An island to avoid

Old May 9th, 2016, 07:21 AM
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An island to avoid

Because it isn't there:

Mystery surrounds a spoof tourist brochure for a non-existent island which has appeared at a number of sites around Orkney.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...tland-36210333
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Old May 9th, 2016, 08:11 AM
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Oh, we have spent the Easter holidays on Mama Westray.

We had an invitation of my daughter's old girlfriend Cate, who drove us around the island in her bright red convertible.

We liked the island very much, especially the whiskey, which is not distilled from barley there, but from seaweed.

Otherwise, we were served a lot of pork which appears to be abundand on the island. It tasted like rotten squid, but it was at least way better than the fish & chips they serve in London.
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Old May 9th, 2016, 11:10 AM
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There'll always be an England!
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Old May 9th, 2016, 11:36 AM
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You could always visit Sans Seriffe instead. The weather is probably better too.
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And don't forget Molvanîa and San Sombréro.
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"We liked the island very much, especially the whiskey, which is not distilled from barley there, but from seaweed."

That would be WHISKY then.
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Old May 10th, 2016, 01:23 AM
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>>That would be WHISKY then.
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I love the fishing pigs...
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Old May 10th, 2016, 05:06 PM
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The reason Mama Westray is no longer there is that she divorced Papa Westray and is now shacking up with John O'Groats.
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I meant 'crofting up'.
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