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good point tp, know any ladies who like the arts and are nicey nicey ?
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« Reply #1262 on: 10:54:45, 02-05-2007 » |
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x Jan x And actually spend a few days in the uk ! mmm,though i do like these air hostesses that fly in and out  |
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« Reply #1263 on: 11:47:28, 02-05-2007 » |
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Go see "Boeing-Boeing" and you might change your mind, Lord B...
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« Reply #1264 on: 14:19:18, 02-05-2007 » |
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`The Law is an ass`, that much we are aware of. Is there any similar, but ruder, description for Civil bloody Servants?! I was given a short time frame to clear my mother`s flat, so I asked for a time extension, only a week. They insisted that rent should be paid for that week. Grumble, grumble from me, but ok, if it must be. All was done by the end of last week and they `phoned to say they were sorry it had cost me money, must have been difficult doing it on my own and if there was anything left then they would clear it for no charge. Ah, they`re human after all I thought. You fool, Mort.
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Today. I receive a message to say `There is more rubbish there than we had realised. Please `phone us to discuss how we can resolve this matter`. Resolve = This is gonna cost you, girl. The `rubbish` comprises of two very small cupboards with old Christmas decorations. Time was running out and I thought `Well, what`s a few baubles?`. I`ve dragged out easily 100 black plastic bags and Gawd knows how many boxes of things, and they`re getting prissy about BLOODY BAUBLES. GRRRRR.
So, come on. Let`s have a collective noun for idiot Civil Servants. Not the nice ones, just the idiots.....
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« Reply #1265 on: 15:29:05, 02-05-2007 » |
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The city is a process which always veers away from the form envisaged and desired, ... whose revenge upon its architects and planners undoes every dream of mastery. It is [also] one of the sites where Dasein is assigned the impossible task of putting right what can never be put right. - Rob Lapsley
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« Reply #1266 on: 16:08:09, 02-05-2007 » |
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It's a bit of an oxymoron calling Local Government jobsworths 'Civil Servants', isn't it. They are rarely civil, and don't often serve.
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« Reply #1267 on: 16:29:14, 02-05-2007 » |
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« Reply #1268 on: 16:36:43, 02-05-2007 » |
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George, I do believe it was none other than you who alerted me to the true meaning of the phrase 'the exception that proves the rule'. |
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« Reply #1269 on: 17:28:16, 02-05-2007 » |
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A gorgeous hunkiness of....
George, Well obviously. In certain cases  Anyway, all sorted. In a mix of frustration and end-of-tetherness I said that they could take me to Court if they wished. I was put on hold for a while the Senior Idiot was consulted and ..... `We will not be issuing you with a bill for this`. Don`t know what I`d have done if they said `Right. See you in Court`. Gulp. But I didn`t care at that stage. Phew. Flop. t-i-n, liked your suggestions. Especially the first one, but I`m so blerrghed out now I can`t remember it!  Now, where is my wine bearer? |
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« Reply #1270 on: 17:47:35, 02-05-2007 » |
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Now, where is my wine bearer? I'm in Antwerp, m'lady. What is all this talk about idiot civil servants? I only know one, admittedly, but he seems almost superhumanly intelligent. Maybe he stole the brains of all the others.......... |
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« Reply #1271 on: 17:58:29, 02-05-2007 » |
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Ah Richard,
Now you know who pulled the strings for Mort.....
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« Reply #1272 on: 19:06:57, 02-05-2007 » |
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OK, a little grump... just to change the subject slightly... My feller enjoys a grump, for example - the train is late - grump the train is early - grump ( may have missed it) the train is on time -grump.. (why wasn't it on time yesterday?) It occurs to me that he is happy when he has something to grump about... is this normal ? !!! A |
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« Reply #1273 on: 19:08:42, 02-05-2007 » |
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« Reply #1274 on: 19:09:39, 02-05-2007 » |
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I think it is characteristic of all men. They like to grump. We on the other hand like to nag. Nag nag nag nagI
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