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Old Sep 7th 2008, 9:20 pm
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Hi,

Now I dont want to get blasted for this but, Being a brit that has travelled / lived in a few countries in the Far East and been to some real ..... holes.
I have been offered a role in Dubai,
happy with package
happy with accomadation stuff
happy with visa' rules ect ect

CAN I GET PG TIPS Tea bags in Dubai..????

or should I bring them in with me?

Told you it was an important question.

GB
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Old Sep 7th 2008, 9:45 pm
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Tea leaves in a bag? It'll never catch on .
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Old Sep 8th 2008, 2:37 am
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LULU supermarket in Al Barsha had them
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Old Sep 8th 2008, 5:39 am
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when we moved out,i packed about 8 of the big bags of them with the stuff being shipped out!...thinking ahead!..I cant function without my tea.
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yes you can. and tetley' s tea.
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Old Sep 8th 2008, 6:22 am
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Originally Posted by GB2180
Hi,

Now I dont want to get blasted for this but, Being a brit that has travelled / lived in a few countries in the Far East and been to some real ..... holes.
I have been offered a role in Dubai,
happy with package
happy with accomadation stuff
happy with visa' rules ect ect

CAN I GET PG TIPS Tea bags in Dubai..????

or should I bring them in with me?

Told you it was an important question.

GB
Bring me over some Yorkshire Tea Bags pls, as you cant bloody get those here !
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Old Sep 8th 2008, 7:04 am
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Originally Posted by GB2180
Hi,

Now I dont want to get blasted for this but, Being a brit that has travelled / lived in a few countries in the Far East and been to some real ..... holes.
I have been offered a role in Dubai,
happy with package
happy with accomadation stuff
happy with visa' rules ect ect

CAN I GET PG TIPS Tea bags in Dubai..????

or should I bring them in with me?

Told you it was an important question.

GB
you can get almost everything here you get back home, jaffa cakes, pg tips, irn bru, bisto gravy, mccain over chips, cumberland sausages....
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Originally Posted by GB2180
Hi,

Now I dont want to get blasted for this but, Being a brit that has travelled / lived in a few countries in the Far East and been to some real ..... holes.
I have been offered a role in Dubai,
happy with package
happy with accomadation stuff
happy with visa' rules ect ect

CAN I GET PG TIPS Tea bags in Dubai..????

or should I bring them in with me?

Told you it was an important question.

GB
Be very careful - there was a major "fake PG Tips" racket a few months back, with a number of tea cartels thought to have cashed in.

Eventually the whole ring was busted open. Dawn raids, Interpol alerted, multiple arrests......... the works.......
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Old Sep 8th 2008, 7:11 am
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oh cool...a thread about teabagging
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Originally Posted by MataHari
oh cool...a thread about teabagging
Is that Dutch sarcasm???
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Old Sep 8th 2008, 7:14 am
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Originally Posted by TGFKASE
Is that Dutch sarcasm???
I am not sure what brought that on...
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Originally Posted by Spugsy
you can get almost everything here you get back home, jaffa cakes, pg tips, irn bru, bisto gravy, mccain over chips, cumberland sausages....
not cadburys chocolate buttons though.
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Old Sep 8th 2008, 7:20 am
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Originally Posted by MataHari
oh cool...a thread about teabagging
you're worse than all the blokes on here, you know that.....
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Old Sep 8th 2008, 7:21 am
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not cadburys chocolate buttons though.
I had some cadburys freddie frogs last week - they were ace.
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Old Sep 8th 2008, 7:21 am
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Originally Posted by Spugsy
you're worse than all the blokes on here, you know that.....
says he who obviously knows what I am talking about....
just trying to give this thread a bit of a wider appeal...
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