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24th April 2021, 12:05 PM
#11
Re: swallows
hi john sabourn #5
good afternoon, not being able to dance didnt stop you waltzing off with another mans girl friend together with his carryout in belfast.
tom
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24th April 2021, 12:11 PM
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Re: swallows
Originally Posted by
thomas michael
hi john sabourn #5
good afternoon, not being able to dance didnt stop you waltzing off with another mans girl friend together with his carryout in belfast.
tom
didnt call the bloke lewis did they .....lol cappy
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24th April 2021, 12:16 PM
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Re: swallows
hi john sabourn #10
good afternoon, well it would have been a step up the ladder, at least it had two legs and was well dressed with a fur coat on,
tom
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hi cappy #12
good afternoon im still doubled up with that one,
tom
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24th April 2021, 12:26 PM
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Re: swallows
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j.sabourn
It is a parrot Cappy. A pink and grey one. Did you think it was a baby Emu like your first girlfriend. ?
The emus still talk about you out here, however believe the Wanted sign in the cop shops has now been taken down , so safe to return. Cheers JS
yes remember it well that bleedin emu you tried to sell to me was so fast i couldnt catch it ...but i recall your mates whistle for calling the standby man... one toot it came back.... two toots well it assumed a strange position ......three toots .......well jeez i was off by then.....strange things down under cobber ...what was it called again ....was it goosy gans or something similar.......lol
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24th April 2021, 12:36 PM
#15
Re: swallows
hi cappy #15
you should have given rod hull a ring he knew a thing or two about emus,
mind you he fell to his death trying to fix tv aerial, some say he was pushed too far by the emu
but thats another story.
tom
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24th April 2021, 12:36 PM
#16
Re: swallows
Originally Posted by
thomas michael
hi john sabourn #5
good afternoon, not being able to dance didnt stop you waltzing off with another mans girl friend together with his carryout in belfast.
tom
yer minesweeping
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24th April 2021, 12:39 PM
#17
Re: swallows
hi cappy #17
he served on a minesweeper i believe so he knew all the tricks of the trade, especially when he left that girls boyfriend doing a jig in belfast,
tom
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24th April 2021, 12:47 PM
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I was practising a fox trot , not a sly one one , not the quick brown one that jumped over the slow lazy dog. Anyhow he could of had his bottles of booze back after I had regurgerated them later. your only 21 once not like Cappy who try’s to fool everyone he’s 31 every year and has been doing so for The past half century.. I believe calf’s liver is good for your own liver so I’ve been told , cheers JS...
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24th April 2021, 12:56 PM
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well believe me tom ....that benign gentlemanly look ......hides what can only be described as an encyclopedia......of guile and stunts picked up after a lifetime in foriegn climes ....why did the mother superior in shields rush of to outer mongolia.......with four nuns ....all dressed as vicars ......and four vicars ......all dressed as nuns.... complete with the wine and holy water.......he knows but a strange smile comes over his face when you ask him about it....lol
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24th April 2021, 01:02 PM
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Re: swallows
Originally Posted by
thomas michael
hi cappy #17
he served on a minesweeper i believe so he knew all the tricks of the trade, especially when he left that girls boyfriend doing a jig in belfast,
tom
wonder who the bloke was .......lol.....he will only say he was an engineer
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