star In Commons Wall Hanging", "Classic Amish Colors Lone Star Wall Hanging", and "Amish Shadows Wall Hanging".
Not a headline, but the first line of a piece on the BBC news website: "Blanket restrictions on non-essential overseas travel will be relaxed in the UK from 6 July, ministers have said."
@Golden Key, we've been told there will be three levels of country, dependent on how present Covid currently is in them, and whether it appears to be spreading or shrinking.
It's mainly about locals who want to go on holiday somewhere else and then come home again. It's driven by moans from the holiday industry.
Green = OK, you can come in without having to quarantine yourself.
Yellow = Not sure - and not sure what the position will be on arrivals from there.
Red = We'd really rather you didn't come here, and if you do, you've got to quarantine for 14 days from arrival, isolate yourself, tell us where, and be subject to potential spot checks to make sure you are doing.
Several neighbouring European countries will count as green, but Sweden is red. On that basis, the US should certainly still be red at the moment.
What none of our politicians will admit to as it will upset their more moronic voters, is that despite our politicians reducing lockdown measures etc and trying to make reassuring noises to us, any sensible other country that operated the same system would still put the UK in red.
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Grrrrr..!
Protesters demand reform outside of library
Yeah, those library grounds are cesspools of corruption.
"Oh sorry mate, I didn't mean to invade your country. I will send these 10K soliders back home immediately. Tanks? Nah, can't see any tanks mate. Oh THOSE tanks - yeah, right, well I will get rid of them too. Sorry - won't happen again."
And there I thought the Cod War was just about fishing limits ...
I thought it was about the piece of cod that passes all understanding.
(PS For non-Brits who may have not understood the original headline, Iceland is a supermarket chain specialising in frozen foods).
Good grief! ITTWACW!
And now to something completely different: please give us your utterly weird headlines, ladies and germs! They are precioussss. Thank you very much!
Clever birds, those robins.
(UK meaning of pants = underpants for our North American cousins)
Because that's where the soil survey thingie was happening?
Farmers urged to bury their underpants to improve quality of their beef
Philly eyes staggering students and staff when reopening schools
Cheer, cheer for [name of school] High.
You bring the whiskey, I'll bring the rye.
Send the freshmen out for gin
And don't let a sober sophomore in.
Juniors never stagger, seniors never fall.
They sober up on wood alcohol
While the loyal faculty lie
Drunk on the barroom floor.
Late last night, when we were all in bed,
[name] and [name] were necking in the shed.
When he kissed her, she turned around and said:
"There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight!"
and the little one said,
"Roll over! Roll over!"
So they all rolled over and one fell out
There were nine in the bed
and the little one said...
(when there's only one left, the little one said, "Good night!")
--We always started with "99 bottles of beer", not 100, and that was also the name of the song. Sometimes, people substitute some other item else for bottles of beer.
--I only knew the violent version of the kids' song of "Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory Of The Burning Of The School". Had mixed feelings about it.
--And then there was the jump-rope rhyme:
Cinderella,
Dressed in yella {(yellow)},
Went downstairs to
Meet her fella {(yellow)}.
How many kisses did she get?
1...2...3...4... {Counting as far as you can while jumping rope.}
I thought that sounded great and was all set to start packing. It turns out to be about a soccer team.
The mind doth verily boggle.
Dang, you got here before me! I'll just say what I said when I saw it on Facebook: "Well there's another thing it's not safe to do in 2020!"
Restrictions on those dratted Continental Quilts remain in place as part of the Brexit transition, of course.
Well, you could always get Amish quilts from America (Amish Country Lanes).
Traditional Amish quilts use only solid-color fabric and a certain color palette. On the linked page, I particularly like the "Star In Commons Wall Hanging", "Classic Amish Colors Lone Star Wall Hanging", and "Amish Shadows Wall Hanging".
ROFL
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It's mainly about locals who want to go on holiday somewhere else and then come home again. It's driven by moans from the holiday industry.
Green = OK, you can come in without having to quarantine yourself.
Yellow = Not sure - and not sure what the position will be on arrivals from there.
Red = We'd really rather you didn't come here, and if you do, you've got to quarantine for 14 days from arrival, isolate yourself, tell us where, and be subject to potential spot checks to make sure you are doing.
Several neighbouring European countries will count as green, but Sweden is red. On that basis, the US should certainly still be red at the moment.
What none of our politicians will admit to as it will upset their more moronic voters, is that despite our politicians reducing lockdown measures etc and trying to make reassuring noises to us, any sensible other country that operated the same system would still put the UK in red.