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British Woman Calls Barnstaple Police and Gets Through to Massachusetts
Telegraph (UK) ^
| 9/19/16
| Robert Midgley
Posted on 09/20/2016 10:08:37 AM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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posted on
09/20/2016 10:10:00 AM PDT
by
mindburglar
(When Superman and Batman fight, the only winner is crime.)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
I’ll bet the lady had never heard of Mashpee or Teaticket.
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Thanks for a great laugh!
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posted on
09/20/2016 10:14:36 AM PDT
by
Fantasywriter
(Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
To: Flash Bazbeaux
Lived in MA 2+ decades. Very familiar with Barnstable and Mashpee...never once heard of Teaticket.
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posted on
09/20/2016 10:15:53 AM PDT
by
Fantasywriter
(Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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posted on
09/20/2016 10:15:57 AM PDT
by
simpson96
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Could have been a call center in Irkutsk.
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posted on
09/20/2016 10:16:49 AM PDT
by
sourcery
(Check your #ClintonPrivilege)
To: Flash Bazbeaux
I got to go to Cape Cod a few years ago and remember all these names! It’s a beautiful area and I loved all the cute little towns especially on the north side where they try to preserve their heritage and history!
We stayed with friends in a nice house in Falmouth that looked out on the ocean. It was summer time and cool and rainy and it was just beautiful!
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posted on
09/20/2016 10:17:00 AM PDT
by
MeganC
(JE SUIS CHARLES MARTEL!!!)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
After explaining that he is in the US, the officer told her: "Our response is going to be about six hours." Only if they already had an officer in line at the airport!
Shades of "Brannigan" (John Wayne in London) or "Coogan's Bluff" (Clint Eastwood transplanted from AZ to NYC). Watch out for right-hand drives!
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posted on
09/20/2016 10:21:18 AM PDT
by
SES1066
(Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
British visitor to L.A. wanted to fly back so he booked himself on a Southwest flight to “Manchester”.Wound up in New Hampshire.Good naturedly, airport or airline let him stay (gratis I think) at a nearby hotel then he went the rest of the way back to UK.
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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posted on
09/20/2016 10:23:17 AM PDT
by
NRx
(A man of integrity passes his father's civilization to his son, without selling it off to strangers.)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
“”Our response is going to be about six hours.”
Well LOl it’s 12 hours over the Atlantic but close..
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posted on
09/20/2016 10:23:35 AM PDT
by
max americana
(fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
So the accent differences didn’t faze her, eh?
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posted on
09/20/2016 10:23:57 AM PDT
by
alancarp
(George Orwell was an optimist.)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
We put in an answering machine because of all the Foreign calls , LOL
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
The woman was referring to Barnstaple, England - and he was in Barnstable, Massachusetts. That's funny, LOL! Most towns in New England have the same or similar names of towns in "old" England.
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posted on
09/20/2016 10:26:23 AM PDT
by
nutmeg
(I am a proud Deplorable)
To: alancarp
You would think, but what with Britain having so many foreigners moving there it apparently didn’t....
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
The woman, who's identity is unknown, reported a car accident between Muddiford and Ilfracombe in the UK. Could the problem be that One on't cross beams gone owt askew on treddle?
But the confused US officer on the other end of the phone struggled to work out where she was talking about, asking for nearby landmarks.
I bet she didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition.
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posted on
09/20/2016 10:34:20 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
To: ClearCase_guy
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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posted on
09/20/2016 10:53:57 AM PDT
by
TBP
(0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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