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Archive Hilarious quotes from ITV's Formula 1 motor racing commentator Murray "Motormouth" Walker. Weird and wacky quotes from the ex-England football coach. The sayings of ex-Manchester United boss turned TV soccer pundit, "Mr Bojangles" himself - "Big" Ron Atkinson. As the stinging British quiz show 'The Weakest Link' makes its American TV debut, here is just a taste of some of the rebukes US contestants can expect from quiz host Anne Robinson.. The Queen Mother celebrated her 100th birthday on 4 August 2000. The wit and wisdom of the Queen Mother. President George "Dubya" Bush has already left an indelible mark on the English language. British Deputy PM John "2 Jags" Prescott carries on where Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, left off. Extracts from actual letters sent to various county councils and housing associations throughout the UK from disgruntled tenants. The numbers which have been making the headlines. Genuine answers to GCSE exams. If in doubt try and make the marker smile!!! Advertising slogans that got mangled up! Complaints submitted by aircraft pilots to maintenance engineers and their responses... The last words of kings, queens, courtiers, lawyers, murderers, doctors, poets, painters, priests, saints, martyrs, philosophers, actors, actresses, millionaires and sportsmen...before they shuffled off their mortal coils. Prairie Dog Pete Click here to adopt your own Prairie Dog HOW TO SELL YOUR HOME IN JUST 6 WEEKS!! Simple, practical advice and ideas on how to sell your home |
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Who has been making the news in 2000-2001 September 2001 The Aftermath...
As the dust literally settles following the terrorist strikes on The World Trade Center in New York, The Pentagon and Pittsburgh - some of the quotes.... Picture - Carmen Taylor/AP Photo The impact of the second jet airliner hitting the World Trade Center
"We are coming after you. God have mercy on you, but we won't." US Senator John McCain, to those believed to be behind the terrorist attacks on America.
"It's no good looking for a needle in a haystack. You must take out the haystack." Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli ex-leader on how to deal with the terrorists behind the US attacks
"They went down together. They stayed together in death. That's the only consolation I have. Eunice Hanson, whose son died aboard one of the crashed planes, along with his wife and two- year-old daughter.
"Someone asked whether a separate body bag was needed for each body part, but no one knew the answer." New York doctor Sandeep Jauhar, in an article (not for the squeamish) in The New York Times, quoting an un-named doctor, questioning the protocol for how to handle the bodies in the aftermath of the WTC tragedy. "I had left for work that day at 5am. I had lipstick on so I did not kiss him." Rachel Uchitel, 26, who received a call from her fiance, Andy O'Grady, a bond trader who worked on the 104th floor of the WTC. He told her that he had witnessed somebody jumping from the North Tower. Minutes later the second plane crashed into the South Tower where he was working. He is missing presumed dead.
"They can destroy buildings, they can kill people, but they will never be allowed to kill the spirit of democracy. They cannot destroy our society." US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who cut short his tour of South America when he heard of the onslaught.
"We have just seen the first war of the 21st Century." US President George W. Bush.
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"I want justice. There used to be a poster out west that I recall and it said "Wanted - dead or alive". US President George W. Bush, setting out in the bluntest terms his feelings regarding Osama Bin Laden - the man thought to be the mastermind behind the terrorist strikes on America.
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- Gulnara Samiolava/The New York Times
Picture - G.N. Miller Ground Zero - all that remains standing of the 110 storey WTC's twin towers.
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