On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 12:54:58 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne) wrote:

>a.spencer3 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> "David Horne" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:1i27xja.az9do9wxnwbwN%[email protected]...
>> > Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > > On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 12:26:23 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne)
>> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6926569.stm
>> > > >
>> > > >"The "massive influx" of UK stag and hen parties to Prague has made the
>> > > >Czech Republic a hotspot for British travellers in trouble, figures
>> > > >suggest.
>> > > >
>> > > >A Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) report says Britons visiting
>> the
>> > > >Czech Republic need a "disproportionate" amount of consular
>> assistance."
>> > >
>> > > but the young female staff love it?
>> >
>> > I found this a bit hard to believe:
>> >
>> > "Foreign Office research last year suggested 24% of people on stag and
>> > hen parties faced problems abroad."
>> >
>> > I suppose it depends what problems refer to?
>> >
>>
>> I get fed up with this self-mud slinging.
>
>I don't see it that way. I think it's quite interesting.
>
>> Has no-one ever seen German parties on the rampage, for instance?

I haven't despite 40 years of visiting Germany.

>
>Wherever I've travelled in Europe so far, the largest loudest parties
>have tended to be English. Now, that might also be because they
>represent the biggest single group of people who make such trips- I
>don't know.
>
>> And the Finns - Oh those Finns!
>
>Markkku does his bit to lower the impression of Finns worldwide, I
>agree.
>
>> And that "24%" is frankly unbelievable.
>
>It suprises me- but I'd want to know what these problems were.
>
>> Means some local consulates have some extra work to do which, from what I've
>> seen, makes a change.
>
>Barcelona is always busy- theft is definitely a problem there, at least
>for UK tourists.

Boris, wanabee Mayor of London, had his bicycle stolen.
--

Martin

"David Horne" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1i27xja.az9do9wxnwbwN%[email protected]...
> Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 12:26:23 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne)
>> wrote:
>>
>> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6926569.stm
>> >
>> >"The "massive influx" of UK stag and hen parties to Prague has made the
>> >Czech Republic a hotspot for British travellers in trouble, figures
>> >suggest.
>> >
>> >A Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) report says Britons visiting the
>> >Czech Republic need a "disproportionate" amount of consular assistance."
>>
>> but the young female staff love it?
>
> I found this a bit hard to believe:
>
> "Foreign Office research last year suggested 24% of people on stag and
> hen parties faced problems abroad."

I'll bet their way of counting them is odd.

I'll be prepared to bet that they divide the number of stag parties by the
number of drunks arrested.

Promptly forgetting that if a whole party gets run in then it's twenty or
thirty people but only one party...

You've got to watch the diplos.

They do resent having to do the work they are so royally paid for.

--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Boris, wanabee Mayor of London, had his bicycle stolen.

Every cloud...

Is him finding it wasn't there on film?

I love it when he goes all pink and splutters...

Boris is the personification of Tory values...

Adulterous, lecherous, inept, greedy, inarticulate, educated beyond his
own intelligence and unable to work simple machines, like a bicycle lock...

He's like expensive ice-cream...

Rich, thick and you don't want more than a small portion before you're sick
of it...

--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

William Black <[email protected]> wrote:

> "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > Boris, wanabee Mayor of London, had his bicycle stolen.
>
> Every cloud...
>
> Is him finding it wasn't there on film?
>
> I love it when he goes all pink and splutters...
>
> Boris is the personification of Tory values...
>
> Adulterous, lecherous, inept, greedy, inarticulate, educated beyond his
> own intelligence and unable to work simple machines, like a bicycle lock...
>
> He's like expensive ice-cream...

My high school art teacher used to say that the rose was a perfect
emblem for the labour party- attractive, expensive, and with thorns!

--
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http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website
"Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient."
Pres. Carter on Ex-Pres. Blair- May, 2007

David Horne schrieb:
> Barcelona is always busy- theft is definitely a problem there, at least
> for UK tourists.
I wonder why?
I was there last week and an apparent UK tourist had let himself be lured
into playing the shell game with 50 euro notes. Apart from the gang itself
he was the only one playing.
I mean, why are people still falling for this fraud?

Lots of Greetings!
Volker
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For email replies, please substitute the obvious.

Volker Hetzer <[email protected]> wrote:

> David Horne schrieb:
> > Barcelona is always busy- theft is definitely a problem there, at least
> > for UK tourists.
> I wonder why?
> I was there last week and an apparent UK tourist had let himself be lured
> into playing the shell game with 50 euro notes. Apart from the gang itself
> he was the only one playing.
> I mean, why are people still falling for this fraud?

I'm not sure that kind of thing is only applicable to UK tourists
though.

--
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http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website
"Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient."
Pres. Carter on Ex-Pres. Blair- May, 2007

"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 12:54:58 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne) wrote:
>
> >a.spencer3 <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> "David Horne" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >> news:1i27xja.az9do9wxnwbwN%[email protected]...
> >> > Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 12:26:23 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne)
> >> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6926569.stm
> >> > > >
> >> > > >"The "massive influx" of UK stag and hen parties to Prague has
made the
> >> > > >Czech Republic a hotspot for British travellers in trouble,
figures
> >> > > >suggest.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >A Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) report says Britons
visiting
> >> the
> >> > > >Czech Republic need a "disproportionate" amount of consular
> >> assistance."
> >> > >
> >> > > but the young female staff love it?
> >> >
> >> > I found this a bit hard to believe:
> >> >
> >> > "Foreign Office research last year suggested 24% of people on stag
and
> >> > hen parties faced problems abroad."
> >> >
> >> > I suppose it depends what problems refer to?
> >> >
> >>
> >> I get fed up with this self-mud slinging.
> >
> >I don't see it that way. I think it's quite interesting.
> >
> >> Has no-one ever seen German parties on the rampage, for instance?
>
> I haven't despite 40 years of visiting Germany.
>

I'm talking of the costas & co.

Surreyman

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:22:23 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne) wrote:

>The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Following up to [email protected] (David Horne) wrote:
>>
>> > It's important for people to know that, just because
>> >it's easy to fly to a foreign destination
>>
>> increase air taxes! Was I late?
>
>That's not the question you should ask yourself!

Those who want an increase in air taxes should stop using cut price airlines.
--

Martin

Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:22:23 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne) wrote:
>
> >The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Following up to [email protected] (David Horne) wrote:
> >>
> >> > It's important for people to know that, just because
> >> >it's easy to fly to a foreign destination
> >>
> >> increase air taxes! Was I late?
> >
> >That's not the question you should ask yourself!
>
> Those who want an increase in air taxes should stop using cut price airlines.

Or stop driving!

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http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website
"Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient."
Pres. Carter on Ex-Pres. Blair- May, 2007

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:37:31 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne) wrote:

>William Black <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> > Boris, wanabee Mayor of London, had his bicycle stolen.
>>
>> Every cloud...
>>
>> Is him finding it wasn't there on film?
>>
>> I love it when he goes all pink and splutters...
>>
>> Boris is the personification of Tory values...
>>
>> Adulterous, lecherous, inept, greedy, inarticulate, educated beyond his
>> own intelligence and unable to work simple machines, like a bicycle lock...
>>
>> He's like expensive ice-cream...
>
>My high school art teacher used to say that the rose was a perfect
>emblem for the labour party- attractive, expensive, and with thorns!

and the tree is the perfect Tory emblem, shake it and rotten apples fall out of
it?
--

Martin

On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:38:25 GMT, "a.spencer3" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected].. .
>> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 12:54:58 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne) wrote:
>>
>> >a.spencer3 <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> "David Horne" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >> news:1i27xja.az9do9wxnwbwN%[email protected]...
>> >> > Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > > On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 12:26:23 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne)
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > >
>> >> > > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6926569.stm
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > >"The "massive influx" of UK stag and hen parties to Prague has
>made the
>> >> > > >Czech Republic a hotspot for British travellers in trouble,
>figures
>> >> > > >suggest.
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > >A Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) report says Britons
>visiting
>> >> the
>> >> > > >Czech Republic need a "disproportionate" amount of consular
>> >> assistance."
>> >> > >
>> >> > > but the young female staff love it?
>> >> >
>> >> > I found this a bit hard to believe:
>> >> >
>> >> > "Foreign Office research last year suggested 24% of people on stag
>and
>> >> > hen parties faced problems abroad."
>> >> >
>> >> > I suppose it depends what problems refer to?
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> I get fed up with this self-mud slinging.
>> >
>> >I don't see it that way. I think it's quite interesting.
>> >
>> >> Has no-one ever seen German parties on the rampage, for instance?
>>
>> I haven't despite 40 years of visiting Germany.
>>
>
>I'm talking of the costas & co.

I avoid the Costas &co.
--

Martin

On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:53:22 +0200, Volker Hetzer <[email protected]>
wrote:

>David Horne schrieb:
>> Barcelona is always busy- theft is definitely a problem there, at least
>> for UK tourists.
>I wonder why?
>I was there last week and an apparent UK tourist had let himself be lured
>into playing the shell game with 50 euro notes. Apart from the gang itself
>he was the only one playing.
>I mean, why are people still falling for this fraud?

Are you sure he wasn't playing the part of the one attracting other suckers?
--

Martin

Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:37:31 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne) wrote:
[]
> >My high school art teacher used to say that the rose was a perfect
> >emblem for the labour party- attractive, expensive, and with thorns!
>
> and the tree is the perfect Tory emblem, shake it and rotten apples fall
> out of it?

Never heard that one, but to tell the truth, I think I'd have to rack my
brain to think what it was!

Now I do turn my attention to it, I thought it was a torch?

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(*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website
"Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient."
Pres. Carter on Ex-Pres. Blair- May, 2007

Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:53:22 +0200, Volker Hetzer
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >David Horne schrieb:
> >> Barcelona is always busy- theft is definitely a problem there, at least
> >> for UK tourists.
> >I wonder why?
> >I was there last week and an apparent UK tourist had let himself be lured
> >into playing the shell game with 50 euro notes. Apart from the gang itself
> >he was the only one playing.
> >I mean, why are people still falling for this fraud?
>
> Are you sure he wasn't playing the part of the one attracting other suckers?

A brit came up to me at Barcelona airport once, trying to pull a scam.
That is, he said he needed X more euro for his flight home...

--
(*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website
"Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient."
Pres. Carter on Ex-Pres. Blair- May, 2007

Following up to [email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
(*)) wrote:

>> Those who want an increase in air taxes should stop using cut price airlines.
>
>Or stop driving!

I'll stick to not using ryan and co.:-)
--
Mike
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