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[NickFitz]

Very odd that it should change as it was so good...

Indeed... family business too - it was usually the wife and proprietoress behind the counter.

I suspect Chinese gangsters saw a successful business and suggested that the strain of continuing to run it, rather than selling out to them, might have harmful health consequences

[NickFitz]

[NickFitz]

Smilies have moved around while I've been out... trying to keep us on the ball, I daresay

[NickFitz]

I had one of those random encounters that one only gets in fairly vibrant areas as I headed home from the FMB bar just now.

Having crossed the road, I was immediately accosted by a young black gentleman who spoke perfect English but with a twang that makes me suspect he's either Dutch or Danish. The circumstances of the encounter (on the street late at night but in a safe-ish area with no obvious element of menace) led me into my usual mode of speech when mildly confused by a situation: Received Pronunciation that would put the Royal Family to shame, applied in the most inappropriate or unnecessary context

Viz.:

[YBG]: Good Evening Sir, have you had a good night?

[Me] <tries to scuttle past rapidly without appearing rude> Yes, thank you.

<YBG clearly has a further question so I stop a couple of yards beyond him>

[YBG] I'm sorry to trouble you but I'm looking for a place around this corner <gestures towards corner> that is a sauna for gay people. Do you know where it is?

[Me] I'm awfully sorry, I'm afraid I don't.

[YBG] OK, thank you, goodnight

<Me scuttles home>

[Sockpuppet]

[YBG] I'm sorry to trouble you but I'm looking for a place around this corner <gestures towards corner> that is a sauna for gay people. Do you know where it is?

What does FMB stand for...I know its early but brain isn't working.

[Advocate]

Just went to the Chinese up the road, only to find it was closed with an "Under new management" sign in the window

A Chinese chap about to get into a car outside told me that it would be re-opening next week

It won't be the same... that was honestly the best Chinese takeaway I've ever used, and it was also the only one around here that had a "They don't have cockroaches or piss in the wok" certificate from the City Council

They didn't have cockroaches or piss in the wok on the day we came to visit

[BrilloPad]

What does FMB stand for...I know its early but brain isn't working.

f**k Me boots - Nick had to tell me!

[BrilloPad]

morning all

How are you all today?

[Advocate]

morning all

How are you all today?

Morning, all good today, back in blighty this evening!

[BrilloPad]

Unemployment 1 %
Transport 99 %
Criminality 0 %
Pollution 1 %

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