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  1. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    I love Eggs Benedict, but loathe Weetabix....which is just edible poultice.
     
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  2. Saint Helen

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    Yeah, I'm with Fran - Weetabix is cattle food. Eggs Benedict - yum!
     
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  3. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    Just read that a woman has failed for the second time to get Swiss citizenship....apparently you have to get agreement of the people in your local town/village. Their reason for blocking her application (and I quote): she's a vegan, has a big mouth and is annoying.<laugh>
     
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    Plus it looks nasty together.
     
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  5. TheSecondStain

    TheSecondStain Needs an early night

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    Occasionally, on a Saturday morning, I pop into The Brightwater, a Wetherspoon pub in Shirley, Southampton, in order to meet up with fellow Ramblers for the afternoon walk. But most of us have a late breakfast in a very good Eggs Benedict and endless pretty good Coffee for £3.99.

    Weetabix.? You can make Weetabix better, but you're wasting good add-ons to do so. So nah, not for me.
     
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  6. fatletiss

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    Someone needs shooting for thinking that!
     
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  7. thereisonlyoneno7

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    Bet no one can have 3 though
     
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  8. fatletiss

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    Bet Romeu can
     
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  9. Le Tissier's Laces

    Le Tissier's Laces Well-Known Member

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    That's the Shredded Wheat challenge. Heathens!
     
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  10. AberdeenSaint

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    Anyone know when the Sunderland away tickets go on sale ?
     
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  11. thereisonlyoneno7

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    Lol oh yeah so it is! Bit like me crediting Frank Sinatra for White CHristmas a couple of weeks ago :)
     
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  12. Le Tissier's Laces

    Le Tissier's Laces Well-Known Member

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    Graham Taylor has passed away. RIP.
     
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    :(
     
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    They're just too young to remember, LTL. Even Beefy couldn't eat 3 .............
     
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    Too young ....... 72. That's no age really these days :emoticon-0101-sadsm
     
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    Suddenly, of a heart attack, seemingly. A nice tweet posted on the BBC page:

    Steve Brown: It's a real shame that Graham Taylor won't be able to see the affection that the country's football fans held for him. RIP
     
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    Very, very sad news. I was never a fan of Graham Taylor's "style" of football, however I was a huge admirer of his achievements. I know several Watford fans and they are rightly terribly upset. I'll always remember him for two things:

    1. Turning a 4-0 first leg deficit at The Dell upside down and winning 7-1 in the second leg.
    2. Watford's first season up in the old division one in the early eighties and them winning 4-1 at The Dell with Nigel Callaghan, Ross Jenkins and Luther Blissett destroying Saints that day.

    A sad day. RIP Graham.

    <rose>
     
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  18. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    My family always referred to a goalkeeper making an unnecessarily elaborate save as a Weetabix Save. Apparently based on an advert where a goalkeeper makes a save like a leaping salmon after eating Weetabix. Anyone else remember this? Anyone?
     
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    Was it in black and white?
     
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  20. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    Almost certainly. Didn't have a colour TV until 1970.
     
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