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Why do men
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Aug 12, 2003
Hey ho, let's go Hey ho, let's go Hey ho, let's go Hey ho, let's go
They're forming in straight line
They're going through a tight wind
The kids are losing their minds
The Blitzkrieg Bop
Hmm, getting a bit worried by this capri trouser nonsense. Where I come from thats just a sign of indecision...
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Aug 12, 2003
Pumps, in other words, Blues?
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Mu Beta Posted Aug 12, 2003
Hear, hear
They're piling in the back seat; Generating steam heat...
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badger party tony party green party Posted Aug 12, 2003
As we cant find a man who will admit to wearing socks with sandals I guess we wont get to the bottom of that one, but can anyone tell us why some guys insult all our inteligences' by coming whisps of hair over the bald pathches on their bonces.
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azahar Posted Aug 12, 2003
Blicky,
Well, maybe no men *here* will admit to wearing socks with sandals, but I could easily find you half a dozen of 'em not five minutes from my house. 
Meanwhile, I agree that combing wispy bits over the bald patch is quite sad. But can be quite amusing to watch on windy days though.
az
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Aug 12, 2003
Dunno. Getting the last of mine does this weekend ani no longer serves a useful purpose to try and pretend that I have hair. It wasn't a concious decision mind, it sort of crept up on me, to be honest.
Oh, that and an attaempt to have my hair cut short during my recently finished relationship would have resulted in seperation of bodily parts I wanted to keep at the time...
What the hell are 'pumps'? Is this another quaint midlandism? Down here they are 'a pair of Converse'...
Hey ho, let's go
Shoot'em in the back now
What they want, I don't know
They're all revved up and ready to go
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Aug 12, 2003
Pumps, plimsols. Thin soled canvas shoes that offer bugger all ankle support, and very little protection for the soles of the feet from uneven pavements.
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Aug 12, 2003
No, not plimsolls hence the use of the words 'hi-tops'. (Good grief now I know how SEF feels...)
Reckon my ankles will take my elentine bulk for a little while more without help, anyways...
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Aug 12, 2003
'Hi-tops'? Why didn't you just say boots...
Bloody southerns. Ridiculous language all of their own....
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Mu Beta Posted Aug 12, 2003
So are kittens. It doesn't stop the fact that men shouldn't really own any.
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Mu Beta Posted Aug 12, 2003
Simulpost there. Kittens, as far as I know, do not have a language of their own...
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Aug 12, 2003
Well, apart from "mewl"= I'm hungry, "meiow" = I'm bored, play with me and "wwoorarlll"= that hurt I'm going to scratch your eyes out.
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badger party tony party green party Posted Aug 12, 2003
Clam diggers my Nan used to call those trousers or pedal pushers. Which unless your actually riding in a cycle race in the 1960's or digging in wet sand for clams etc... are I believe an exercicces in vanity and foppery.
Yes, I come from the west mids and we called converse style shoes pumps when I was a lad.
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Aug 12, 2003
Shoes might just be pumps, I'll grant you. Hi Tops (or BOOTS for Kerr's benefit) are not pumps, they are *Hi-Tops*.
Simple really.
I hope Sevilla is ready for the idea that I fully intend to wear shorts in the city (except in the evenings) and no socks with my *HI-TOPS* too boot.
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Sierra Indigo - now Cheesecakethulhu flavoured Posted Aug 12, 2003
Pumps, according to the 'merican version, are high-heeled shoes IIRC.
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azahar Posted Aug 12, 2003
In Canada 'pumps' are enclosed high-heeled (or medium heeled) shoes for women. Not recommended for Sevilla, Blues, because of all the cobble-stone streets.
But the canvas high-tops can also be put in the washing machine, no? 
az
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Aug 12, 2003
They can, but it's not recommended. Wear 'em till they fall to pieces and buy some new ones, thats my advice.
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- 121: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Aug 12, 2003)
- 122: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Aug 12, 2003)
- 123: Mu Beta (Aug 12, 2003)
- 124: badger party tony party green party (Aug 12, 2003)
- 125: azahar (Aug 12, 2003)
- 126: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Aug 12, 2003)
- 127: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Aug 12, 2003)
- 128: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Aug 12, 2003)
- 129: azahar (Aug 12, 2003)
- 130: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Aug 12, 2003)
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