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Old Jul 26th 2012, 8:51 am
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Originally Posted by Lorna at Vicenza
No it doesn't. They just think we are reserved and cold just like they think we all carry brollies and newspapers and that the whole country stops at 4 o'clock so we can all have a cup of tea.
here the country closes for lunch at 2 and don't re-open until 5, so we get a number of cups of tea
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Old Jul 26th 2012, 8:55 am
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Originally Posted by 37100
And you've met the Queen and hence know EVERYTHING about her.
..and you come from London and know exactly the best/cheapest hotel there.

One woman even asked me once if I could help get her son into Oxford Uni ... !!!!!!!!!!!!
I practically laughed in her face and she took it really badly . .stupid bat..
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Originally Posted by Domino
here the country closes for lunch at 2 and don't re-open until 5, so we get a number of cups of tea
12.30 to 4pm here. Sometimes 4.30pm in the height of summer.

Quite a lot of public offices, banks and post offices close at 1pm and just don't open again.
If you have to get different things done in one day, you are forever checking your watch for the time.
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..and you come from London and know exactly the best/cheapest hotel there.

One woman even asked me once if I could help get her son into Oxford Uni ... !!!!!!!!!!!!
I practically laughed in her face and she took it really badly . .stupid bat..
You ONLY come from London. There are no other towns and cities in England - unless you say you're from the North and then you come from Manchester........ or Scotland.
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Originally Posted by Lorna at Vicenza
You ONLY come from London. There are no other towns and cities in England - unless you say you're from the North and then you come from Manchester........ or Scotland.

But Scotland is still Inghilterra isn't it?
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But Scotland is still Inghilterra isn't it?
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But Scotland is still Inghilterra isn't it?
Haha - no Scotland is Braveheart Country, we all run around in kilts (with our red hair and freckles) shouting 'Freedom'! Oh and we drink a lot of whisky.......
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Haha - no Scotland is Braveheart Country, we all run around in kilts (with our red hair and freckles) shouting 'Freedom'! Oh and we drink a lot of whisky.......
and it's cold and raining all the time right?
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and it's cold and raining all the time right?
em they'd be right on that one
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Originally Posted by malcesine99
em they'd be right on that one


.. oh and the universities are free, right too?
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Originally Posted by malcesine99
Haha - no Scotland is Braveheart Country, we all run around in kilts (with our red hair and freckles) shouting 'Freedom'! Oh and we drink a lot of whisky.......
you forgot the blue facepaint
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.. oh and the universities are free, right too?
EU students 'enjoy' free University too!
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Originally Posted by Lorna at Vicenza
you forgot the blue facepaint
Do you know my FIL He is the most patriotic Scottish/Italian I know, he has a Scottish flag outiside his house, a Scots flag on his truck and wears Scottish Tshirts and shorts!!!
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And you've met the Queen and hence know EVERYTHING about her.
I did My horse beat her horse at the Royal Cornwall Show in .... 2000 I think it was? 2001? Can't remember.
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I did My horse beat her horse at the Royal Cornwall Show in .... 2000 I think it was? 2001? Can't remember.
Oh that will def come in handy during conversations, plus being in Cornovaglia is a bonus for folklore-ish value
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