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When we are Brexited.....

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trisher Sun 23-Jul-17 16:54:49

In town the other day I couldn't help but notice the number of cafes and bars with tables and chairs out side and I suddenly realised the huge impact them furriners have had on our culture and I now understand where the leavers were coming from.Sitting outside really isn't British. It's been imported from foreign parts. So when we are Brexited I expect to see the end to this sitting outside eating and drinking, which as we all know can lead to all sorts of problems, like a chill on your kidneys, or King Koff same as not wearing a vest in winter.
What do you expect/hope to see the end of after Brexit?

Jalima1108 Wed 02-Aug-17 20:48:46

Lacrosse sounds suspiciously French to me Galen
My DD played lacrosse.
I 'played' hockey

Galen Wed 02-Aug-17 20:40:50

Trisher hockey?
We played lacrosse!
Only just found this thread and I love it!
The Matron at my boarding school made us wear vests and a pair of thick knickers with cotton liners ' to stop us getting a chill in our kidneys!'
The liberty bodices were optional, but the grey lisle stockings were complulsiory

Galen Wed 02-Aug-17 20:23:31

Trisher you haven't been in Alderney when the fog descends

NfkDumpling Wed 02-Aug-17 19:47:11

42C in the Mediterranean today! I think the jetstream has already Brexited.

Jalima1108 Wed 02-Aug-17 09:57:56

No more promises from Monty Don about Mediterranean summers - today we have Post-Brexit weather so it has started already. Grey, dark, miserable with the promise of heavy rain. Just how the British like it so that we can grumble about it smile

If the British weather defeated Julius Caesar then surely it will keep all those pesky furriners out these days?

FarNorth Wed 02-Aug-17 09:52:36

The homelessness problem will be solved. They can all start wandering the country offering their services as farm labourers, and will be in great demand from the sounds of it!
I hope we get Onion Johnnies on bikes (just to show no hard feelings), I only ever saw one of those.

trisher Wed 02-Aug-17 09:22:33

Tyneside- if we make the Border Hadrian's Wall I'll be in Scotland! So I won't have to Brexit.

NfkDumpling Wed 02-Aug-17 07:40:04

Of course! All of England and Wales anyway - Scotland of course would depend on whether they stayed in the UK. How far up are you trisher?!

trisher Tue 01-Aug-17 14:59:47

Could the weather improve up here if we did that? the Channel Islands =sun!

NfkDumpling Tue 01-Aug-17 07:13:52

I found out yesterday that Jersey voted for Brexit so that the rest of Britain will join them again. I'd forgotten that the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man didn't quite join Europe. Perhaps we could join them and have Jersey's special status. Britain could become a Channel Island.

trisher Mon 31-Jul-17 20:39:30

The donkeys are already in training.

Jalima1108 Mon 31-Jul-17 20:35:57

We will fight on Ventnor Sands
I have my bucket and spade ready

trisher Mon 31-Jul-17 20:25:19

Never! We will not surrender one square inch of British soil! We will fight them on.... ( Oh sorry got carried away there !)

Jalima1108 Mon 31-Jul-17 19:50:43

Hang on, the Isle of Wight will be French soon!!

trisher Mon 31-Jul-17 10:22:14

Hang on if you're North Britain what will that make us? The Midlands? I know that The Border used to be called the Debatable Lands . Are we going back to that?

FarNorth Sun 30-Jul-17 22:00:05

It'll be lovely to find myself living in North Britain, instead of Scotland.

trisher Sun 30-Jul-17 21:25:50

As long as it's not you pickled in prosecco. (or any other sparkling wine)

Jalima1108 Sun 30-Jul-17 20:10:23

I will have to pickle my own courgettes

Jalima1108 Sun 30-Jul-17 20:09:45

I may miss prossecco prosseco prosecco prosecko though

GillT57 Sun 30-Jul-17 19:54:03

There are lots of vines being planted around here, maybe there are plans to be self sufficient in wine.....olives could be a bit more tricky though. I assume we could make our own gherkins? Are they small pickled courgettes? really tiny ones? Or cucumbers? Shocking ignorance of pickles here I am afraid.

MamaCaz Sun 30-Jul-17 19:24:42

Ah, you've got me there, Trisher! grin

trisher Sun 30-Jul-17 19:18:34

Hang on isn't queuing essentially British? Chairs will be nice though!

MamaCaz Sun 30-Jul-17 17:46:17

I presume that we won't have to queue so long in supermarkets any more? And chairs to plonk ourselves on while waiting to be served. Ah, I can't wait - for the plonk bit, anyway grin

trisher Sun 30-Jul-17 10:13:05

There'll be Australian and Chilean and South African and..... Oh hell we aren't real going to miss that EU stuff are we? hmm

Jalima1108 Sat 29-Jul-17 20:42:03

Will we still be able to import Australian wine?
We usually drink Australian, feeling happy after half a bottle this evening.
Wally is alive and well and running round on his four legs.
Not sure where he is thoughsmile