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We've got aircon ...Originally posted by SueEllen View PostTeenage boys in Rottingdean school skirt protest over hot weather - BBC News - I guess you guys could try that in the office. -
FTFYOriginally posted by AtW View PostWe've got a hole in teh roof where the coffee machine was ...Comment
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The Swedish did it a couple of years ago
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Boys? In Rottingdean?Originally posted by SueEllen View PostTeenage boys in Rottingdean school skirt protest over hot weather - BBC News - I guess you guys could try that in the office.
What's the world coming to ?!
Oh well, that's Brighton for you
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The jocks have always done it. And it's not even hot there, they just like it.Originally posted by mudskipper View PostThe Swedish did it a couple of years ago
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If they had been smart they could have said they felt they were assigned the "wrong" gender, then they would have got away with it
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The Scots got the idea from the Irish, but the reasons were entirely different.Originally posted by barrydidit View PostThe jocks have always done it. And it's not even hot there, they just like it.
The Irish wore them because there weren't trousers big enough to keep everything in.
The Scots wore them for the sporran, keep your money in there and very few other men will try to grab it from you.…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Still find myself suffering from similar issuesOriginally posted by WTFH View PostThe Scots got the idea from the Irish, but the reasons were entirely different.
The Irish wore them because there weren't trousers big enough to keep everything in.
The Scots wore them for the sporran, keep your money in there and very few other men will try to grab it from you.
The Chunt of Chunts.Comment
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