[thechat] US criticised over Muslim checks

Martin Burns martin at easyweb.co.uk
Wed Oct 9 16:50:00 CDT 2002


On 9 Oct 2002, seb potter wrote:

> >
> > Ah, *local* customs...
> >
> > > G. "keys!"
> >
> > I've told you before, don't touch the precious things.
>
> Now, now, what's all this? We'll have no trouble here. This is a local
> shop for local people!
>
> Look Edward... Children!
>
>
> Seb. (Who used to live down the road from the shop in Rottingdean owned
> by the real people upon whom Edward and Tubbs are based.)

Which is probably lucky, as you'd therefore have been local...

Cheers
Martin

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