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| Alan wrote: |
| ... and I just quietly glugged away on my own hoping she would come back before I drowned. |
:lol:
Just how do you manage to produce this kind of sentence?
Thank you, Alan, for giving us another of your pieces to savour! |
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| #3 (permalink) Sun Jul 02, 2006 17:02 pm The world cup |
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| What a story, hehehe... thank you Alan! :D |
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| #4 (permalink) Sun Jul 02, 2006 19:54 pm The world cup |
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Hi Alan
TV sets being harangued at ... (non-) hoovering nurses ... near drownings ... and poor Alan forced to endure a World Cup game with such a dismal end. :cry: My sympathies. But look at the bright side. Things should be much safer for you now. :D
Please pardon my ignorance, but who the devil is Sven whathisname? :lol:
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| #5 (permalink) Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:36 am World cup |
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Hi Amy,
Funny old thing that I am explaining this but this guy whose full name is Sven Goran Erikson is/was the England football manager. The only reason I know this is because he's very easy to mimic and his persona is often used in comedy programmes where his Swedish accent is copied. I do a passable impression myself and my younger son and I have had lengthy chats on the phone using Svenlike voices. Oh dear, football is taking me over.
Alan
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| #6 (permalink) Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:04 pm The world cup |
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| One very loudmouthed stall holder was haranguing a small tv set encouraging his team to do this and not do that. |
Hi Alan, thank you so much for sharing this story with us. I like your type of humour and style. The sentence above is an example of how you make your readers smile. I think if you post a story like this every day (even it were shorter), it will become very popular after a while. We could also incorporate your stories into our newsletter.
As a matter of fact, you start some type of blog.
What does everybody think?
TOEIC short conversations: How to book a hotel room |
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| #7 (permalink) Tue Jul 04, 2006 15:51 pm "Story blog" |
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Hi,
I like the idea of having some sort of a story blog very much. Especially if Alan writes stories as his language is so vivid. |
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| #8 (permalink) Sat Jul 08, 2006 7:29 am The world cup |
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Hi Alan
Thanks a lot for your versatile story and the reflectance of proficiency that you showed in English is simply awesome. I liked the story and the style you put it forward.
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| #9 (permalink) Mon Jun 21, 2010 1:41 am The world cup -- Alan's fun blog! |
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| :-) :-) :-) Thanks to heavens it was merely the dentist`s Surgery ;-) |
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