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Previously on "Permie day at the races"

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  • gingerjedi
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    Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post
    What, outside the flat season? It'll be the Coral Bingo or the arcade machines in the precinct next. You need a better class of client.
    Ahhm Cheltenham national hunt is just as prestigious as the best flat courses... and 'the jumps' are for real men.

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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
    You can hardly compare the dogs with a day out at Cheltenham or Ascot, it’s like comparing fish & chips to a meal at the Ivy. (not that I've been of course)
    mmm, fish and chips...

    I've had Michelin-starred food in the past. Some of it has been superb. But some depressingly run-of-the mill. The kind of thing you could do netter at home for nothing, and, perhaps, one small aubergine.

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  • thunderlizard
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    All the permies here have b*ggerd of to a company day at the gigis
    What, outside the flat season? It'll be the Coral Bingo or the arcade machines in the precinct next. You need a better class of client.

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  • gingerjedi
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    Did go on a company do to the greyhound racing. No dressing up, and carp food. But the rest was similar. Won enough on the tote to pay my bar bill.
    You can hardly compare the dogs with a day out at Cheltenham or Ascot, it’s like comparing fish & chips to a meal at the Ivy. (not that I've been of course)

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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
    Have you ever been?

    Dress up, get drunk, eat nice food, ogle the ladies, flash the cash and watch a 60 second race every 30 minutes.
    ...
    Did go on a company do to the greyhound racing. No dressing up, and carp food. But the rest was similar. Won enough on the tote to pay my bar bill.

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  • Xenophon
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    Newmarket (members enclosure, natch) is a superb day out.

    I like nothing more than quaffing champagne and splashing some cash on a fine filly with firm thighs...

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  • gingerjedi
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    Have you ever been?

    Dress up, get drunk, eat nice food, ogle the ladies, flash the cash and watch a 60 second race every 30 minutes.

    I love it.

    Of course I'm talking about a nice summers day at Ascot or Newbury not a dreary night at the 'all weather' in Wolverhampton.

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  • KathyWoolfe
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    Originally posted by Sausage Surprise View Post


    Gee Gees....

    and the races is a great day out, you boring old fart.

    Personally I think going to the races to look at the horses is a waste of a brilliant day (I wouldn't go if the weather was lousy). Mind you, I'm not much of a gambler so it wouldn't be at all interesting. I would much rather be on the deck of a yacht, getting a tan whilst sipping a decent drink and having fun with my fiancee.

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  • Dark Black
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    Originally posted by Sausage Surprise View Post


    Gee Gees....

    and the races is a great day out, you boring old fart.


    Each to their own pal - personally I can't think of anything more dull than standing around with a bunch of racing bores watching a load of horses...

    Me - I'm more your dangerous sports type...

    You lot must be bored if the best you can do is play spelling police

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  • Sausage Surprise
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    Originally posted by Dark Black View Post
    All the permies here have b*ggerd of to a company day at the gigis. It's like a ghost town here, only contractors and one or two permies in. Sweet

    I wouldn't have gone even I was a permie - can't imagine anything more boring...


    Gee Gees....

    and the races is a great day out, you boring old fart.

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  • oracleslave
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    Originally posted by Dark Black View Post
    All the permies here have b*ggerd of to a company day at the gigis. It's like a ghost town here, only contractors and one or two permies in. Sweet

    I wouldn't have gone even I was a permie - can't imagine anything more boring...
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    HTH

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  • Dark Black
    started a topic Permie day at the races

    Permie day at the races

    All the permies here have b*ggerd of to a company day at the gigis. It's like a ghost town here, only contractors and one or two permies in. Sweet

    I wouldn't have gone even I was a permie - can't imagine anything more boring...

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