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Jigjag

Grunger has taken the disappointment very well - as she should, she has plenty of other strings to her bow. I loved the sound of the Eye-Patch Piper, he definitely deserved a special mention.

I hope your jeans hunt results in a happy outcome. I'm sure it'd bring back a big wave of nostalgia if you could go into a store, immediately see a pair you like, pay for them and exit again - shopping used to be like that, much of the time.

For the benefit of Pedants who missed it, Tyke’s humorous comment on another thread that donations to the World Wildlife Fund are being used to support the World Wrestling Federation, is not far off the mark.

Several other organisations who call themselves WWF have also complained about falling subscriptions. The most notable of these are the Waterproof Wellies Foundation and the Wolverhampton Whelks Franchise.

Owing to mix-ups with bank accounts, donations have been diverted to the Where’s Wally Fraternity. A spokesman for this organisation, William Wall-Flower, said earlier, “It seems that our Chief Cahier Wally Whalley-Folley has run off with a substantial amount of money and is in hiding. The WWF, the WWF, the WWF and many other WWFs are looking for him. Anybody who knows of his whereabouts, should contact the nearest WWF.”

Jigjag

Thanks for the WWF stuff - interesting and good fun. The WWF will always mean the wrestling association for me, my son used to be a real fan and we had a bedroom full of WWF merchandise ('themed tat' was my name for it.)

I hope someone manages to track down Wally Whalley-Foley and that all funds are returned to the appropriate bodies.

Sources tell me that `Wombwell Whippet Fanciers` are revolting ... no change there then.

jigjag

That was very funny. You get the same nonsence with the LSE and ECB. I saw some members of the Where's Wally Fraternity at a Test Match last year, they were sitting between groups of nuns and St Trinians girls. They didn't seem to be hiding though.

Malone

Glad your son is a sports fan. I did some market research (at the market) and nobody had heard of the wrestling body, which disappointed me. A couple of people had heard of the Wildlife Fund and knew about the panda.

Yes, lets hope the misappropriated funds are reappropriated appropriately.

Tyke

I am glad that it is not just pigeons that get fancied. I was hoping to go to Tranmere v Watford tonight , but it was never likely to be on with the recent heavy rain, as you know. Will have to settle for Spurs - Middlesbro on TV.

Grunger

I suppose that was in the "Party Stand" at Old Trafford. I keep as far away from it as possible - other side in the Family Stand.

Am I the only person to have picked up 2 grammatical errors in Prince Harry’s heartfelt speech this evening? I’m surprised there hasn’t been an outcry on the PU site!! ....... plus an Americanism.... gotten instead of got.
Enough.

Marca

I hadn't known about Prince Harry's speech until you mentioned it. True pedant that I am, I went off in hot pursuit of the grammatical errors - and they didn't take much tracking down! People - many, many people - opt for the '...Meghan and I' approach even when, as in Harry's case, it's the wrong one.

I've just realised I missed the 'gotten'. Americanisms sometimes bother me and they sometimes don't - I try to make allowances for language evolving, words and phrases being absorbed over the years.

Have a nice day!

Malone

Pleased to read on another thread that you have acquired a boat. Do you require a coxswainess? I loved the "protectress" clue the other day in the Times, and all the other -ess ones that have appeared recently after the setters got inspiration from this thread.

Morning, Grunger

Thanks for the kind offer, but I'll cope without a coxswainess. I think I missed the 'protectress'.

I was able to have a PU huff and puff this morning, when I was reading about the Duchess of Cambridge's visit to a children's centre. Here's a quote from Kate - 'And everyone else is like, "I haven't [slept] either.'

'Everyone else is like...' - horrible!