The Great International Pancake Race
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by Poohcarrots » Wed Mar 09, 2011 2:41 am
The US cheated over a pancake race?!!
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by swreader » Wed Mar 09, 2011 5:45 am
No, no, Pooh! 
In spite of the heavy odds against them laid on by the unusual weather, the US team continued to outdo the sweet little old ladies of Olney--the Brits are just too slow off the mark.
You just don't get it, do you. But then, you're a Brit even if you live elsewhere.
In spite of the heavy odds against them laid on by the unusual weather, the US team continued to outdo the sweet little old ladies of Olney--the Brits are just too slow off the mark.
You just don't get it, do you. But then, you're a Brit even if you live elsewhere.
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by Poohcarrots » Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:22 am
So by my reckoning the scores to date are now (at best for US);
Olney 505
Liberal 61
Olney 505
Liberal 61
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Re: The Great International Pancake Race
by deldaisy » Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:32 am
The Mad Collector wrote:michelanCello wrote:Tonyblack wrote:Today is Pancake Day! It's also the day that two towns, one in England and one in the USA, compete in the International Pancake Day Race.
Khmm... I do beg your pardon, but today is International Woman's Day The link doesn't work for some reason, but you can google it if you want...Has a huge tradition here... flowers are distributed to women on the street and everything...
It is all over the world but largely ignored in the UK. However they did give roses to all the women arriving at work today. I do have to ask though, if they gave something to only the men arriving at work how long it would take for some woman to complain and have all the management dragged in front of some sex discrimination kangarooo court
Yes we acknowledge it here.... flowers?????
We didn't get flowers!To quote my daughter......
"International Days" for anything are only given out to issues that need focus brought to them..... I want MY daughters to NEVER have to experience an International Womens Day.... then there will have been some form of progress"
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by Tonyblack » Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:42 am
She's right, Del! In an ideal world there would be no need for International Women's Day.
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by wicked woman » Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:43 am
Too right, del. Anyway, where I live, every day is womans day.
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by deldaisy » Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:38 pm
I should move to Nottinghamshire?
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Re: The Great International Pancake Race
by Tonyblack » Thu Feb 14, 2013 8:34 am
Olney wins this year's International Pancake Race against Liberal in Kansas (Sharlene's home town). 
Report here.
To be fair - it was snowing in Liberal.
Report here.
To be fair - it was snowing in Liberal.
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Re: The Great International Pancake Race
by wicked woman » Thu Feb 14, 2013 11:22 am
Hurrah for Olney! 
Of all the forces in the universe, the hardest to overcome is the force of habit. Gravity is easy-peasy by comparison.
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Re: The Great International Pancake Race
by raisindot » Thu Feb 14, 2013 1:56 pm
Tonyblack wrote:Olney wins this year's International Pancake Race against Liberal in Kansas (Sharlene's home town).
Damn! I lost on tenner on that one.
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