Delays at Dover

Fisherman said:
No you don’t :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
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Oh, all right then! Zoe Williams has written a short column in today's Guardian, with wonderfully pithy language to describe the experience of being in the queue ...

QUOTE: '... But we didn’t mean [sic queueing] like this: we meant staying polite while an orderly line waited for some low-stakes resource to be efficiently if laboriously distributed. We didn’t mean getting stuck on a coach in Dover, eating Mini Cheddars because they’re always the last snack standing, urinating into an Evian bottle, missing two days of skiing while men explained to each other on LBC phone-ins how much room for manoeuvre it takes to do a three-point-turn in a high-sided vehicle. That’s not a Great British Queue. That is a circle of hell.' QUOTE ENDS :D

Steve
 
marchie said:
Did the Greeks or Romans invent the Games event of throwing a circular object as far as possible. Discus ... :rolleyes:

Steve
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This is a very serious issue, people are being held on buses for up to 16 hours
waiting to cross the channel. Some military tacticians reckon the the Wehrmacht would have had less trouble had Adolf gave the go ahead. So it could be argued that (amongst other things) 🥱****** (amongst other things) actually would have delayed them longer than the remnants of the British Army. Now there’s a thought. :ROFLMAO:
 
I think that maybe we could all agree that it is NOT ****** causing these delays but the awful oven ready deal. 😀 then we could all sit down together and have a nice cup of tea. 😀
 
Glandwr said:
I think that maybe we could all agree that it is NOT ****** causing these delays but the awful oven ready deal. 😀 then we could all sit down together and have a nice cup of tea. 😀
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I disagree, I'm afraid. Your assertion merely adds to the fiction of the departure from Europe exercise. The acid test is whether the delays would have been present if the UK had remained in the EU; and, would the delays have occurred if, having made the decision to leave , the UK Government had not demanded to be treated as a Third Country instead of accepting the EU Offer of an Agreement to waive the more detailed Passport checks. The answer to both is 'No'. But I'll sit down and have a coffee with you [no milk or sugar, thanks]

I think the topic has been done to death, and can be closed unless new facts can be found

Steve
 
mariesnowgoose said:
And the wooden spoon award goes to.... 🤣🤣🤣😘 🥄🥄🥄

This is wild camping.co.uk, not "other forums", Jim.
Behave yourself, monkey pants, and stop trying to stir it!! ;):)
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You would not want the day I have had today Marie. I have not had time for monkey business while dashing between The QE and the Freeman Hospitals. Before you open the Champagne, it is not me at deaths door, just 2 family members.

Did I ever mention that I use your photo on the mantlepiece? It keeps the Pugs away from the fire as they are scared of you. :giggle:
 
maingate said:
You would not want the day I have had today Marie. I have not had time for monkey business while dashing between The QE and the Freeman Hospitals. Before you open the Champagne, it is not me at deaths door, just 2 family members.

Did I ever mention that I use your photo on the mantlepiece? It keeps the Pugs away from the fire as they are scared of you. :giggle:
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Apologies for the funny emoji, but apart from the sad news about your family members I thought it funny. But I am sorry to hear about them. But after that post I reckon you may well be at deaths door, and your assailant is on your mantlepiece. :ROFLMAO:
 
Fisherman said:
Apologies for the funny emoji, but apart from the sad news about your family members I thought it funny. But I am sorry to hear about them. But after that post I reckon you may well be at deaths door, and your assailant is on your mantlepiece. :ROFLMAO:
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I am not worried about Marie, she will not come down here. She is terrified because we have learned the secret of how to make fire. She thinks we are a bunch of Warlocks ..... at least I think that's what she said. :confused:
 
As an aside, "wazzock" was a phrase used a lot when I lived down in Derbyshire.

Apart from its meaning (a stupid or annoying person) I think its origins might also be pertinent to some members on here.... 🤭

The term "wazzock" takes its name from the habit of medieval kings to "take a crap on a shovel". The royal turd would be “wazzed” out of the window and the wazzock was the tool for performing this operation.

:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:😛
 
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mariesnowgoose said:
As an aside, "wazzock" was a phrase used a lot when I lived down in Derbyshire.

Apart from its meaning (a stupid or annoying person) I think its origins might also be pertinent to some members on here.... 🤭

The term "wazzock takes its name from the habit of medieval kings to "take a crap on a shovel". The royal turd would be “wazzed” out of the window and the wazzock was the tool for performing this operation.

:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:😛
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Wazz and wizz can be interchanged at times as well :)
 
Nabsim said:
Wazz and wizz can be interchanged at times as well :)
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I watched Frank Skinner & Denise Mina on Sky Arts last night discussing the friendship and correspondence between Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift, and there was one letter where Swift, IIRC, describes in a satirical fashion, someone falling into a guzunder that contains both pee and poo. Mr Swift remarked that the unfortunate man had managed to interchange the contents, but made no mention of the names ...

Of course, on a M/Home Forum, we can merely refer to Camping Stools and leave Members to draw their own conclusions ... :D

Steve
 
don't worry about the delays , compensation is available
when asked about it ,Simon Caldwell ,travel writer , said '' the only compensation you have ,is the emotional compensation of having a blue passport ''
 
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