Scarborough Earthquake Appeal

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Globalti

Legendary Member
An earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale hit Scarborough on Tuesday 3 January. Its epicentre was about 100 miles offshore. Victims were seen wandering around aimlessly, muttering "Faaackinell". The tremor decimated the area causing approximately £30 worth of damage. Several priceless collections of mementos from Mallorca and the Costa del Sol were damaged beyond repair. Three areas of historic burnt out cars were disturbed. Many locals were woken well before their giros arrived.

BBC news reported that hundreds of residents were confused and bewildered and were still trying to come to terms with the fact that something interesting had happened in Scarborough. One resident - Tracy Sharon Smith, a 15-year-old mother of 5 said, "It was such a shock, my little Chardonnay-Mercedes come running into my bedroom crying. My youngest two, Tyler-Morgan and Victoria-Storm slept through it all. I was still shaking when I was skinning up and watching Jeremy Kyle the next morning."

Apparently looting, muggings and car crime were unaffected and carried on as normal. The British Red Cross has so far managed to ship 4,000 crates of Sunny Delight to the area to help the stricken locals. Rescue workers are still searching through the rubble and have found large quantities of personal belongings, including benefit books, jewellery from Elizabeth Duke at Argos and Bone China from Poundland.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

This appeal is to raise money for food and clothing parcels for those unfortunate enough to be caught up in this disaster.
Clothing is most sought after - items most needed include:
Fila or Burberry baseball caps
Kappa tracksuit tops (his and hers)
Shell suits (female)
White sport socks
Rockport boots and any other items usually sold in Primark.
Food parcels may be harder to come by, but are needed all the same.

Required foodstuffs include:
Microwave meals, tins of baked beans, ice cream, cans of Colt 45 or Special Brew.

22p buys a biro for filling in the compensation forms.
£7 buys chips, crisps and blue fizzy drinks for a family of 9.
£5 buys twenty B&H and a lighter to calm the nerves of those affected.

***BBC Breaking news***

Rescue workers found a girl in the rubble smothered in raspberry alco-pop. 'Where are you bleeding from?' they asked, "Filey" said the girl, "wossit gotta do wiv you?"
 

Haitch

Flim Flormally
Location
Netherlands
What a nasty, spiteful posting.
 

Big Andy

Über Member
yebbut are they still able to recreate The Battle of the River Plate in Peasholm Park?
Not any more, they have a "Naval Battle" but don't want to offend anyone by naming the bad guys.
Today the Battles still take place but now there is far less emphasis on recreating either World War; just on unnamed “friends” and an equally unnamed “enemy”. Gunfire and smoke continue to fill the air, however, and the aircraft drop bombs from above.
 
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User482

Guest
An earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale hit Scarborough on Tuesday 3 January. Its epicentre was about 100 miles offshore. Victims were seen wandering around aimlessly, muttering "Faaackinell". The tremor decimated the area causing approximately £30 worth of damage. Several priceless collections of mementos from Mallorca and the Costa del Sol were damaged beyond repair. Three areas of historic burnt out cars were disturbed. Many locals were woken well before their giros arrived.

BBC news reported that hundreds of residents were confused and bewildered and were still trying to come to terms with the fact that something interesting had happened in Scarborough. One resident - Tracy Sharon Smith, a 15-year-old mother of 5 said, "It was such a shock, my little Chardonnay-Mercedes come running into my bedroom crying. My youngest two, Tyler-Morgan and Victoria-Storm slept through it all. I was still shaking when I was skinning up and watching Jeremy Kyle the next morning."

Apparently looting, muggings and car crime were unaffected and carried on as normal. The British Red Cross has so far managed to ship 4,000 crates of Sunny Delight to the area to help the stricken locals. Rescue workers are still searching through the rubble and have found large quantities of personal belongings, including benefit books, jewellery from Elizabeth Duke at Argos and Bone China from Poundland.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

This appeal is to raise money for food and clothing parcels for those unfortunate enough to be caught up in this disaster.
Clothing is most sought after - items most needed include:
Fila or Burberry baseball caps
Kappa tracksuit tops (his and hers)
Shell suits (female)
White sport socks
Rockport boots and any other items usually sold in Primark.
Food parcels may be harder to come by, but are needed all the same.

Required foodstuffs include:
Microwave meals, tins of baked beans, ice cream, cans of Colt 45 or Special Brew.

22p buys a biro for filling in the compensation forms.
£7 buys chips, crisps and blue fizzy drinks for a family of 9.
£5 buys twenty B&H and a lighter to calm the nerves of those affected.

***BBC Breaking news***

Rescue workers found a girl in the rubble smothered in raspberry alco-pop. 'Where are you bleeding from?' they asked, "Filey" said the girl, "wossit gotta do wiv you?"

You could at least post something original. This first circulated after an earthquake in Essex, thirteen years ago.
 
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Deleted member 26715

Guest
You could at least post something original. This first circulated after an earthquake in Essex, thirteen years ago.
That probably explains the pricing, although even then it was probably a copy from 13 years previous
 
You could at least post something original. This first circulated after an earthquake in Essex, thirteen years ago.

It's exactly the same except for a few name changes
 

Dave7

Legendary Member
Location
Cheshire
When Mrs Dave and I went on honeymoon.........in 1968 :eek:..........It was in Scarborough. It really was very nice.
A couple of years ago we decided to back as a nostalgia trip.
B****y hell..........we couldn't believe it. Parts of it really were "the pits".
 
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