are medical problems restricted by law ?

[Captain Oates 910]

Some sarcasm and cynicism is necessary to get through life, but here it seems (to me, at least) to be constant. It's very hard for me to tell if someone's being serious with me or not, and I find that sort of draining.

People like me are never serious- even when they are being serious. My first wife left me when I wasn't serious at the funeral of her guinea pig - graham

I put him down the hole head first , patted his botty down and offered her the spade to throw the first bit of earth - but my eyes sparkled - she packed in the morning and said I could never be serious.

Keith Richards (Rolling Stones?) was said to have joked that he snorted his dad's ashes - so it's either a cocaine induced thing or it's an ethnic thing. As I have never done drugs so it must be a Brit thing..

If you haven't twigged the Brit thing after 6 years (I know my wife would never get it), then think of it like eternity - you have heard about it but it's too much to envisage (envision) and therefore the most sensible thing is to think about something else and give your nut a break. I do.

We are off to Tampa by the way so don't feel you are far enough away - my tortured brainwaves might reach that far !

[homesick_american 1]

People like me are never serious- even when they are being serious. My first wife left me when I wasn't serious at the funeral of her guinea pig - graham

I put him down the hole head first , patted his botty down and offered her the spade to throw the first bit of earth - but my eyes sparkled - she packed in the morning and said I could never be serious.

I'd be kind of pissed off at that sort of behavior too.

Keith Richards (Rolling Stones?) was said to have joked that he snorted his dad's ashes - so it's either a cocaine induced thing or it's an ethnic thing. As I have never done drugs so it must be a Brit thing..

Maybe it's brain damage from all the drugs.

If you haven't twigged the Brit thing after 6 years (I know my wife would never get it), then think of it like eternity - you have heard about it but it's too much to envisage (envision) and therefore the most sensible thing is to think about something else and give your nut a break. I do.

What I'm planning to do is to just leave it behind. Luckily my Brit husband isn't a cynic.

We are off to Tampa by the way so don't feel you are far enough away - my tortured brainwaves might reach that far !

We're still in the UK; there's a whole ocean between us. We won't get to Dallas until the sale of our house is completed.

[Captain Oates 910]

We are still in the UK too ....

Dallas ? I heard of somebody saying they were going to Dallas -- called him JACK ? or JOHN ?

Holy grassy knolls !

Shooting someone in the back of the bonce just because they are jealous of him sleeping with Marilyn is quite a cynical thing to do, so don't think you have escaped all the cynics when you return !

just raggin' - I am sure it's a nice town and alligator free for the most part -

and I am glad to know that the Brits are not culturally identical any more than the yankees

[homesick_american 1]

We are still in the UK too ....

Dallas ? I heard of somebody saying they were going to Dallas -- called him JACK ? or JOHN ?

Holy grassy knolls !

Shooting someone in the back of the bonce just because they are jealous of him sleeping with Marilyn is quite a cynical thing to do, so don't think you have escaped all the cynics when you return !

Uh...OK. At least you didn't ask me if I knew JR or if I lived on a ranch.

just raggin' - I am sure it's a nice town and alligator free for the most part -

There are no alligators in Dallas, except in zoos. Alligators like living near water, and Dallas is hundreds of miles from the coast.

and I am glad to know that the Brits are not culturally identical any more than the yankees

Nope, there are lots of different stereotypical Brits...the toff, the chav, the middle-class whiner, the benefit scrounger, etc.

[Captain Oates 910]

Nope, there are lots of different stereotypical Brits...the toff, the chav, the middle-class whiner, the benefit scrounger, etc.

and that's just the women... I will miss the Eurythmics though

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You think you know just what you want

But you have used that weapon against me.

Did I tell you I was lying by the way

When I said I wanted a new mink coat.

I was just thinking about

Something sleek

To wrap around my tender throat

I was dreaming like a Texan girl

A girl who thinks she's got the right to everything.

A girl who thinks she should have

Something extreme.

I love to listen to Beethoven...