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Old Aug 23rd 2005, 12:53 pm
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Just bought the latest issue of "Our State". Inside is an advert for Henderson's forthcoming festival. The tagline? Er, "Shag and Dine"!

Some people on BE would probably drop the dine and go straight to the shag...




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Old Aug 23rd 2005, 1:50 pm
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this thread reminds me of that Engrish site

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Old Aug 23rd 2005, 2:07 pm
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Three billboards around our area have had me, as the Americans would say, laughing my ass off.

There is a lawyer in our town called Jack Daniel. His billboard says "Got a DUI - contact Jack Daniel".

The other two are sponsored by the Cotton Growers Association:

"If it wasn't for cotton you'd be cleaning your ears out with a stick"

and

"No one ever wrote a song with the line "I wish I was in the land of polyester".

For some reason this just cracked me up.
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Old Aug 23rd 2005, 3:22 pm
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The other two are sponsored by the Cotton Growers Association:

"If it wasn't for cotton you'd be cleaning your ears out with a stick"
Well actually, the Japanese (traditionally speaking) do clean their ears out with a stick (it's a piece of bamboo with a curved end).

"No one ever wrote a song with the line "I wish I was in the land of polyester".

For some reason this just cracked me up.
Funny. So much of the clothing in the US is made of polyester (certainly not natural fibers and I should know) and most of it is imported!!



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I'm in the wrong forum, but what the heck!!!
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Old Aug 23rd 2005, 11:12 pm
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The radio advert says that you don't need to shag, you can just watch!
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I took these ones in Boston. Worried me slightly.... Hollow sidewalks and jobbie lickers?
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Best one i've seen is on a road which passes a prison here in Houston.

It states "Don't pick up hitch hickers" :scared:
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The radio advert says that you don't need to shag, you can just watch!
If you've never tried shagging, it's fantastic ...
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Old Aug 28th 2005, 3:12 am
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He likes receiving in that position. - Football match hubby was watching last night.
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Old Aug 28th 2005, 4:49 am
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We have the castle boutique stores here in AZ. One is actually built like a castle and I thought it was some kind of kid restaurant or playhouse until my wife informed me on what really got sold there.
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We have the castle boutique stores here in AZ. One is actually built like a castle and I thought it was some kind of kid restaurant or playhouse until my wife informed me on what really got sold there.
That's so funny, we did exactly the same thing, except we went in!!! My husband is actually from here, but has been living in England for the last 6 years, so he wasn't aware of what they were. We drove past & decided to check it out, thinking that it was a medieval themed restaurant or banquet hall!!! It's a good job we aren't prudes!
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