Channel Islanders:What did they do?

Subject: Channel Islanders:What did they do?
From: Mr Happy
Date: 25 Nov 02 - 05:11 AM

apart from supplying fresh flowers, out of season fruit & veg, & being a buffer zone for britain in various conflicts?

Subject: RE: Channel Islanders:What did they do?
From: Mr Happy
Date: 25 Nov 02 - 05:13 AM

& jerseys & ganzeys.

Subject: RE: Channel Islanders:What did they do?
From: Mr Happy
Date: 25 Nov 02 - 06:59 AM

dame of sark, no parking, no driving, became alcoholics, provided tax havens for the idle rich

Subject: RE: Channel Islanders:What did they do?
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Nov 02 - 07:05 AM

They really do very little except when they can sit in house of Lords and do damn all, and then they go back home and spend their money, did I say spend, I didn't know that they were rich, in that case don't spend their money however they use ours.

Subject: RE: Channel Islanders:What did they do?
From: Amos
Date: 25 Nov 02 - 11:11 AM

Why is the Cat being inundated with codwallop and tripe?

A

Subject: RE: Channel Islanders:What did they do?
From: RolyH
Date: 25 Nov 02 - 05:31 PM

There is a fine set of Channel Island songs (with French and English lyrics in Peter Kennedy's 'Folksongs of Britain and Ireland' published by Cassell in 1975.(think it was re-published later)

Just thought I'd try and get things musical again.

Subject: RE: Channel Islanders:What did they do?
From: Bert
Date: 25 Nov 02 - 05:33 PM

Hey! That's "Codswallop" Amos. Get it right. ;-)

Subject: RE: Channel Islanders:What did they do?
From: Dead Horse
Date: 25 Nov 02 - 05:45 PM

Seeing as the cod is becoming an endangered species, may I suggest place walloping as an alternative? It seems as if we are all floundering about having a whale of a time, when some spratt intervenes with no sense of humour. Eel get his, mark my words.
(bet 'e don't come from Hull9)

Subject: RE: Channel Islanders:What did they do?
From: Nemesis
Date: 26 Nov 02 - 05:36 AM

Try reading "Jersey under the Jackboot" (can't remember the author) for seeing how islanders endured Nazi occupation that was intent on starving the population to death ...

Subject: RE: Channel Islanders:What did they do?
From: mack/misophist
Date: 26 Nov 02 - 04:21 PM

Dear Dead Horse,

I think the word you meant to use was "plaice", wsasn't it? You wouldn't want Bert to go into another rage.

Subject: RE: Channel Islanders:What did they do?
From: Amos
Date: 26 Nov 02 - 04:35 PM

'S tripe nonetheless -- I don't think anyone can accuse me of being unhumored, but I am certainly differently humored. Perhaps a humor of a different 'stripe. I think (along with Doctor Harvey) that there are some humors that should be dropped from circulation! (A galen thought, not?). Badaboom.....

A