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Is It Worth The Money?

by lee954 @ 21 Jun. 2006 - 10:40:54

I've just found this. Would you buy it?

Balmoral Hamper
For those who appreciate fine foods they will find this delicious selection much to their enjoyment. The perfect gift. The Balmoral selection contains 24 items, and is presented in a Wicker Hamper.

£85.00 plus £7.95 UK Mainland delivery†

Delivery 7-10 days

Contents
SOUPS
Cock A Leekie
Cream of Tomato
Potato & Leek
Carrot & Coriander
Lobster Bisque
Mushroom Potage

BEETROOT
Sliced Beetroot

REDUCED SUGAR CONSERVES
Strawberry Conserve
Raspberry Conserve
Blackcurrant Conserve
Rhubarb & Ginger Conserve

CHUTNEY
Mango with Ginger
Tomato

CONDIMENTS
Apple Sauce
Cranberry Sauce

SIMPLY DELICIOUS
Spiced Honey Mustard

MARY BERRY
Caesar Dressing

PEPPADEW
Mild Piquante Peppers

FINE SCOTTISH PRODUCTS
Baxters Shortbread Gift Tin
Brodies Scottish Tea Time (50 Bags)
Baxters Colombian Coffee
Glenfiddich Whisky Cake
Scottish Desserts Chocolates

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
Pearly Bay Red Wine


 
 

Some entertaining names of climbing routes on Yorkshire limestone cliffs.

by lee954 @ 21 Jun. 2006 - 09:42:48

Face Value
No More Jumping To Conclusions
Muted Mackerel
Wasted Youth
Seventh Aardvark
One Previous Owner
Pimp With A Limp
A Nice Polka Dot Demon Gets The Royal Shaft
Just Another Dead End Job
Consenting Adults
Brief Encounter
Let Them Eat Jellybeans
Chiselling The Dragon

Titles of published scientific papers

by lee954 @ 21 Jun. 2006 - 08:55:47

Courtship behaviour of ostriches towards humans under farming conditions in Britain.

Effect of ale, garlic and soured cream on the appetite of leeches.

The sociology of Canadian doughnut shops.

Important Yorkshiremen

by lee954 @ 21 Jun. 2006 - 06:52:08

I've selected these people from a much longer list because of their historical or cultural significance.

Henry Beauclerk - King of England

Erik Bloodaxe - 2nd. King of Norway

Thomas Chippendale - furniture maker

Thomas Crapper - inventor of the flushing toilet

Constantine The Great - Roman Emperor, crowned at York

Guy Fawkes - leader of The Gunpowder Plot

John Harrison - inventor of the chronograph

Robin Hood (Robert of Loxley) - English folk hero

Ted Hughes - former Poet Laureate

Edward Plantagenet - Yorkist Prince of Wales

Joseph Priestley - chemist, and discoverer of oxygen

Percy Shaw - inventor of cats' eyes (road studs)

Dick Turpin - highwayman

William Wilberforce - brough about abolition of slavery in the British Empire

A list of people with unusual names.

by lee954 @ 21 Jun. 2006 - 05:01:55

Cardinal Sin - Filipino cardinal.

Depressed Cupboard Cheesecake - child of a couple in Kent, England.

Ima Hogg - daughter of a governor of Texas.

Increase Sumner - governor of Massachusetts 1797-1799.

Loser Lane - his criminal brother is called Winner Lane.

Optimus Prime - a U.S. National Guard firefighter.

World B. Free - retired NBA basketball player.

Yahoo Serious - Australian actor.


 
 

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