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« on: February 05, 2014, 22:08:20 »

Just for fun. No prizes.



My effort: Lookout with the blue and white flag is shouting "Wave!" to the two guys on the footpath. One of them has misunderstood.
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« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2014, 22:15:19 »

"Mrs Lewis at number 32 says she was 'just going to put the kettle on for us' - but have you found it yet?"
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« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2014, 22:19:40 »

One of the big orange gang says ................ "thought FGW (First Great Western) driver said it was a rough ride spot a 5 mph ESR (Emergency Speed Restriction (see also EROS)) should be ok"
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« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2014, 23:02:44 »

Digging has started for new underground railway at Dawlish.
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« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2014, 23:10:01 »

I guess this is what they call a void day...
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« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2014, 09:59:12 »

2nd bloke from left: "This'll help - it's a cheque for ^10 from the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway"
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« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2014, 10:03:33 »


What the hell lads ..let's get stuck in at Tavistock!
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« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2014, 12:39:00 »

Hole in trackbed, Network Rail are looking into it.
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« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2014, 13:59:09 »

"Lemmings The Movie - Take Two"
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« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2014, 14:39:37 »

'Mind The Gap'
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« Reply #10 on: February 06, 2014, 15:51:23 »

I can only quote this morning's Metro, alongside a slightly different picture: "The service is definitely suspended" - then repeated as "the damage to the track saw trains suspended between ... Exeter and Cornwall".

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« Reply #11 on: February 06, 2014, 16:37:34 »

"Is that a Class 153 down there?"
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« Reply #12 on: February 06, 2014, 19:14:35 »

"We can't blame this on the badgers"
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« Reply #13 on: February 06, 2014, 19:44:35 »

HOLE IN THE GROUND ( A Sea Song)
(Ted Dicks / Myles Rudge)

Bernard Cribbins - 1962.... I have updated it somewhat !

Verse 1 sung by sea

There I was, a-diggin' this 'ole
'Ole in the ground, so big and sort o' round it was
And there was I, diggin' it deep
It was flat at the bottom and the sides were steep
When along comes this bloke in an 'ard 'at
Which he lifted and scratched his 'ead
Woooh, he looked down the 'ole
Poor demented soul and he said

"Do you mind if I make a suggestion?

Don't dig there, dig it elsewhere
Your digging it round and it ought to be square
The shape of it's wrong, it's much too long
And you can't put hole where a hole don't belong"

I ask, what a liberty, eh?
Nearly bashed him right in the.... oo-er missus

Sung by a high viz jacket

Well, there was I, a-stood in me 'ole
Shovellin' earth for all that I was worth, I was
And there was 'im, standin' up there
So grand and official with his nose in the air
So I gave him a look sort of sideways
And I leaned on me shovel and sighed
Woooh, I lit me a fag....(elf n safety might not like that)
And havin' took a drag I replied

I just couldn't bear to dig it elsewhere
I'm diggin' it round 'cos I don't want it square
And if you disagree, it doesn't bother me
That's the place where the 'oles gonna be

Well there we were, discussing this 'ole
'Ole in the groud, so big and sort o' round
It's not there now, the cement's set, whack
And beneath it is the bloke in the 'ard 'ard 'at

And that's that!
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« Reply #14 on: February 06, 2014, 20:21:37 »

That tamp last night was a bit too much, better order some extra stone for the stone blower
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