It took SO LONG to dial all those numbers! It took AGES for the zero to get back to the

start - so unfair to have to do an extra 01 if you were outside London. Plus the phone was in the hall which meant missing the programme. I would usually wait until the cartoon came on. Never got through though. Sigh!

You should give them a nod whether people are around or not. I manage a subtle salute which could just look like I'm just scratching the side of my head when people are around.

Posted By: Bravo win or die on April 29th 2021 at 09:18:29

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1st (n/m) (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Apr 29, 06:03:04
- for sorrow (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 08:15:30
- 3rd (n/m) (General Chat) - MrSpud43, Apr 29, 07:05:54
  - for another girl, I spose (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 08:16:38
- 2nd (n/m) (General Chat) - clem fandango, Apr 29, 06:20:42
  - for joy (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 08:15:40
  - 3rd (n/m) (General Chat) - Graham 21, Apr 29, 08:03:47
    - for a girl (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 08:15:51
  - 4th. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Apr 29, 06:36:13
    - 5th (n/m) (General Chat) - Norman Panic MP, Apr 29, 09:33:46
      - 6th (n/m) (General Chat) - Norman Panic MP, Apr 29, 11:08:00
      - for silver (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 09:34:47
        
        I mean, to be fair, Jumbo should have got a kiss for his 9 (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 09:35:35
    - for a boy (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 08:16:06
    - 9th (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Apr 29, 07:22:23
      - for a nice magpie pie (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 08:16:23
        
        I went to a Richard Herring gig where he did a whole routine about that magpie rhyme (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 08:55:16
        
        POSH PAWS 🦕 (n/m) (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Apr 29, 10:07:30
        
        I have a very tame couple of blackbirds (General Chat) - Old Splat, Apr 29, 09:46:14
        
        i've got a little robin garden buddy (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 29, 09:52:17
        
        Good stuff. There's a robin always fiddling about (General Chat) - Old Splat, Apr 29, 10:01:25
        
        They are terrorists (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Apr 29, 09:46:55
        
        I tell them to shut the eff up. They make such a loud hideous noise (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Apr 29, 09:44:47
        
        Fucking covid (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 09:47:08
        
        Don’t you mean Corvid? (n/m) (General Chat) - Norman Panic MP, Apr 29, 11:09:03
        
        No need to crow (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 11:24:48
        
        tbf, the australian magpies would probably try to kill you (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Apr 29, 09:56:45
        
        Have you tried saluting them? (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:46:25
        
        Ah, no I haven't. Will give it a try. Thanks magpie tech support! (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Apr 29, 09:50:31
        
        wallpaper advisory (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 29, 09:15:32
        
        Did Boris's decorator just not know about that store then? (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:27:48
        
        the russians is a cultural reference to the movie burn after reading (spoiler) (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 29, 09:39:26
        
        Thank you. I am learning a lot this morning. (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:44:40
        
        Chispy's going to have a shock when he returns from his morning constitutional (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Apr 29, 09:59:50
        
        Magpie wallpaper? I'm in, thirty rolls please, should do for the second drawing room (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 09:44:22
        
        01 if you're outside London 811 8055 (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 09:05:14
        
        It took SO LONG to dial all those numbers! It took AGES for the zero to get back to the (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:18:29
        
        which makes the choice of 999 as the emergency number seem a bit retarded (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 29, 09:19:19
        
        Absolutely ridiculous choice of numbers. (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:28:30
        
        The problem with 111 (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 09:34:23
        
        Well fancy! Another thing I've learned. (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:48:35
        
        ooh ooh, we do a salute & say good morning your worship (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Apr 29, 09:04:21
        
        Yes please Jumbo! I'd love to see that. I had such a happy couple of (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:20:57
        
        the officially approved way to greet a lone magpie is as follows... (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 29, 09:18:17
        
        and the collective noun for a group of magpies is a ‘mischief’ of magpies (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 29, 09:22:49

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