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Yesterday was Straw Hat Day.
It is now acceptable to wear a straw hat.
But take if off by the 15th of September.
Look what happens if you don't CLICKITY[^]
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Obscurum per obscurius.
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How bally peculiar, just this very morning I wore my Panama for the first time this year.
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Mine is ready.
And I am wearing my Boating Jacket.
I will post a photo on FB.
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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: How bally peculiar, just this very morning I wore my Panama for the first time this year.
You're lucky it isn't September. 
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didn't it set your hair on fire scald your solar panel?
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The things they get up to in the colonies, my dear Sir! 
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Good Grief!
"In 1924, one man was murdered for wearing a straw hat."
 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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It was probably a really ugly one! 
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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which the hat or wearer 
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Fashion is big in NYC.
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S Houghtelin wrote: Murdered over what!??.
The wrong shirt color.
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Dalek Dave wrote: It is now acceptable to wear a straw hat.
No fear, the residents of Scumberland will use it to start a fire. With my head still in it.
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Did I ever tell you I was half Mackem? 
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Youts[^] these days!
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Then there's the Cell Phone Riot of 2014 ~ when Apple announces the iPhone 6 in June, ships on 9/15, then announces the iPhone 6S on 9/20 and ships the same day.
Or, something like that.
(for the record, I don't own a cell phone of any kind; thus, neither an Apple FanBoy or Android Junkie. However, 2 tin cans and a string, you got me there.)
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Quote: one man was murdered for wearing a straw hat.
What THE...?
cheers
Chris Maunder
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What is this and what does it do?
It is a phrase often heard on the news from far flung parts of the world, Turkey has I believe declared three days of national mourning in wake of the mining disaster.
But I have no idea what it actually entails, are there any obligations on the state, state employees, the wider population? I presume all official buildings lower their flags, but do people have to dress different, is the TV and radio output altered?
If we have one here (has the UK ever had one?) can I have a few days off work to think about the dead?
In other dead person news I drove past the school that Stephen Sutton[^] went to yesterday, all the railings had a yellow ribbon tied to them, as did many of the houses on the road, the railings at traffic junctions, and many of the local businesses. It was quite emotional really. An impromptu memorial that has sprung up in Birmingham has lots of coloured chalk left there and people have been using it to draw their own little memorials on the pavement. People around here are very much determined to celebrate his life rather than to mourn it.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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We had a day of national mourning when the Queen Mother died, and again when Diana died.
The one prior to that was when Winston died.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
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So nothing noticeable happened then?
Although I was quite drunk for a lot of them time around when Diana died (as was her driver) so might not remember if anything had.
Mark and Lard were removed from the breakfast show on Radio One IIRC because they couldn't be trusted to be sombre enough.
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chriselst wrote: I was quite drunk for a lot of them time around when Diana died (as was her driver)
 
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I have had several years of mourning since the removal of Mark and Lard
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I was tempted to post something satirical but thought better of it.
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Dalek Dave wrote: The one prior to that was when Winston died
Winston[^] is dead? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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