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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?

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.

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jalima1108 Wed 02-Aug-17 20:51:42

shock
will we be allowed to play croquet after Brexit?
I do enjoy it, but I am useless and always end up hitting my knees instead of the ball

MamaCaz Wed 02-Aug-17 21:03:50

Lacrosse? Will Malory Towers reopen after brexit? grin

Galen Wed 02-Aug-17 22:54:58

No , probably the Chalet Girls and the Abbey Girls.
Anybody else remember Veronica at the Wells series?

Jalima1108 Wed 02-Aug-17 22:57:00

'Claudine at St Clare's' will be banned from the reading list - ooh la la, Claudine is French and will not be allowed in an English boarding school shock.

FarNorth Thu 03-Aug-17 00:52:01

Will probably be ok in a Scottish one - Auld Alliance, you know.

trisher Fri 04-Aug-17 12:38:21

You will need a special licence to play croquet or lacrosse and will not be allowed to use any foreign players.

Oh dear The Chalet School will not be able to accept English girls anymore. So there will. be no more brave English girls pluckily coming to the rescue.

petra Fri 04-Aug-17 15:20:45

trisher
Your comment Re Croquet. I played it when I lived abroad. The team was set up by a retired blast furnace worker, so stereotypical. He couldn't have been further from your vision of what a croquet player looks like.

trisher Fri 04-Aug-17 15:27:16

Sorry did I miss something? I don't think I have posted my vision of a croquet player-just that you will need a licence to play.
We used to play French cricket sometimes- that will all have to go!

Jalima1108 Fri 04-Aug-17 15:35:13

Oh yah (is that English enough?)
French cricket, best played on a French beach so will probably be banned after Brexit.

Ana Fri 04-Aug-17 15:39:46

Could always call it something else though ...

trisher Fri 04-Aug-17 18:42:15

All those things that will need renaming-French polish, French Knitting etc,

Ana Fri 04-Aug-17 18:49:02

French letters, French knickers...

gillybob Fri 04-Aug-17 18:49:06

French dressing, will just be dressing and French letters, will just be post !

gillybob Fri 04-Aug-17 18:49:28

Oops x posts grin

varian Fri 04-Aug-17 22:46:36

There are some benefits to look forward to- no more German measles or Spanish flu.

GillT57 Fri 04-Aug-17 23:01:11

Or Dutch uncles varian. grin..anyone know what one is?

trisher Sat 05-Aug-17 10:25:12

No idea, but we won't let them in anyway. The question will have to be added to the examination to enter Britain "Are you or have you ever been a Dutch Uncle?"

GillT57 Sat 05-Aug-17 10:31:12

grin. But will it be ok to be an 'Indian giver'? No, don't know what that means either.

Ana Sat 05-Aug-17 10:36:22

I think some politician recently got in trouble for saying that, Gill57!

No more Dutch courage either...