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Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 2:12pm

hobiejoe wrote:

We like that one. That's where the local pirates (and Noenz has met the direct descendant of one of them, and the is lady is a Lady now. And so it goes) unloaded their booty.

Chaucer, in his day job, was sent down from London to "Dertemouth" to sort out the local entrepreneur/privateer/pirate, John Hauley, who was causing friction with whichever country the Kings sprog was marrying the sprog of. Mainly by boarding their vessels, murdering the crew and bringing the boat back to Dartmouth.

Funnily enough, the local church, St Saviours, is known as the vintners church - there are bunches af grapes prominently carved in the rood screen - and a lot of the town's prosperity came from the wine trade, mainly from Bordeaux, until a regretable, and apparently short-lived contretemps that became the "100 Years War", although with hindsight I bet they wished they came up with something a little snappier.

So from then on, it was Port wine only in England, causing a massive increase in the incidence of gout amongst the Upper Classes (one takes one's pleasure and class warfare where one can) and the lifelong affection of Scottish wine drinkers for French wine, and Claret in particular. This is because the Catholic French would not and could not supply the Protestant English, but would happily supply the then Catholic Scots.

History does not recall if the grateful Scots reciprocated by sending south great amounts of haggis. Or if they did, the recipients were too polite to say.

I envy you for living in a place that actually has a long and rich history. Out here if something goes back fifty years it's practically ancient.

Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 2:06pm

Oh, just backscrolled after posting the dribble below. Yup lots of empty boxes, but Winter's post looks OK when I quoted it in my post

Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 2:04pm

winter wrote:

"Quaint waterfront", "historic entrepreneurship zone", unregulated hooker stroll - tomato, potato, yam.

We like that one. That's where the local pirates (and Noenz has met the direct descendant of one of them, and the is lady is a Lady now. And so it goes) unloaded their booty.

Chaucer, in his day job, was sent down from London to "Dertemouth" to sort out the local entrepreneur/privateer/pirate, John Hauley, who was causing friction with whichever country the Kings sprog was marrying the sprog of. Mainly by boarding their vessels, murdering the crew and bringing the boat back to Dartmouth.

Funnily enough, the local church, St Saviours, is known as the vintners church - there are bunches af grapes prominently carved in the rood screen - and a lot of the town's prosperity came from the wine trade, mainly from Bordeaux, until a regretable, and apparently short-lived contretemps that became the "100 Years War", although with hindsight I bet they wished they came up with something a little snappier.

So from then on, it was Port wine only in England, causing a massive increase in the incidence of gout amongst the Upper Classes (one takes one's pleasure and class warfare where one can) and the lifelong affection of Scottish wine drinkers for French wine, and Claret in particular. This is because the Catholic French would not and could not supply the Protestant English, but would happily supply the then Catholic Scots.

History does not recall if the grateful Scots reciprocated by sending south great amounts of haggis. Or if they did, the recipients were too polite to say.

Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 1:44pm

Yibbyl wrote:

And now when I try to quote you quoting yourself, I get nothing at all.

Looks like the birthday boy is messing with you.

Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 1:38pm

Yibbyl wrote:

Well, WTF?!? It does do that! I'm guessing it's all part of some conspiracy to make me look lazy!

Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 1:33pm

Yibbyl wrote:

Don't we need a new forum to talk about nipples?

(SIDE NOTE: why is it that when I try to reply to your posts the little quote block appears, but it's empty and your words are below the block? It's odd, and it only seems to happen with your posts. Anyway ..)

Let's don't talk about those. It draws the attention of some less than ideal participants, and before long we're all listening to jabber about feet and God knows what else.

Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 1:32pm

Yibbyl wrote:

Don't we need a new forum to talk about nipples?

got one

Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 1:31pm

winter wrote:

Thanks. I was starting to feel special there for a second. Glad we got that nipped in the bud.

Don't we need a new forum to talk about nipples?

Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 1:28pm

Lazy8 wrote:

Yibbyl wrote:

I guess that makes you neither red nor blue, but purple!

We're all purple—the color of bruises.

"We're all Books of Blood. Whenever we're opened, we're red."
-Clive Barker (from when he was great)-

Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 1:25pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

"quaint waterfront" my eye. Sounds like a euphemism for something unsavory.

You don't know what kind of medically qualified sea birds that kind of euphoniumism will draw out of the mire.

Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 1:21pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

"quaint waterfront" my eye. Sounds like a euphemism for something unsavory.

"Quaint waterfront", "historic entrepreneurship zone", unregulated hooker stroll - tomato, potato, yam.

Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 1:20pm

oldslabsides wrote:

no worries, eh?

Get oot, stereotyper.

Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 1:20pm

hobiejoe wrote:

Sailors? Sailors? SAILORS?

Good gods, man have you gone stark raving mad? Have you lost your very reason? Have you...ovals you say? All the cars in the same direction? Oooh, sounds good.......

"quaint waterfront" my eye. Sounds like a euphemism for something unsavory.

Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 1:19pm

winter wrote:

Well, you make up for it by having guns and shooting stuff. So I wouldn't call myself a Canadian just yet.

no worries, eh?

Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 1:19pm

oldslabsides wrote:

this explains why I feel so unpatriotic.

Well, you make up for it by having guns and shooting stuff. So I wouldn't call myself a Canadian just yet.

Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 1:18pm

hobiejoe wrote:

Sailors? Sailors? SAILORS?

Good gods, man have you gone stark raving mad? Have you lost your very reason? Have you...ovals you say? All the cars in the same direction? Oooh, sounds good.......

Ovals. Hundreds of laps. Apparently we like to know who has mastered the high-speed ninety-degree left turn. (Sharper turns and right turns are for sissies, Frenchmen, and bankers.)

Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 1:18pm

winter wrote:

True Americans only watch cars racing in ovals for hour after pointless hour.

this explains why I feel so unpatriotic.

Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 1:15pm

winter wrote:

Yes, but those are sailors. True Americans only watch cars racing in ovals for hour after pointless hour.

Sailors? Sailors? SAILORS?

Good gods, man have you gone stark raving mad? Have you lost your very reason? Have you...ovals you say? All the cars in the same direction? Oooh, sounds good.......

Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 1:08pm

hobiejoe wrote:

I think it's "de rigeur" amongst the sea-faring community. We, our town that is, are massively patronised on day 3.

Yes, but those are sailors. True Americans only watch cars racing in ovals for hour after pointless hour.

Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 1:06pm

winter wrote:

Okay, no-one monograms white socks. That's just gauche. The stereotype is dark socks with shorts. At least if you're going to smear us you could get the details right.

I think it's "de rigeur" amongst the sea-faring community. We, our town that is, are massively patronised on day 3.

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