KeithMacdonald Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 2 hours ago, jcredfer said: I knew a girl, a good few years back, who eventually got married and had two daughters. Oddly she named them both after rivers, I never knew Wye, but I knew the other crafty one was Wylye. Did they work for Avon? You might have to be Welsh to understand the joke. Hint: River river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 (edited) 46 minutes ago, KeithMacdonald said: Did they work for Avon? You might have to be Welsh to understand the joke. Hint: River river. I seem to remember that they weren't working for the Welsh back then {or several other British River boards}, but may have been in Melksham at the time and got tyred of the direction it's river took. An aside - does anyone know how many Avons (Afon) there are in the UK? Edited November 18, 2023 by jcredfer Welsh spelling... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 18, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, jcredfer said: An aside - does anyone know how many Avons (Arfon) there are in the UK? Warwickshire Avon Hampshire Avon Bristol Avon ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted November 18, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2023 Devonshire Avon. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 "Avon calling!" 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted November 18, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, 33C said: "Avon calling!" That does ring a bell. 1 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 14 minutes ago, 33C said: "Avon calling!" Something doesn't smell right...... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 17 minutes ago, 33C said: "Avon calling!" The question was UK rivers - That's called make up an answer...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 18, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 18, 2023 32 minutes ago, gwrrob said: Devonshire Avon. The only Devon river names I know have three letters only, thanks to the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 8 minutes ago, jcredfer said: The question was UK rivers - That's called make up an answer...... ....in the jokes thread, i'm Itchen to do just that! 1 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted November 18, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2023 No need to make a big splash, just go with the flow 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 Knock, knock. Who’s there? Avon - your bell’s knackered. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted November 19, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said: Did they work for Avon? You might have to be Welsh to understand the joke. Hint: River river. I can sort of picture the scene; it's the late 400s and the Saxons are turning up in ever increasing numbers and beginning to run things, not that the Britons, or Welsh as we know them, are all that happy about it, but there you go. The new guys, of course, want to know the names of everything if only to save having to think their own names up, and ask the locals. 'What d'you guys call that, then'. 'Well, I don't know what you call it back in Germany, but yer we calls it a river' (you great stupid muscle-bound daft axe-carrying thicko...). 'Avon?', 'aye, tha's right, Saes, bwtti bach, you've got it, Afon. Fancy a game of rugby?'. Edited November 19, 2023 by The Johnster 3 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted November 19, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 19, 2023 From Terry Pratchett, "your finger, you fool." 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted November 19, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 19, 2023 Who was the oldest cricketer to take three wickets with successive balls? Gerry Attrick 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 14 hours ago, Compound2632 said: Warwickshire Avon Hampshire Avon Bristol Avon 14 hours ago, gwrrob said: Devonshire Avon. "Avon", as a proto-Celtic word, got a round a bit. Avon Water, Hampshire (different to the Avon River also in Hampshire) Plus some in Scotland River Avon, Falkirk River Avon, Strathspey Avon Water, Strathaven There's also an Avono river in Asturias. They play bagpipes there too 😀 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 23 minutes ago, KeithMacdonald said: They play bagpipes there too Serves them right! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Jiff Kenobi Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Oh, the humanity! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2750Papyrus Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 3 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said: They play bagpipes there too 😀 A gentleman is a man who can play the bagpipes, but doesn't. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2750Papyrus Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 (edited) Oops! Edited November 19, 2023 by 2750Papyrus Don't know how duplication occurred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Rmweb has been hicupping quite frequently in recent weeks! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronL Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 9 minutes ago, 2750Papyrus said: A gentleman is a man who can play the bagpipes, but doesn't. How do you improve the sound of a set of bagpipes? With a Stanley knife. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 41 minutes ago, CameronL said: How do you improve the sound of a set of bagpipes? With a Stanley knife. That's fightin' talk North of the Border.... 1 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronL Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 10 minutes ago, Hroth said: That's fightin' talk North of the Border.... Anything is fightin' talk North of the Border.... Especially if it's said in an English accent. 2 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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