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Does this "Umbeg" really exist? If so it's an excellent idea.

Paddy, could you enlarge upon your rather surreal post please?

 

Oblique parody of 'settles down with popcorn and a beer to await ensuing storm of diametrically opposed opinions'.

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So was the phrase 'continuous moorer' originally coined by Victor Swift or is that an outrageous claim?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inspired by CMOT Dibbler from Discworld perhaps? ;)

 

So which came first - Life of Brian or 'Cut Me Own Throat' Dibbler in Discworld?

 

Doing my own research, CMOT Dibbler first appeared in 'Guards Guards' published in 1989 and Life of Brian was produced in 1979

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So was the phrase 'continuous moorer' originally coined by Victor Swift or is that an outrageous claim?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So which came first - Life of Brian or 'Cut Me Own Throat' Dibbler in Discworld?

 

Doing my own research, CMOT Dibbler first appeared in 'Guards Guards' published in 1989 and Life of Brian was produced in 1979

 

 

 

 

you and i, bazz showing our age :cheers:

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Is it just me or do others feel a little bit sick when they read anything from NW?

 

I can't help you, I'm not prepared to go over there to find out

 

Would some brave person please give me an eight word précis of what UMBEG is?

 

Richard

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I can give you an eight letter word for it........." Bollocks ".......... :cheers:

 

UMBEG (Unlawfully Moored Boats Enforecement Group) is a joint task force set up by BW, EA and the Thames Valley police to ensure that overstay notices are put on boats without affecting the paint work (or lack of it) and not infringing peoples human rights

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So was the phrase 'continuous moorer' originally coined by Victor Swift or is that an outrageous claim?

 

The earliest use of the term I can find is by Bones, some two years before I can find NBW's first use....by Canaldrifter, not Victor (But Tom would rather credit CWDF, than Tone, I imagine).

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It should surely have been Eradication of Crusties Action Group!

 

I did wonder why the police were involved in it - has continuous mooring become a criminal offence whilst I wasn't looking?

 

Maybe they are on the sidelines just in case some of the discussions between the involved parties become 'over-animated'?

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