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Old 02-28-2002, 07:42 AM   #1  
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Got this from Barca, a Brit friend in Barcelona. As a Canadian, I sometimes use the same term and want to be "au courant" next time I am in the UK.

I have just learned that, should they ever want to meet the conditions for joining the single European currency, citizens of the United Kingdom can no longer use the phrase "spending a penny." The correct terminology would be "euronating".

ROFLOL. Just could not resist sharing this with you chicks.
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Old 02-28-2002, 08:09 AM   #2  
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Old 02-28-2002, 08:13 AM   #3  
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lmao trust your ruth ... chat soon
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Old 02-28-2002, 09:22 AM   #4  
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Thats funny
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Old 02-28-2002, 09:29 AM   #5  
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Old 02-28-2002, 04:36 PM   #6  
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Hi Ruth,

Thank you for the funny, but just thought I would let you know that spending a penny now costs fivep. Hope you are keeping well have messaged you but never get reply.
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5 p up here in the train station its 20p
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Old 03-02-2002, 07:22 PM   #8  
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a friend e-mailed me this; made me smile

According to a news report, a certain private school in Victoria recently was faced with a unique problem. A number of 12 year old girls were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom. That was fine, but after they put on their lipstick they would press their lips to the mirror leaving dozens of little lip prints. Every night, the maintenance man would remove them and the next day, the girls would put them back. Finally the principal decided that something had to be done.
She called all the girls to the bathroom and met them there with the maintenance man. She explained that all these lip prints were causing a major problem for the custodian who had to clean the mirrors every night. To demonstrate how difficult it had been to clean the mirrors, she asked Ed the maintenance man to show the girls how much effort was required. He took out a long-handled squeegee, dipped it in the toilet, and cleaned the mirror with it. Since then, there have been no lip prints on the mirror. There are teachers, and then there are educators.....

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Old 03-03-2002, 03:50 AM   #10  
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I received that one from America.. but it was about at school... I work in a school and took it to the caretaker. I think he wanted to frame it. He has so many similar problems every day, but now knows how to deal with such an incident LOL

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