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« Reply #15 on: March 04, 2017, 21:43:35 »
Quote from: paul7755 on March 04, 2017, 11:40:24
Quote from: RichardB on March 03, 2017, 21:34:20
Scousers having a chuckle about a couple of things despite Lime St being closed.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/hilarious-letter-sent-guardian-only-12687109



Other versions are available.   Fratton and Manors that I've heard of, there must be a few others...

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Indeed but I suspect it started with Edge Hill, particularly given how the locals are having a laugh about this.   I led a pretty sheltered early life in Surrey and never heard anything similar about Vauxhall or Battersea Park.........
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« Reply #16 on: March 04, 2017, 22:03:53 »
I gather in Scotland getting off at Haymarket has the same meaning.  I think the meaning makes more sense when there is a tunnel between the point of alighting and , er, the final destination.
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« Reply #17 on: March 04, 2017, 22:09:52 »
Hmm.  I'm now not sure whether this particular topic should be in 'The Wider Picture' or 'The Lighter Side'.  Tongue
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« Reply #18 on: March 04, 2017, 23:25:42 »
Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on March 04, 2017, 22:09:52
Hmm.  I'm now not sure whether this particular topic should be in 'The Wider Picture' or 'The Lighter Side'.  Tongue



I'm picturing Graham Chapman in full military uniform bellowing "This is all getting too silly".....
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« Reply #19 on: March 23, 2017, 21:59:13 »
Initial blame has fallen on the owner of land at the top of the embankment, for illegally storing a large number of shipping containers there.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/owner-land-next-collapsed-lime-12690553
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« Reply #20 on: March 24, 2017, 08:16:30 »
Well, /pedant on, it's the lessee, the owner is the Council /pendant off
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« Reply #21 on: March 24, 2017, 09:03:42 »
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pendant off

Is it a nice piece of jewellery?  Tongue
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« Reply #22 on: March 24, 2017, 09:49:55 »
iphone again....:-)
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