DavidB-AU Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CLARENCE Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Hull/Hell, same thing innit. Mike. Hell, Hull and Halifax, surely? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Hell, Hull and Halifax, surely? I suppose you should include that Corner of Hell that's in Berkshire, that happens to be near to Inkpen that in turn is just down the road from Titcomb. https://goo.gl/maps/gHNVzHqMF4s Pity Me is just up the road from me which is strange because after regularly driving some 500 miles to Cornwall would drive through Pityme again on my way to Splatt. I now find when visiting a pal in the wilds of Northumberland I have to pass though yet another Pity Me to get to his gaff . Woe is me. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 ....Titcomb.... How do you...actually, no, best not ask. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 When booking a ferry to and from Rotterdam, it helps if you have an O-level in Placeholder if you want to buy some foreign currency. Although they did make it quite easy to see where the link is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 And then there's always the quiz "Medical or Geographical" Islets of Langerhans Brown Tongue Iliac Crest Hole of Horcum Pratt's Bottom Tract of Burdach Isthmus of the Fauces Alveolar Ridge Pap of Glencoe 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcD Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 There is a great book one place names which make great railway names. "Rude Britain" by Bob Bailey and Ed Hurst. Top 10 10, Slag lane Haydock Merseyside 9, Shitterton Dorset 8, Back Passage London 7, Fingeringhoe Essex 6, Muff/Magh Northern Ireland 5, Sandy Balls Hampshire 4,Twatt Orkney 3, Bell End West Midlands 2, Minge Lane Upton Severn 1, Cocks Cornwall I choose 24 "Scratchy Bottom" for my LSWR layout Marc 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian J. Posted August 17, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 17, 2016 Not a place specifically, but it was on a road sign on the A2 at one point: Thong Chalk (being a turning off to the places 'Thong' and 'Chalk') 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 (edited) Not a place specifically, but it was on a road sign on the A2 at one point: Thong Chalk (being a turning off to the places 'Thong' and 'Chalk') Near the turnoff for Hoo Junction off the Strood-Gravesend road I think. Grew up round there and cycled that way many times. Funny how local placenames seem totally normal. Weirdly, when I typed thong chalk into google images, it came up with a photo of the Ham Sandwich sign, also in Kent, after about 3 screens of underwear and flip-flops. Edit: hilarious "safely" sign at the Thong Lane/Chalk junction on the A226 on google maps: Edited August 17, 2016 by eastwestdivide Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 MoralsAre you as moral as you think you are?This test only has one question, but it's a very important one.By giving an honest answer, you will discover where you stand morally.The test features an unlikely, completely fictional situation in which you will have to make a decision.Only you will know the results, so remember that your answer needs to be honest.THE SITUATION:You are in Florida, Miami to be specific.There is chaos all around you caused by a hurricane with severe flooding.This is a flood of biblical proportions.You are a photojournalist working for a major newspaper, and you're caught in the middle of this epic disaster.The situation is nearly hopeless.You're trying to shoot career-making photos.There are houses and people swirling around you, some disappearing under the water..THE TEST:Suddenly you see a man in the water.He is fighting for his life, trying not to be taken down with the debris.You move closer.Somehow the man looks familiar.You suddenly realize who it is.It's Donald Trump!At the same time you notice that the raging waters are about to take him under forever.YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS:You can save the life of Donald Trump or you can shoot a dramatic Pulitzer Prize winning photo, documenting the death of one of the world's most powerful Republican men hell bent on the destruction of America.THE QUESTION:Here's the question, and please give an honest answer."Would you select high contrast color film, or would you go with the classic simplicity of black and white?" 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Morals Are you as moral as you think you are? Why do I feel like that joke was written for someone else? I wonder how many different versions of it orbit the internet? It needs to be updated up for the digital world - like telephoto or wide angle and I would change the venue to Palm Beach, Florida - home of Mar-a-Lago the Trump estate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted August 17, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 17, 2016 Must say I'd be tempted to save him, knowing that the monetory reward would allow me to live comfortably for the rest of life somewhere Trump's political macerations could not reach me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derekstuart Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 How depressing. How terribly depressing. Personally I am not entirely convinced that Mr Trump is not a few carriages short of a rake. However to wish death on someone and accuse him of being a criminal just because you disagree with his politics is really not cricket- or baseball if you prefer. The "Punchline" of the "joke" was also entirely predictable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 (edited) Must say I'd be tempted to save him, knowing that the monetory reward would allow me to live comfortably for the rest of life somewhere Trump's political macerations could not reach me. He'd tell everyone that he's a winner because people like him enough to save him and make you head of FEMA as your reward - a poisoned chalice if ever there were one. Edited August 17, 2016 by Ozexpatriate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted August 17, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 17, 2016 Blank and white ..... but with an orange filter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 There is a great book one place names which make great railway names. "Rude Britain" by Bob Bailey and Ed Hurst. Top 10 10, Slag lane Haydock Merseyside 9, Shitterton Dorset 8, Back Passage London 7, Fingeringhoe Essex 6, Muff/Magh Northern Ireland 5, Sandy Balls Hampshire 4,Twatt Orkney 3, Bell End West Midlands 2, Minge Lane Upton Severn 1, Cocks Cornwall I choose 24 "Scratchy Bottom" for my LSWR layout Marc Theres a Knicker Brow opposite the old saddleworth station Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted August 17, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 17, 2016 Butt Wynd in St. Andrews. Kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptic Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Instant Gym. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ian Abel Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 So, it's just 25 miles from to but another 200 to apparently All real towns in Minnesota here 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 47137 Posted August 18, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2016 Staying with signs, here is the approach to the station at Hatfield Peverel (Essex, UK), on Google Streetview. The post with the station sign has been leaning for many years. Earlier this week, some men came to do some work on the sign. They dug out the foundations, set the post upright, and poured in some fresh concrete. This is how they left the sign: - Richard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Learnt about these Rio instructions for Olymians from the BBC website.They in turn got it from Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/BIxeR_-hMkZ/ Maybe I should be posting this in the "How to get lynched at a model railway show" thread? P 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Reblogged on tumblr so many times I don't know where the original is.Realistic Indiana Jones moviesIndiana Jones and the Tomb That Had Already Been Looted in the 19th CenturyIndiana Jones and Pottery Fragment #1478Indiana Jones and the Site Under Somebody's House So There Was No Way To Excavate ItIndiana Jones and the Thing That Turned Out To Be A Low Status Cooking PotIndiana Jones and the Temple of Three Damaged Columns And Some Demolition RubbleIndiana Jones and the Just Got A Pass For Intro To Archaeology 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Reblogged on tumblr so many times I don't know where the original is.Realistic Indiana Jones movies.... Indiana Jones and the Crusade for greater transparency in the provenance of artefacts? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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