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I almost hoped I'd have to resort to the sandals... Bum. You know what I meant. -- Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address) URL:http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/ "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine |
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in message , Danny Colyer
') wrote: I arranged to meet Jamie at Warmley Station... H'mmmm... Somewhere between Stanton Drew and Chew Valley Lake... Dubious... we were passing close to Nempnett Thrubwell... Nope. At Clapton in Gordano... No way! Just before Pill... You're taking the ****! I parted company at Mangotsfield Station... ....even in England they don't have placenames _that_ daft! -- (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ ;; this is not a .sig |
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Simon Brooke typed
in message , Danny Colyer ') wrote: I arranged to meet Jamie at Warmley Station... H'mmmm... Somewhere between Stanton Drew and Chew Valley Lake... Dubious... we were passing close to Nempnett Thrubwell... Nope. At Clapton in Gordano... No way! Just before Pill... You're taking the ****! I parted company at Mangotsfield Station... ...even in England they don't have placenames _that_ daft! I think they do. Some of the above feature in 'The Meaning of Liff' IIRC -- Helen D. Vecht: Edgware. |
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Simon Brooke wrote:
....even in England they don't have placenames _that_ daft! G They do in Somerset. The South East has a few good ones, too. I well remember the first time I passed through Pratt's Bottom on a school trip. -- Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address) URL:http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/ "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine |
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On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 21:57:50 +0100, Danny Colyer
wrote: Simon Brooke wrote: ....even in England they don't have placenames _that_ daft! G They do in Somerset. The South East has a few good ones, too. I well remember the first time I passed through Pratt's Bottom on a school trip. Head for the Fens. Pass through such enticing hamlets as Ring's End, Three Holes, Ape's Hall, Loosegate and appropriately here, Guy's Head. Not to mention the bizarre Quadring Eaudyke and Carlton Scroop. |
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Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:
Some of the above feature in 'The Meaning of Liff' IIRC Surprisingly, I could only find one of them: Nempnett Thrubwell (n.) - The feeling experienced when driving off for the first time on a brand new motorbike. Perhaps some of the others are in 'The Deeper Meaning of Liff', but my copy doesn't appear to be in its correct place on the bookcase. -- Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address) URL:http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/ "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine |
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Danny Colyer wrote:
The South East has a few good ones, too. I well remember the first time I passed through Pratt's Bottom on a school trip. Demonstrating the existence of this to a female acquaintance by the name of Lindsey Pratt had an, ah, /interesting/ effect... Helions Bumpstead. Now /there's/ a name to conjure wif. -- Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/ ================================================== ========= Editor - British Human Power Club Newsletter http://www.bhpc.org.uk/ ================================================== ========= |
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Dave Larrington wrote:
Danny Colyer wrote: The South East has a few good ones, too. I well remember the first time I passed through Pratt's Bottom on a school trip. Demonstrating the existence of this to a female acquaintance by the name of Lindsey Pratt had an, ah, /interesting/ effect... Helions Bumpstead. Now /there's/ a name to conjure wif. As is aptly named Ugley Green, Essex. Just down the road from the famous Ugley Womens' Institute. Tony |
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Reply to Dave Larrington
I've been to ****t (the one in Orkney, I believe there are others), and over in Cheshire there's Peover Superior and Lower Peover. I'm told the locals pronounce "Peover" to rhyme with Belvoir. As is only proper. -- Mark, UK. We hope to hear him swear, we love to hear him squeak, We like to see him biting fingers in his horny beak. |
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