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Call me slow, but...

ndicki

ndicki

Charter Member 2016
I've just realised. The UK must be awash with 70th Anniversary rubbish at the moment - the usual "Coronation Mug" sort of thing. Unfortunately we who live in the Colonies do not see all these delightful artefacts (there were NO celebrations AT ALL of the Fall of France. Can't think why.) and are missing the joy and pride they are supposed to inspire in us, not to mention that they should instil in us a healthy distrust of our dear friends in the EU...

In vino and so on. It is after dinner.

What I was thinking is that I wouldn't mind getting the mucky puds on a decent souvenir of some sort, so if by any chance any of you chaps at Home see anything that strikes you as tasteful, well executed, just the sort of thing to bung on the dinner table when the Hunnish family-in-law are visiting, and so forth, perhaps you'd like to post a link below so I can ask my (German) wife to buy it me for Christmas.

And in between times, it'll open the eyes of those disadvantaged with living in the Americas...
 
France still a colony, is it? Rest assured Nigel, should we find some particularly unspeakable tat we'll send you the link! :icon_lol:
 
Jolly dee of you, old man! And of course France is still a colony. We simply ignore the natives most of the time, unless they come bearing gifts of wine and local produce!
 
I am on the Floor!!

:icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:

I have been following the 70th activities, and I am
grateful for The British stand during the dark days of the BOB..

Thank God.. America showed up to finish the fight for you all..
( Yea, poking you again with my pointed Hobbit stick..:jump:)

One question why in heavens name does England keep France as a colony??
Seems to me after this long even the Brits would be tired of it..:jump:

Heck we got tired of the Brits over 200 years ago, and tossed you all out..:jump:
Off to hide before Both the French and English Both see this..:jump:

On goes the ring..:pop4:
 
HouseHobbit said:
One question why in heavens name does England keep France as a colony??
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I have no idea, but there are a lot of them over there these days. Very funny to see the English (and other) sections in the supermarché this summer - Pardon, j'ai besoin de Marmite (really, some tourists have no manners...)

Yes, there was peanut butter and grape jelly in the American bit, under a ton of tacos and tortillas. Ack!
 
Je dis, vieil homme, je prefere plutot le Bovril. Beaucoup meilleur sur un morceau de toast et toute cette sorte de choses. Il y a une absence lamentable de Bovril dans le supermarche dans le village. Le petit homme qui le court ne sait pas ce que c'est. Je veux dire, comment peut-on courir un magasin quand on ne connait pas le Bovril? Prepostereux. Grenouilles sanglantes.
 
Just watched a spiffing show on the Yesterday channel called the 'Heroes of Biggin Hill'. It was essentially a collection of recollections from Base personnel and villagers during the BoB.

The Beeb, is due to launch it's BoB season soon too. As for souvenirs, there's not a vast amount, some adverts from Franklin mint et.al. and in some museum shops. WH Smiths has a few calenders and magazine specials etc.

Just a few after a quick search: The Royal Mint, watches, and of course Royal mail stamps!
 
Just watched a spiffing show on the Yesterday channel called the 'Heroes of Biggin Hill'. It was essentially a collection of recollections from Base personnel and villagers during the BoB.
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Saw that too, some great footage I'd never seen before. Have just finished reading Jimmy Corbin, (the very old chaps) book 'Last of the 10 Fighter Boys'

Not tat but the RAF association are collecting at the moment and for each donation you get a small aircraft lapel badge, Spit, Hurricane etc. which are rather nice.

Corgi are releasing a new metal Defiant model as well as other aircraft repaints.

I'll bear you in mind if I see a mug Nigel. :)
 
ndicki said:
Je dis, vieil homme, je prefere plutot le Bovril. Beaucoup meilleur sur un morceau de toast et toute cette sorte de choses. Il y a une absence lamentable de Bovril dans le supermarche dans le village. Le petit homme qui le court ne sait pas ce que c'est. Je veux dire, comment peut-on courir un magasin quand on ne connait pas le Bovril? Prepostereux. Grenouilles sanglantes.
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You should ask for VIANDOX...


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Le Viandox est absolument horrible, vieil haricot. C'est beaucoup trop liquide et cela coule sur votre cravate quand vous levez votre morceau de toast pour prendre une morsure. Je veux du Bovril, arret plein.
 
BeauBrummie said:
Just a few after a quick search: The Royal Mint, watches, and of course Royal mail stamps!
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Those watches are nice!

Last time round, I got the Sewill's BoB special, with a crystal back engraved with a Spit and Hurricane. What's nice is that from the front, it looks like a normal, black-faced G-10 military-style watch, until you look hard. Actually, very similar to these, but black faced. When I took it for cleaning, the jeweller dismissed it as junk at first sight and said it would be cheaper to change the mechanism... When he turned it over to see the visible Swiss goodness-knows-how-many-jewels automatic mechanism, his jaw nearly hit the counter. I bet he felt a bit of a tit...


Looking further on the watches site - Jeff, you deserve a pint! I've been looking for a decent replacement watch-strap that isn't made out of boiled cardboard for ages - and there they are!
 
ndicki said:
Le Viandox est absolument horrible, vieil haricot. C'est beaucoup trop liquide et cela coule sur votre cravate quand vous levez votre morceau de toast pour prendre une morsure. Je veux du Bovril, arret plein.
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C'est sur le VIANDOX est horrible la dernière fois que j'en ai absorbé à mon insu c'était dans
un "bloody Mary" et il y a fort longtemps, mais je ne pense pas que le Bovril soit plus à mon gout...:icon_lol:

Sure that VIANDOX is got an horrible taste, the last time I swallow it and wasn't aware, it was in a "Bloody Mary" a long time ago, I don't mind that Bovril will convince me more...
:rolleyes:
 
Les Francais n'apprecient pas les bonnes choses dans la vie - le Bovril sur toast, les haricots sur toast, les sandwiches au bacon, l'agneau roti avec de la menthe sauce, le Noel pouding, l'odeur de chien humide apres la promenade, les souspantalons en tweed et toute cette sorte de choses. Ils sont fous, ces Francais.
 
ndicki said:
Les Francais n'apprecient pas les bonnes choses dans la vie - le Bovril sur toast, les haricots sur toast, les sandwiches au bacon, l'agneau roti avec de la menthe sauce, le Noel pouding, l'odeur de chien humide apres la promenade, les souspantalons en tweed et toute cette sorte de choses. Ils sont fous, ces Francais.
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J'aime le sandwich au bacon, l'agneau roti avec des flageolets, l'odeur des sous-bois après la pluie et les vestes en tweed, mais je n'aime pas les petits-pois à la menthe (souvenir d'un séjour à Londres en 1965 et 1966).
J'appréciais également les petites anglaises ! :) mais les garçons (anglais) n'appréciaient pas du tout :mad:
J'adore un breakfast : oeuf, bacon, toast avec du café noir ou thé, plus toast beurre marmelade, humm !
Mais j'ai horreur du viandox !!
 
Bonte gracieuse, existe-t-il des petits pois sans menthe? Quel horreur, je dois dire.

Mais je crois qu'il y a de l'espoir pour vous Francais tout-de-meme! Dewoitine, vieil haricot, vous avez manifestement bon gout en matiere de chair feminin. Apres un bon chien, c'est ce qu'il y a de plus important comme divertissement, surtout si elle sait faire toutes ces petites choses que font les femmes; gerer les domestiques, apporter le sherry, discuter de choses et d'autres, jouer au piano et chasser au cheval et aux chiens comme il faut. Je trouve que peu de Francaises savent faire tout ca, ce qui est plutot etrange...

En parlant de sherry, il est l'heure.
 
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