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Post by patricklondon on Dec 15, 2014 18:23:26 GMT
If there are three Princess Leias outside a pub in Greenwich, apparently engaged in what must be called a bun-off, there's got to be a simple explanation. There is. For some reason, the Pantomime Horse Race in Greenwich incorporated some Stars Wars elements: but what that reason is, well, who knows? Or cares. It seems that panto horse races are quite a thing. They attract attention and get people into a jolly mood to let their cash be extracted for good causes. This particular race requires a canter round a short urban course with several refreshment stops (what the rest of us would call a pub crawl): Preceded by a somewhat lacklustre procession (hardly a parade) of Star Wars stormtroopers and characters (see the video below), it involved TV's most annoyingly flamboyant racing commentator (to maintain some vestigial association with the sport of kings, though each stage of the race turned out to be a little short for serious analysis of form). Some spectators joined in the spirit of the occasion, but most preferred to look on with a glass in their hands, though to judge by the sound of rattling tins, plenty of money was being collected: There was some serious reportage going on as well: and if the reporter's getting a tip from the horse's mouth, then it's only fair and balanced to give the other end a say as well: My blog | My photos | My video clips"too literate to be spam"
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2014 18:50:14 GMT
God bless Great Britain, such an unusual country.
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Post by mossie on Dec 15, 2014 19:31:53 GMT
No NO Kerouac. We are all quite normal, it is the rest of the world which is crazy.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2014 19:35:33 GMT
I LOVE it.
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Post by htmb on Dec 15, 2014 21:03:37 GMT
Great fun!!!! Thanks, Patrick.
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Post by tod2 on Dec 16, 2014 12:57:48 GMT
I loved it Patrick! Thank you so much for bringing whacky races to our screens!! There is definitely something different about British fun....
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Post by tod2 on Dec 21, 2014 13:37:51 GMT
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Post by lagatta on Dec 21, 2014 13:49:03 GMT
Fine-looking bunch of ladies!
As for the panto, cue the inevitable jokes that start "A horse walked into a pub and..."
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Post by htmb on Dec 21, 2014 14:07:53 GMT
Brilliant, Tod!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2014 16:15:56 GMT
Great spread! One of the best things about that kind of buffet is that a lot of people always discover items that they never think to eat.
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Post by questa on Dec 30, 2014 9:43:33 GMT
My 80 year old neighbour, very fit woman, went on a 12 day cruise around the Pacific last month. She raved about the food...quantity, quality and choices. I asked her what she had eaten that she had never had before, "Oh no, Dear, I didn't want to eat anything that was strange! I just stayed with the foods I knew"
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2014 10:24:31 GMT
My grandmother and her sister received many cruise brochures for senior cruises and one of the things always mentioned was "healthy and familiar food."
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