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A Tap on the shoulder

10 Day 2,213, 11:47 Published in United Kingdom United Kingdom Social interactions and entertainment Social interactions and entertainment

Last Wednesday a passenger in a taxi heading for Salford station leaned over to ask the driver a question and gently tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention.

The driver screamed, lost control of the cab, nearly hit a bus, drove up over

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My Favorite Animal

13 Day 2,193, 14:42 Published in United Kingdom United Kingdom Social interactions and entertainment Social interactions and entertainment

Our teacher asked us what our favorite animal was, and I said, "Fried chicken."
She said I wasn't funny, but she couldn't have been right, because everyone else in the class laughed.
My parents told me to always be truthful and honest, and I am.

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Well i never

28 Day 2,182, 13:41 Published in United Kingdom United Kingdom Social interactions and entertainment Social interactions and entertainment

Railroad tracks.
The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number.

Why was that gauge used? Because that's the way they built them in England , and

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ALERTS TO THREATS IN EUROPE: BY JOHN CLEESE...

13 Day 2,138, 11:57 Published in United Kingdom United Kingdom Social interactions and entertainment Social interactions and entertainment

ALERTS TO THREATS IN EUROPE: BY JOHN CLEESE...
John Cleese - British writer, actor and tall person

The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent events in Syria and have therefore raised their security level from "Miffed" to "Peeved."

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A few funnies in these boring times

10 Day 2,062, 02:50 Published in United Kingdom United Kingdom Social interactions and entertainment Social interactions and entertainment


This woman looked at my beer belly last night and sarcastically said, "Is that Corona or Bud?"
I said, "There's a tap underneath; taste it and find out."


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I was talking to a girl in the bar last night. She said, "If you … read more »