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12 May 14
10:55
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THE UK IS NOT THE SAME THING AS GREAT BRITAIN
I KNOW ALOT OF YOU HAVE NEVER SAT DOWN AND BE BOTHERED TO WORK IT OUT .BUT THEY DONT MEAN THE SAME THING
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE WORKED IT OUT WELL DONE
I KNOW ALOT OF YOU HAVE NEVER SAT DOWN AND BE BOTHERED TO WORK IT OUT .BUT THEY DONT MEAN THE SAME THING
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE WORKED IT OUT WELL DONE
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I KNOW SOME OF YOU WILL SAY WELL EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT .WELL I CAN ASSURE YOU THEY DONT AND THAT EVEN MEANS PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED HERE FOR WELL OVER 60 YEARS.MOST OF THEM WHO DONT KNOW THINK ITS OF NOT WORTH LEARNING
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BUT NOT ALL IS LOST BECAUSE MOST OF THEM KNOW HOW TO PUT A BET ON AND ORDER A PINT OF ALCOHOL
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IVE JUST BEEN RECALLING ALL MY CLASS MATES FROM MY SCHOOL..AND NOT ONE ENDED UP AS AN AIRLINE PILOT OR M P.OR BANK MANAGER OR CHAIRMAN OF A LISTED FOOTSEE TOP 250 COMPANY.OR SURGEON OR HEAD TEACHER .
WE MUST HAVE ALL BEEN UNLUCKY TO GO TO SUCH A RUBBISH SCHOOL |
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MOST OF THEM WERE DRIVEN TO ALCOHOL AND ENDED UP ALCOHOLICS IT WAS THAT BAD
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SOME OF THEM WERE THAT UNDER EDUCATED WHEN THEY LEFT .THAT THEY COULDNT EVEN GET A JOB AS A BUS DRIVER BECAUSE THEY DIDNT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEFT AND RIGHT
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MY FRIEND TOMMY WHO WAS IN THE BOTTOM CLASS GOT SACKED AFTER ONLY ONE WEEK AS A POST MAN.IT WASNT HIS FAULT THAT HE COULDNT READ AND POSTED ALL THE LETTERS THROUGH THE WRONG LETTERBOXES.HE ATLEAST POSTED THEM ALL
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ONE OF MY OTHER FRIENDS ALAN WENT FOR AN INTERVIEW FOR A,MILK MAN .THE MAN SAID YOU WILL HAVE TO BE HERE FOR SIX IN THE MORNING .HE SAID CANT YOU MILK THE COWS TWO HOURS LATER SO I CAN START AT EIGHT
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MOST OF THE LADS AT MY SCHOOL GOT A JOB WHERE THEIR MOTHERS WORKED AS THEIR MOTHERS WERE HAVEING AN AFFAIR WITH THEIR BOSSES
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ONE OF THEM WAS PROMOTED THOUGH AFTER ONLY WORKING THERE ONE WEEK.HE WAS A DUSTMAN HE WAS PROMOTED TO A REFUGE COLLECTOR .ALLTHOUGH HE WAS ON THE SAME MONEY
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WE WAS ALL JEALOUS OF VINCENT WALKER WHO TOLD US HED GOT A JOB AS A DRAUGHTSMAN.TONY SMITH SAID HE GOT THE JOB BECAUSE HE HAD A PENCIL CASE WITH LOTS OF PENCILS IN.
IT WAS ONLY TWO WEEKS LATER THAT WE LEARNT HE WAS ON A WOOD LATHE CUTTING DRAUGHTS OUT OF WOOD |
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SOME OF THEM DIDNT END UP IN POVERTY THOUGH .THEY GOT RUN OVER LEAVING THE PUB
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SOME OF THE LADS JOINED THE MERCHANT NAVY SO THEY COULD SEE THE WORLD.BUT WHEN THEY GOT EASICK THEY ASKED COULD THEY TRAVEL BY TRAIN OR AIROPLANE
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THERE WAS ONLY ONE LAD WHO MADE ALOT OF MONEY FROM WHAT HE LEARNT AT OUR SCHOOL AND THAT WAS FREDY SHOEBOTTOM.HE WAS A BANK ROBBER
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HE WAS VERY GOOD AT KNITTING WOLLY BALACLAVAS
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I WAS ONE OF THE BEST PROSPECTS AT OUR SCHOOL BECAUSE I WAS GOOD WITH FIGURES .THE MATHS TEACHER THOUGHT I WAS THE NEXT GALILAYO OR EINSTEIN WITH MY KNOWLEDGE OF NUMBERS .UNTILL HE REALISED THAT I ONLY KNEW HOW TO WORK BETTING NUMBERS OUT ON BETTING SLIPS
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NO BODY FROM.MY SCHOOL WENT TO UNIVERSITY THAT I KNOW OF UNLESS THEY WENT THERE TO EMPTY THE BINS
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I WENT TO NIGHT SCHOOL .I THINK THE SCHOOL WAS ASHAMED OF ANYONE SEEING ME ENTER THE GROUNDS IN DAYLIGHT
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1.81 1.81
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THEM FIGURES ABOVE DONT MEAN ANYTHING IVE JUST PUSHED THE WRONG KEY^^^^^^
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Do wah
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That's why it's called "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irelsnd"
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Or maybe The British Isles. They're all different.
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YES THE BRITISH ISLES AS WELL ,BUT THATS MADE IT A LOT MORE COMPLICATED
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THERES PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN PARTS OF IRELAND WHO DONT KNOW IF THEIR PART OF THE UK ,THE BRITISH ISLES ,OR GREAT BRITAIN ,AND IT DOESNT MEAN THEIR THICK
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THEVE JUST NEVER SAT DOWN AND THOUGHT ABOUT IT
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THERES LODS OF SCOTS MEN WHO THINK THEY COME FROM SCOTLAND AND THATS IT ,ESPECIALLY THEM THAT LIVE IN THE HILLS OR THE PUBS
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DO WAH DIDDY THAT LINE ABOUT THE SCOTS MEN WHO LIVE IN THE HILLS OR THE PUBS AND THE LINE ABOUT THE COWS DELIVERING THE MILK TWO HOURS EARLIER IS SUPERB EVEN THOUGH I SAY IT MYSELF
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agreed..excellent as always
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SOFEE YOU DONT KNOW HOW MY LITTLE HEART FILLS WITH JOY WHEN I SEE A SMILEY FACE WITH A LOVE HEART
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ITS NOT MUCH TO WANT OUT OF LIFE
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Very racist Do Wah.
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YOUR RIGHT SHREWD DUDE -- HE IS AGAINST PIGS AND SHEEP
IN JUST MENTIONING COWS ONLY. |
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THE WOMEN WOULD TAKE THEIR PURSES OUT OF THEIR ANORAK AND THEY WOULD HAVE LITTLE PURSES WITH ZIPS ON.AND I WOULD THINK TO MYSELF YOU CANT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN ONE OF THEM LITTLE ZIP PURSES TO PUT A BET ON .IF WE COME ACROSS A BOOKIES ON OUR RAMBLE
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 Do wah Diddyactually I never knew the difference...so I take it as, I agree with nicks post it just means England, Scotland and Wales...not N.Ireland, well not now When Ireland was all ours, surely Ireland was also part of Great Britain?...I shall have to look that up |
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I always thought it was a bit arrogant naming ourselves Great Britain and not just Britain myself
we are not that great anymore anyway, we have lost our empire  |
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EG - UK is Eng, Sco, Wal and NI.
GB is Eng, Sco and Wales only. The Great in GB does not mean "good", it means "big" |
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so Greater Manchester doesn't mean it's greater than everywhere else?
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I think it was originally because Brittany in France was known as "Little Britain"
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Exactly, HHSV.
I doubt Great Yarmouth means fantastic Yarmouth |