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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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sad times
I'm off to the nearest desert island
( , Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:48, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

but i don't think much of the question system. instead of a handbook and a memory test, why don't they ask questions that you would know after living here for a while, like "what goes on chips with salt" or "name 3 examples of cockney rhyming slang" or something.
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( , Mon 2 Jul 2012, 16:03, Reply)

No questions about haggis, the Krankies and Kennedy Thompson.
( , Mon 2 Jul 2012, 16:03, Reply)

Like all proud Scots, they're not proud enough to actually live there.
( , Mon 2 Jul 2012, 16:05, Reply)

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( , Mon 2 Jul 2012, 16:07, Reply)

Was it St Giles Cathedral?
Beautiful building. And there is something to be said for the elegance of the Presbyterian take on Christianity as opposed to the near-Catholic CoE stuff.
And yes, I am well aware re. transubstantiation etc, but CoE services are very similar to RC ones in terms of all the pomp etc.
( , Mon 2 Jul 2012, 16:10, Reply)

The fact that we aren't having a christening for our daughter has not gone down well...
( , Mon 2 Jul 2012, 16:13, Reply)

It's a pity that religion is such a crock of shit though.
( , Mon 2 Jul 2012, 16:19, Reply)

But I still refer to fish and chips as a fish supper.
And use 'how' instead of 'why', and 'will' instead of 'shall'.
( , Mon 2 Jul 2012, 16:11, Reply)
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