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  1. dutchman

    Lies you were told as a kid......

    "If you don't behave, we'll send you back" (As if that was even physically possible)
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    Phrases from your childhood/ teenage years you don’t hear anymore

    And here it is, opposite the pub...
  3. dutchman

    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    And didn't May's deal also specifically rule out signing any external trade deals?
  4. dutchman

    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    Because May's deal would keep Britain in the EU in everything but name as you already know.
  5. dutchman

    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    And as I'm sure has been answered before, it's better than May's sell-out deal and also probably better than Boris' warmed-over May sell-out deal but that remains to be seen yet.
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    Phrases from your childhood/ teenage years you don’t hear anymore

    I once asked a girl on the deli counter if she had any pork scratchings and she looked at me like I was from a different planet or something!
  7. dutchman

    Greta Thunberg / Climate Change Summit

    That's because there aren't any! 100% nut jobs...
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    Greta Thunberg / Climate Change Summit

    Yeah, really 'adult':
  9. dutchman

    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    "Give them an inch and they'll take a mile!" (We know that only too well where I come from).
  10. dutchman

    Phrases from your childhood/ teenage years you don’t hear anymore

    Has anybody outside of Coventry?
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    Phrases from your childhood/ teenage years you don’t hear anymore

    We had this one posh teacher at St Mary's insisted on calling them 'plimsoles' and a raincoat was a 'Mackintosh'.
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    Can't sleep

    Had an unexpected delivery from Amazon this morning on the one day I had a chance to have a lie in!
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    Phrases from your childhood/ teenage years you don’t hear anymore

    Remember when we wore 'pumps' rather than 'trainers'?
  14. dutchman

    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    There won't be any border because there won't be any Brexit!
  15. dutchman

    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    "Lonsdale", that was it! They used a Union Jack on the collar as their trade mark and as that was also used by skinhead gangs it was banned by Dutch schools. AIVD to investigate rise of right-wing youth - Expat Guide to The Netherlands | Expatica Lonsdale faces ban over 'neo-Nazi...
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    It's YEARS since I read it (long before Brexit) and I think on an ex-pat English language site. I was hoping someone here could tell me the name of the clothing brand? It was very popular at the time. Are you suggesting I made the story up to prove some point or other and if so what point would...
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    Long-sinced banned in Dutch schools as it became associated with right-wing gangs. I forget the name but there's a popular brand of clothing which uses the Union Jack as its label, also banned in Dutch schools.
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    That's assuming Johnson delivers. When he doesn't there'll be a huge swing to the British party.
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    Nigel Benn to return to boxing aged 55

    Who in their right mind would fight a 55 yr-old? If he dies his opponent will be branded a 'murderer' for the rest of their life.
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