Re: OT, but...

In article <1hx97w4.nn23sc4irck3N%%steve%@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Steve Firth
says...

You're going all the way to Portugal to sit in a pub?

Of course that's what all the chavs do. Chances of Brian making a trip
to Lisboa are close to zero.

Well I did give him the benefit of the doubt when I mentioned the
weather.

Chances of Brian making a visit to any
museum, art gallery or to Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, slightly less
than a snowball's in hell.

If his cultural experience goes beyond fish, chips and imported keg
lager I'll be surprised.

Indeed.

--
Conor

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.........
.

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