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scot47



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:32 am    Post subject: SCHOOL'S OUT Reply with quote

Vacation is upon us, Al-Hamdulillah !

Teaching in Ramadan is a thankless task ! But I only lost my cool once ! And I diod not do anything outraggeous ! At least not in class or in a public place !
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grahamb



Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:57 am    Post subject: Losing one's cool Reply with quote

You mean the AC unit broke down? A cockroach emerged from mine this morning and landed on my pillow. Said intruder was scooped up into an empty water bottle and given a squirt of Pif Paf.
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grahamb



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:58 am    Post subject: Censored again Reply with quote

I shall use the abbreviation "roach" in future. Rolling Eyes
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Hector_Lector



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 5:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You�ve been smoking joints?
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Mark Loyd



Joined: 13 Sep 2005
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 6:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Graham no doubt has to keep a water bottle by his bed to counter the dehydratory effects or is that affects of the sid.
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grahamb



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:45 am    Post subject: Incognito Reply with quote

Hector, apart from Frankincense, a bottle of Chivas Regal and a couple of bottles of Corona (you can't get Mahou Cinco Estrellas out here), my room is a substance-free zone.
A few days ago I read a posting that Mr Loyd is 31 in disguise. Now, where did I put the Pif Paf?
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Hector_Lector



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can, if my memory serves me correctly, get Efes in Oman. That info in itself should generate a whole new thread.
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grahamb



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:47 pm    Post subject: Efes Reply with quote

What on earth are Efes? I think I'll stick to Frankincense.
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Hector_Lector



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Efes - Turkish beer - so good that it had to be exported (deported?).
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Cleopatra



Joined: 28 Jun 2003
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Location: Tuamago Archipelago

PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 7:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
Vacation is upon us,


I am shocked - shocked! - to see Scot use such an obvious Americanism in his writings.

Surely you meant to say "holidays"???
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scot47



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 7:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cleopatra daahling,we might as well accept that as we hurl towards Hell in a handcart, the American vernacular has become the lingua franca of the region !
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veiledsentiments



Joined: 20 Feb 2003
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

daahling? did he say daahling?

Look out Cleo!! Cool

VS
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Ace Teacher



Joined: 21 Apr 2005
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Location: Riyadh

PostPosted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 1:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

veiledsentiments wrote:
Look out Cleo!! VS


I bet scot is thinking of his co cktail aftershave now VS !
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