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you did not get your case?
-----Original Message-----
From: Carla MacInnis [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 3:42 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Proud to be a Brit...
Scotch? Where? Let me at it!
----- Original Message -----
From: Laura Cleveland <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 11:46 PM
Subject: Re: Proud to be a Brit...
> Sound like the US to me--only smarter where you are!.
> We received the Scotch--Kyle is still floating! Afraid to open the "holy
> grail"! We will toast you and Lynn (and Betty for shipping it this
Christmas
> (and maybe a few days before and after as well!) Thanks again Deri!
>
> Laura (and Kyle)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Deri James" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 4:19 PM
> Subject: Proud to be a Brit...
>
>
> > Proud to be British because...
> >
> > Only in Britain... can a pizza get to your house faster than an
> > ambulance.
> >
> > Only in Britain... do supermarkets make sick people walk all the way
> > to the back of the shop to get their prescriptions while healthy
> > people can buy cigarettes at the front.
> >
> > Only in Britain... do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries,
> > and a diet coke.
> >
> > Only in Britain... do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens
> > to the counters.
> >
> > Only in Britain... do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds on the
> > drive and put our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage.
> >
> > Only in Britain... do we buy hot dogs in packs of ten and buns in
> > packs of eight.
> >
> > 3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.
> >
> > 142 Brits were injured in 1999 by not removing all pins from new
> > shirts.
> >
> > 58 Brits are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of
> > screwdrivers.
> >
> > 31 Brits have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while
> > the fairy lights were plugged in.
> >
> > 19 Brits have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas
> > decorations were chocolate.
> >
> > British Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after cracker
> > pulling accidents.
> >
> > 101 people since 1999 have had to have broken parts of plastic toys
> > pulled out of the soles of their feet.
> >
> > 18 Brits had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit
> > cigarette in their mouth.
> >
> > A massive 543 Brits were admitted to A&E in the last two years after
> > opening bottles of beer with their teeth.
> >
> > 5 Brits were injured last year in accidents involving out of control
> > Scalextric cars.
> >
> > and finally.........
> >
> > In 2000 eight Brits cracked their skull whilst throwing up into the
> > toilet.
> >
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Deri
> >
> >
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