Dubai 2013 - according to the Telegraph...............
Jan 25th 2013, 6:07 am
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Dubai 2013 - according to the Telegraph...............
Jan 25th 2013, 7:04 am
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Re: Dubai 2013 - according to the Telegraph...............
'Quaffing and slurping', 'red faced Brits', 'champagne and oysters'
Sounds like a well balanced, impartial article.
Sounds like a well balanced, impartial article.
Jan 27th 2013, 10:05 am
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I mean, it's not as if anyone in the UK ever drinks too much and falls over in the street in a drubken state...
Jan 27th 2013, 10:11 am
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Are we getting a little too sensitive? OK, so they rolled out (a not entirely unfair nor inaccurate) stereotype which is pure laziness, but the rest of the piece is hard to argue. A decent summary of current reality I would have said and I can't ever remember defending the Torygraph ever in my life before.....
Jan 27th 2013, 10:14 am
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Re: Dubai 2013 - according to the Telegraph...............
British cities are full of pissheads falling down, throwing up and fighting while inebriated. So what is new ? Welcome to Sodom and Gommorha
Jan 27th 2013, 10:18 am
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Are we getting a little too sensitive? OK, so they rolled out (a not entirely unfair nor inaccurate) stereotype which is pure laziness, but the rest of the piece is hard to argue. A decent summary of current reality I would have said and I can't ever remember defending the Torygraph ever in my life before.....
Jan 27th 2013, 4:34 pm
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Yes I stopped reading at that point too. I don't think I have ever quaffed in my life. Slurped once or twice though.
Jan 27th 2013, 4:36 pm
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I thought the article was spot on...........
