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^

WTF was that? Has that been dubbed or something? :shock: :?
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^ I think its the Laurel / Yanni effect to some extent, still funny as.
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Honestly, even as a Laurel/Yanni thing, if I wasn't told what to listen for I don't think I would have heard that. Snopes provides an explanation and a (somewhat unconvincing) alternative:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-b ... een-wiped/

Another article suggests he's saying "What must be what?", which seems more plausible in context (i.e. he can't hear the reporter's question over the helicopter noise), but it still sounds odd when you play it back.

(The lede being buried here is that he still managed to mess up his subsequent answer to the question, despite basically just repeating the reporter's words back to her.)
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Bit of nostalgia

http://1194online.com/
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:lol: :lol: :lol:

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Some of those were really good. :lol:
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i follow them on facebook love it!!!!
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My next door neighbour, nice enough bloke, likes his toys, effectively built the joint as a knock down renovation. Long skinny driveway goes right from the front to the back fence where he has a 3 car garage down the packed with stuff.

Caravan, quad bike, trailer, etc. If he wants to get one toy out, means street is full of shit while everything in front has to come out on the road til he gets the toy he wants, then everything goes back again.

18 months ago he built a nice fancy carport up in the front part of the driveway so the darl could park her car in the shade. Big job.

6 Brick pillars with rendered pyramid shapes on top. Tiled gabled roof, fully enclosed with ceiling and front part painted and rendered to match the house. Looks like it was built at the same time as the house was.

Yesterday morning there's a caravan out the front of his house, but different. Looks to be not as long, maybe with more of those hidden drawer space saving gizmos. He's sold the old one and bought this one instead. Still a fair size, must be 9 or 10 metres long.

So, after a bit of organising, time to back the new baby down the drive toward the garage.

Heuston, we have a problem.

Caravan is about 20-30 cm to high to fit under the carport. :P The actual roof line fits under, but these things on the roof, skylight or vent and other stuff, stick up too high.

So caravan is currently filling the front part of the drive, nothing bigger than a person is getting past either way.
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I've lost my ability to laugh, though I'm sure it will come back in a day or two, as per the standard lockdown emotional rollercoaster. At least I hope it comes back as it's pretty horrible feeling this way.
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Mate, that is horrible.

Try to find something funny and just laugh out loud at it, even if it is slightly hysterical. If you scare the shit out of the partner, kids or pets, all the better.
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That's just it, stui, I can't find anything funny when it's like that. It usually passes after a day or less but this lockdown that just keeps going with no end in sight, keeps the blackness hanging around longer.
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Is there someone you can talk too? Do you have a good GP? Good on you for admitting your feelings, it’s half the battle. Hope you are ok xx
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Thanks TP, I'm ok. I have lots of loving people around me, and as I mentioned, the darkness doesn't usually stay for long.
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roar wrote:Thanks TP, I'm ok. I have lots of loving people around me, and as I mentioned, the darkness doesn't usually stay for long.
keep talking mate, we are here, and im glad you have good loving people around you xxx do not be afraid to let your feelings out, if people are mean, or dont understand thats on them, real men and women do cry and do feel, its a sign of strength, not weekness xxx
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