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ADs are elite athletes and can run very fast

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BogRollBOGOF · 03/01/2021 16:32

Another thread in the saga filled up (so no forwards link)

I think maybe we're endurance athletes, or maybe multievent like a decathlon Grin

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BogRollBOGOF · 05/01/2021 14:16

Newport Pagnall wasn't the same after Queen Elizabeth 1's portrait was removed from The Granary.
I'm not sure if I miss the green plastic benches from Watford Gap.

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Weedsnseeds1 · 05/01/2021 14:46

How about Beaconsfield Countrygirl, that's not bad as services go?

LivinLaVidaLoki · 05/01/2021 14:52

Am I too late to add in another sick making meme of the day?

AcornAutumn · 05/01/2021 14:56

As a non-car owner, I feel likeI am missing out an amazing service stations. All I remember is Little Chef from when I was a kid!

BogRollBOGOF · 05/01/2021 15:00

@AcornAutumn

As a non-car owner, I feel likeI am missing out an amazing service stations. All I remember is Little Chef from when I was a kid!
You're not missing out on much other than Gloucester and it's older sibling Tebay which is a bit out of the way for anyone not venturing beyond the Lake District to Scotland (or t'other way round)

When we go towards Cornwall, we swerve Gordano and head off to NT Tyntesfield so the kids can have a good romp. The cafe is similarly priced to motorway services but far far nicer!

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AcornAutumn · 05/01/2021 15:09

Ooh Tyntesfield is on my list, it looks lovely! Think it might be a pain on public transport but I can't remember.

Weedsnseeds1 · 05/01/2021 15:11

Service Stations aren't that exciting AcornAutumn, but given the alternatives available at the moment, they are probably the next best thing to Barnum and Bailey's Smile

rosettesforjill · 05/01/2021 15:25

@LivinLaVidaLoki

Am I too late to add in another sick making meme of the day?
Never too late! Grin
LivinLaVidaLoki · 05/01/2021 15:29

Ta daaaaaaa

ADs are elite athletes and can run very fast
LivinLaVidaLoki · 05/01/2021 15:30

Remember folks, one cough can change your life....

Willow2017 · 05/01/2021 15:33

@LivinLaVidaLoki

Ta daaaaaaa
🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢😝😝😝 Sanctimonious bullshit. Tell that to the thousands of battered kids and adults who are 'safe at home' with abusive parents and partners. These people never see past the end of thier noses.
BogRollBOGOF · 05/01/2021 15:33

Hem hem
(Delores Umbridge style. Fred and George would happily have swabbed her again and again Grin )

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Bollss · 05/01/2021 15:35

Boris is on again at 5pm. What now ffs!

ISaySteadyOn · 05/01/2021 15:41

What else can he take from us? I am sorry to any NHS workers and teachers on this thread as I know you are all hard workers and care for people and children. But I no longer believe that teachers or medics not on this thread are on mine or my children's side. We are no longer human to them, only disease bearers.

Weedsnseeds1 · 05/01/2021 15:41

Allow me...

ADs are elite athletes and can run very fast
smallandimperfectlyformed · 05/01/2021 15:44

I wonder if the Boris thing is about pubs not being able to do takeaway pints anymore? Was that mentioned in yesterday's briefing? I can't understand how they are expected to make any money at all if they can't even sell alcohol...and there aren't that many jobs available. (I'm teetotal so not exactly going to be using them anyway but it is unfair the way they are treated)

Mrsfrumble · 05/01/2021 15:45

Does the creator of that meme thinks people’s lives haven’t already changed??

NastyBlouse · 05/01/2021 15:51

@TrustTheGeneGenie

Boris is on again at 5pm. What now ffs!
I suspect he's got little else to do. Brexit's been Brexited, Biden won't be taking his calls, and Trump's gone properly King Lear. So it's either go on telly and spout off about vaccines and war spirit for a bit or parent his own child.

(More seriously) Maybe it's the trio today, with The Scientists, since we got the solo performance yesterday?

Worldgonecrazy · 05/01/2021 15:53

Can I have a chocolate for every serious probing question asked by a ‘journalist’ at the press conference?

I suspect my waist line may be quite safe!

Worldgonecrazy · 05/01/2021 15:56

When I am queen, anyone who says ‘if only we all followed the rules this will be over’ will be sent to the Tower..

rosettesforjill · 05/01/2021 16:03

@Worldgonecrazy

When I am queen, anyone who says ‘if only we all followed the rules this will be over’ will be sent to the Tower..
Especially because that is just WRONG! And stupid!
countrygirl99 · 05/01/2021 16:06

According to Google maps Beaconsfield services are 1hr 20 mins away. I might be tempted that far for very special fine dining with an overnight stay but I m not so sure for a service station.

Evenstar · 05/01/2021 16:07

This really wound me up on an aquaintance’s Facebook, she posted a status, saying no wonder we are in this lockdown as there are people out everywhere!
She was out all the time when it was allowed, sticking her face against other people for photos and attended a birthday party (when it wasn’t allowed with around 30 guests) She can do as she pleases, but why has she suddenly decided it is her business what everyone else does 😡 especially as she was out herself!
Someone asked her where she had been as they saw nobody not complying and she deleted it.

Seriouslymole · 05/01/2021 16:13

My favourite meme of all time throughout this whole thing was a very spiritual one “whoever said one person can’t change the world, never ate an undercooked bat”.

ISaySteadyOn · 05/01/2021 16:21

@Worldgonecrazy

When I am queen, anyone who says ‘if only we all followed the rules this will be over’ will be sent to the Tower..
In that case, I would be proud to be one of your subjects. does her best curtsySmile