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    Do Some People Have Nothing Better to do.

    In our village is an animal feed merchant and pet supplies store. The proprieter often puts ammusing signs at the bottom of his drive to advertise his wares and attract custom. Things like 'Doggy Style' new dog coats now in / 'Feed the blue tits with Jim's fat balls' or 'Control Your Cock' chicken coops for sale.

    These signs have been amusing villagers and passers by for years but believe it or not someone has complained to the police and the shop was recently visited by the local constabulary.

    Fortunately there is no law against double entendre and inuendo (where would the Carry On team be) so the signs will soon be part of village life again.

    Now I occasionally get a little bored but how dull must things get before you start complaining about a bit of, ever so slightly, risque humour?
    It is the doom of man, that they forget.
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    I bet it was a newcomer to the village and a townee at that they know better than the local yokels you know....jacob
    Last edited by jacob marley; 23-10-2009, 06:20 PM.
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      That totally rubs me up the wrong way.

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        Originally posted by jacob marley View Post
        I bet it was a newcomer to the village and a townee at that they know better than the local yokels you know....jacob
        Bet his name was Jim too?
        The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by bubblewrap View Post
          Bet his name was Jim too?
          Why jim tell us it has passed me by not the f+rt ....jacob
          What lies behind us,And what lies before us,Are tiny matters compared to what lies Within us ...
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          • #6
            Originally posted by Brengirl View Post
            That totally rubs me up the wrong way.
            Ah, your at it now. Naughty naughty.
            It is the doom of man, that they forget.

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            • #7
              I knew a man with a wooden leg called Jim.
              I don't know what he called the other leg.
              The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years.
              Brian Clough

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              • #8
                Oh, no. I bet it was a townie too. Talk of 'amusing' signs makes me blush though. One of my biggest regrets and most embarrassing memories concerns a time many years ago when, after a friends rather raucous birthday party, I altered the signs to the local Dyslexia Centre so that the spelling was wrong. I really wish I hadn't done it, and still cringe to think of it.
                Last edited by bluemoon; 24-10-2009, 08:17 AM.
                Into each life some rain must fall........but this is getting ridiculous.

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                • #9
                  Hmm...there's always one isn't there???
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                  • #10
                    Apparently the majority of people who complain to points of view "weren't offended themselves, but complained because they felt others might be"!
                    Ironically, I bet it was some 'do-gooder' who thought they were doing the village a favour. A real hero of the people!
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                      What a great little place you live in Snuffer, bar the one of course
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                      • #12
                        It's nice when people put a little extra effort into their advertising, and it obviously works to promote them as you've proved.

                        I remember reading a packet of crisps once that claimed the cider in their "cider vinegar and sea salt" crisps was 'sloshed into the mixture by their drunken chef'. It made me chuckle that not all companies are so pusillanimous and some can actually show a sense of humour.
                        Last edited by OllieMartin; 24-10-2009, 09:11 AM.
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                        • #13
                          * Chuckle* - now I can guess what the word for today is, Ollie!
                          Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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                            There used to be a furniture company in Stoke-on-Trent that advertised their business as serving New York, Milan and Paris but mostly North Staffordshire. They had to stop doing that. It always made me smile - and who but an idiot would have taken it seriously?

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                              Originally posted by susieq100 View Post
                              There used to be a furniture company in Stoke-on-Trent that advertised their business as serving New York, Milan and Paris but mostly North Staffordshire. They had to stop doing that. It always made me smile - and who but an idiot would have taken it seriously?
                              This happened to our local clothes shop/ boutique. It advertised itself as Gordons - London, Milan, Paris and New York and it had green Harrods type bags. That all changed!
                              Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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