Anyone Been To Buenos Aires?

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Seeing that these threads are all the rage, I thought I'd stick in my own holiday destination.

Brian?
 
Originally posted by an capall@Apr 4 2007, 12:58 PM
Unfortunately I have never been close enough to South America to even peer on Argentina.
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I had to read that a second time, An. I thought when I read it the the first time round you said you didn't get close enough to South America " to pee on Argentina" :what:
 
I had a friend who toured as a roadie in Argentina in the 70's with Black Sabbath. On the first night they checked him into a two star hotel having promised him luxury. He called the band leader to complain and was told to fuq off. He pleaded on the phone ...."but Ossie, Our Deal is..."
 
Speaking of Ossie, I had a mate who was in Buenos Aires and bumped into a footballer there. It was the Arsenal captain and he was in the bar with an absolute cracker. The next morning my mate saw him at breakfast and couldn't resist asking "Last night, who was that gal Thierry?"
 
The only story I know about Argentina was someone who bought a holiday home with structural problems

A Ricky Villa I think was how he described it
 
Experiments with wine production in the Falklands were a failure due to unfavourable climatic conditions. They had malas vinas.
 
Which is why celebrity visitors to the island were served other products to drink. You may have seen footage from the late forties when the well known comedy duo were doing a gig there and Oliver Hardy was heard to say "Pass the port, Stanley".
 
Was there briefly in April 1987, as part of a South American month-long trip. Have family throughout SA.
I remember we stayed in the BA Sheraton and one day there was a lot of noise from crowds outside ….
My father told me ; ‘it’s nothing, they’re always rioting here’ ……

Later that day I was up by the pool on the roof when I recognised a bloke with jet black hair and matching dark clothing sitting with a group of mates. They stuck out like a sore thumb. I remember going up to them and introducing myself with some utterly cringeworthy line, like ‘Hi, your from England too aren’t you?’. Fortunately they were really pleasant and seemed to overlook my crassness. It was Robert Smith and The Cure who were gigging out there and the crowds outside the hotel earlier were fans!

Also remember the hotel overlooked the magnificent railway station, built by the Brits I think, but only spent a few days in BA.
 
I was talking earlier to my mate, the Black Sabbath roadie, who recalled that after his bitter fight with Ossie he went to a bar for a pint. One thing lead to another, he got to bed at 6AM, and woke up with a pinball machine going off in his brain and an arse like a pebble dash mixer. He wobbled down to breakfast and was confronted by the waitress, an ex army NCO and the spitting image of Ike Turner's ex wife.

"Coffee" he spluttered

"Would Sir like the full English breakfast today?" She asked.

"Oh Jaysus no, no way" he answered, "No fry for me, Sergeant Tina."
 
Oh, dear God in heaven... that is the WORST ever! :clap: Don't you find the burden of wit a bit Evita carry?
 
Originally posted by an capall@Apr 7 2007, 09:35 PM
"Oh Jaysus no, no way" he answered, "No fry for me, Sergeant Tina."
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"I'll just have a Marrow, please"

"A Marrow?" said Tina.

"Yes, its an excellent hangover cure"

Sergeant Tina, with her hands already full of empty plates and coffee cups, is left with no option but to shout through to the Kitchen for assistance from another waitress:

"He wants a Marrow Donna!"
 
Will spare you the 80s sunglasses and bikini shots, but dug these out ..... Bloody Hell ! . . . . . . Can only hope I've aged a bit better than Robert Smith :laughing:

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Many thanks to all for such useful input. No need for me to get a guide book having digested this thread. :brows:
 
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