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- Thread starter Hovegull
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Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Sorting the cat's anal fissure.
Comrade Sam
Comrade Sam
Surely that's a major part of being a football fan, filling chat time with football wisdom (and drivel).
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Dwarfs.
Whoislloydy
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A perfectly formed 256 man Macedonian Phalanx
- Apr 5, 2014
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The number transitions of the Queen's Park-Brighton station circular. 42 until 1987, then 81. In 2024 it becomes the number 18. This means the numbers were inverted/arranged in some kind of equation on each occasion. Design or accident ?
This should take up 5 minutes, although a lot less for me because folk normally make their excuses and move on at that point.
This should take up 5 minutes, although a lot less for me because folk normally make their excuses and move on at that point.
Comrade Sam
Comrade Sam
Damn, that's my go to when in mixed company.
Sex dwarfs.
In case of confusion @Triggaaar this was a comedic reference to this:
Albeit I have spent many years luring disco dollies to a life of vice.
My bad.
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81b, went to the Cricket Ground via Furze Hill iirc
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I'm sure there were seven.
The Clamp
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It’s DWARVES
If you’re gonna f*** em, at least get their collective noun correct.
If you’re gonna f*** em, at least get their collective noun correct.
Southampton PL wins this season.
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*cough*
Modern English has two plurals for the word dwarf: dwarfs and dwarves. Dwarfs remains the most commonly employed plural. The minority plural dwarves was recorded as early as 1818. However, it was later popularized by the fiction of philologist and legendarium author J. R. R. Tolkein, originating as a hypercorrective mistake. It was employed by Tolkien for some time before 1917. Regarding his use of this plural, Tolkien wrote in 1937, "I am afraid it is just a piece of private bad grammar, rather shocking in a philologist; but I shall have to go with it."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf...ls,philologist and legendarium author J. R. R.
The Clamp
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Fake news groupthink. Echo chamber. Outrage.*cough*
Modern English has two plurals for the word dwarf: dwarfs and dwarves. Dwarfs remains the most commonly employed plural. The minority plural dwarves was recorded as early as 1818. However, it was later popularized by the fiction of philologist and legendarium author J. R. R. Tolkein, originating as a hypercorrective mistake. It was employed by Tolkien for some time before 1917. Regarding his use of this plural, Tolkien wrote in 1937, "I am afraid it is just a piece of private bad grammar, rather shocking in a philologist; but I shall have to go with it."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_(folklore)#:~:text=Modern English has two plurals,philologist and legendarium author J. R. R.
Grrr
AmexRuislip
Retired Spy 🕵️♂️
The other week, we were travelling back from the vets and I noticed this lady chasing her dog down the road.
As she was a fare distance away, it looked like she was wearing one of those tight all in one tracksuits, the colour of flesh
As I drove past she was absolutely starkers, as nowt on at all.
This isn't the sort of thing that happens in Ruislip.
(Calling @BrightonCottager)
I stopped and called the police and reported the incident, saying I was concerned for her mental health.
After giving the rozzers a description, they asked us to follow her, giving updates over phone as to which way she was heading.
Cut a long story short, we pulled over with another concerned couple, police arrived and detained the lady under the mental health act.
Rozzers thanked us for our time and a blanket we gave to keep her warm.
You could look at this as something funny, but you don't know the lady came from or wash she running away from danger.
For the thread, we've told this story as small talk / gossip to others we chat to.
As she was a fare distance away, it looked like she was wearing one of those tight all in one tracksuits, the colour of flesh
As I drove past she was absolutely starkers, as nowt on at all.
This isn't the sort of thing that happens in Ruislip.
(Calling @BrightonCottager)
I stopped and called the police and reported the incident, saying I was concerned for her mental health.
After giving the rozzers a description, they asked us to follow her, giving updates over phone as to which way she was heading.
Cut a long story short, we pulled over with another concerned couple, police arrived and detained the lady under the mental health act.
Rozzers thanked us for our time and a blanket we gave to keep her warm.
You could look at this as something funny, but you don't know the lady came from or wash she running away from danger.
For the thread, we've told this story as small talk / gossip to others we chat to.
AmexRuislip
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Yes, it is a little sad. I once had a guy knock at my door dressed only in his skimpy undies and three elastoplasts on his arm. I thought afterwards that I probably should have called someone who could have come out and looked after him.
However, I'm interested in this bit After giving the rozzers a description - how exactly do you do that for a naked person without mentioning anything that is likely to be the most obvious part of them?
- May 8, 2018
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Fog
AmexRuislip
Retired Spy 🕵️♂️
Height, hair colour, caucasian, age and build.