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Rule Britannia Britannia rules the waves. La la la lal la la la laa la laa. Oh sorry got a bit carried away so I did. Thought I was at a night at the proms....sneaking out now.
posted by
Kabu
on July 30, 2014 at 5:23 PM
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Re: adnohr
Well she had to allow him a little leeway, didn't want to demean his manhood.
I guess the physic thought that was a bit romantic, he should have lived by the roadside for a couple of months in winter, not much fun going to poo in the hedge. You were lucky they usually want to talk about one's deprived sex life.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 29, 2014 at 10:48 AM
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Re: CCT...Its a good thing people didn't sue one another
I don't think suing was in the vogue in those days Rumor if you were daft enough to injure yourself, hard luck. Oh' The Gipuls as we called them and they like to be called Romanies.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 29, 2014 at 10:42 AM
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CCT...Its a good thing people didn't sue one another
back in the day...I imagine there were more than a few burnt tongues from hot tea.
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Your poem really caught my eye this morning.
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posted by
Rumor
on July 29, 2014 at 6:34 AM
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My grandpa saucered his green tea all the time. If Grandma didn"t like it, she never let on. He was the master of the place after all (but we knew who the real boss was, as did he!). I remember a psychic telling me I was involved with gypsies in a former life...wouldn't embellish although I asked...
posted by
adnohr
on July 28, 2014 at 6:54 PM
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Well a lot of folk seem to drink out of mugs these days, so they ent got a saucer.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 28, 2014 at 10:54 AM
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Funny really Kabu old loyalties , of course the young do not remember that most descendants came from other countries or it is just an old fashioned memory that no longer applies. I can imagine your dad, when he had problems on the farm, he knew it annoyed your mother obviously, but I expect he thought what is she concerned about I have reality to contend with.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 28, 2014 at 10:52 AM
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Re: Pat
Thank you Pat, I suppose the Gypsies kind of come together on such an occasion. Mind they soon drink a pub dry. Some have risen well above their former status and have married into the general public.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 28, 2014 at 10:43 AM
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posted by
C_C_T
on July 28, 2014 at 10:40 AM
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Re: Naut
Well perhaps drinks usually cool quickly in your neck of the woods Naut and anyway the electric kettle does not seem to push out the extreme heat which was natural with the old
hob kettle. Yes the gypsies have bought up quite a lot of our old cemetery I suppose they all wanted to be together. It is a job to get squeezed in now. No one wants to go to the out of town one. A poor little girl was killed recently and had to be buried near the path.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 28, 2014 at 10:39 AM
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Re: Chiff Chaff
Well not yet Bro but I am sure you will get there after a long time in the future.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 28, 2014 at 10:30 AM
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Re: Jimmy
Jimmy do you think folk would have been saucering for years the tea is exposed to a larger surface area and the saucer absorbed some of the heat. Second problem, it said Cup of Soup on the wreath also the brand of cigarettes that she smoked on the next wreath, The bottle of stout was fairly obvious as was the white cat with blue eyes and a red collar. I would have taken a photo but better part of valour. I cannot tell a lie.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 28, 2014 at 10:29 AM
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I'm not quite sure how pouring the tea into a saucer helped it to cool off faster but, okay. And how did they know that the flower arrangement was in the shape of a cup of soup? It could have been cereal, or even porridge . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on July 28, 2014 at 6:52 AM
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Chiff Chaff
Loved your poem after tea from the saucer leaving me wander safe in the fold. Cheers Bro
posted by
WileyJohn
on July 27, 2014 at 6:52 PM
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CCT
I admit I had not heard of the saucering thing - live and learn, LOL...I liked your words on the Gipsy funeral; I should imagine it might also have the kinds of celebratory elements of an Irish wake...
posted by
Nautikos
on July 27, 2014 at 3:54 PM
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Lovely post today CCT. I do remember the saucering thing - there
was a bit of British tradition (I always thought it was Irish) in the table routines and manners. I'm with you on the flowers - I hate to see them wilt slowly. As for the Gypsy funerals - their custom is perhaps no stranger than others, and money spent on flowers could always go for cookies or heating oil I suppose.
posted by
Pat_B
on July 27, 2014 at 10:32 AM
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when my dad was in a bad mood and very busy on the farm he would saucer and mother would be furious. It was time to leave the room.
love reading about the gypsy funeral...yes wasted money on those flowers.
Why did my parents and myself keep going back to England??? We were brought up to think of England as home ...They were taught to think that way and they passed it on to me. I did not pass it onto my sons. It was the British Empire thing!!!!
posted by
Kabu
on July 27, 2014 at 8:17 AM
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I did not know about saucering. As the old saying goes, we learn something new every day.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on July 27, 2014 at 8:12 AM
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