Sam for the chop?

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Re: Sam for the chop?

Post by William the White » Mon Nov 29, 2010 11:37 pm

bobo the clown wrote:Though one of those who did it, this surely qualifies as "mosy outrageous hi-jacking of a thread of the year" award.

Good though.
This isn't the town hall thread? :shock:

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Re: Sam for the chop?

Post by ratbert » Tue Nov 30, 2010 11:13 am

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Re: Sam for the chop?

Post by CrazyHorse » Tue Nov 30, 2010 11:33 am

The Brummie town hall definitely scores five out of five on the Kleenex sphincter scale there Ratty.
Good long clean steps for BWFCi to proudly show off the old rusty bullet hole, with handy flagpole to steady oneself on if need be. Plus, beautifully crafted balcony for the General to delicately crack one off over whilst using the semi-erotic hand carved statue as a visual aid to y'know, help things along.

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Re: Sam for the chop?

Post by as » Tue Nov 30, 2010 11:36 am

Who's curled one out over the fountain then?

Lenny Henry?
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Re: Sam for the chop?

Post by Gary the Enfield » Tue Nov 30, 2010 11:48 am

Okay, no steps but does anyone remember this?

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Re: Sam for the chop?

Post by William the White » Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:08 pm

Kevin Davies and Ricardo Gardner do... :D

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Re: Sam for the chop?

Post by thebish » Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:17 pm

what6 do they do outside a german town hall??

errr...

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Re: Sam for the chop?

Post by bobo the clown » Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:43 pm

CrazyHorse wrote:The Brummie town hall definitely scores five out of five on the Kleenex sphincter scale there Ratty.
Good long clean steps for BWFCi to proudly show off the old rusty bullet hole, with handy flagpole to steady oneself on if need be. Plus, beautifully crafted balcony for the General to delicately crack one off over whilst using the semi-erotic hand carved statue as a visual aid to y'know, help things along.

Gentlemen, I think we have a winner.
CH, I have to admire your choice ... a truly magnificent effort. Though 4.9 only maybe .... no lions !!

The Kraut one, well, what can one say ? Magnificent ... but a terrible lack of steps.
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Re: Sam for the chop?

Post by Bruce Rioja » Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:55 pm

bobo the clown wrote:CH, I have to admire your choice ... a truly magnificent effort. Though 4.9 only maybe .... no lions !!
Well, The Wonderstuff did shoot a video on the steps, but, as Bobo says - no lions. 4.9. A brave effort though.
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Re: Sam for the chop?

Post by David Lee's Hair » Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:59 pm

Complain not bish, I get this delight... this is what you get fior living in a borough formed in 1965...

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Re: Sam for the chop?

Post by Il Pirate » Tue Nov 30, 2010 1:20 pm

thebish wrote:here's ours... Romford Town Hall - a thing of beauty! My arse on the steps would be a huge improvement!

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Strangely enough Bish, it's a dead ringer for Portsmouth magistrates court. I wish I was clever enough to be able to put a picture of it on here.

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Re: Sam for the chop?

Post by Il Pirate » Tue Nov 30, 2010 1:27 pm

:oops: As this is the Town Hall thread; I must put a word in for Rochdale. A very impressive TH by any standards; also, for a reason which escapes me now, Hitler wanted to bomb it so badly in ww2 he set up a special committee to look at the feasability of doing so.

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Re: Sam for the chop?

Post by Bruce Rioja » Tue Nov 30, 2010 1:47 pm

Il Pirate wrote::oops: As this is the Town Hall thread; I must put a word in for Rochdale. A very impressive TH by any standards; also, for a reason which escapes me now, Hitler wanted to bomb it so badly in ww2 he set up a special committee to look at the feasability of doing so.
Maybe he thought Vera Lynn might've been in it. :conf: Tis a very impressive piece of work. Moreso when set against the backdrop of the Seven Sisters. Not much opportunity to get your arse out and on full display though. Alas, only a three.

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Re: Sam for the chop?

Post by Gary the Enfield » Tue Nov 30, 2010 2:11 pm

I am of course only delaying the inevitable.

Although listed in the Domesday Book Enfield doesn't have a town hall. We have a civic centre.

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Re: Sam for the chop?

Post by David Lee's Hair » Tue Nov 30, 2010 2:27 pm

Gary the Enfield wrote:I am of course only delaying the inevitable.

Although listed in the Domesday Book Enfield doesn't have a town hall. We have a civic centre.

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Re: Sam for the chop?

Post by thebish » Tue Nov 30, 2010 2:33 pm

Il Pirate wrote::oops: As this is the Town Hall thread; I must put a word in for Rochdale. A very impressive TH by any standards; also, for a reason which escapes me now, Hitler wanted to bomb it so badly in ww2 he set up a special committee to look at the feasability of doing so.

indeed - Rochdale town hall - the inside has oft-been used in films...

as for the hitler story... I thought the opposite was the rumour - that they AVOIDED bombing it because hitler admired it so much that had they won the war he wanted it to be transported brick-by-brick across to Germany... (My missus lived there when we were courting - and that's what the locals used to say...)

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Re: Sam for the chop?

Post by boltonboris » Tue Nov 30, 2010 2:42 pm

thebish wrote:
Il Pirate wrote::oops: As this is the Town Hall thread; I must put a word in for Rochdale. A very impressive TH by any standards; also, for a reason which escapes me now, Hitler wanted to bomb it so badly in ww2 he set up a special committee to look at the feasability of doing so.

indeed - Rochdale town hall - the inside has oft-been used in films...

as for the hitler story... I thought the opposite was the rumour - that they AVOIDED bombing it because hitler admired it so much that had they won the war he wanted it to be transported brick-by-brick across to Germany... (My missus lived there when we were courting - and that's what the locals used to say...)
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Re: Sam for the chop?

Post by CrazyHorse » Tue Nov 30, 2010 2:57 pm

Something about it here...
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Re: Sam for the chop?

Post by Bruce Rioja » Tue Nov 30, 2010 3:30 pm

This is possibly the ugliest building, let alone mere town hall that Ive ever seen.

Aarhus - up the top of Denmark. But still, an opportunity to show your arse in four different directions. A shitehouse lighthouse, if you will. Three Kleenex points? :conf:

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Re: Sam for the chop?

Post by ratbert » Tue Nov 30, 2010 4:17 pm

as wrote:Who's curled one out over the fountain then?

Lenny Henry?
That, my man, is a not-very-popular piece of art dubbed 'the floozie in the jacuzzi' by locals. I'll leave Crazy Horse to decide who ends up in there.

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