You know you're a port head when...

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You know you're a port head when...

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when you are reading the ny times and get to the story titled "Somalia: Rebels Clash Over Port Control" and wonder to yourself "when did somalians start drinking so much port???"... :nirvana:
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Or when there's a news piece about Trinidad, and they mention the capital: Port of Spain

..and you think, 'that ain't right..'

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the sheer awfulness of human existence and dread of the future is overcome by a determination to live until those lovingly cellared wines reach maturity.
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When Obama won the nobel peace prize, you thought, "Oh he musta given everyone a bottle of Fonseca 66"
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...when every time you drive to Felixstowe you smile when you go past the sign which says "Britain's Favourite Port"
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... when you are sitting in a ski-lift with all the small lift cabins are passing by and the only thing you think about it if the two digit number corresponds to a decent port year or not.

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Axel P wrote:... when you are sitting in a ski-lift with all the small lift cabins are passing by and the only thing you think about it if the two digit number corresponds to a decent port year or not.

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Nope, but I will do some tomorrow in a Ski-resort indoor.

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AHB wrote:...when every time you drive to Felixstowe you smile when you go past the sign which says "Britain's Favourite Port"
So here's the next thing that made me smile and realise I was a port-head.

"Britain's favourite port" (Felixstowe) is run by a company called ... Hutchison Ports!

Is it just me who finds that amusing?
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Surely that makes it the worst Port in history?
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I here the word 'tongs' i visualize port tongs.

news story has dow in its headline I think its about port not stocks

you add a splash of port to eggs (i have done this for years)

you visit more than 1 website dedicated to port

you read the phrase 'port head' and know exactly what it means :lol:
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