... you start sentences with "In my day..."
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a single bottle of wine turns into a HUGE hangover (i.e last saturday morning)..
.. although it was part of my experiment "how cheap a bottle of wine is actually drinkable without complaint?"
..i've subsequently found out the answer is above 1€ 50 for a litre
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or, of course, the other Daily Mail variants;Originally posted by Clippy View Post... you start sentences with "In my day..."
‘young people today…’
‘bring back the birch…’
‘these people who…’
‘living off our taxes…’
‘national service would sort them out…’And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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When you make a sigh of relief as you sit downThe court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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you hand over a tenner at the bar to pay for 3 drinks and you're stunned when you find its not enoughCoffee's for closersComment
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"Of course, there were no mobile phones then".Originally posted by Clippy View Post... you start sentences with "In my day..."
"Of course, you didn't have the internet then".Comment
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You forget the posts on CUK are just like the ones yesterday/last week/last month/last yearThe court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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When travelling, I used to take every opportunity to get a drink; then it changed to something to eat; then to catch up on some sleep; now it's to go to the toilet.Originally posted by DS23 View Posttoilets are more important than shops when out shoppingComment
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