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Mar 20th 2010 | 10:27 am

iolande

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Nothing like a bit of communication

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7702913.stm

it's almost too good to be true!

Mar 20th 2010 | 10:43 am

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Re: Nothing like a bit of communication

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Originally Posted by iolande

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7702913.stm

it's almost too good to be true!

It's funny how some stories make their way back into the news. That's from Oct 2008 and I remember seeing it at the time.

Mar 20th 2010 | 11:02 am

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Re: Nothing like a bit of communication

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Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus

It's funny how some stories make their way back into the news. That's from Oct 2008 and I remember seeing it at the time.

Someone else I know posted that on FB yesterday. I think the BBC recycles stories when they're low on news content.
Funny story though.

Mar 20th 2010 | 11:04 pm

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Re: Nothing like a bit of communication

A few years back I was drinking in a pub in Northern Wales, the locals were trying to teach me how to order beer in Welsh. Lucky they were patient

Mar 21st 2010 | 10:21 am

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Re: Nothing like a bit of communication

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Originally Posted by Deutschmaster

A few years back I was drinking in a pub in Northern Wales, the locals were trying to teach me how to order beer in Welsh. Lucky they were patient

They were probably teaching you to say 'would you like sex with me? My rates are very reasonable'

Mar 22nd 2010 | 9:22 am

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They were probably teaching you to say 'would you like sex with me? My rates are very reasonable'

Reminds me of my oh's brother in law trying, in Spanish to explain that he'd had an electric shock from the light switch in the gents.

Apparently it came out as "My body is full of this amazing electrical energy. You have to come to the toilet with me now.'!!