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[classic33]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

You can fall asleep, stood up, without falling over?

 

[MikeG]

You can fall asleep, stood up, without falling over?

Standing up, classic. Standing. Horses can, and so can giraffes and elephants. Does that help?

 

[Andy in Germany]

You can fall asleep, stood up, without falling over?

Standing up, classic. Standing. Horses can, and so can giraffes and elephants. Does that help?

Japanese commuters do it all the time. I've never known a people group that can sleep so easily.

Sometimes I worry my wife will fall asleep on her bike.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I've got a replacement bike lock.

 

[classic33]

Standing up, classic. Standing. Horses can, and so can giraffes and elephants. Does that help?

You've not learnt how either?

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It is called a ‘non-standard grammatical form’

 

[classic33]

I've got a replacement bike lock.

Came with free bicycle?

 

[Reynard]

I've fed the cats, now preparing to feed me.

Kidneys, crispy bacon, mashed potato, braised red cabbage and a good lashing of dripping.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I've fed the cats, now preparing to feed me.

Kidneys, crispy bacon, mashed potato, braised red cabbage and a good lashing of dripping.

The hallmark of British cuisine: makes your arteries tremble in fear just looking at it..

 

[MikeG]

......It is called a ‘non-standard grammatical form’

...........or, in other words, mangle English as much as you please.

Just kidding. I know it's dialect, and I'm a big fan of retaining our various accents and dialects which are disappearing at a crazy pace.

 

[MikeG]

Standing up, classic. Standing. Horses can, and so can giraffes and elephants. Does that help?

I came across this chap in Zambia a few years back. S/he woke up when I drove by. This isn't something you see often in the wild, a giraffe lying down for a kip:

 

[Deleted member 1258]

The hallmark of British cuisine: makes your arteries tremble in fear just looking at it..

The British cuisine is probably one of the reasons I have stents in my chest keeping my arteries open

 

[classic33]

...........or, in other words, mangle English as much as you please.

Just kidding. I know it's dialect, and I'm a big fan of retaining our various accents and dialects which are disappearing at a crazy pace.

They tried to "beat it out of me" in the early '70's. They succeeded, in making it worse, so they decided to leave me be.

 

[MikeG]

That giraffe is a Thornicroft's, found in only one valley in the world, and only some 500 remain.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

That giraffe is a Thornicroft's, found in only one valley in the world, and only some 500 remain.

That's sad

 

[classic33]

I came across this chap in Zambia a few years back. S/he woke up when I drove by. This isn't something you see often in the wild, a giraffe lying down for a kip:

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Don't see many of them round these parts. Standing, sitting or lying.