Author Topic: Little Eye On The Crazy World Of Foreigners  (Read 134267 times)

Mr Larrington

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Re: Little Eye On The Crazy World Of Foreigners
« Reply #800 on: 15 June, 2022, 12:40:15 pm »
Nor the alternative version with the verse that goes

My brother sells rubbers to sailors
My Mum makes the holes with a pin
My sister performs the abortions
My God how the money rolls in!
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Re: Little Eye On The Crazy World Of Foreigners
« Reply #801 on: 15 June, 2022, 05:38:28 pm »
I think you’ll find that everyone concerned we’re just going through the motions.

Coat you say? In this heat, are you mad!
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Re: Little Eye On The Crazy World Of Foreigners
« Reply #802 on: 22 June, 2022, 10:13:38 am »
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Re: Little Eye On The Crazy World Of Foreigners
« Reply #803 on: 22 June, 2022, 11:44:30 am »
Does Australia still count as a province?

I was impressed by this guy:

https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/viral-video-australian-pub-owner-fights-off-crocodile-with-frying-pan-3089190

Don't be impressed. I read a bit into the backstory.

He bought an island in croc country. Makes money from tourists. Encourages his dogs to bait crocs - there is another vid of that going wrong, little dog eaten.

Just another arse baiting wildlife to get a reaction and impress people.
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Re: Little Eye On The Crazy World Of Foreigners
« Reply #804 on: 10 July, 2022, 03:11:46 am »
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/07/09/texas-abortion-pregnant-woman-hov-bottone/

Pretty sure we all saw this coming. Personally I hope she beats the ticket.

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Re: Little Eye On The Crazy World Of Foreigners
« Reply #805 on: 10 July, 2022, 04:15:51 am »
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/07/09/texas-abortion-pregnant-woman-hov-bottone/

Pretty sure we all saw this coming. Personally I hope she beats the ticket.

She'll probably be ticketed for not having the child in a certified baby seat instead.

Re: Little Eye On The Crazy World Of Foreigners
« Reply #806 on: 27 July, 2022, 10:32:32 pm »
"Je mag alleen die verdomde deuren eraf blazen!"

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Criminal gangs armed with explosives are stalking the ATMs of the Netherlands, Belgium and northern Germany each night, hoping to find an unprotected machine to blast open and rob.

Amsterdam has been plagued by gangs targeting ATMs with air compressors for years, but after authorities in the Dutch capital responded by making it harder to rob cash machines in this way, criminals responded in turn by switching to actual explosives to blow them up.

Amsterdam actually regulates that all ATMs must be shut by 11PM each night – pretty early for one of the capitals of European nightlife but required because of the threat.
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“They can’t work out the proper charge for the bomb and keep blowing up the fucking money,” said the cop, who wasn’t permitted to speak to the media. “They’ve been unable to adapt from the easier days of using compressed air.”

Attacking ATMs is a serious industry for criminals, with attacks common enough to make finding an ATM in Amsterdam after dark nearly impossible, much to the chagrin of local drug dealers.

“We have to put in the order disclaimer that all bank machines are closed at 2300 but we deliver [via WhatsApp] until midnight because people will order then realise they can’t get any money out,” said one dealer, who spoke on condition of anonymity. “We tell people take the cash you need at by 1900, because once it gets dark, the machines close because of the stupid gangs.”

https://www.vice.com/en/article/93ab4e/europe-atms-blown-up
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Little Eye On The Crazy World Of Foreigners
« Reply #807 on: 28 July, 2022, 07:46:09 am »
Pretty common here in de verenigd koninkrijk tbf.
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Re: Little Eye On The Crazy World Of Foreigners
« Reply #808 on: 06 August, 2022, 02:02:49 pm »
https://twitter.com/englneerlngvlds/status/1553780407165861888


Slight spillage in a German steel mill.  Someone’s bike was in the way….
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Re: Little Eye On The Crazy World Of Foreigners
« Reply #809 on: 06 August, 2022, 07:49:54 pm »
https://twitter.com/englneerlngvlds/status/1553780407165861888


Slight spillage in a German steel mill.  Someone’s bike was in the way….

"The workers are so calm"

That would be why they are shouting "Scheisse"
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Steph

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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Little Eye On The Crazy World Of Foreigners
« Reply #811 on: 12 August, 2022, 12:36:31 pm »
Was it Bobb's hat?
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Re: Little Eye On The Crazy World Of Foreigners
« Reply #812 on: 12 August, 2022, 12:47:09 pm »
I did wonder.
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Re: Little Eye On The Crazy World Of Foreigners
« Reply #813 on: 12 August, 2022, 02:18:09 pm »
We are making a New World (Paul Nash, 1918)

Re: Little Eye On The Crazy World Of Foreigners
« Reply #814 on: 19 August, 2022, 02:06:00 pm »
Admit it, you were waiting for it to have a go at the glass display cabinet:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-latin-america-62603550

Re: Little Eye On The Crazy World Of Foreigners
« Reply #815 on: 28 August, 2022, 10:22:56 pm »
Not fast & rarely furious

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Mr Larrington

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Re: Little Eye On The Crazy World Of Foreigners
« Reply #816 on: 28 August, 2022, 10:31:18 pm »
Bof!
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Re: Little Eye On The Crazy World Of Foreigners
« Reply #818 on: 29 August, 2022, 02:06:48 pm »
Lion eats man who jumped into its enclosure. And it’s not even in Florida!

(I did think of putting this in the Darwin Award thread, but his breeding status is not reported)
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Re: Little Eye On The Crazy World Of Foreigners
« Reply #820 on: 30 August, 2022, 07:41:59 am »
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

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Re: Little Eye On The Crazy World Of Foreigners
« Reply #821 on: 15 September, 2022, 07:59:44 am »
Getting to the bottom of cheating in chess.
https://twitter.com/MetroUK/status/1569983251912998913
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Re: Little Eye On The Crazy World Of Foreigners
« Reply #822 on: 15 September, 2022, 10:14:03 pm »
Definitely below the belt.
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Paul

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Re: Little Eye On The Crazy World Of Foreigners
« Reply #823 on: 15 September, 2022, 10:16:03 pm »
Suspect chess cheat: Honestly, there’s nothing in there!
Chess security person: I still have to check, mate.
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Re: Little Eye On The Crazy World Of Foreigners
« Reply #824 on: 15 September, 2022, 10:54:43 pm »
Long ago when I was controlling tournaments the lavatory was jokingly referred to as the “analysis room”.

This brings a whole new complexion to the anal in analysis.
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