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Yesterday I was helping out with the Heritage Open Day weekend for Cockersand Abbey Chapter House when four teenage girls came in and had a look around. Our local historian started telling them that the original floor was four foot lower than it is now because it was used as a mausoleum for the Dalton family who used to own it and about 16 members of the family are buried beneath the current floor. One of the girls made a hasty exit, but one looked down at the floor then looked up and said … wait for it … "Are they dead?" Absolutely priceless!!
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Dead - The Daltons, don't be silly, of course not. They're Vampires.Last edited by Jay-ell; 16-09-2018, 10:11 PM.
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�I have not failed 1,000 times. I have successfully discovered 1,000 ways to NOT make a light bulb."
― Thomas A. Edison
�Negative results are just what I want. They�re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don�t.�
― Thomas A. Edison
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Or "Of course not! Didn't you know that "Pride and Prejudice with Zombies" was a true story?
New all singing all dancing blog - Jasons Jungle
�I have not failed 1,000 times. I have successfully discovered 1,000 ways to NOT make a light bulb."
― Thomas A. Edison
�Negative results are just what I want. They�re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don�t.�
― Thomas A. Edison
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Always best to check anyway - no point in making assumptions :-)Comment
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Well if they're not theyre going to be peeved.
New all singing all dancing blog - Jasons Jungle
�I have not failed 1,000 times. I have successfully discovered 1,000 ways to NOT make a light bulb."
― Thomas A. Edison
�Negative results are just what I want. They�re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don�t.�
― Thomas A. Edison
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A few years ago I watched Prince Philip being interviewed about Windsor Castle. The interviewer had already said that the Prince can regularly be seen in the castles farm shop talking to visitors.
Well.................Philip said that the daftest question he had ever been asked was by a foreign tourist who told hem - 'Oh yes the Castle is wonderful but why did they build it so close to Heathrow Airport?I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas A. Edison
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That reminds me of when I was working in an Information Centre. An american came in and wanted to know why Stonehenge hadn’t been built nearer to Stratford-on-Avon so they could “do” them both in one day."I prefer rogues to imbeciles as they sometimes take a rest" (Alexander Dumas)
"It is neccessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live" (also Alexandre Dumas)
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That’s hilarious. I’m laughing into my breakfast here.Originally posted by JanieB View PostComment
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Wasn't there a US publisher who contacted Penguin Books to ask if Jane Austen could do a book tour....?
Brilliant, Miss Mouse.
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It was said a US tourist went into a pub in Slad and asked where Laurie Lee was buried, to which the barman replied, "at the other end of the bar at the moment".Comment
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It wasn't the nicest of days to visit the Abbey and I knew straightaway they weren't interested in the Chapter House - they just wanted a bit of respite from the showers. Still, it made us laugh!I work very hard so please don't expect me to think as well!Comment
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They learned something, and they'll remember it. You never know when a seed will germinate.
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it may be a struggle to reach the top, but once your over the hill your problems start.
Member of the Nutters Club but I think I am just there to make up the numbers
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We said we hoped so as they've been dead for over 200 years!I work very hard so please don't expect me to think as well!Comment
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