View Poll Results: Valentine's Day - what does it mean to you?
I'm sending an anonymous card to the person I've been admiring from afar, just as it should be.
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Valentine's Day
Feb 11th 2013, 1:54 am
#16
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Re: Valentine's Day
My wife said she wanted something that went from zero to 200 in under 3 seconds - I've bought her a set of bathroom scales.
Feb 11th 2013, 4:21 am
#17
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Re: Valentine's Day
Sounds good. Which Carluccio's do you recommend (don't worry, I won't be going on 14th), and is it / are they licenced?
Feb 11th 2013, 5:07 am
#18
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Re: Valentine's Day
kittycat - there is nothing wrong with romance, after however many years, but to be told you have to behave a certain way on an arbitrary day? That's daft. Showing love and being romantic is not about following the herd. It's about kind thoughts and gestures throughout your life together.
Have some imagination and be romantic on other days and in other ways. Receiving flowers and chocolates is nice, but I'd far rather be given them 'just because' than on a day when everyone does.
And generally, FYI, some Quite Interesting facts about St Valentine's Day:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/q...tines-Day.html
Feb 11th 2013, 12:45 pm
#19
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Re: Valentine's Day
Option 4 for me, but don't get off without spending money - it's also our wedding anniversary!
Feb 11th 2013, 1:37 pm
#21
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Re: Valentine's Day
erm, isn't it the 2nd anniversary of the Bahrain riots?
Feb 11th 2013, 2:43 pm
#22
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Re: Valentine's Day
Ironically, it just happened to be the date we wanted in Brazil. They don't even celebrate St Valentines on the 14th Feb in Brazil!
Feb 11th 2013, 5:04 pm
#24
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Re: Valentine's Day
I left the UK for Dubai Feb 14th 2008, will be going back this year but one of the correct decisions I have made in my life was coming to Dubai. In the main I have loved it.
Feb 11th 2013, 8:52 pm
#25
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Re: Valentine's Day
It's all b****ks.
Feb 11th 2013, 10:06 pm
#26
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Re: Valentine's Day
Like a lot of "Celebrity" places (I met Gorden at Verre for example), the franchise is shit, but the owner does care.
Feb 13th 2013, 10:16 am
#27
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Re: Valentine's Day
I had to laugh at this comment from the Daily Mail on the story saying women prefer hugs to diamonds on Valentines Day...
"I've always taken my wife up the OXO Tower for Valentine's Day - it truly is a special day.
- The Real Prophet, Kingston upon "
"I've always taken my wife up the OXO Tower for Valentine's Day - it truly is a special day.
- The Real Prophet, Kingston upon "
Feb 13th 2013, 10:19 am
#28
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Re: Valentine's Day
She'll probably want to kill me at first but then I might, just might, get to take advantage...
Feb 13th 2013, 12:22 pm
#29
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Re: Valentine's Day
Feb 13th 2013, 1:34 pm
#30
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Re: Valentine's Day
It's bolleaux.... just another day that obliges men to buy expensive gifts in the vain hope that they'll get a bit of nooky in return.
That's what mentalist told me to say.
That's what mentalist told me to say.