Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:23:09  
uk.net.news.config . m <nospam@notnominet.name.invalid>

>On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:32:47 +0100, "Wm..."
> wrote:
>
>>My mother thought I looked a bit pale when she saw the pics from the
>>ride, however, she lives in africa and it can be hard to explain that I
>>don't lie about in the sun as much as I should.
>
>Our South African student reckoned everyone in the UK looked ill.

I thought the same thing too when I first arrived in the uk (pronounced 
uck at the time)

>  She
>said summat like "even your Blicks look ill" (a comment I accepted,
>BTW, as not being racist as she was Black).

Your language interpretation impresses me.  I'm old fashioned in 
thinking blicks end whaats can actually get on together quite well.

Oh, in case anyone is interested I reckon Mr Mandela is *the* senior 
politician for the world as a whole.

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Wm...
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