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Nanice Apr 6th 2011 11:05 pm

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This is really funny. I hope I will live there one day (soon) :p

Bahtatboy Apr 15th 2011 5:09 pm

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...you apartment block's basement car park can only accommodate 2/3 of the cars it was designed for because all the drivers are too lazy and incompetent to park in only one parking space.

littlejimmy Apr 15th 2011 5:20 pm

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The toilet seat and the floor are soaking wet.

co durham boy Apr 15th 2011 5:54 pm

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You die while in custoday for being pissed

Millhouse Apr 15th 2011 5:56 pm

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Originally Posted by co durham boy (Post 9308262)
You die while in custoday for being pissed

you're a beacon of joy this morning!

lullabelle Apr 15th 2011 6:57 pm

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Originally Posted by littlejimmy (Post 9308236)
The toilet seat and the floor are soaking wet.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

you get asked about your school education during job interviews. In fact it is the very first question.

It was so long ago I can't actually remember if incidents from my schooldays were real or something I saw on "Grange Hill"

moneypenny20 Apr 15th 2011 7:20 pm

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Originally Posted by fezzer (Post 9282137)
- Rainbow is a valid substitute for milk (shudder!)

Excuse me for butting in, but what on earth is Rainbow, other than a dubious children's tv show in the 80s?:D

littlejimmy Apr 15th 2011 7:41 pm

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Originally Posted by moneypenny20 (Post 9308353)
Excuse me for butting in, but what on earth is Rainbow, other than a dubious children's tv show in the 80s?:D

It's evaporated milk in a tin. It is what we get in tea and coffee here.

moneypenny20 Apr 15th 2011 7:54 pm

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Originally Posted by littlejimmy (Post 9308369)
It's evaporated milk in a tin. It is what we get in tea and coffee here.

Yuk. The husband would love it though. Thanks.

Bahtatboy Apr 15th 2011 9:31 pm

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Originally Posted by littlejimmy (Post 9308369)
It's evaporated milk in a tin. It is what we get in tea and coffee here.

And its 'king disgusting.

littlejimmy Apr 15th 2011 9:33 pm

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Originally Posted by Bahtatboy (Post 9308466)
And its 'king disgusting.

It's better than Korean food...

norsk Apr 15th 2011 9:42 pm

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Originally Posted by littlejimmy (Post 9308470)
It's better than Korean food...

everything is better than korean food so that isn't saying much...

Bahtatboy Apr 15th 2011 9:46 pm

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Originally Posted by norsk (Post 9308488)
everything is better than korean food so that isn't saying much...

Nah, almost everyone would like a really good bibimba.

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littlejimmy Apr 15th 2011 10:07 pm

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Nah, I'm being unfair. Some of it is edible. The purple rice (which comes with EVERY SINGLE MEAL) is fine, and there have been one or two reasonable meat dishes.

Meow Apr 15th 2011 10:13 pm

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Originally Posted by littlejimmy (Post 9308511)
Nah, I'm being unfair. Some of it is edible. The purple rice (which comes with EVERY SINGLE MEAL) is fine, and there have been one or two reasonable meat dishes.

Purple rice? I've never had that. Why is it purple?

I eat in a great little Korean in Satwa (magic tea in there) and lived near the UK's largest Korean population and have never had the purple rice.


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