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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?

GillT57 Thu 27-Jul-17 22:58:13

Wally is a small gherkin like object, a perfectably passable British substitute for an olive grin. Have had a few bottles of English sparkling wine, it is produced locally here, and very nice it is too, but rather more expensive as there just isn't the economies of scale, and the small production makes it a costly process. Nice though, and one has to do one's best to support local business don't you know! wine

Jalima1108 Thu 27-Jul-17 23:03:25

It was rather expensive but a treat for a special occasion.
It may have been even better with a wally or two though.

Do they grow in this country? (sounds suspiciously German to me, I have bought gherkins in Lidl hmm)

NfkDumpling Sat 29-Jul-17 17:49:51

Global warming will make English wine more commercial and all the dippy down bits of the South Downs will be planted up with olive trees.

MamaCaz Sat 29-Jul-17 18:44:26

Global warming? I don't think the French and Germans will let us keep that when we brexit, will they?grin

NfkDumpling Sat 29-Jul-17 18:56:14

grin

trisher Sat 29-Jul-17 20:31:41

Does the gherkin object have a striped sweater, hat and scarf? We'll be able to spend time paying Where's Wally when we've had enough English wine.

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

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

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 19:18:34

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

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

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

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.

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

I may miss prossecco prosseco prosecco prosecko though

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

I will have to pickle my own courgettes

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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 20:35:57

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

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

The donkeys are already in training.

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 Tue 01-Aug-17 14:59:47

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

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 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.