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Tom in London
Tom in London
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Aug 29, 2014

...who know about the county of Essex, I couldn't resist posting this.

Nick Ferrari, a morning radio host on a talk station called LBC, was interviewing various people in Essex about an upcoming political election in the town of Clacton, which is well-known as a retirement town for oldies from London.

Just north of Clacton is the seaport of Harwich, from where you can take a car ferry to Holland, Germany, etc.

At the end of his interviews, just as the closi... See more
...who know about the county of Essex, I couldn't resist posting this.

Nick Ferrari, a morning radio host on a talk station called LBC, was interviewing various people in Essex about an upcoming political election in the town of Clacton, which is well-known as a retirement town for oldies from London.

Just north of Clacton is the seaport of Harwich, from where you can take a car ferry to Holland, Germany, etc.

At the end of his interviews, just as the closing music was playing to terminate the programme, Ferrari said "So never forget: Harwich for the Continent, Clacton for the incontinent". ▲ Collapse
 
Laura Harrison
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Haha Aug 29, 2014

Thanks for the tip - living in Chelmsford I don't want to risk a mix up!
 
Madeleine MacRae Klintebo
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Frinton Aug 29, 2014

Tom in London wrote:

At the end of his interviews, just as the closing music was playing to terminate the programme, Ferrari said "So never forget: Harwich for the Continent, Clacton for the incontinent".


I thought it was Frinton for the incontinent. But if I lived in Clacton and could look forward to my MP being of a certain ilk, my bladder might just start behaving badly.
 
Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
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good timing... Aug 29, 2014

just finished translating a document on wipes for incontinent patients...
 


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