http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54054 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Thu, 23 May 2013 20:01:29 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54054#post-156060 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 09:57:51 +0000 Gerontius 156060@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Cockermouth is twinned with Marvejols...sounds like something Julian and Sandy might come up with </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54054#post-156024 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:11:52 +0000 Squudge 156024@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Dull (in Perthshire) is twinned with Boring (in Oregon)</p> <p>Truebiscuit </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54054#post-156019 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:51:15 +0000 rikkor 156019@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Auschwitz and Tel Aviv. Strange but true. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54054#post-155988 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:59:55 +0000 Midfield Diamond 155988@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I once went to a local parish council meeting (due to a dull planning application to cut trees down in a conservation area). Anyway, amongst the items discussed was a letter from a French village, enquiring about the possibility of twinning. Without implying that the parish council are at all insular, the essence of the conversation was "Why would we want to be friends with a bunch of Frogs?" and "I don't want to go to France and I don't want any of them coming over here either." The clerk got an action to politely tell them where to stick their ideas. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54054#post-155976 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:05:15 +0000 Qoxiivi 155976@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Actually, after thinking 'Why don't I just look it up', I just did. I am now too bored to care. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54054#post-155974 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:02:15 +0000 Qoxiivi 155974@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>What is it even supposed to mean? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54054#post-155971 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:48:24 +0000 beau-jolly 155971@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Given that twinning is used solely to give busybodies a free holiday every year with council money, why would you choose Astana? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54054#post-155970 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:43:55 +0000 The All New Jeni B 155970@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Dundee is twinned with Dubai, Alexandria (USA), Nablus, Orleans, and Wurzburg.</p> <p>A motley bunch if ever there was. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54054#post-155969 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:40:43 +0000 beau-jolly 155969@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>There's a tiny village by Rutland Water which was famously twinned with cities like Paris. Shit story because I can't remember the village name or where and why it was twinned. The work of the local publican I beleive. It was funny at the time. I recall they also twinned themselves with Bombay to promote the pub's curry night.</p> <p>Edit: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitwell,_Rutland">It was true!</a></p> <p><img src="http://www.rutnet.co.uk/ppimageupload/image1910.JPG"> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54054#post-155966 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:32:38 +0000 bonjonelson 155966@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Apparently Margate in Kent is twinned with Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.</p> <p>Can you find any more luicrously badly matched twin towns? </p>