UK : East : Colchester Residents Ate all the (mince) Pies… From EADT...
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Colchester hungriest for mince pies
18 December 2006 | 11:11
RODDY ASHWORTH
WHO ate all the pies?
Well, according to a national survey, the people of Colchester are having a pretty good go at doing so.
Because, for the third year running, it has emerged that the Essex borough is the hungriest in the country when it comes to that staple of Christmas fare, the traditional mince pie.
An astonishing 201,000 pies have already been eaten by Essex pie fanciers in the last month - as the area out-consumes its nearest rival by almost 30,000 pies.
Second in the competition to become mince pie capital of the UK was Hedge End in Southampton, with shoppers having bought 172,134 pies.
Emerson's Green in Bristol wasn't far behind with 168,192 pies, while residents of Chippenham bought 162,588, the survey by supermarket Sainsbury's showed.
John Priest, store manager at the Tollgate branch of Sainsbury's, yesterday said everyone at the out-of-town superstore was delighted with the record, and also at the rate at which pies were flying off the shelves.
“I think that over the last few years we have picked up on the fact that people round here really do like their mince pies,” he said.
“So we make sure we have a plentiful supply and that there is an attractive display.
“About three years ago we decided to put them out about a month before Christmas, and they sold better than ever. We seem to sell more and more each year.”
Mr Priest added all three types of mince pie at the supermarket - those from the in-store bakery, the deep filled variety and the Taste The Difference brand - were selling well.
He said the 24-hour store was hoping to sell a further 75,000 in the run up to December 25.
“There must be something about the people of Colchester,” he said. “I've never quite worked it out.”
Hannah Quarmby, Sainsbury's mince pie expert, said: “I really couldn't believe it when I saw this year's recent sales figures come in.
“Sales have out-stripped last year and if this trend continues we'll have our suppliers working overtime to make sure all our customers, especially in Colchester, Essex, have enough of the festive treats.”
Traffic ticket helps elderly man find car
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A 78-year-old German needed the help of a traffic warden who had given him a ticket to find his car after a day of fruitless searching.
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And I thought my memory was bad :laugh_at::laugh_at::laugh_at::laugh_at:maybe all is not lost yet :weee:
Mice cause panic on a plane the full story is here
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The screams were louder than the roar of the engines when more than 100 passengers on board a Saudi plane fought off an invasion by 80 stowaways: mice.... the mice escaped from the bag of a traveller on the internal Saudi Arabian Airlines flight and started falling on the heads and scurrying between the feet of panic-stricken passengers.
RATFLMAO :laugh_at::laugh_at::laugh_at::laugh_at:
Santas bad day Santa's Bad Day
One particular Christmas season a long time ago, Santa was getting ready for is annual trip, but there were problems everywhere. Four of his elves got sick, and the trainee elves did not produce the toys as fast as the regular ones so Santa was beginning to feel the pressure of being behind schedule. Then Mrs. Claus told Santa that her mom was coming to visit. This stressed Santa even more.
When he went to harness the reindeer, he found that three of them were about to give birth and two had jumped the fence and were out, heaven knows where. More stress.
Then when he began to load the sleigh one of the boards cracked, and the toy bag fell to the ground and scattered the toys. So, frustrated, Santa went into the house for a cup of apple cider and a shot of rum.
When he went to the cupboard, he discovered that the elves had hidden the liquor, and there was nothing to drink. In his frustration, he accidentally dropped the cider pot, and it broke into hundreds of little pieces all over the kitchen floor. He went to get the broom and found that mice had eaten the straw end of the broom.
Just then the doorbell rang, and irritable Santa trudged to the door. He opened the door, and there was a little angel with a great Christmas tree.
The angel said, very cheerfully, "Merry Christmas, Santa. Isn't it a lovely day? I have a beautiful tree for you. Where would you like me to stick it?"
Thus began the tradition of the little angel on top of the Christmas tree.
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Flight hit by severe wind :laugh_at::laugh_at::laugh_at:
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Flight Hit By Severe Wind
A jet was forced into an emergency landing after one of its passengers lit matches to mask the smell of her flatulence.
The Dallas-bound American Airlines flight touched down in Nashville, Tennessee, after several people on board reported a burning smell.
All 99 passengers and five crew were taken off the plane and screened.
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Their kit and luggage was also examined, and the plane itself was searched.
Under questioning by the FBI, one of the passengers then admitted she had struck matches in an attempt to disguise a "body odour".
She had an unspecified medical condition, authorities said.
The flight took off again, but she was not allowed back on the plane.
The woman, who has not been identified, was not charged over the incident.
A talking cat…. This was shown in full on UK TV a while back - it is actually in fact trying to scare off another cat in the room...
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Ho ho ho
reuters wrote:
Guinness guzzling camel crashes Xmas party
Wed Dec 6, 2006 3:06 PM GMT
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Staff at an Irish riding school were forced to postpone festivities after Gus the camel chomped his way through 200 mince pies and several cans of Guinness intended for their Christmas party.
The 11-year-old camel, originally from Morocco, cracked open six cans of Ireland's famous stout with his teeth after the door to his stall was left open.
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RATFLMAO
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Drug Dealing Race Horse Drug-dealing racehorse
trainer jailed
and for some daft reason it made me think someone had been nicked for training a drug dealing racehorse...
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