Re: Baffling local news stories
Posted: Thu 01 Mar, 2012 16.52

Be that as it may, they are still only branches with certain numbers of members of staff, if there's illness, absence or traffic, you cannae do anything about it.JAS84 wrote:You'd think a big company like Boots would have cover without having to wait for a locum!
If they were anti-monarchist why did they enter the tearoom in the first place...Alexia wrote:A royalist County Durham tearoom owner told how she threw three women out after they refused to stand when the national anthem was played.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-18141421
Er....to have a cup of tea/coffee? Since when did quenching one's refreshment needs require tolerating such bizarrely OTT political posturing? Imagine if, as I usually do, I refused to sing happy birthday / clapped every time they played it in Frankie & Benny's and was then thrown out for not entering into the spirit of the occasion?Philip wrote:If they were anti-monarchist why did they enter the tearoom in the first place...
I feel it only fair to warn you that you've strayed into Plymouth sentence construction territory there...Alexia wrote:Er....to have a cup of tea/coffee? Since when did quenching one's refreshment needs require tolerating such bizarrely OTT political posturing? Imagine if, as I usually do, I refused to sing happy birthday / clapped every time they played it in Frankie & Benny's and was then thrown out for not entering into the spirit of the occasion?Philip wrote:If they were anti-monarchist why did they enter the tearoom in the first place...
Actually I go for both, although I wish they had a wider range of music - 4 CDs on a permanent loop is not enough.What are you doing in Frankie & Benny's if you don't like the atmosphere? You can't possibly be going for the quality of their food.Alexia wrote:Imagine if, as I usually do, I refused to sing happy birthday / clapped every time they played it in Frankie & Benny's and was then thrown out for not entering into the spirit of the occasion?
Not quite. He didn't say 'elluva' or 'innit' or randomly pluralise words. Nor did he say 'fuckin...' and pause in the middle of the sentence whilst thinking about how to finish it.I feel it only fair to warn you that you've strayed into Plymouth sentence construction territory there...
Not that Plymouth - Stuart*Plymouthcwathen wrote:Not quite. He didn't say 'elluva' or 'innit' or randomly pluralise words. Nor did he say 'fuckin...' and pause in the middle of the sentence whilst thinking about how to finish it.I feel it only fair to warn you that you've strayed into Plymouth sentence construction territory there...