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I'd like to share this passage from the first James Bond novel, Casino Royale:

"The night-club was small and dark, lit only by candles in gilded candelabra whose warm light was repeated in wall mirrors set in more gold picture frames. The walls were covered in dark red satin and the chairs and banquettes in matching red plush. In the far corner, a trio, consisting of a piano, an electric guitar and drums, was playing "La Vie en Rose" with muted sweetness. Seduction dripped on the quietly throbbing air. It seemed to Bond that every couple must be touching with passion under the tables.

They were given a corner table near the door. Bond ordered a bottle of Veuve Clicquot and..."

I'd like to stop there, and I'd like you to take a guess at what might possibly be next. What could Bond be ordering with his Veuve Clicquot? A martini for himself? Perhaps he requires an ashtray? A serving of caviar perhaps, given he is in the nightclub of the most illustrious casino in France?

Nope, he opted for this:

scrambled eggs and bacon.

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I'd like to share this passage from William McGonagall's 'The Nithsdale Widow and Her Son':

"To this pitiful detail of her circumstances the villain made no reply,

But drew a pistol from his holster, and cried, "Your cow must die!"

Then riding up to the poor cow, discharged it through her head,

When the innocent animal instantly fell down dead."

The Tay Bridge Disaster takes too much attention away from dozens of other classics imo.

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I'd like to share this passage from the first James Bond novel, Casino Royale:

"The night-club was small and dark, lit only by candles in gilded candelabra whose warm light was repeated in wall mirrors set in more gold picture frames. The walls were covered in dark red satin and the chairs and banquettes in matching red plush. In the far corner, a trio, consisting of a piano, an electric guitar and drums, was playing "La Vie en Rose" with muted sweetness. Seduction dripped on the quietly throbbing air. It seemed to Bond that every couple must be touching with passion under the tables.

They were given a corner table near the door. Bond ordered a bottle of Veuve Clicquot and..."

I'd like to stop there, and I'd like you to take a guess at what might possibly be next. What could Bond be ordering with his Veuve Clicquot? A martini for himself? Perhaps he requires an ashtray? A serving of caviar perhaps, given he is in the nightclub of the most illustrious casino in France?

Nope, he opted for this:

scrambled eggs and bacon.

Ian Flemings description of food and drink is fantastic....and also describing beautiful women with a flaw , like a limp or a broken nose.

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Two essays due for 5pm on Wednesday and I'm on course to have them in a 5pm Tuesday! Why am I on time for once? Because if I left it to the last minute I would not be able to see The View at Fat Sams on Wednesday.

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some guy is talking about going to the papers because whilst i was on the tills he was sold a lottery ticket for the wrong day and as a result he's lost out on 7 and a half grand. i must emphasise that the sale was not my fault as i have to get someone over to do lottery stuff due to not knowing how to do it myself. there's also a chance that the guy is just at it.

bullywee - darling of the tabloids.

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I used to live around the corner from the Brailsfords on that King Of Christmas Lights that's on Channel 4 (my sister still does). "The pub" they were talking about is the one I used to work in. As wanky as a lot of these houses might seem, theirs still attracts hundreds of people to come and look at it every year, their switch-on gets mentioned on the radio and they do a collection which raises a lot of money for charity. It looks cracking.

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some guy is talking about going to the papers because whilst i was on the tills he was sold a lottery ticket for the wrong day and as a result he's lost out on 7 and a half grand. i must emphasise that the sale was not my fault as i have to get someone over to do lottery stuff due to not knowing how to do it myself. there's also a chance that the guy is just at it.

bullywee - darling of the tabloids.

Sounds like excuses...

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