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25 Nov 02 - 05:11 AM (#834354) Subject: Channel Islanders:What did they do? From: Mr Happy apart from supplying fresh flowers, out of season fruit & veg, & being a buffer zone for britain in various conflicts? |
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25 Nov 02 - 05:13 AM (#834357) Subject: RE: Channel Islanders:What did they do? From: Mr Happy & jerseys & ganzeys. |
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25 Nov 02 - 06:59 AM (#834399) Subject: RE: Channel Islanders:What did they do? From: Mr Happy dame of sark, no parking, no driving, became alcoholics, provided tax havens for the idle rich |
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25 Nov 02 - 07:05 AM (#834405) Subject: RE: Channel Islanders:What did they do? From: GUEST 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. |
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25 Nov 02 - 11:11 AM (#834578) Subject: RE: Channel Islanders:What did they do? From: Amos Why is the Cat being inundated with codwallop and tripe? A |
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25 Nov 02 - 05:31 PM (#834836) Subject: RE: Channel Islanders:What did they do? From: RolyH 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. |
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25 Nov 02 - 05:33 PM (#834838) Subject: RE: Channel Islanders:What did they do? From: Bert Hey! That's "Codswallop" Amos. Get it right. ;-) |
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25 Nov 02 - 05:45 PM (#834846) Subject: RE: Channel Islanders:What did they do? From: Dead Horse 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) |
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26 Nov 02 - 05:36 AM (#835170) Subject: RE: Channel Islanders:What did they do? From: Nemesis 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 ... |
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26 Nov 02 - 04:21 PM (#835550) Subject: RE: Channel Islanders:What did they do? From: mack/misophist 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. |
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26 Nov 02 - 04:35 PM (#835555) Subject: RE: Channel Islanders:What did they do? From: Amos '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 |