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Desert Orchid

Desert Orchid

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I'm in Benidorm (on my Todd, as it happens) from 9th - 13th October.

On the very, very remote chance that any other forumite will be there, I'll buy you a drink.

(For some that might be worth the air fare just to witness B) )
 
From the 10th I shall be just across the water in Majorca with the junior Griffins and Mr Extra GG. He hates holidays. I wish I were going on my own too.
 
Tsk tsk, DO, as a member of a racing forum you ought to know that it's "on my "TOD", cockney rhyming slang for "on my Tod Sloan", named after the great, but flawed, American jockey who rode with such tremendous success in this country a century ago.

Eventually, he got warned off here, and died in poverty back in the States. At the funeral parlour, his few remaining friends took some extravagant bouquets off a nearby mobster's coffin and placed them on Sloan's, saying "Tod always travelled first class".
 
Tell you what, DO, you can buy us ALL a drink when you're back instead. We're bound to see you sometime during the next couple of years!
 
Thanks, Ven. I knew it was rhyming slang for Tod Sloan and I'd presumed it was a DD, which is what I feel like right now...

(Serves me right for not checking first.)
 
What are you doing all alone in Benidorm on a Sunday night, peering in at Talking Horses, for goodness sake? Grab yourself a couple of Senoritas and enjoy yourself!








Sorry - I mean Margaritas, of course... ;)
 
:lol: :lol: :shy: :shy:

Can we save it for later?

No, put it down to the after-effects of a bleedin' all-nighter (as in, 'til six a.m.) in the street out here on Friday. Between a long day at Lingers on Friday and Saturday re-starting early at Fontwell, I'm ready to burn the guilty students' flats down. The 'guests' arrived and left all night long, peeing in the streets, bawling into their mobiles to 'come to the ****ing parteeee, it's ****ing great, man' - there were more Fs than a novice hurdle to every bellowed conversation; plus a belting, national-broadcast level of house, garage, and potting-shed music. Fckers. Vengeance shall be mine... I still have a bagful of manure c/o Gary Moore's stable, which will decorate their steps with a polite note to keep the ****ing great noise ****ing down next ****ing time. They'll understand it.
 
Originally posted by krizon@Oct 1 2006, 07:35 PM
What are you doing all alone in Benidorm on a Sunday night, peering in at Talking Horses, for goodness sake? Grab yourself a couple of Senoritas and enjoy yourself!
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The thought never crossed my mind...
 
I'd love to Dessie but I won't be near your neck of the woods, it's just too far from here - I've reluctantly blown out my mate, her brother and his reportedly very good looking, exceptionally charming and well-off mate next week as they're just too far away to visit.....
 
Shadow, let this good-looking, rich-as-Croesus bloke show a bit of class and visit YOU. And none of that going Dutch crap, either. Because you're worth it... ;)
 
Originally posted by krizon@Oct 1 2006, 11:52 PM
Shadow, let this good-looking, rich-as-Croesus bloke show a bit of class and visit YOU. And none of that going Dutch crap, either. Because you're worth it... ;)
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Steady on, Kri. I'm not that rich.
 
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