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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2017 11:10:28 GMT
There's always the exception to prove the rule....
I have never been to Chile, but my parents went twice and met a family there with whom my father is still in touch. Now I feel more closely connected to Chile than any other South American country.
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Post by Hofmeister on Feb 21, 2017 11:46:53 GMT
There's always the exception to prove the rule.... I have never been to Chile, but my parents went twice and met a family there with whom my father is still in touch. Now I feel more closely connected to Chile than any other South American country. I love Frey Bentos corned beef, but I feel absolutely unconnected to Uruguay |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2017 12:10:18 GMT
not quite the same is it?
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Post by Hofmeister on Feb 21, 2017 12:29:33 GMT
not quite the same is it? It was an example of unrealistic connections. There are after all only 6 levels of separation between all of us |
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Post by tyrednexited on Feb 21, 2017 17:01:13 GMT
I love Frey Bentos corned beef, but I feel absolutely unconnected to Uruguay ....I thought it was Cuba you were (temporarily) unconnected to....... |
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Post by crankcase on Feb 22, 2017 10:33:59 GMT
I seem to recall that in the episode of The Office where they did the office quiz, David Brent lost because he thought the President of Cuba was Fray Bentos. So they had to have a "who's best at throwing a copper kettle over a pub" argument instead.
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Post by manatee on Feb 24, 2017 13:01:00 GMT
Didn't the BBC report that the Argentines had invaded the Shetlands? Or is that apocryphal? What is not apocryphal is that I was in Edinburgh at the time, on a training course in a building right by the castle with a view from the lounge across the new town to the firth of Forth. Nobody knew exactly where the Falklands were, but quite a few were trying to place them in relation to the Hebrides, Shetland, Orkneys, Faroes etc. One or two were gazing anxiously towards Leith. |
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Post by crankcase on Feb 24, 2017 13:20:17 GMT
"Gazing anxiously towards Leith" rather sounds like something from Betjeman.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2017 14:01:17 GMT
I'll be in Leith tonight. Hooray.
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Post by crankcase on Feb 24, 2017 14:12:05 GMT
No, that sounds more like Larkin.
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Post by tyrednexited on Feb 24, 2017 16:12:58 GMT
"Gazing anxiously towards Leith" rather sounds like something from Betjeman. ....it's something instilled from a very early age in young Edinbuggers by their parents. Ask Humph...  |
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