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stevenglish Jul 20th 2010 10:34 am

The book of great British Wit
 
'The trouble with England is it's being governed by c@@ts'

'Quite frankly old man, there are an awful lot of c@@ts in England and they deserve representation'

Rex Harrison and unidentified MP

Definition of a politician: He is asked to stand, he wants to sit, he is expected to lie.

Winston Churchill

Present policies are leading us to the status of a banana republic that has run out of Bananas - Richard Marsh

A good fish finger butty is hard to beat - Jamie Oliver

If you are foolish enough to be contented, don't show it, but grumble with the rest - Jerome K Jerome

I never see any home cooking, all I get is fancy stuff - Prince Philip

stevenglish Jul 20th 2010 7:13 pm

Re: The book of great British Wit
 
The Almighty, in his infinite wisdom, did not see fit to create Frenchmen in the image of Englishmen - Winston Churchill

squeezzii Jul 20th 2010 7:38 pm

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The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game......Bill Shankly

Vash the Stampede Jul 20th 2010 11:57 pm

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Life - and I don't suppose I'm the first to make this comparison - is a disease: sexually transmitted, and invariably fatal - Neil Gaiman

:blink:

Sherlock Holmes Jul 21st 2010 1:06 am

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"A fan club is a group of people who tell an actor he's not alone in the way he feels about himself.”

Kenneth Williams.

Paula31 Jul 21st 2010 9:15 am

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Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes - Oscar Wilde

iamthecreaturefromuranus Jul 21st 2010 9:20 am

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Originally Posted by alistairboyle (Post 8717734)
"A fan club is a group of people who tell an actor he's not alone in the way he feels about himself.”

Kenneth Williams.

"Infamy! Infamy! they've all got it in for me!"

Kenneth Williams. :)

stevenglish Jul 21st 2010 9:53 pm

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I knew her mother was coming round, I saw the canary throw itself into the cats mouth - Roy Chubby Brown

stevenglish Jul 21st 2010 9:57 pm

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I couldn't believe it the other day when I picked up a British newspaper and read that 82% of men would rather sleep with a goat than me - Sarah Ferguson Duchess of York

Sherlock Holmes Jul 22nd 2010 12:52 am

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“Suicide is a real threat to health.” – Virginia Bottomley

seayork2002 Jul 26th 2010 9:08 pm

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Is that not an Oxymoron??? :)

iamthecreaturefromuranus Jul 26th 2010 9:36 pm

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Originally Posted by seayork2002 (Post 8731186)
Is that not an Oxymoron??? :)

Only to an Aussiemoron. :p


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