I Think I Will Move To Russia

[mrs_overall]

Yesterday in a cafe I was engaged in conversation by two Russian students who were visiting Whitby for the day. They quizzed me about the ruins of Whitby Abbey and informed me that in Russia all their old buildings are in pristine condition. The subject moved on to fishing boats and I told them the fishing fleet was in decline. I was then informed that the fishing industry in Russia is thriving. I think you get the gist of the conversation by now. It continued for some time and I marvelled at how everything in Russia is perfect. They informed me that their parents were coming to visit and then boasted about how well travelled their parents were, and listed some of the countries they had visited. They asked me if my parents were as well travelled as theirs and I informed them that my parents were no longer with us. One of them made a tutting noise and then came out with the best line yet:
"Everyone in Russia has parents."

[douglas9401]

Russians might just be the new Americans. :-)

[Peter Pedant]

// "Everyone in Russia has parents." //

and if any one is lacking you can pick up a free pair at the airport .....

[Psybbo]

Yoga tta be kidding, Gness

[woofgang]

I spent many happy holidays in Whitby, well near it actually, we used to rent a caravan on a site that was above (literally) Robin Hood's Bay, you could walk through the field down to the Bay. Are the crazy golf course and the Lucky Duck shop still there?

[cupid04]

Mrs Overhang, I think the Russians are on Top Gear...NOW!!!

[mrs_overall]

cupid, your name has gone in my book AND I have underlined it

[mrs_overall]

woof, yes they are both still there. The Lucky Duck shop was ram raided last year. God knows why.

[woofgang]

Those ducks are VALUABLE Mrs O, all that luck has to be worth megabucks on the street!

[humbersloop]

//The Lucky Duck shop was ram raided last year. God knows why.//

A carefully crafted Situationist event, commenting on the systemic degradation of everyday life and its increasing dysfunction??

[gness]

Either that...or a faulty handbrake, Sloopy....x

[humbersloop]

pmsl, at those two sentences, straight out of Alan Bennett

[zoe76]

I have a russian friend, she says russia sucks and when talking about russia all she mentions is the very strong home made vodka!

[TWR]

Picked 2 Americans ( I like Americans) In Oxfordshire many years ago they were the same as Mrs O, everything they talked about was BIG, that was until I passed a Road Side Burger Caravan, the male said we Have Bigger vans than that back home, you would need that size & the Burgers to fill your mouths, we were heading for S.Hampton, I dropped them off at Newbury with no word of thanks! I wonder why?

[janbee]

I presume Russian toilet rolls are bigger and stronger than ours... well, for obvious reasons !!