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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:21
Member (2008)
Italian to English
...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 
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:21
French to English
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Thanks for the tip - living in Chelmsford I don't want to risk a mix up!
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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.
| | | | | good timing... | Aug 29, 2014 |
just finished translating a document on wipes for incontinent patients...
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