Comments on: Finally Some British News I Can Report On! http://www.ninme.com/archives/2006/09/finally_some_br.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:18:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: ninme http://www.ninme.com/archives/2006/09/finally_some_br.html#comment-8990 ninme Thu, 05 Oct 2006 03:40:49 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2006/09/30/finally_some_british_news_i_can_report_on.html#comment-8990 <p>You gotta keep up with the joneses.</p> <p>(ack)</p> You gotta keep up with the joneses.

(ack)

]]> By: ,5MT http://www.ninme.com/archives/2006/09/finally_some_br.html#comment-8989 ,5MT Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:20:16 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2006/09/30/finally_some_british_news_i_can_report_on.html#comment-8989 <p><b>For the Archives</b></p> <p>You knows you got a Ninme jones when you recall the exact number of comments from 2 hours before.</p> For the Archives

You knows you got a Ninme jones when you recall the exact number of comments from 2 hours before.

]]> By: ninme http://www.ninme.com/archives/2006/09/finally_some_br.html#comment-8988 ninme Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:03:39 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2006/09/30/finally_some_british_news_i_can_report_on.html#comment-8988 <p>They could get it called a, um, ...what's that law where people have to let people walk through their kitchens because it was built on a historical trail? Convince someone that it's an ancient (I'd say Indian but you don't have those there either, so....) Celtic hunting ground, and what with Samhain almost upon us...</p> They could get it called a, um, …what’s that law where people have to let people walk through their kitchens because it was built on a historical trail? Convince someone that it’s an ancient (I’d say Indian but you don’t have those there either, so….) Celtic hunting ground, and what with Samhain almost upon us…

]]> By: Rueful Red http://www.ninme.com/archives/2006/09/finally_some_br.html#comment-8987 Rueful Red Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:15:08 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2006/09/30/finally_some_british_news_i_can_report_on.html#comment-8987 <p>Aw, naw, you wouldn't shoot Des McNulty? Mary Mulligan? Karen Whitefield? Say it ain't so!</p> Aw, naw, you wouldn’t shoot Des McNulty? Mary Mulligan? Karen Whitefield? Say it ain’t so!

]]> By: The Pedant-General http://www.ninme.com/archives/2006/09/finally_some_br.html#comment-8986 The Pedant-General Mon, 02 Oct 2006 13:46:00 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2006/09/30/finally_some_british_news_i_can_report_on.html#comment-8986 <p>ninme,</p> <p>You forget that we are not as enlightened as you lot. We have neither "concealed carry" laws nor an equivalent of your second amendment.</p> <p>I suspect that our elected representatives might jump conclusions should some fine upstanding members of the public appear in front of the "gathering place" brandishing shotguns.</p> <p>The thing is, they would probably be right....</p> ninme,

You forget that we are not as enlightened as you lot. We have neither “concealed carry” laws nor an equivalent of your second amendment.

I suspect that our elected representatives might jump conclusions should some fine upstanding members of the public appear in front of the “gathering place” brandishing shotguns.

The thing is, they would probably be right….

]]> By: Rueful Red http://www.ninme.com/archives/2006/09/finally_some_br.html#comment-8985 Rueful Red Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:29:42 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2006/09/30/finally_some_british_news_i_can_report_on.html#comment-8985 <p>Ah, I see Mrs Red's not the first, P-G! Though I wish you hadn't come up with the term "numptorium", it's just too painfully accurate. Well, I did suggest that serving Holyrood-reared pigeons in the members's dining room would at least have the effect of reducing the "food miles" involved.</p> Ah, I see Mrs Red’s not the first, P-G! Though I wish you hadn’t come up with the term “numptorium”, it’s just too painfully accurate. Well, I did suggest that serving Holyrood-reared pigeons in the members’s dining room would at least have the effect of reducing the “food miles” involved.

]]> By: ninme http://www.ninme.com/archives/2006/09/finally_some_br.html#comment-8984 ninme Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:57:59 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2006/09/30/finally_some_british_news_i_can_report_on.html#comment-8984 <p>I'm seeing a group of Dickensonian young scamps lined up across the road, jauntily armed with slingshots offering their services to passing wary journalists. The fact that they're calling "Git a pigeon for ya, guvnah?" in Edinburgh phases me not at all.</p> I’m seeing a group of Dickensonian young scamps lined up across the road, jauntily armed with slingshots offering their services to passing wary journalists. The fact that they’re calling “Git a pigeon for ya, guvnah?” in Edinburgh phases me not at all.

]]> By: wf http://www.ninme.com/archives/2006/09/finally_some_br.html#comment-8983 wf Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:39:07 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2006/09/30/finally_some_british_news_i_can_report_on.html#comment-8983 <p>Shotguns? A boys with a slingshot would do that job. Gladly.</p> Shotguns? A boys with a slingshot would do that job. Gladly.

]]> By: The Pedant-General http://www.ninme.com/archives/2006/09/finally_some_br.html#comment-8982 The Pedant-General Sun, 01 Oct 2006 19:36:19 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2006/09/30/finally_some_british_news_i_can_report_on.html#comment-8982 <p>Rueful,</p> <p>Mrs Red is quite correct, though she appears not to have given vent to her disgust.</p> <p>Unlike <a href="http://infinitivesunsplit.blogspot.com/2005/08/quote-of-day_06.html" rel="nofollow">some house guests of ours</a>...</p> <p>PG</p> Rueful,

Mrs Red is quite correct, though she appears not to have given vent to her disgust.

Unlike some house guests of ours…

PG

]]> By: ,5MT http://www.ninme.com/archives/2006/09/finally_some_br.html#comment-8981 ,5MT Sun, 01 Oct 2006 18:33:36 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2006/09/30/finally_some_british_news_i_can_report_on.html#comment-8981 <p>Don't yawl have goldies and shotguns?</p> Don’t yawl have goldies and shotguns?

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