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Just about every organised body has a multiword name from which an acronym relating to its activities can be derived. Is this one accidental?? :D:D

 

http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/page-20&AZ=AS&CG=2413

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Politicians are not responsible for a country's rise to greatness; The people are.

 

The people are not responsible for a country's fall to mediocrity; the politicians are.

 

 

 

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A little over 10 years ago, I was living and working in the northeast. At that time, the polly’s were becoming universities and there was already a Newcastle University in town.

Rumour has it that they got as far as preparing all the headed paperwork, ordering the new entrance signs and drafting the press release about the change from Newcastle Polly to the City University of Newcastle upon Tyne” before anybody noticed the acronym.

 

Personally, I wish they’d gone for it. T-shirt sales alone would have funded some of the best education in Europe.

 

[ 14. September 2005, 11:31 AM: Message edited by: Ken L ]

Species caught in 2020: Barbel. European Eel. Bleak. Perch. Pike.

Species caught in 2019: Pike. Bream. Tench. Chub. Common Carp. European Eel. Barbel. Bleak. Dace.

Species caught in 2018: Perch. Bream. Rainbow Trout. Brown Trout. Chub. Roach. Carp. European Eel.

Species caught in 2017: Siamese carp. Striped catfish. Rohu. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Black Minnow Shark. Perch. Chub. Brown Trout. Pike. Bream. Roach. Rudd. Bleak. Common Carp.

Species caught in 2016: Siamese carp. Jullien's golden carp. Striped catfish. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Alligator gar. Rohu. Black Minnow Shark. Roach, Bream, Perch, Ballan Wrasse. Rudd. Common Carp. Pike. Zander. Chub. Bleak.

Species caught in 2015: Brown Trout. Roach. Bream. Terrapin. Eel. Barbel. Pike. Chub.

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Sportsman Member

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In Dubai we had a First Aid Responder Team whose tee shirts were very popular

Let's agree to respect each others views, no matter how wrong yours may be.

 

 

Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity

 

 

 

http://www.safetypublishing.co.uk/
http://www.safetypublishing.ie/

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jedibond Member

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I went for a job once where they were gonna call us "Junior Implementation Support Managers"

 

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Ian

 

"If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving isn't for you"

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Ken L Member

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In Australia, if there's nothing wrong with an acronym, they keep changing the letters around until there is.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-paci...fic/4263952.stm

 

[ 20. September 2005, 05:39 PM: Message edited by: Ken L ]

Species caught in 2020: Barbel. European Eel. Bleak. Perch. Pike.

Species caught in 2019: Pike. Bream. Tench. Chub. Common Carp. European Eel. Barbel. Bleak. Dace.

Species caught in 2018: Perch. Bream. Rainbow Trout. Brown Trout. Chub. Roach. Carp. European Eel.

Species caught in 2017: Siamese carp. Striped catfish. Rohu. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Black Minnow Shark. Perch. Chub. Brown Trout. Pike. Bream. Roach. Rudd. Bleak. Common Carp.

Species caught in 2016: Siamese carp. Jullien's golden carp. Striped catfish. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Alligator gar. Rohu. Black Minnow Shark. Roach, Bream, Perch, Ballan Wrasse. Rudd. Common Carp. Pike. Zander. Chub. Bleak.

Species caught in 2015: Brown Trout. Roach. Bream. Terrapin. Eel. Barbel. Pike. Chub.

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Jim Gibbinson Member

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Some years ago I had a letter published in Angling Times that purported to come from the Pike Investigation Society (Chairman, Mr. Endrick Banks, Scientific Officer, Miss Helen Highwater). Angling Times didn't see through it until Mark Vogelsang wrote saying that Mr Gibbinson's PIS was merely a sidestream of the main body, the Pike Investigation Society of Southend.

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Lovely, Jim! :D

Wingham Specimen Coarse & Carp Syndicates www.winghamfisheries.co.uk Beautiful, peaceful, little fished gravel pit syndicates in Kent with very big fish. 2017 Forum Fish-In Sat May 6 to Mon May 8. Articles http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/steveburke.htm Index of all my articles on Angler's Net

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Alan Stubbs Member

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The great supporters of angling, The RSPB, many many years ago had a manager by the name of Linda Peacock whose secretary was a Barbara Buzzard.

 

Sorry it was off-thread, but reading it brought back a memory or two.

 

On thread, a close friend of mine had a very embarrassing moment this morning. A neighbour referred to someone phonically as a 'See You Next Tuesday' - which had to be explained to her. Half an hour later, a colleague called her and said 'I'll See You Next Tuesday' My friend went into a fit of giggles and had to explain to her colleague. I'd have loved to have seen it.

This is a signature, there are many signatures like it but this one is mine

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Ken L Member

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I make no excuses for dragging this one back to the top. I've just discovered that the trade association for Dr's that do breast implants is called BAAPS.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4271028.stm

Species caught in 2020: Barbel. European Eel. Bleak. Perch. Pike.

Species caught in 2019: Pike. Bream. Tench. Chub. Common Carp. European Eel. Barbel. Bleak. Dace.

Species caught in 2018: Perch. Bream. Rainbow Trout. Brown Trout. Chub. Roach. Carp. European Eel.

Species caught in 2017: Siamese carp. Striped catfish. Rohu. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Black Minnow Shark. Perch. Chub. Brown Trout. Pike. Bream. Roach. Rudd. Bleak. Common Carp.

Species caught in 2016: Siamese carp. Jullien's golden carp. Striped catfish. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Alligator gar. Rohu. Black Minnow Shark. Roach, Bream, Perch, Ballan Wrasse. Rudd. Common Carp. Pike. Zander. Chub. Bleak.

Species caught in 2015: Brown Trout. Roach. Bream. Terrapin. Eel. Barbel. Pike. Chub.

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