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[Oracle]

Are such Institutions exempt from EU Gender Discrimination laws then

Oh no the ladies have thier own section based in Lefkara 'The Lace masons'

They dress in black and eye-ball you

Nasty rituals with those crochet needles but at least their activities are not hidden behind closed doors

[RichardB]

Nasty rituals with those crochet needles but at least their activities are not hidden behind closed doors

You'd be surprised what goes on bend the closed doors of the maisonettes

[Oracle]

Well thanks to Richard ... we can now move on to that other Great British Institution ....

The Women's Institute!

Love the cakes, de rigeur Laura Ashley dresses, knitted dollies ..... but the strings of pearls (3 if your husband is a Captain? .... is that right? ) and as for nudy Calenders ... well

[RichardB]

Well thanks to Richard ... we can now move on to that other Great British Institute ....

The Women's Institute!

Love the cakes, de rigeur Laura Ashley dresses, knitted dollies ..... but the strings of pearls (3 if your husband is a Captain? .... is that right? ) and as for nudy Calenders ... well

Ahhh the WIs so famous that nintendo named its latest machine after them

God bless em

Home made jam (substitute Gkykis)

Coffee mornings

The exchanging of home made foods

The battle to make the best easter bread

The gossip about the newcomer to the area

Every village in Cyprus has a WI

[Oracle]

OK ... I give up!

All the Great British Institutions have their equivalents firmly established in Cyprus ...

Brits and Cypriots ...... one and the same

(It's the same if you try and draw parallels with the Scots and the Greeks ... you know, skirts and bagpipes )

[RichardB]

St Andrews Flags

Both speak theier language with a dialect

Both hate the English and blame them for all their problems

Scots and Cypriots one and the same

[Oracle]

St Andrews Flags

Both speak theier language with a dialect

Both hate the English and blame them for all their problems

Scots and Cypriots one and the same

Therefore by default, the Brits are more like the Greeks ...

( by your hypothesis )

... or just that everyone blames the Brits

(How does Lord Elgin fit in to this mess )

[RichardB]

Lord Elgin - Totally bonkers

He's lost his marbles you know

Now Lord Byron a man so famous he won the war against the ottomans all on his own so every town in Greece and Cyprus has a street named after him

Whay a poet what a lover

[Oracle]

Lord Elgin - Totally bonkers

He's lost his marbles you know

Now Lord Byron a man so famous he won the war against the ottomans all on his own so every town in Greece and Cyprus has a street named after him

Whay a poet what a lover

Richard ... you have me in stitches

Isn't someone trying to make out Byron was GAY

Some Turk perhaps

(or was that Nelson )

We certainly have a street named after Grivas in our village

[RichardB]

M'Lud Byron Gay!!!!

I dont see why not and to be honest who really cares

He still won the war didnt he

Grivas Street eh

Divenghis or General George?

No dont say... I've had enough of politics tonight I'm all out of sensible after posting in the CyProb forum