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Jingo besus
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 Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 2:23 am Post subject: Do not call the British Foreign office... |
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...with bizarre or unimportant requests. 
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The British consulate offers welcome assistance to travellers who are in trouble abroad, but the Foreign Office is warning there are some things it just cannot help with.
In the last six months staff have been asked for a telephone number for Phil Collins and Prince Charles's shoe size.
Another request was from a man stranded at the airport by his dominatrix.
The Foreign Office says it is important people understand their priority is to help those in real difficulty.
Other bizarre appeals for help made to its network of embassies, high commissions and consulates around the world, include one from a man who rang the consulate in Sydney to ask what clothes he should pack for his holiday. |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15654414 |
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duke of new york
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 11:45 am Post subject: |
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| If being stranded at the airport by your dominatrix is not what the British Consulate considers "real difficulty," then what do they even do? |
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litebear
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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| duke of new york wrote: |
| If being stranded at the airport by your dominatrix is not what the British Consulate considers "real difficulty," then what do they even do? |
Considering he was probably a member of the Cabinet I would say it's surely a consulate problem |
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Ribena
Joined: 07 Apr 2011
Location: UK
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| Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 1:01 am Post subject: |
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| duke of new york wrote: |
| If being stranded at the airport by your dominatrix is not what the British Consulate considers "real difficulty," then what do they even do? |
No because that was his own stupid fault wasn't it? The British consulates don't have enough time to deal with all the stupid Brits abroad, they only care if you have killed someone or if you have been kidnapped by your own family, locked in a shack in a Pakistani village and forced to marry your 40 year old uncle(they take a very dim view of that sort of thing). |
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BigBuds
Joined: 15 Sep 2005
Location: Changwon
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| Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 1:34 am Post subject: |
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| Ribena wrote: |
| duke of new york wrote: |
| If being stranded at the airport by your dominatrix is not what the British Consulate considers "real difficulty," then what do they even do? |
No because that was his own stupid fault wasn't it? The British consulates don't have enough time to deal with all the stupid Brits abroad, they only care if you have killed someone or if you have been kidnapped by your own family, locked in a shack in a Pakistani village and forced to marry your 40 year old uncle(they take a very dim view of that sort of thing). |
And some people just can't tell when someone is taking the piss. |
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Ribena
Joined: 07 Apr 2011
Location: UK
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| Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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| BigBuds wrote: |
| Ribena wrote: |
| duke of new york wrote: |
| If being stranded at the airport by your dominatrix is not what the British Consulate considers "real difficulty," then what do they even do? |
No because that was his own stupid fault wasn't it? The British consulates don't have enough time to deal with all the stupid Brits abroad, they only care if you have killed someone or if you have been kidnapped by your own family, locked in a shack in a Pakistani village and forced to marry your 40 year old uncle(they take a very dim view of that sort of thing). |
And some people just can't tell when someone is taking the piss. |
Who was taking the piss...OP, the stranded person or the foreign office. British people are stupid abroad and very likely that actually happened. People in this country as used to the government looking after them so they expect the consulate to do the same. |
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The Floating World
Joined: 01 Oct 2011
Location: Here
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| Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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People from every country are stupid abroad, The British have zero monopoly on this.
Youtube 'street fight, thailand' and you'll see. |
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BigBuds
Joined: 15 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 2:33 am Post subject: |
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| The Floating World wrote: |
People from every country are stupid abroad, The British have zero monopoly on this.
Youtube 'street fight, thailand' and you'll see. |
The 2 posts after the OP are taking the piss but you seemed to take them seriously. |
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The Floating World
Joined: 01 Oct 2011
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| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 5:11 am Post subject: |
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| BigBuds wrote: |
| The Floating World wrote: |
People from every country are stupid abroad, The British have zero monopoly on this.
Youtube 'street fight, thailand' and you'll see. |
The 2 posts after the OP are taking the piss but you seemed to take them seriously. |
hmm, you've been smoking buds I take it...
1. Yes that was obvious.
2. I was replying to the post directly above mine.
3. pwnt. |
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BigBuds
Joined: 15 Sep 2005
Location: Changwon
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| Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 3:23 am Post subject: |
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| The Floating World wrote: |
| BigBuds wrote: |
| The Floating World wrote: |
People from every country are stupid abroad, The British have zero monopoly on this.
Youtube 'street fight, thailand' and you'll see. |
The 2 posts after the OP are taking the piss but you seemed to take them seriously. |
hmm, you've been smoking buds I take it...
1. Yes that was obvious.
2. I was replying to the post directly above mine.
3. pwnt. |
Can you count past one?
The post above yours is the second post after the OP dopey.
Which, as I said before, is a pretty obvious piss take but you've taken it seriously.
PWNT! |
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The Floating World
Joined: 01 Oct 2011
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| Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 5:09 am Post subject: |
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| BigBuds wrote: |
| The Floating World wrote: |
| BigBuds wrote: |
| The Floating World wrote: |
People from every country are stupid abroad, The British have zero monopoly on this.
Youtube 'street fight, thailand' and you'll see. |
The 2 posts after the OP are taking the piss but you seemed to take them seriously. |
hmm, you've been smoking buds I take it...
1. Yes that was obvious.
2. I was replying to the post directly above mine.
3. pwnt. |
Can you count past one?
The post above yours is the second post after the OP dopey.
Which, as I said before, is a pretty obvious piss take but you've taken it seriously.
PWNT! |
Put the blunts down silly.
The post above mine was the 5th post after the OP.
That stuff is killing your brain man! |
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BigBuds
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| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Sorry there Floating. I must have hit quote on the wrong post. It was directed at Ribena. |
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BigBuds
Joined: 15 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Sorry there Floating. I must have hit quote on the wrong post. It was directed at Ribena. |
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