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by Istenem » Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:21 pm
is cambridge still on the river?
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by Mattb » Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:46 pm
The biggest boat regatta in the UK used to be about 2mins from my house by the river in cambridge. Seems a bit far away though?
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by Istenem » Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:21 pm
henley?
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by Northern Monkey » Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:26 pm
very good. Apparently the locals were so impressed by the spectacle that it inspired them to start up their own regatta.
For completeness the third multiple choice was Hambledon Lock which I have since ascertained was the starting point for the first race.
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by Istenem » Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:34 pm
thanks i'm off to the barbers to have a cut now so ponder this. what is the symbolism of the barbers' traditional red and white pole?
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by harry 3 » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:17 pm
Was it to symbolise bloodletting when you could go to the barbers and have a few leeches supping away.
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by Andersen » Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:15 am
Barbers used to do a crude form of dentistry before dentists were invented/thought up and it was to symbolise the white of the teeth and the red of the blood
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by Istenem » Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:23 am
close. the red is for blood but the white is not teeth (although, as Andersen said, sweeney todd's mob did perform oral surgery too.)
so what is the white?
and btw i look very dashing with my new barnet.
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by Matt Vinyl » Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:47 pm
and btw i look very dashing with my new barnet
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by harry 3 » Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:26 am
Bandages.
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by Istenem » Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:56 am
correct, the red stripe is bloody bandages and the white stripe is clean bandages. time for the phœnix to rise in 39 Harry?
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