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I joked about moving into no.13 on our street 'misfortune will surely follow', i said at our house warming. Within weeks our neighbour launched a campaign to oust us sending threatening letters and leaving bullets on the the doorstep (he has scared off four previous tenants, one a single mother with three small children), then we noticed the false wall ( still haven't plucked up the courage to investigate), maybe there is something in it after all.
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...and leaving bullets on the the doorstep....
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...nothin' to be afraid of
You think dody's neighbour was just making a point, WW?
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Dear dodyskin: I hope the neighbor was stupid enough to leave his fingerprints on the
cartridges, so that your police could show him the error of his ways.
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Well, we couldn't prove it was him, if I lived in America I'd probably live in the 'hood'. Statistically, approx five people carrying loaded guns walk past my house every day, and this is England, so NO-ONE is allowed guns ( and rightly so).
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Gee! I work in Hammersmith and I reckon that statistic's nearly right for that area. Around Shepherds Bush is probably even worse due to the Yardy prescence. Are there other parts of the UK that are as bad?
To legitimise this into a word based item, does anyone know the origin of Yardy?
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I assume you mean Yardy as reference to Scotland Yard. I read recently that
Scotland Yard was originally a palace created by Edward III for use of the
kinds of Scotland when they came to pay homage.
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No, its the name that gangs from Jamaica have given themselves here in the UK. They are usually involved in the drug trade and are highly dangerous and volatile.
Thanks for the bit on Scotland Yard, however, I didn't know that. The history of London's place names must be a study in itself. Is there a word for it I wonder?
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