CharlesTuckerTheThird Posted October 30, 2023 Posted October 30, 2023 Today I found out my friend is running in the local council elections! Best of luck to her, I say, the council round here are crooked as they come. Quote
Keith Houchen Posted October 30, 2023 Posted October 30, 2023 For which party, or as an independent? Quote
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted October 30, 2023 Paid Members Posted October 30, 2023 One of my friends ran in the 2017 General Election and beat the Lib Dems. https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2017-06-09/blackburn-rovers-fan-beats-lib-dems Quote
CharlesTuckerTheThird Posted October 31, 2023 Posted October 31, 2023 20 hours ago, Keith Houchen said: For which party, or as an independent? Green Party, the last councilor here was Green but he fell off a horse or something so had to give it up. Quote
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted October 31, 2023 Paid Members Posted October 31, 2023 On 10/29/2023 at 8:06 AM, jazzygeofferz said: Just Eat is called Menulog in Australia as well because they (Just Eat) didn't want to change the name of the company they bought out there in order to retain the brand recognition. All the adverts are the same, but instead of using the words "just eat" they say "Menulog" as demonstrated here by celebrity Burnley fan Snoop Dingle. This reminds me of listening to these adverts on USA Radio for windscreen repairs and thinking they sounded familiar Sounds bizarre to me. Quote
Keith Houchen Posted October 31, 2023 Posted October 31, 2023 (edited) Ha, that’s bizarre!! That reminds me of the old DFS ads in the 90s. We knew it at work as DFS in Darley Dale Measham Stoke Fenton Tamworth Banbury and Northampton. A lad from Lincoln worked with us and told us they had the same ad but with their locations at the end, and rattled them off. For some reason we popped like that “bar when England scored a goal” meme. Ah simpler days! Edited October 31, 2023 by Keith Houchen Quote
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted October 31, 2023 Paid Members Posted October 31, 2023 30 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: Ha, that’s bizarre!! That reminds me of the old DFS ads in the 90s. We knew it at work as DFS in Darley Dale Meaghan Stoke Fenton Tamworth Banbury and Northampton. A lad from Lincoln worked with us and told us they had the same ad but with their locations at the end, and rattled them off. For some reason we popped like that “bar when England scored a goal” meme. Ah simpler days! The classic one here was Purley Way, Croydon. Even though I know Croydon is a dump, I’ve never been to Purley Way and it sounds like a wonderland. Quote
Keith Houchen Posted October 31, 2023 Posted October 31, 2023 3 minutes ago, Hannibal Scorch said: Even though I know Croydon is a dump @gmoney Is some wasteman fussing your ends or is mandem actually a roadman? (Still only watched a couple of episodes of Top Boy and it shows) Quote
Paid Members gmoney Posted October 31, 2023 Paid Members Posted October 31, 2023 To be fair, Croydon has never been the same since they knocked down the Water Palace at Purley Way and built an Ikea. Quote
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted October 31, 2023 Moderators Posted October 31, 2023 Water Palace was where The Collonnades is now wasn't it? I'm sad that my children won't have the rite of passage of being dunked and terrorised by older kids when they go through the tunnel on the lazy river. Quote
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted October 31, 2023 Paid Members Posted October 31, 2023 1 hour ago, Hannibal Scorch said: I’ve never been to Purley Way and it sounds like a wonderland. Weirdly whenever I tell anyone I'm from Croydon they all seem to know Purley Way Ikea but nothing else. As a kid it had a cinema, bowling alley and McDonald's all next to eachother so it pretty much was a wonderland. Quote
Paid Members gmoney Posted October 31, 2023 Paid Members Posted October 31, 2023 28 minutes ago, Chest Rockwell said: Water Palace was where The Collonnades is now wasn't it? I'm sad that my children won't have the rite of passage of being dunked and terrorised by older kids when they go through the tunnel on the lazy river. Yes you're right. I looked this up a few years ago and could have sworn I read Ikea! The Colonnades is even more depressing. Quote
Paid Members Tommy! Posted October 31, 2023 Paid Members Posted October 31, 2023 3 hours ago, Keith Houchen said: For some reason we popped like that “bar when England scored a goal” meme. This one? Quote
Paid Members seph Posted October 31, 2023 Paid Members Posted October 31, 2023 2 hours ago, Tommy! said: This one? This one is the meme template. (had to interject as it's my home ground, and moreso that there hasn't been much of an atmosphere at all lately) Quote
Paid Members JNLister Posted November 1, 2023 Paid Members Posted November 1, 2023 British Summer Time (and the concept of daylight savings time in general) was first championed by the great-great-grandfather of Chris Martin of Coldplay, who release an album where "Clocks" was immediately followed by "Daylight". Quote
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