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Obscure london places quiz - answer and ask
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'Orwell's 1984 was supposed to be a warning, not an instruction manual'. -
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Ok, this one includes an area just on the edges of London:
Name 2 places in or around London that George Michael has been found in lewd conduct?'Orwell's 1984 was supposed to be a warning, not an instruction manual'. -
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There must me some truth in it then. I expect part of its grim charm is the view it affords of the Archway Tower, that houses the offices of the DSS, CSA and various other government agencies that might have driven the suicidee* there in the first place.
*or suicidant. Amounts to the same thing.Comment
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Originally posted by thunderlizard View PostThere must me some truth in it then. I expect part of its grim charm is the view it affords of the Archway Tower, that houses the offices of the DSS, CSA and various other government agencies that might have driven the suicidee* there in the first place.
*or suicidant. Amounts to the same thing.
There is a reason why the climb from Archway to Highgate is so steep though. It's to keep out Chavs and drunks
But the reward for a would be suicide case who can make it up the hill to Suicide Bridge and over the high railings is death into the oncoming traffic of the Archway road.Last edited by SantaClaus; 6 July 2009, 16:57.'Orwell's 1984 was supposed to be a warning, not an instruction manual'. -
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Suicide bridge was actually a tunnel which collapsed due to poor engineering. So they dug it out as a big trench and built a bridge over the new chasm.
Returning to the last question
Name 2 places in or around London that George Michael has been found in lewd conduct?Cats are evil.Comment
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Originally posted by swamp View PostSuicide bridge was actually a tunnel which collapsed due to poor engineering. So they dug it out as a big trench and built a bridge over the new chasm.
Returning to the last question
Hampstead Heath is one. LA is another but that's not really "around London"."Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. "
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Originally posted by SantaClaus View PostOk, this one includes an area just on the edges of London:
Name 2 places in or around London that George Michael has been found in lewd conduct?Comment
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Originally posted by eliquant View PostYour back garden and Highgate public toilets !
It was the gay mens' bathing pond at Hampstead Heath and the public toilets opposite Elstree and Borehamwood Station.'Orwell's 1984 was supposed to be a warning, not an instruction manual'. -
Nick Pickles, director of Big Brother Watch.Comment
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Originally posted by SantaClaus View PostThere is a reason why the climb from Archway to Highgate is so steep though. It's to keep out Chavs and drunksKing of Chutney.
Bring back Chetty - Lord of all things Chet!Comment
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