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Off Topic The beast of barmy drain

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  1. balkan tiger

    balkan tiger Well-Known Member

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    Patty.
     
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    Well they reckon the Lord of the Rings was inspired by time spent in the region, and as they say, Tolkien is Hobbit forming.
     
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    When I was about 13 I saw what appeared to be a panther in woodland on the wolds about 10 miles from Pocklington. I reported it to the owner of the land who had lost several sheep to animal attacks. On our return we found several large footprints in mud and although we saw no sign of the offending animal, we heard something large crashing through the bushes. The landowner is insanely private and didn't report it to the authorities, but I know what I saw and the people who came to check were not suprised by my description.

    I am not mental.
     
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  5. Ernie Shackleton

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    I spent many of my formative years fishing in Barmy Drain, walking its paths, studying the flora and fauna along its banks and studying the ebb and flow of its movements. I can hereby categorically confirm that I never saw a werewolf eating a German Shepherd. Although I did once see a naked man riding a Honda C50.


    True story.


    Although it might have been a C70 or a C90. It's difficult to tell the difference at speed with a flabby, pasty-skinned pervert aboard.
     
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    It was a C50.

    And I was freezing.
     
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  7. Ernie Shackleton

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    You must have had a tough upbringing 'cos it was about 1976 and you looked about 50.
     
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    People often said I looked haggard for a twelve year old.
     
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  9. Ernie Shackleton

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    From what is etched indelibly into my memory, you were very well endowed for a twelve year old.
     
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    That was his water bottle.
     
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    Maybe it just looked big in your small hand Ernie.
     
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  12. Ernie Shackleton

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    He was on the opposite bank.

    I'm not ****ing Stretch Armstrong.
     
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    I believed you up until this point.
     
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    If you were you could do it...
     
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  15. Des Head

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    Aaah, rumbled.
     
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    To be fair, the description fits a lot of ramblers. The blokes look similar too.
     
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    I was once boating down the drain when Ehab overtook me.
     
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    I bet his boat wasn't as good as yours.
     
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    It's not to late , to build bridges , with Him.
     
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