Free mince pie anyone?

[andy L]

Those of you who answer yes to the above need to get down to the Walesby NOC event on Sun 18th where these will be given out courtesy of the best club in the world.


Note: This is clearly not an advertising feature- a simple gesture to extend the generosity of NOC to new horizons

[rocky]

sounds like advertising to me. if you send a box of kiplings finest to hope hq we'll turn a blind eye.

[andy L]

They're on the way as we speak by 'special delivery'

[LostAgain]

I did not know that EBOR had agreed to givce out mince pies at the NOC event!

Best Club in the World

[Miffy]

Assuming I can find a lift from Matlock I'll be there, dragging my broken ribs around a white course.

I've done 49 events this year and there's no way I'm missing out on hitting my target of 50 due to an unfortunate meeting of my ribs with a man's elbow whilst snowboarding last week

Will celebrate with a free mince pie - thanks NOC!

[Fratello de Pingu]

eating mince pies is illegal, since the time of Oliver Cromwell

[Matt L]

In the British parliamentry system no parliament is bound by its predecessors, nor can bind its successors. That Act was repealed in 1660.
So eat, drink and be merry!

[Fratello de Pingu]

i was told that the act was never repeled, like so many other:

Its legal to kill a Welsh man in Chester after 6 pm with a longbow

Its legal to kill anyone in Hyde park at midnight on news year eve with a bow and arrow, possibly a crossbow

its illegal to play football

etc.

[Guest]

Coldsteam is officially still at war with Germany, someone forgot to include them in the peace treaty.

1 mince pie = approx 1 km. Should we run before Christmas and eat ourselves silly or eat first and then run it off?

[Guest]

In the British parliamentry system no parliament is bound by its predecessors, nor can bind its successors. That Act was repealed in 1660.
So eat, drink and be merry!

Don't think Britain was Britain in 1660.... Scotland hadn't sold it's soul for English gold yet:)

[Rookie]

didn't Queen Eliabeth I die in early 1600s making a Stuart (a Scot) king of England and Scotland

You had succumbed!

[Guest]

Small History Lesson.... 1707 Act of Union

Relations between the English and the Scots throughout the 1600's had been poor to say the least - During the 1650's Scots had been subject to Cromwell - Hostility continued through the reign of Charles II and James VII - The agreement made with William II in 1689 gave Scotland even greater independence than it had during the times of James VII - The breach was widened even further after the massacre at Glencoe - and by the time Queen Anne came along, Scotland was still fighting against English occupation, a fight which had been ever present since long before Sir William Wallace was born.

The making of a United Kingdom had been 'on the table' for decades, it had been proposed in 1606, 1667, 1670 and in 1689 (and even as far back as Edward I's proposed marriage with his 6 year old son and the 3 year old 'Maid of Norway' when she became queen of Scotland) and each time it was mentioned, fear and racism reared its head and communication not only ceased but also lead to battle. The English argument was, "Whoever married a beggar could only expect a louse for a portion", in other words the only benefit in a united kingdom was in Scotlands favour. The Scots argument was that Scotland would become a region or annex of England and their more wealthy, more populous and more powerful neighbours would "Swallow up the nation" just as they had with the Welsh in the 13th century and were still trying to do in Ireland.

[Guest]

Its legal to kill a Welsh man in Chester after 6 pm with a longbow

Watch out Rhys

[Fratello de Pingu]

The Monbarchs of SCOTLAND assended to the ENGLISH throne, and then discided to move to London.

Hence today's Queen is actually SCOTISH.

[Matt L]

Actually I think she's German.