On 1 Jun, 17:46, wrote:
Not. Its no wonder all the jobs are going to the Poles in this country
if saturday night is an example of the mentality of the 20 something
brit. What a complete bunch of sad ******s.

Hmm. Have you ever been out in a Polish town on a Saturday night?
Makes last Saturday look like a tea-and-cake picnic...

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John Band
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On 1 Jun, 02:26, Thunderbug wrote:

In what they'd probably call a party atmosphere but what a single woman
would call a very uncomfortable one

You are Queen Victoria and I claim my five guineas...

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John Band
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On Mon, 2 Jun 2008, John B wrote:

On 1 Jun, 02:26, Thunderbug wrote:

In what they'd probably call a party atmosphere but what a single woman
would call a very uncomfortable one

You are Queen Victoria and I claim my five guineas...

I still trying to work out why a single woman would be uncomfortable, but
a married one wouldn't.

tom

--
Eat whip you steroid wall-bashing lug-head! -- The Laird

On 2 Jun, 16:08, Tom Anderson wrote:
In what they'd probably call a party atmosphere but what a single woman
would call a very uncomfortable one

You are Queen Victoria and I claim my five guineas...

I still trying to work out why a single woman would be uncomfortable, but
a married one wouldn't.

Because the rowdy ruffians would fear the vengeance of her husband, of
course. Although I'd have expected them to be just as fearful of the
vengeance of a single maiden's father...

--
John Band
john at johnband dot org
www.johnband.org

Adrian wrote:
redcat gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

For your edification, here are some not "old woman" women named Doris:
Doris Duke

Which one? There's two in Wikipedia, one born 1912, the other 1945

Doris Day

Born 1924

Doris Lessing

Born 1919

Doris Roberts

Born 1930

Some bunch of not "old women".

You just don't get it, do you?

redcat gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

For your edification, here are some not "old woman" women named Doris:
Doris Duke

Which one? There's two in Wikipedia, one born 1912, the other 1945

Doris Day

Born 1924

Doris Lessing

Born 1919

Doris Roberts

Born 1930

Some bunch of not "old women".

You just don't get it, do you?

Ah. They don't seem old to you, because they're younger than you are.
Gotcha.

It's the only reason I can think of why five women with an average age of
82 somehow don't count as "old women".

On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 07:36:18 -0700 (PDT), John B
wrote:

Hmm. Have you ever been out in a Polish town on a Saturday night?
Makes last Saturday look like a tea-and-cake picnic...

Yes, I have (Poznan[1]), and it was as civilised as any other European
country. A breath of fresh air compared with the UK, and an
experience that seriously lifted my perceptions of the country and its
people.

[1] Not exactly environmentally-friendly, but one of my mates had an
idea that, if we booked way in advance and flew on Ryanair, we could
probably manage a night out somewhere in Eastern Europe for less than
the price of a night out in London...

Neil

--
Neil Williams
Put my first name before the at to reply.

On Jun 2, 3:36 pm, John B wrote:
On 1 Jun, 17:46, wrote:

Not. Its no wonder all the jobs are going to the Poles in this country
if saturday night is an example of the mentality of the 20 something
brit. What a complete bunch of sad ******s.

Hmm. Have you ever been out in a Polish town on a Saturday night?
Makes last Saturday look like a tea-and-cake picnic...

Quite possibly. But then the polish drunks or chavs probably wouldn't
come over here and wouldnt get a job if they did. Doesn't change the
fact that plenty of jobs are going to immigrants because the bone idle
wasters in this country can't be arsed and would sooner chuck some
tenants or strongbow down their gobs.

B2003

wrote:

Quite possibly. But then the polish drunks or chavs probably wouldn't
come over here and wouldnt get a job if they did. Doesn't change the
fact that plenty of jobs are going to immigrants because the bone idle
wasters in this country can't be arsed and would sooner chuck some
tenants or strongbow down their gobs.

B2003

One of the few bits of immigrant scaremongering that has any basis in
fact is that Polish immigrants tend to increase alcohol related crime.
They are decidedly fond of the falling down water.

Tom

"James Farrar" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 08:47:38 +0100, "Brian Watson"
wrote:


"redcat" wrote in message
...
Brian Watson wrote:

I look forward to Doris' "wise" words on the subject once he gets back
to
the office.


What is the meaning and intention behind changing "Boris" to "Doris"?

He is what is known colloquially as a "bit of an old woman."

Since "Doris" and "Boris" are so similar in sound and "Doris" is a name
now
rarely used, but was commonly given to girls about 80 years ago, it seemed
an appropriate substitution.

In other words, it was a childish insult.

Correct. Accurate, nonetheless.

--
Brian
"Fight like the Devil, die like a gentleman."