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ahhhhhhhh jaffa cakes, sponge base, chocolate top , orange filling , the only "biscuits" that i would spend my pocket money on instead of candy, back in the days when i was knee high to a grasshopper........in fact i am going to buy a pack right now and eat the bloody lot!!
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in fact i am going to buy a pack right now and eat the bloody lot!!Be sure to throw at least some at the TV, Dunc ...
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only if we get beat by the bloody kiwis tonight!!!!!!!! will you be tuning into sky sports at 12:30AM?
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only if... (E.A.)
better buy another packet, Dunc!
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yeah....probably....sigh
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Isn't that a kind of Israeli orange? Or a violinist? Or a napple?
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Jaffa is the old port-city near which Tel Aviv was built. I've always assumed the orange was named for it.
btw, the native pronunciation of the city name is yafa (hebrew doesn't have a "j" sound; e.g., "jerusalam" = yarushalayim). I mention this because yafa is the hebrew word for "beautiful". I presume that's the source of the city name, but have no further information.
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Yup ASp. I know they sell Jaffa oranges here at certain times of the year. I couldn't tell you when though. I know when our fruit ripen but am seriously ignorant as to ripening of fruit from other countries. They just show up in the produce section - like magic (imagine awed music here).
EDIT: oh, and I just remembered (this is the next morning) that there are also Jaffa Dates. So now I'm thinking that this may be an importer's name.
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will you be tuning into sky sports at 12:30AM?No I didn't - but now I'm glad I didn't. Once again, we snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. So what's new?
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Milum, I think the film that you're trying not to remember is Alain Resnais's Providence (1977) which starred John Gielgud, Dirk Bogarde, and Ellen Burstyn. The script was by David Mercer.
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