13-04-2009, 09:03 | #1 | |
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[UK] Minister to cross Britain by rail
From BBC News website:
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7996255.stm Wonder if any of these gentlemen would dare do the same.... http://www.transport.ie/about/OurMin...g=ENG&loc=1219 |
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15-04-2009, 13:59 | #2 |
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What a wonderful name. Thought it rang a bell so I got the following piece of wisdom from Wikipedia: In modern parlance the name "Adonis" is frequently used as an allusion to an extremely attractive, youthful male, often with a connotation of deserved vanity.
I know our ministers can sometimes be vainglorious, but as for the other aspects of the allusion ..... nah! |
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I have a Tanzanian friend called "Adonis." Everyone asks if he is greek.
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