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george wrote: > 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. > Thats a good one, reminds me one about Norwich. "you watch 'Spotlight' (and know Teresa Driscoll, Justin Leigh, Russel Labey, Craig Rich and the gang )" Can't say I watch Spotlight or know any of the above, but I do know David Fitzgerald from the days of TSW (and South Hams Radio). "You are addicted to reading every post on DCLUG in spite of only understanding 10% of what is said." Yep, that is very true. Rob -- 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