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Old 24-01-2008, 04:34 PM
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......Council tax re-evaluers want to charge us more if we live in a nice area. That ought to mean discounts for those of us who live in rough areas. We have a huge council house in our street. The extended family is run by a grumpy old woman with a pack of fierce dogs. Her car isn't taxed or insured, and doesn't even have a number plate, but the police still do nothing. Her bad tempered old man is famous for upsetting foreigners with racist comments. A shopkeeper blames him for ordering the murder of his son's girlfriend, but nothing has been proved yet. All their kids have broken marriages except the youngest, who everyone thought was gay. Two grandsons are meant to be in the Army but are always seen out in nightclubs. The family's odd antics are always in the papers. They are out of control. .......... Honestly - who'd live near Windsor Castle ?
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Old 24-01-2008, 05:00 PM
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Love it.....
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ROFLMAO - d'ya'know it took me a while to get that no, really - it did
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Old 24-01-2008, 05:18 PM
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If you've never read it, get hold of "The Queen and I" by Sue Townsend (Adrian Mole author)

It's a bit out of date now seeing as some of the royal family have shuffled off this mortal coil but basically...

The Royal family get sacked by a Socialist government and sent to live on a council estate

Get it, read it, and then try to get the image of the Queen down the dole office out of your head hahahahahaha
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Old 24-01-2008, 08:39 PM
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That was great Lainey Lou, you got me going there all the way to the end. Loved it.
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Old 24-01-2008, 08:53 PM
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Great. I really had to think about where that was going.
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Old 24-01-2008, 09:05 PM
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Brilliant - I didn't twig at all till the last line!
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Brilliant Posted on two other forums I am a member of & to two of our Labour councilors. Thank you for the laugh!
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Got me going there too! Excellent
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That get's my vote for "joke of the month"! Well done lass, priceless.
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fab, i was starting to feel really sorry for you til the penny dropped
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Brilliant! Really had me going there...
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Had me going til the end too - brilliant Lainy!!!
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Love it. What about adding "none of them have ever done a day's work, and all their money comes straight from the state"? I'll be on a list now for sure...
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I kept thinking 'council estate, in Wiltshire????'

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Brilliant I really felt sorry for you
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The good this is that with that crowd as neighbours - and remember, to rub things in, he's Phil the Greek - you could ask Windsor & Eton Council for a reduction in your council tax !!!!!!!

And I wont even think of telling you what our Council taxes are here, there'd be riots in the street if I did.
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The good this is that with that crowd as neighbours - and remember, to rub things in, he's Phil the Greek - you could ask Windsor & Eton Council for a reduction in your council tax !!!!!!!

And I wont even think of telling you what our Council taxes are here, there'd be riots in the street if I did.
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