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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,318
    Pinno wrote:
    oxoman wrote:
    ... as its downhill pretty much all the way in comparison to the other way around...

    Uh?!
    Duh, it's obvious innit. You go up norff so heading south is downhill.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 51,341
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    oxoman wrote:
    ... as its downhill pretty much all the way in comparison to the other way around...

    Uh?!
    Duh, it's obvious innit. You go up norff so heading south is downhill.

    There was this Ugandan who visited Britain (BBC Radio 4) as a tourist. He hired a car and went travelling. On the North Circular, he noticed the sign 'North M25'. Then he got to Watford, again a sign that said 'North' and then Birmingham and then Manchester... and so it went on.
    So he sat down and looked at a map of the UK and measured it to find exactly where this 'North' started.
    He discovered that the mid point was Cairnryan (7 miles North of where I am now).
    So i'm actually in the South.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Pinno wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    oxoman wrote:
    ... as its downhill pretty much all the way in comparison to the other way around...

    Uh?!
    Duh, it's obvious innit. You go up norff so heading south is downhill.

    There was this Ugandan who visited Britain (BBC Radio 4) as a tourist. He hired a car and went travelling. On the North Circular, he noticed the sign 'North M25'. Then he got to Watford, again a sign that said 'North' and then Birmingham and then Manchester... and so it went on.
    So he sat down and looked at a map of the UK and measured it to find exactly where this 'North' started.
    He discovered that the mid point was Cairnryan (7 miles North of where I am now).
    So i'm actually in the South.

    I quite like the sound of that - hire a car and just follow a random road sign sign.

    Only problem is that if you end up in England it'll be in a dump full of munters and doggers, so overall a bit of a disappointment.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 51,341
    Pinno wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    oxoman wrote:
    ... as its downhill pretty much all the way in comparison to the other way around...

    Uh?!
    Duh, it's obvious innit. You go up norff so heading south is downhill.

    There was this Ugandan who visited Britain (BBC Radio 4) as a tourist. He hired a car and went travelling. On the North Circular, he noticed the sign 'North M25'. Then he got to Watford, again a sign that said 'North' and then Birmingham and then Manchester... and so it went on.
    So he sat down and looked at a map of the UK and measured it to find exactly where this 'North' started.
    He discovered that the mid point was Cairnryan (7 miles North of where I am now).
    So i'm actually in the South.

    I quite like the sound of that - hire a car and just follow a random road sign sign.

    Only problem is that if you end up in England it'll be in a dump full of munters and doggers, so overall a bit of a disappointment.

    Get a ferry to Ireland and then one back to Scotland. You can pop in and wield a paintbrush at PPP and do the recruiting for unemployed podium girls in the evening.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!