Caliban has plans for this s/f which will no doubt be made clear ... 
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It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world. -
Will it be different from the thread Cali started about good places to visit or are we to have a UK only tourist office?Originally posted by french frank View PostCaliban has plans for this s/f which will no doubt be made clear ...
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I think he plans to move that one over here - and hope others will chip in with new threads/suggestions.Originally posted by Anna View PostWill it be different from the thread Cali started about good places to visit or are we to have a UK only tourist office?
(Offtopic: We had a terrible fight to stop our Tourist Information office being shut as a cost cutting exercise!)It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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As ff says. my 'trips' thread was the kick off to this. I'll have a fettle now!Originally posted by Anna View PostWill it be different from the thread Cali started about good places to visit or are we to have a UK only tourist office?
(Offtopic: We had a terrible fight to stop our Tourist Information office being shut as a cost cutting exercise!)
And yes, please everyone pitch in with suggestions. Probably a good idea to concentrate on British sites within easy range (he says, having started with one in France
) but further afield might be fun too...
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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I hope everyone will help foreign tourists visiting the UK for the first time by giving them Gerard Hoffnung's advice, as in:
"All London brothels display a blue lamp."
"You will oblige your chambermaid by hanging your mattress out of the window in the morning."
"Have you heard the famous echo in the Reading Room of the British Museum?"Comment
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Shades of the immortal hotel-room noticesOriginally posted by umslopogaas View Post
You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid.
and
The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid.
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Great stuff, Caliban: sounds like they could have originated with Hoffnung. More Hoffnung, which has very little to do with the thread title, but I couldnt resist. Letter from a Tyrolean landlord extolling the delights of his hotel:
"Standing amid savage scenery, the hotel offers stupendous revelations. There is a french widow in every bedroom ... affording delightful prospects!"Comment
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Originally posted by umslopogaas View Post
Perfection! 
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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The cartoonist Larry did a lovely series in Punch many years ago on stately homes etc visits - the one I remember showing a low door bearing the words "Mind the step" across the lintel; looking down to the step, one sees another notice reading "Mind your head"!Comment
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Notice seen in a hotel room in Bulgaria:
For room service, open door and shout 'Room Service'!"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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Edinburgh's Cafe Royal has a notice on the low ceiling above the steps down to the loos - "Duck or Grouse".Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostComment
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"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Originally posted by Caliban View Post
Wise words from even further East:
Wise words indeed.
Best done with a clear head?
I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.Comment
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Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
Wise words indeed.
Best done with a clear head?
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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