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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2013 10:13:15 GMT
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Post by Sir Chancelot on May 11, 2013 12:40:31 GMT
Fortunately, supplies held firm in the Wilkinson household, and two litres of Guernsey's finest was on the doorstep this morning ;D ;D ;D
Did not have to purchase any of that Jersey stuff masquerading as milk ::)
Would rather pour water on my coco pops in the morning :o
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Post by BB Warrior on May 11, 2013 19:39:54 GMT
Fortunately, supplies held firm in the Wilkinson household, and two litres of Guernsey's finest was on the doorstep this morning ;D ;D ;D Did not have to purchase any of that Jersey stuff masquerading as milk ::) Would rather pour water on my coco pops in the morning :o Surely not Norm.... hard to believe there is that much rivalry between the islands.... ::) ;D One of the funniest things that happened over in the Guernsey Open was when Graeme Le Monnier won a Guernsey shirt in the raffle.... :o .... he kindly donated it (very quickly) to Colleen who was delighted to accept it! ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Sir Chancelot on May 11, 2013 20:14:41 GMT
Surely not Norm.... hard to believe there is that much rivalry between the islands.... ::) ;D
One of the funniest things that happened over in the Guernsey Open was when Graeme Le Monnier won a Guernsey shirt in the raffle.... :o .... he kindly donated it (very quickly) to Colleen who was delighted to accept it! ;D ;D ;D[/quote]
We better sign her up to play in the Inter Insular in Jersey next year
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2013 16:42:18 GMT
History is more often than not written by the winners with inevitable slight inaccuracies, and here is a chronicle taken from the year 2525 (the written style of language having turned full circle):
"The 2013 English Invasion of Guernsey"
"Twas in the year of our Lord 2013 in the merrie month of May, that an expeditionary force was despatched from the kingdom of England to the principality of Guernsey to take part in a special jousting tournament.
After a great banquet during the course of which much ale was quaffed, the initial battle lines were drawn and there were many casualties until just sixteen bold knights remained.
Eight noble knights of the Olde Kingdome faced the Island knights of Guernsey and Jersey lined up alongside the champion knight Sir Kevin, victor of a hundred jousts - but finding himself on the wrong side of the field as the English knights in full charge prevailed.
The knight who had toppled Sir Kevin had fought under the motto Nil Satis Nisi Optimum and he went on to carry off the main spoils of battle back to the heartland of Oxfordshire - where it was later discovered that an evil warlord, himself unable to compete as he was in attendance of the nuptials of his son the famous warlock Harry Potter, had ordered for all of the cattle on the island to be milked to exhaustion while the battle was in full flow, thus rendering them unable to provide a dairy yield for several dayes afterwards.
One relic only of this epic battle remains to this day, a plate of solid silver bearing the name of the noble knight Sir Ingram de Umfraville."
There you go - funny where your thoughts wander to when enjoying a luxurious Sunday morning bath ! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by BB Warrior on May 12, 2013 17:01:07 GMT
One relic only of this epic battle remains to this day, a plate of solid silver bearing the name of the noble knight Sir Ingram de Umfraville." [/i] There you go - funny where your thoughts wander to when enjoying a luxurious Sunday morning bath ! ;D ;D ;D [/quote] I'm not sure which concerns me more.... :-/ .... the fact that my name is associated with a relic or that Tommo is thinking of me while he is in the bath!! :o :-[ A most whimsical account of proceedings Sir Clive.... ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by milko on May 14, 2013 14:18:17 GMT
The knight who had toppled Sir Kevin had fought under the motto Nil Satis Nisi Optimum and he went on to carry off the main spoils of battle back to the heartland of Oxfordshire - where it was later discovered that an evil warlord, himself unable to compete as he was in attendance of the nuptials of his son the famous warlock Harry Potter, had ordered for all of the cattle on the island to be milked to exhaustion while the battle was in full flow, thus rendering them unable to provide a dairy yield for several dayes afterwards. The "evil warlord" better bring fresh supplies then! I'm all booked ;)  ;D ;D ;D |
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