In message , Andy Hall writes
On 2007-09-05 00:34:39 +0100, "The Medway Handyman"
said:

Frank Erskine wrote:

How come everyone down that end of England is called mate ?

Everybody in Middlesbrough/Teesside is called "Pal"... it sounds a
bit
threatening (with their accent).
I lectured to the Middlesborough Magic Circle last year. Strange
place from
what little I saw of it. Stayed in a motel that was a 1060's throwback.

Bet it was a battle getting there........

What is the Magic Circle? Is it like the masons?

It's how monks get sexual gratification IIRC

.... not that I was ever a monk


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geoff