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Discussion in 'Hull City' started by Dr.Stanley O'Google, HCFC, Nov 20, 2015.

  1. originallambrettaman

    originallambrettaman Mod Moderator Staff Member

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    The Countryman is a really ugly car and clearly bears little connection to a ‘Mini’…

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  2. DMD

    DMD Eh? Forum Moderator

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    No **** Sherlock. <laugh>

    It's manufactured and sold today as a 'mini' which is kind of the point they're making.
     
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  3. originallambrettaman

    originallambrettaman Mod Moderator Staff Member

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    Obviously
     
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  4. dennisboothstash

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    I quite like them
    Nearly bought one last year, but they couldn’t spec a heated windscreen.
    Drive nicely for a medium sized car for ferrying grandkids around
     
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  5. Idi Amin

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  7. SW3 Chelsea Tiger

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    Assumption in the mother of all **** ups...
     
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  10. steverico

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    Robbed off X slightly altered


    1. In the 1400s a law was set forth in England that a
    man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no
    thicker than his thumb. Hence we have 'the rule of
    thumb.'

    2. Many years ago in Scotland , a new game was
    invented. It was ruled 'Gentlemen Only..
    Ladies Forbidden'... and thus the word GOLF entered
    into the English language

    3. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a
    great king from history:
    Spades - King David,
    Hearts - Charlemagne
    Clubs -Alexander the Great,
    Diamonds - Julius Caesar

    4. In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured
    on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the
    ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer
    to sleep on. Hence the phrase........ 'goodnight,
    sleep tight.'

    5. It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000
    years ago that for a month after the wedding, the
    bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all
    the mead he could drink.
    Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was
    lunar based, this period was called the honey month,
    which we know today as the honeymoon

    6. At the start of every football season Sheffield Wednesday fans
    claim they are a massive club, and going to win a
    trophy, hence the phrase 'deluded ****'.
     
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  11. Cityzen

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    Any prizes for guessing the number of the slightly altered one?
     
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    Obviously number three, as it doesn’t identify the origin of a word.
     
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  13. originallambrettaman

    originallambrettaman Mod Moderator Staff Member

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    Only 3, 5 and 6 are actually true.
     
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  14. Muffinthegoat

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    It’s number two apparently

    The word 'golf' is not an acronym for anything. Rather, it derives linguistically from the Dutch word 'kolf' or 'kolve,' meaning quite simply 'club. ' In the Scottish dialect of the late 14th or early 15th century, the Dutch term became 'goff' or 'gouff,' and only later in the 16th century 'golf.
     
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  15. cheshireles

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    Only 6 makes me laugh out loud, again!
     
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  16. Ron Burguvdy

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    One for chazz

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  19. balkan tiger

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    And for those on here? Because there's no 20s or 30s not by a long way
     
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