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Old Oct 30th 2008 | 3:22 pm
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Just proving (s)he can multitask by trying to wind us up on more than one thread, I think.

Seriously - and I thought the fact that my husband keeps me meant I was the one with too much time on my hands.
 
Old Oct 30th 2008 | 3:26 pm
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Originally Posted by Seasider
Just proving (s)he can multitask by trying to wind us up on more than one thread, I think.

Seriously - and I thought the fact that my husband keeps me meant I was the one with too much time on my hands.
And my 2nd stalker pops in for a cheerio.
 
Old Oct 30th 2008 | 3:27 pm
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Er, I'm already subscribed to the thread. Commented on it up somewhere near your post about you "reprimanding" the Asians.
 
Old Oct 30th 2008 | 3:28 pm
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Originally Posted by koalatea
I may be imagining it, but I think the accent is a little different in Australia
Thanks heavens for that.
 
Old Oct 30th 2008 | 3:28 pm
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Originally Posted by Potato_potato
And my 2nd stalker pops in for a cheerio.
And here's your 3rd

No need for nastiness now Potty.
 
Old Oct 30th 2008 | 3:29 pm
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Originally Posted by Seasider
Er, I'm already subscribed to the thread. Commented on it up somewhere near your post about you "reprimanding" the Asians.
I wouldn't know that, I'm not the one following you from thread to thread. What would your hubby think if he knew?
 
Old Oct 30th 2008 | 3:29 pm
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Go on my son!

Potato-potato give em hell. I love a scrap and always root for the underdog!

You've been here longer than most of these 'Johnny come latelys'!

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Originally Posted by rabsody
And here's your 3rd

No need for nastiness now Potty.
You can follow me any time you like.
 
Old Oct 30th 2008 | 3:33 pm
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Originally Posted by Potato_potato
I wouldn't know that, I'm not the one following you from thread to thread. What would your hubby think if he knew?
Wonder if my tennis coach has gone out of favour.
 
Old Oct 30th 2008 | 3:35 pm
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Originally Posted by Seasider
Wonder if my tennis coach has gone out of favour.
haha
 
Old Oct 30th 2008 | 3:37 pm
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In the UK there is weetabix.

In Aus, there is weetbix. (note that the "a" is missing).


They taste different, and it is probably down to the missing letter "a".
 
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Originally Posted by spartacus
Go on my son!

Potato-potato give em hell. I love a scrap and always root for the underdog!

You've been here longer than most of these 'Johnny come latelys'!

Illegitimi non carborundum!


Originally Posted by markallwood
In the UK there is weetabix.

In Aus, there is weetbix. (note that the "a" is missing).


They taste different, and it is probably down to the missing letter "a".
I'm going to be pedantic here and correct you. Here they have Weet-Bix, in england they have Weetabix. The imported Weetabix are now called Whole Wheat Biscuits.
 
Old Oct 30th 2008 | 4:20 pm
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You couldn't call a cheese Coon in the UK
 
Old Oct 30th 2008 | 4:23 pm
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Originally Posted by St.Georges Girl


I'm going to be pedantic here and correct you. Here they have Weet-Bix, in england they have Weetabix. The imported Weetabix are now called Whole Wheat Biscuits.
Can I join in and be pedantic too? On your caption it says "in a deep dark whole.." is that correct or do you mean hole as in hole in the ground....?

Seriously though, are the imported Whole Wheat Biscuits really like weetabix in the UK? My daughter won't eat weetbix here. I am also looking for proper Readybrek - the quick cooking oats and Uncle Toby's are all too lumpy.
 
Old Oct 30th 2008 | 4:23 pm
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Well whatever they're called. Both make me shit through the eye of a needle

Are weetabix or weetbix meant to be laxatives - cos they are for me

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