Ron Avery Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Great remark from a taxi driver on BBC breakfast this morning, in an item about Brits learning foreign languages, although not directly about France, I know a couple of people here who think just like him, he said " we bought a house in Spain, unfortunately it is in a Spanish speaking area"[:-))]What a barsteward, ending up in a Spanish speaking part of Spain, perhaps he should have moved to Dordogneshire.[Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Or to the Aveyron where he could hear the same tired old jokes about the Dordogne? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Avery Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 No he wouldn't Tony, they don't speak much English round here, so he would not understand the joke[:P]. Of course its unfair to single out the Dordogne as it is a very French area. By the way how did the cricket against the Charente go ?[:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 How the hell would I know Ron, cricket isn't the sort of thing that comes up on the day to day living radar round here - too busy getting of with living in France with French people.Still, suppose that was supposed to be ironic or something .......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 [quote user="Tony F Dordogne"]How the hell would I know Ron, cricket isn't the sort of thing that comes up on the day to day living radar round here - too busy getting of with living in France with French people.[/quote]And French people NEVER do anything non-French, do they? You know, like eating couscous, or listening to jazz, or eating at McDonalds, or playing handball........... no indeedy! [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 [quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Tony F Dordogne"] How the hell would I know Ron, cricket isn't the sort of thing that comes up on the day to day living radar round here - too busy getting of with living in France with French people.[/quote]And French people NEVER do anything non-French, do they? You know, like eating couscous, or listening to jazz, or eating at McDonalds, or playing handball........... no indeedy! [;-)][/quote]Course not, the English would never allow it. I feel another round of quotes within quotes coming on.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 [quote user="Will "][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Tony F Dordogne"] How the hell would I know Ron, cricket isn't the sort of thing that comes up on the day to day living radar round here - too busy getting of with living in France with French people.[/quote]And French people NEVER do anything non-French, do they? You know, like eating couscous, or listening to jazz, or eating at McDonalds, or playing handball........... no indeedy! [;-)][/quote]Course not, the English would never allow it. [/quote]LOL! [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 [quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Will "][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Tony F Dordogne"] How the hell would I know Ron, cricket isn't the sort of thing that comes up on the day to day living radar round here - too busy getting of with living in France with French people.[/quote]And French people NEVER do anything non-French, do they? You know, like eating couscous, or listening to jazz, or eating at McDonalds, or playing handball........... no indeedy! [;-)][/quote]Course not, the English would never allow it. [/quote]LOL! [:D][/quote]Oh No, not again [:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 [quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Will "][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Tony F Dordogne"] How the hell would I know Ron, cricket isn't the sort of thing that comes up on the day to day living radar round here - too busy getting of with living in France with French people.[/quote]And French people NEVER do anything non-French, do they? You know, like eating couscous, or listening to jazz, or eating at McDonalds, or playing handball........... no indeedy! [;-)][/quote]Course not, the English would never allow it. [/quote]LOL! [:D][/quote]Oh No, not again [:(][/quote]But we never finished the experiment the last time! We wimped out at the edge of the black hole, it was very disappointing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 [quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Will "][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Tony F Dordogne"] How the hell would I know Ron, cricket isn't the sort of thing that comes up on the day to day living radar round here - too busy getting of with living in France with French people.[/quote]And French people NEVER do anything non-French, do they? You know, like eating couscous, or listening to jazz, or eating at McDonalds, or playing handball........... no indeedy! [;-)][/quote]Course not, the English would never allow it. [/quote]LOL! [:D][/quote]Oh No, not again [:(][/quote]But we never finished the experiment the last time! We wimped out at the edge of the black hole, it was very disappointing![/quote]OK Go for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 [quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Will "][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Tony F Dordogne"] How the hell would I know Ron, cricket isn't the sort of thing that comes up on the day to day living radar round here - too busy getting of with living in France with French people.[/quote]And French people NEVER do anything non-French, do they? You know, like eating couscous, or listening to jazz, or eating at McDonalds, or playing handball........... no indeedy! [;-)][/quote]Course not, the English would never allow it. [/quote]LOL! [:D][/quote]Oh No, not again [:(][/quote]But we never finished the experiment the last time! We wimped out at the edge of the black hole, it was very disappointing![/quote]OK Go for it[/quote]I know we got a bit dizzy last time, but we didn't wimp out. It's just that the quantum breach detector sprang a leak and we all ended up floating around the edge of the wormhole that was developing. Do you think it'll happen again? [8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 That depends if the mods got hold of the special Netherlandish leak fixing digit device, could be we will end up with the great big worm tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 [quote user="Cassis"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Will "][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Tony F Dordogne"] How the hell would I know Ron, cricket isn't the sort of thing that comes up on the day to day living radar round here - too busy getting of with living in France with French people.[/quote]And French people NEVER do anything non-French, do they? You know, like eating couscous, or listening to jazz, or eating at McDonalds, or playing handball........... no indeedy! [;-)][/quote]Course not, the English would never allow it. [/quote]LOL! [:D][/quote]Oh No, not again [:(][/quote]But we never finished the experiment the last time! We wimped out at the edge of the black hole, it was very disappointing![/quote]OK Go for it[/quote]I know we got a bit dizzy last time, but we didn't wimp out. It's just that the quantum breach detector sprang a leak and we all ended up floating around the edge of the wormhole that was developing. Do you think it'll happen again? [8-)][/quote]That depends if the mods got hold of the special netherlandish leak fixing digit device (patent pending) or we get stuck by the great big worm of ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 What - you mean if one of us just sticks our finger in the hole then it may not break apart this time?Wow - that's weird - there's two of me now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 [quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="Cassis"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Will "][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Tony F Dordogne"] How the hell would I know Ron, cricket isn't the sort of thing that comes up on the day to day living radar round here - too busy getting of with living in France with French people.[/quote]And French people NEVER do anything non-French, do they? You know, like eating couscous, or listening to jazz, or eating at McDonalds, or playing handball........... no indeedy! [;-)][/quote]Course not, the English would never allow it. [/quote]LOL! [:D][/quote]Oh No, not again [:(][/quote]But we never finished the experiment the last time! We wimped out at the edge of the black hole, it was very disappointing![/quote]OK Go for it[/quote]I know we got a bit dizzy last time, but we didn't wimp out. It's just that the quantum breach detector sprang a leak and we all ended up floating around the edge of the wormhole that was developing. Do you think it'll happen again? [8-)][/quote]That depends if the mods got hold of the special netherlandish leak fixing digit device (patent pending) or we get stuck by the great big worm of ?????[/quote]What - you mean if one of us just sticks our finger in the hole then it may not break apart this time?Wow - that's weird - there's two of me now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 [quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="Cassis"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Will "][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Tony F Dordogne"] How the hell would I know Ron, cricket isn't the sort of thing that comes up on the day to day living radar round here - too busy getting of with living in France with French people.[/quote]And French people NEVER do anything non-French, do they? You know, like eating couscous, or listening to jazz, or eating at McDonalds, or playing handball........... no indeedy! [;-)][/quote]Course not, the English would never allow it. [/quote]LOL! [:D][/quote]Oh No, not again [:(][/quote]But we never finished the experiment the last time! We wimped out at the edge of the black hole, it was very disappointing![/quote]OK Go for it[/quote]I know we got a bit dizzy last time, but we didn't wimp out. It's just that the quantum breach detector sprang a leak and we all ended up floating around the edge of the wormhole that was developing. Do you think it'll happen again? [8-)][/quote]That depends if the mods got hold of the special netherlandish leak fixing digit device (patent pending) or we get stuck by the great big worm of ?????[/quote]'Once more into the breach dear friends etc etc' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 [quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="Cassis"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Will "][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Tony F Dordogne"] How the hell would I know Ron, cricket isn't the sort of thing that comes up on the day to day living radar round here - too busy getting of with living in France with French people.[/quote]And French people NEVER do anything non-French, do they? You know, like eating couscous, or listening to jazz, or eating at McDonalds, or playing handball........... no indeedy! [;-)][/quote]Course not, the English would never allow it. [/quote]LOL! [:D][/quote]Oh No, not again [:(][/quote]But we never finished the experiment the last time! We wimped out at the edge of the black hole, it was very disappointing![/quote]OK Go for it[/quote]I know we got a bit dizzy last time, but we didn't wimp out. It's just that the quantum breach detector sprang a leak and we all ended up floating around the edge of the wormhole that was developing. Do you think it'll happen again? [8-)][/quote]That depends if the mods got hold of the special netherlandish leak fixing digit device (patent pending) or we get stuck by the great big worm of ?????[/quote]'Once more into the breach dear friends etc etc'[/quote]Hello? Can you hear me? My last post has gone awol!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 [quote user="Cassis"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="Cassis"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Will "][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Tony F Dordogne"] How the hell would I know Ron, cricket isn't the sort of thing that comes up on the day to day living radar round here - too busy getting of with living in France with French people.[/quote]And French people NEVER do anything non-French, do they? You know, like eating couscous, or listening to jazz, or eating at McDonalds, or playing handball........... no indeedy! [;-)][/quote]Course not, the English would never allow it. [/quote]LOL! [:D][/quote]Oh No, not again [:(][/quote]But we never finished the experiment the last time! We wimped out at the edge of the black hole, it was very disappointing![/quote]OK Go for it[/quote]I know we got a bit dizzy last time, but we didn't wimp out. It's just that the quantum breach detector sprang a leak and we all ended up floating around the edge of the wormhole that was developing. Do you think it'll happen again? [8-)][/quote]That depends if the mods got hold of the special netherlandish leak fixing digit device (patent pending) or we get stuck by the great big worm of ?????[/quote]'Once more into the breach dear friends etc etc'[/quote]Hello? Can you hear me? My last post has gone awol!!![/quote]Its still there Phil, I missed quoting it (I think !!!!) or we cross-posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 As my son says, 'beware of the Taffia - they'll make you an offer you can't understand' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Katie Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 I am really irritated because my computer is broken and I can only have a quick peep at work but they keep catching me. I think hubby broke the computer because he wants me sitting next to him watching tv in the evenings like a normal little wifey. Ooooops the boss is coming got to go. X REALLY PISSED OFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Katie Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 [quote user="Chris"]As my son says, 'beware of the Taffia - they'll make you an offer you can't understand'[/quote]WOT????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Sorry, arcane reference to when we learned Welsh in Coventry. We then moved to an area of Wales where they spoke a dialect unlike any other (known locally as the WES WES!)(they pronounced OES as WES) - we were greeted like Welsh-speaking Martians: when you asked for something the grocer would shoot into the back and look the word up in his dictionary. We adopted a border collie which had been thrown out by its new owner after he had tried to work it in the local dialect: dog responded perfectly well to us - it turned out that first owner (deceased) had trained it in North Walian forms of dialect. Dog used to responding to TYRD YMA baffled by DERE'MA, and unable to use dictionary to translate.Not a serious post, but I hope the original which started this thread wasn't too serious either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 [quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="Cassis"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="Cassis"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Will "][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Tony F Dordogne"] How the hell would I know Ron, cricket isn't the sort of thing that comes up on the day to day living radar round here - too busy getting of with living in France with French people.[/quote]And French people NEVER do anything non-French, do they? You know, like eating couscous, or listening to jazz, or eating at McDonalds, or playing handball........... no indeedy! [;-)][/quote]Course not, the English would never allow it. [/quote]LOL! [:D][/quote]Oh No, not again [:(][/quote]But we never finished the experiment the last time! We wimped out at the edge of the black hole, it was very disappointing![/quote]OK Go for it[/quote]I know we got a bit dizzy last time, but we didn't wimp out. It's just that the quantum breach detector sprang a leak and we all ended up floating around the edge of the wormhole that was developing. Do you think it'll happen again? [8-)][/quote]That depends if the mods got hold of the special netherlandish leak fixing digit device (patent pending) or we get stuck by the great big worm of ?????[/quote]'Once more into the breach dear friends etc etc'[/quote]Hello? Can you hear me? My last post has gone awol!!![/quote]Its still there Phil, I missed quoting it (I think !!!!) or we cross-posted.[/quote]Anyway, let's get back to the business in hand and stop posting without quoting, please, you lot! This is a serious experiment to explore the limits of the Total France Universe. We need to keep expanding at an ever increasing rate otherwise we'll collapse back in on ourselves. [:'(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 [quote user="Cassis"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="Cassis"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="Cassis"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Will "][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Tony F Dordogne"] How the hell would I know Ron, cricket isn't the sort of thing that comes up on the day to day living radar round here - too busy getting of with living in France with French people.[/quote]And French people NEVER do anything non-French, do they? You know, like eating couscous, or listening to jazz, or eating at McDonalds, or playing handball........... no indeedy! [;-)][/quote]Course not, the English would never allow it. [/quote]LOL! [:D][/quote]Oh No, not again [:(][/quote]But we never finished the experiment the last time! We wimped out at the edge of the black hole, it was very disappointing![/quote]OK Go for it[/quote]I know we got a bit dizzy last time, but we didn't wimp out. It's just that the quantum breach detector sprang a leak and we all ended up floating around the edge of the wormhole that was developing. Do you think it'll happen again? [8-)][/quote]That depends if the mods got hold of the special netherlandish leak fixing digit device (patent pending) or we get stuck by the great big worm of ?????[/quote]'Once more into the breach dear friends etc etc'[/quote]Hello? Can you hear me? My last post has gone awol!!![/quote]Its still there Phil, I missed quoting it (I think !!!!) or we cross-posted.[/quote]Anyway, let's get back to the business in hand and stop posting without quoting, please, you lot! This is a serious experiment to explore the limits of the Total France Universe. We need to keep expanding at an ever increasing rate otherwise we'll collapse back in on ourselves. [:'(][/quote]OK, no more Welsh, no more bacon butties, just serious? scientific study [geek] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 [quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="Cassis"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="Cassis"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="Cassis"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Will "][quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Tony F Dordogne"] How the hell would I know Ron, cricket isn't the sort of thing that comes up on the day to day living radar round here - too busy getting of with living in France with French people.[/quote]And French people NEVER do anything non-French, do they? You know, like eating couscous, or listening to jazz, or eating at McDonalds, or playing handball........... no indeedy! [;-)][/quote]Course not, the English would never allow it. [/quote]LOL! [:D][/quote]Oh No, not again [:(][/quote]But we never finished the experiment the last time! We wimped out at the edge of the black hole, it was very disappointing![/quote]OK Go for it[/quote]I know we got a bit dizzy last time, but we didn't wimp out. It's just that the quantum breach detector sprang a leak and we all ended up floating around the edge of the wormhole that was developing. Do you think it'll happen again? [8-)][/quote]That depends if the mods got hold of the special netherlandish leak fixing digit device (patent pending) or we get stuck by the great big worm of ?????[/quote]'Once more into the breach dear friends etc etc'[/quote]Hello? Can you hear me? My last post has gone awol!!![/quote]Its still there Phil, I missed quoting it (I think !!!!) or we cross-posted.[/quote]Anyway, let's get back to the business in hand and stop posting without quoting, please, you lot! This is a serious experiment to explore the limits of the Total France Universe. We need to keep expanding at an ever increasing rate otherwise we'll collapse back in on ourselves. [:'(][/quote]OK, no more Welsh, no more bacon butties, just serious? scientific study [geek][/quote]Excellent, back on course. I was going to ask, do you agree with the commonly held view that the universe is currently expanding both in space andtime? But how do we know that the universe is not currently collapsing?By the way, we are definitely losing central posts now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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