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Previously on "Stop that narrow boat!"

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    Rag and bone man's cart?

    Milk float? They'd better hurry though, because I recently read there are now only a couple of thousand Dairy Crest milk delivery people left in the UK.

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  • WTFH
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    Originally posted by Mordac View Post
    ...three hours and fifteen minutes of not-very-exciting 'action'...
    3hr 15min film of not-very-exciting action about a boat?

    Titanic.

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  • NigelJK
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    Actually the bridge is the ideal time to board the boat as it chugs past

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  • Mordac
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    I know - I was joking!
    Thanks, I was about to refer you to my therapist. He's not very good, mind, and he needs the practice...

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by Mordac View Post

    A 13-mile chase at 4mph. By my maths, that's three hours and fifteen minutes of not-very-exciting 'action'. You need to get out more...
    I know - I was joking!

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  • Mordac
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    Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
    Just think of the tension as the boat goes under a bridge and the coppers lose sight of it for a few moments!

    All those startled ducks and swans having to get out of the way as the boat bears down upon them.

    Maude in bed mistaking the rocking caused by huge wash as the boat powers past as Geoff getting all fruity for the first time in 40 years.

    Three hours isn't enough to fill all that back story.
    It'll be like 'Gone With The Wind' though, you'll never make it to the end...

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  • ladymuck
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    Just think of the tension as the boat goes under a bridge and the coppers lose sight of it for a few moments!

    All those startled ducks and swans having to get out of the way as the boat bears down upon them.

    Maude in bed mistaking the rocking caused by huge wash as the boat powers past as Geoff getting all fruity for the first time in 40 years.

    Three hours isn't enough to fill all that back story.

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  • Mordac
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    Highlights? They should show the whole thing. There's nothing as exciting as a police chase!
    A 13-mile chase at 4mph. By my maths, that's three hours and fifteen minutes of not-very-exciting 'action'. You need to get out more...

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by Mordac View Post

    ... I'm looking forward to the highlights on the next series of Police, Camera, Action though...

    Highlights? They should show the whole thing. There's nothing as exciting as a police chase!

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  • Mordac
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    A 13-mile chase at walking pace? Sticking my neck out here, but it doesn't look like the police were trying really hard to catch the miscreant. I'm looking forward to the highlights on the next series of Police, Camera, Action though...

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
    OK what's the next obvious vehicle someone is going to steal in the UK? There has been a bin lorry, police car, Thames Clipper, buses and now a narrow boat.
    Rag and bone man's cart?

    Milk float? They'd better hurry though, because I recently read there are now only a couple of thousand Dairy Crest milk delivery people left in the UK.

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  • ladymuck
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    Ah...but was it stolen?

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  • Paralytic
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    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
    OK what's the next obvious vehicle someone is going to steal in the UK? There has been a bin lorry, police car, Thames Clipper, buses and now a narrow boat.
    https://www.facebook.com/permalink.p...46973602066094

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  • Paddy
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    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
    OK what's the next obvious vehicle someone is going to steal in the UK? There has been a bin lorry, police car, Thames Clipper, buses and now a narrow boat.
    Stolen 15-tonne road sweeper stopped by police after 12 parked cars damaged in four-mile rampage through Manchester - Manchester Evening News

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  • SueEllen
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    OK what's the next obvious vehicle someone is going to steal in the UK? There has been a bin lorry, police car, Thames Clipper, buses and now a narrow boat.

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