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Odd one out
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 3:16 pm
by Gavin Strachan
Which of the following SCCU counties is the odd one out?
Herts
Essex
Kent
Middlesex
Sussex
Surrey
?
Re: Odd one out
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:07 pm
by Sean Hewitt
Gavin Strachan wrote:Which of the following SCCU counties is the odd one out?
Herts
Essex
Kent
Middlesex
Sussex
Surrey
?
Middlesex. It doesn't exist anymore. (Note to Alex : This is a factual statement, please let's not have a debate on what should and shouldn't be a county
)
Re: Odd one out
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:20 pm
by Mick Norris
Gavin Strachan wrote:Which of the following SCCU counties is the odd one out?
Herts
Essex
Kent
Middlesex
Sussex
Surrey
?
Kent - it doesn't have an s
Re: Odd one out
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:26 pm
by James Coleman
I'm inclined to think the answer is "?"
Re: Odd one out
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:33 pm
by Gavin Strachan
SH is correct. Though technically Sussex also doesn't exist as it is 2 counties.
Well done. No cheque in the post.
Potters Bar used to be Middlesex and now is Herts.
Middlesex only exists as a Postal county i.e. the PO use it.
Re: Odd one out
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:52 pm
by Adam Raoof
Gavin Strachan wrote:SH is correct. Though technically Sussex also doesn't exist as it is 2 counties.
Well done. No cheque in the post.
Potters Bar used to be Middlesex and now is Herts.
Middlesex only exists as a Postal county i.e. the PO use it.
What's your point? Got a problem with our lovely county, pal?!?
Adam Raoof (employee: Middlesex University, Captain of the winning team: Middlesex League, fan of Middlesex Cricket Club, player for Middlesex County chess team)
Re: Odd one out
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:04 pm
by Gavin Strachan
Nope! Just not sure how you can like something that doesn't exist....hey wait a minute all the God debate will begin now form the agnostics.
Re: Odd one out
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:13 pm
by Adam Raoof
Gavin Strachan wrote:Nope! Just not sure how you can like something that doesn't exist....hey wait a minute all the God debate will begin now form the agnostics.
Of course it exists. I
think it exists, therefore...
Re: Odd one out
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:35 pm
by Kevin Thurlow
"Adam Raoof (employee: Middlesex University, Captain of the winning team: Middlesex League, fan of Middlesex Cricket Club, player for Middlesex County chess team)"
Middlesex University? Middlesex Cricket, where the only reason the pitches don't get reported is because the pitch inspectors come from there...
(Sorry Adam - couldn't resist it.)
Kevin (born in the home of cricket, Yorkshire!)
Re: Odd one out
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:42 pm
by Ian Kingston
Kevin Thurlow wrote:Kevin (born in the home of cricket, Yorkshire!)
Lords is in Yorkshire?
Re: Odd one out
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:22 am
by Kevin Thurlow
"Lords is in Yorkshire?"
No, but Thomas Lord was from Yorkshire!
Adam's gone quiet - either he's furious or thinking of something really good...
Re: Odd one out
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:51 am
by Adam Raoof
Who has ever heard of Greater London anyhow?!
There's an 18 year waiting list to become a member of Lords...
Still up for that friendly match, Gavin, if your boys can motivate themselves to crawl round the M25 for ONE HELL OF A BEATING!
Re: Odd one out
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:02 am
by Alexander Hardwick
2 points spring to mind about the above map.
a) Wow, Middlesex really is small compared to the other counties isn't it!?
b) "Trad" in the image URL...stands for "traditional"? Is this a synonym for outdated, ancient, unreliable? Which decade of medieval England does Ye Olde Mappe show exactly!?
Re: Odd one out
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:10 am
by Adam Raoof
Alexander Hardwick wrote:2 points spring to mind about the above map.
a) Wow, Middlesex really is small compared to the other counties isn't it!?
b) "Trad" in the image URL...stands for "traditional"? Is this a synonym for outdated, ancient, unreliable? Which decade of medieval England does Ye Olde Mappe show exactly!?
Size isn't everything. Most of the other counties have a lot of wasted space, forests, fields and other stuff. Plus Middlesex has a lot of speed bumps, meaning the actual surface area is twice the size of Yorkshire.
Trad is perhaps an abbreviation of Ye Olde word 'Tradgick'
Re: Odd one out
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:28 am
by Mike Gunn
If Middlesex doesn't exist then nor does England.