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Well that's £2M well spent

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  • CPalliniC CPallini

    You should trust your government: it will be a gift to Troy. :rolleyes:

    If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
    This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
    [My articles]

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    Dalek Dave
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    CPallini wrote:

    it will be a gift to Troy

    What would Ilidiot do with a Horse?

    ------------------------------------ "Your manuscript is both good and original. But the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good." Dr Samuel Johnson

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      You'll need a tall mounting block[^] Thank goodness there's nothing better to spend that sort of cash on otherwise some people may think it's a total waste of money in these difficult times.

      My new favourite phrase - "misdirected leisure activity"

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      Evan Stein
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      Next: a giant white elephant

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        You'll need a tall mounting block[^] Thank goodness there's nothing better to spend that sort of cash on otherwise some people may think it's a total waste of money in these difficult times.

        My new favourite phrase - "misdirected leisure activity"

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        martin_hughes
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        ...I expect the costs will have spiralled closer to the £8m mark.

        print "http://www.codeproject.com".toURL().text Ain't that Groovy?

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        • B Baconbutty

          You'll need a tall mounting block[^] Thank goodness there's nothing better to spend that sort of cash on otherwise some people may think it's a total waste of money in these difficult times.

          My new favourite phrase - "misdirected leisure activity"

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          megaadam
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          A horse, a horse, My Kingdom for a horse!

          ........................ Life is too shor

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            You'll need a tall mounting block[^] Thank goodness there's nothing better to spend that sort of cash on otherwise some people may think it's a total waste of money in these difficult times.

            My new favourite phrase - "misdirected leisure activity"

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            Oakman
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            It is an important and necessary part of the economic stimulus plan and proof that the government no longer has faith in those discredited plans of the last eight years.

            Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.

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            • B Baconbutty

              You'll need a tall mounting block[^] Thank goodness there's nothing better to spend that sort of cash on otherwise some people may think it's a total waste of money in these difficult times.

              My new favourite phrase - "misdirected leisure activity"

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              Tad McClellan
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              Yeah, sounds like the stimulus package we are doing in the US. I'm sure their is a giant horse in there somewhere.

              TadMcClellan.Com

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                A horse, a horse, My Kingdom for a horse!

                ........................ Life is too shor

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                Tad McClellan
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                :-)

                TadMcClellan.Com

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                  Yeah, sounds like the stimulus package we are doing in the US. I'm sure their is a giant horse in there somewhere.

                  TadMcClellan.Com

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                  John M Drescher
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                  Tad McClellan wrote:

                  I'm sure their is a giant horse in there somewhere.

                  Should I :laugh: or :((

                  John

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                    CPallini wrote:

                    it will be a gift to Troy

                    What would Ilidiot do with a Horse?

                    ------------------------------------ "Your manuscript is both good and original. But the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good." Dr Samuel Johnson

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                    MidwestLimey
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                    Um, you really want to know?? X|

                    Bar fomos edo pariyart gedeem, agreo eo dranem abal edyero eyrem kalm kareore

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                    • B Baconbutty

                      You'll need a tall mounting block[^] Thank goodness there's nothing better to spend that sort of cash on otherwise some people may think it's a total waste of money in these difficult times.

                      My new favourite phrase - "misdirected leisure activity"

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                      PIEBALDconsult
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                      I detest all "public art". If an individual wants to make art, great; if an individual wants to buy or commission art, fine. But don't spend public funds on it and make me look at it as I drive down the street. Downtown Mesa (AZ), for instance, has a dreadful collection of crap littering its sidewalks. :sigh:

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                        CPallini wrote:

                        it will be a gift to Troy

                        What would Ilidiot do with a Horse?

                        ------------------------------------ "Your manuscript is both good and original. But the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good." Dr Samuel Johnson

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                        Dan Neely
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                        trade it for a bottle of cough syrup to get high on. :wtf:

                        Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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                        • B Baconbutty

                          You'll need a tall mounting block[^] Thank goodness there's nothing better to spend that sort of cash on otherwise some people may think it's a total waste of money in these difficult times.

                          My new favourite phrase - "misdirected leisure activity"

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                          buachaill cliste
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                          What a designer. "Mhmmmmm.... what will I design" "Oh... maybe a horse will look nice" "wait God designed that already" checks to see if God has any patents on a horse "Oh no patents I think I'll enter that idea"

                          I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at for hours.--Jerome K Jerome<< that about sums me up! When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute-and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity--Albert Einstein << ya gotta love that guy!

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                            You'll need a tall mounting block[^] Thank goodness there's nothing better to spend that sort of cash on otherwise some people may think it's a total waste of money in these difficult times.

                            My new favourite phrase - "misdirected leisure activity"

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                            Stuart Dootson
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                            The bit that got me was "planning permission is now being sought" - if someone had built a house without planning permission, they'd likely be tearing it down as we speak.

                            Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p

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                              You'll need a tall mounting block[^] Thank goodness there's nothing better to spend that sort of cash on otherwise some people may think it's a total waste of money in these difficult times.

                              My new favourite phrase - "misdirected leisure activity"

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                              Lost User
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                              It is, of course, a signal to our off-world overlords. Originally 2 dimensional (because of the available technology of the time) the white horse has for thousands of years been used to direct incoming harvest ships to their destination (in this case, I suggest, its proximity to the tunnel is not coincidental - "pre-packaged humans for your delectation, your wonderfulness?" Evidently this is a move from Wiltshire (home of the majority of the white horses). Kentish folk should be worried. In an obvious example of their contempt for the human race, the use of a white horse is solely due to the anagram - "Here Show It". In the dialect of the time, in general use in Wiltshire, the anagram roughly translates to "Grub's Up" I need a lie down

                              ___________________________________________ .\\axxx (That's an 'M')

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