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Rip van Winkle

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Otto Flayshow, Sep 30, 2011.

  1. Otto Flayshow

    Otto Flayshow Well-Known Member

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    A Polish man has woken up after being in a coma for 19 years. Among the changes in that time:

    • the fall of Communism in his country
    • food no longer rationed in Polish shops
    • people walking around with mobile phones
    • well stocked shops

    Pole wakes from 19 year coma

    His main gripe is that, despite all the great new things his people have, they do nothing but moan to each other.
     
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    Otto Flayshow, Sep 30, 2011
  2. Jobby Funbags

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    Change the Polish bit to East German and isn't that the plot to "Goodbye Lenin"?
     
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  3. Erik

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    Where do you live Tarquin, you're 4 years behind the rest of us?
     
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  4. Hash.

    Hash. pure daycent

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    Squiggles in time travel dilemma

    Edit: since you posted this in 2007 things that have happened

    wacko jacko dead
    osama bin laden dead
    patrick swayze dead
     
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  5. Otto Flayshow

    Otto Flayshow Well-Known Member

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    Well that's ****ing weird. You're right, the date stamp on the article is 2007, but I got the link from the 'Most popular in news' section on the main BBC news page. <yikes>
     
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  6. Erik

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    <laugh>
     
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    Erik, Sep 30, 2011

  7. The Raging Oxter

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    If he'd woken up in Glasgow he wouldn't have noticed the difference.

    Fat burds and skinny neds in tracksuits, drinking buckie and pushing a pram.
     
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    The Raging Oxter, Sep 30, 2011
  8. Mind The Duck

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    Is the carry-oot in the pram?
     
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  9. Jobby Funbags

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    Don't be daft - that's where you stash anything you've knocked <ok> - so, actually, probably a carry-oot
     
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