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You know you're from Devon when...you've bought stationery at Trago Mills :) you think Exeter's a big city you can tell sheep from goats and straw from hay (obviously!) you once went to Totnes for the day and returned three weeks later, very happy, but with no idea why! you think London's 'up north' you know someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows Joss Stone the smell of cow muck makes you feel at home everywhere else in the UK feels cold you have a friend who lives on a farm you've been stuck behind a stupid tourist on a country lane you saw the total eclipse in '99 your local newspaper's lead story is 'cow falls off bridge' you know the best sledging to be had is at Hay Tor your friends say you sound like a farmer you have nothing to do after 5:30pm you know 'Cornish' pasties are actually from Devon you've boiled / frozen / been washed away during Ten Tors you know how to walk over a cattle grid you know all about 'letterboxing' (but wish you didn't) you watch 'Spotlight' (and know Teresa Driscoll, Justin Leigh, Russel Labey, Craig Rich and the gang ) you've been pony trekking 'short and choppy on the North coast' makes total sense to you you think nothing of grass growing in the middle of the road your town is 'the gem of south Devon' or 'the English Riviera' despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary until you went on holiday, the tallest building you had ever seen was Debenhams in Exeter :) you've reversed for 3 miles when you met a stubborn tourist on a country lane it takes you 4 times longer to drive anywhere between May and September your neighbours' average age is 76 your parents regularly thanked God for Crealy Country Park and Woodlands your teachers regularly thanked God for Paignton Zoo, Buckfast Abbey,Morwellham Quay and the legendary House of Marbles you can't stand the grockles, despite living off their money you thought it was normal for more than 50% of your high street's shops to be operated by charities everyone you meet has been on holiday to your home town - no wonder it's so busy in summer you spent your entire childhood wanting to leave the place, yet now that you have, you cry yourself to sleep then dream of rolling green hills and long, sandy beaches you used to look through your physical geography textbook because you knew half of the places in there you know that 'the Launa man can' :) before Freeview, you didn't believe the rumours about a '5th television channel' you don't yet have Freeview - what 5th channel? you found out about Plymouth Hoe / Westward Ho! before you realised the name could be entertaining your local shop sells clotted cream fudge and bucket/spade packs, but not newspapers your local publican (who has sideburns and red face) is a member of CAMRA, & thinks a 'gastropub' is some kind of medical complication (he serves peanuts & crisps) you don't understand why a cinema would need more than two screens someone once ran past you clutching a burning barrel of tar You are addicted to reading every post on DCLUG in spite of only understanding 10% of what is said. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html