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Previously on "Recession money-saving tips"

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  • FiveTimes
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    Originally posted by Advocate View Post

    hmm i'm reminded of the guy who did the weather on those floating bits of the UK...
    Fred the weather man, the floating bits were at the Albert Dock in Liverpool

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  • chris79
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    Originally posted by Advocate View Post
    It's cus there's fewer people up north, to keep the balance the same they need to be fatter than you poncy southerners; be thankful otherwise Saaarf England would tip into the sea!



    /Was never much good at geography/ology....
    Yeah, thanks to Labour's really great immigration policy this effect is now starting to be seen.

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  • Advocate
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    With all those advantages you'd expect them to be fitter, slimmer and healthier wouldn't you?
    Shame that all the stats show the opposite.
    Is it coz Northeners is thick and can't stay of the lard?
    It's cus there's fewer people up north, to keep the balance the same they need to be fatter than you poncy southerners; be thankful otherwise Saaarf England would tip into the sea!


    /Was never much good at geography/ology....


    hmm i'm reminded of the guy who did the weather on those floating bits of the UK...

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  • chris79
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Irony, sarcasm or wit are not your bosom bedfellows, are they?
    Sorry, babelfish doesn't have a Shakespeare translator.

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by chris79 View Post
    because

    are

    off

    Southerners can't spell?
    Irony, sarcasm or wit are not your bosom bedfellows, are they?

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  • oracleslave
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    Originally posted by TheBigYinJames View Post

    Ah, you can feel your arteries hardening as you read it!
    I can indeed.

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  • chris79
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    With all those advantages you'd expect them to be fitter, slimmer and healthier wouldn't you?
    Shame that all the stats show the opposite.
    Is it coz Northeners is thick and can't stay of the lard?
    because

    are

    off

    Southerners can't spell?

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  • FiveTimes
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    Originally posted by TheBigYinJames View Post
    Where else but a northern chippie can you buy (and pay good money for) 'scrapings' - which are the burnt frazzled pieces of crapola left over after the fish are all gone?

    Ah, you can feel your arteries hardening as you read it!
    We never used to pay for scratchings/batter bits. The chippy would give them away along with pea wet (sauce of peas)

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  • AZZIK
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    Originally posted by basshead View Post
    My money saving tip is to stop driving with your foot glued to the accelerator, get in the slow lane and get home at around the same time having used considerably less fuel and having less worn brake pads.
    Oh come on, be sensible!

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  • TheBigYinJames
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    Originally posted by oracleslave View Post
    grimmer
    Where else but a northern chippie can you buy (and pay good money for) 'scrapings' - which are the burnt frazzled pieces of crapola left over after the fish are all gone?

    Ah, you can feel your arteries hardening as you read it!

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  • oracleslave
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    Originally posted by TheBigYinJames View Post
    Chippies are better in the north. QED.
    grimmer

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  • FiveTimes
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    Originally posted by TheBigYinJames View Post
    Chippies are better in the north. QED.
    WHS

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  • TheBigYinJames
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    With all those advantages you'd expect them to be fitter, slimmer and healthier wouldn't you?
    Shame that all the stats show the opposite.
    Chippies are better in the north. QED.

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by chris79 View Post
    I have a tip:-

    Move up north where the economy is 'sensible', where people don't pay £500,000 and sign up for 60 year mortgages to buy a bedsit, where the air is clean, people are friendly, and life is good!

    .
    With all those advantages you'd expect them to be fitter, slimmer and healthier wouldn't you?
    Shame that all the stats show the opposite.
    Is it coz Northeners is thick and can't stay of the lard?

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  • Solent
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    I find an elastic band covered in toothpaste makes an ideal chewing gum replacement

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