Prat Warning

"Dave Larrington" <[email hidden]>typed

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1 - astonishment subsequently decreased after witnessing a different Mrs.
Prat asking the cashier in my local Sainsbury's whether they sold
Prat-Flags. Mercifully, they did not.

Don't they? My local branch has a whole aisle bedecked with St George
memorabilia/clutter. I've no idea what is stocked as I always walk
straight past that aisle. I thought they'd have flags though.

--
Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

Simon Brooke said:

And the blue lights under the car to illuminate the road surface.
_Most_ necessary.

I saw 'XR3i' in big, white, 20cm letters on a _windscreen_ the other day.

I might get 'Polo L' for mine. You know, just in case anyone was wondering.

Peter Clinch said:

Around here I don't seem to see many... the local yoof don't seem to
have gone for Saltires instead as yet, but maybe not being in the fitba
next week is a deciding factor there.

I had been wondering if the Scots had a similar pratt warning system. I
assume the Welsh don't, as AFAIK they don't have a football team.

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mae <[email hidden]> wedi ysgrifennu:

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Peter Clinch said:

Around here I don't seem to see many... the local yoof don't seem to
have gone for Saltires instead as yet, but maybe not being in the
fitba next week is a deciding factor there.

I had been wondering if the Scots had a similar pratt warning system.
I assume the Welsh don't, as AFAIK they don't have a football team.

Just as a FYI, the Welsh team was knocked out of the European Championships
at the play-off stage by Russian drug cheats.

I bought a rather nice car flag from ASDA in Merthyr a couple of weeks ago,
but it will not be making its debut on the camper van until the Alpe d'Huez
TT stage next month.

--
Rob

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and benefit.

Robert Bruce said:

I bought a rather nice car flag from ASDA in Merthyr a couple of
weeks ago, but it will not be making its debut on the camper van
until the Alpe d'Huez TT stage next month.

Are you suporting Markus Backstedt? He's and honourorary Welshman, ain't he?

mae <[email hidden]> wedi ysgrifennu:

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Robert Bruce said:

I bought a rather nice car flag from ASDA in Merthyr a couple of
weeks ago, but it will not be making its debut on the camper van
until the Alpe d'Huez TT stage next month.

Are you suporting Markus Backstedt? He's and honourorary Welshman,
ain't he?

It's Magnus, actually, and we are.

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Rob

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Simonb [email hidden] opined the
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Simon Brooke said:

And the blue lights under the car to illuminate the road surface.
_Most_ necessary.

I saw 'XR3i' in big, white, 20cm letters on a _windscreen_ the other day.

I might get 'Polo L' for mine. You know, just in case anyone was wondering.

Always fancied getting to one of these cars when it was parked up, or in
the garage (having an even bigger exhaust fitted!), and putting an
enormous transfer on it that reads "Small knob".

And on that note, I did appreciate the (hopefully) tongue-in-cheek
humour of the genuine sports car with registration PEN 1 S (Or some
variant thereof).

Jon

Reply to Peter Clinch

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I find that exhaust note and a quantity of tail surfaces that wouldn't
look out of place on an F14 are a pretty reliable indication...

That's if you can hear the exhaust over the 120 bpm being put out by
2kW of bass bins...

--
Mark, UK.
We hope to hear him swear, we love to hear him squeak,
We like to see him biting fingers in his horny beak.

Robert Bruce said:

It's Magnus, actually

Oops!

Mark McN said:

That's if you can hear the exhaust over the 120 bpm being put out by
2kW of bass bins...

I actually wonder if they're playing special compilations made up,
something like "Ferrari Daytona overlaid with mindless
bumchkkabumchkkabumchkka, Beach Barbecue Ibiza Remix '98 Featuring DJ
Vacant", as that way you could simulate the noise of a serious engine
more easily than having to modify the output of a vanilla 1.1 to sound
like something that can actually drive fast.

I am somewhat sceptical of the claimed power of these stereo systems.
While they do appear to be pretty loud, the fact that I can make my
whole (fairly solid 30s) house shake fairly easily with a decent 30 watt
amp and reasonably sensitive pair of speakers with fair low end suggests
that if you had Yer Ackchewal Genuine couple of KW on tap you'd not only
deafen the occupants but vibrate their vehicle's welds undone...

Pete.
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Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
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Jon Senior said:

Always fancied getting to one of these cars when it was parked up, or
in the garage (having an even bigger exhaust fitted!), and putting an
enormous transfer on it that reads "Small knob".

Once upon a time someone crept up to Mr Burrows' fully-faired Windcheetah
while it was parked outside a shop in Norwich, and affixed a sticker
thereto. It read "Your car is REALLY boring!"

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And on that note, I did appreciate the (hopefully) tongue-in-cheek
humour of the genuine sports car with registration PEN 1 S (Or some
variant thereof).

PEN 15 belongs, or at least used to belong, to motorcycle racer turned TV
commentator Steve Parrish, trivia fans.

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Helen Deborah Vecht said:

"Dave Larrington" <[email hidden]>typed

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1 - astonishment subsequently decreased after witnessing a different
Mrs. Prat asking the cashier in my local Sainsbury's whether they
sold Prat-Flags. Mercifully, they did not.

Don't they? My local branch has a whole aisle bedecked with St George
memorabilia/clutter. I've no idea what is stocked as I always walk
straight past that aisle. I thought they'd have flags though.

I should perhaps have noted that this was in the filling station bit; while
they did have giant economy-sized flags, they didn't have the car ones. The
cashier recommended Tesco or Asda. There may be space here for a Scholarly
Monograph on the subject of Perceived Versus Actual Social Standing In
Supermarket Customers (i.e. snobbery) but I have a window here which needs
regular looking-out-of...

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On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 12:50:59 +0100 someone who may be "Dave
Larrington" <[email hidden]> wrote this:-

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Optionally, the heads may be removed and placed on pikes atop the gates of
the city.

I wouldn't make this an option.

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Or we could just shoot them, and burn the bodies.

On live television.

I'm sure the Human Rights Act would cause problems with the
television bit.

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David Hansen said:

I'm sure the Human Rights Act would cause problems with the
television bit.

No, it only applies to humans.

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On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 15:32:09 +0100 someone who may be "Just zis Guy,
you know?" <[email hidden]> wrote this:-

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I'm sure the Human Rights Act would cause problems with the
television bit.

No, it only applies to humans.

Sadly not. A number of companies have claimed that their human
rights have been infringed. The most famous example is probably
Lafarge, in connection with the "superquarry" in Harris.

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On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 13:01:48 +0100 someone who may be Helen Deborah
Vecht <[email hidden]> wrote this:-

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Don't they? My local branch has a whole aisle bedecked with St George
memorabilia/clutter. I've no idea what is stocked as I always walk
straight past that aisle. I thought they'd have flags though.

In the early 1980s I used to comment on how the English were just
about the only people not to know what their own flag looked like.
The counter argument to this was that it was very hard to get hold
of an English flag, while one could easily get hold of a union flag.

Time has passed...

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prevents me using the RIP Act 2000.

David Hansen said:

A number of companies have claimed that their human
rights have been infringed. The most famous example is probably
Lafarge, in connection with the "superquarry" in Harris.

Claimed successfully? If so, the world is doomed, since corporate entities
often have no scruples whatsoever :-(

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@doctor.cableinet.net:

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- disappointed to find my mother driving around with one :-(

It's genetic you know - start worrying ;-)

Graeme

heh-heh!!!....getting urges....10 bikes...opportunities..patriotism...God
Save Our....uhh--nooo!!!

Peter Clinch wrote:

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I am somewhat sceptical of the claimed power of these stereo systems.
While they do appear to be pretty loud, the fact that I can make my
whole (fairly solid 30s) house shake fairly easily with a decent 30 watt
amp and reasonably sensitive pair of speakers with fair low end suggests
that if you had Yer Ackchewal Genuine couple of KW on tap you'd not only
deafen the occupants but vibrate their vehicle's welds undone...

Pete.

Last time I saw a genuine 1kW (might have been 1.5 kW actually) r.m.s.
audio amplifier was way back in the 60's. It was the size of a phone box
and supplied the whole of Mansfield with the Light Programme. Try
putting two of them in the back of a Fiesta!

Terry D.

Reply to Peter Clinch

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I actually wonder if they're playing special compilations made up,
something like "Ferrari Daytona overlaid with mindless
bumchkkabumchkkabumchkka, Beach Barbecue Ibiza Remix '98 Featuring DJ
Vacant

Several of The Ones Round Here incline to lyrics linking their mother
with actions pertaining to the miracle of conception (cf. Eminem, Limp
Bizkit, &c.) <Insert middle-aged rant to taste>

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I am somewhat sceptical of the claimed power of these stereo systems.
While they do appear to be pretty loud, the fact that I can make my
whole (fairly solid 30s) house shake fairly easily with a decent 30 watt
amp and reasonably sensitive pair of speakers with fair low end suggests
that if you had Yer Ackchewal Genuine couple of KW on tap you'd not only
deafen the occupants but vibrate their vehicle's welds undone...

A genuine 2k would be more than adequate for amplifying a voice in a
thousand-seater hall. (Years ago I heard a rough rule of thumb of 1W
per seat.) But I've never been able to understand amplifier ratings,
either pro or the inflated claims of Dixons/Halfrauds/whatever stuff.
There'll doubtless be a website somewhere, if I get sufficiently
interested!

--
Mark, UK.
We hope to hear him swear, we love to hear him squeak,
We like to see him biting fingers in his horny beak.