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	<title>A Brit Out Of Water &#187; Customs</title>
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	<description>One man's struggle in a foreign land</description>
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		<title>The luck of the Irish</title>
		<link>http://www.britoutofwater.com/2009/03/18/the-luck-of-the-irish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dylan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now, before I start, I need you to know something: I have nothing against a good celebration. I am, after all, the current holder of the South London All-Comers record for Most Wine Glasses Inadvertently Smashed On A Good Friend&#8217;s Floor In One Night, a record I&#8217;ve held since New Year&#8217;s Eve 2002. And I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby you can park my car</title>
		<link>http://www.britoutofwater.com/2009/02/11/baby-you-can-park-my-car/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dylan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s unfair to say that Americans are obsessed with their cars. Having recently flown cross-country to Los Angeles, it&#8217;s not hard to see why. Popping next door for a cup of sugar must be a whole different kettle of fish when your closest neighbour lives thirty miles away. Of course, abject fear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will humankind ever learn?</title>
		<link>http://www.britoutofwater.com/2009/02/05/will-humankind-ever-learn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dylan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always been a little bit superstitious, for some reason. To be fair, I&#8217;d like to think that I&#8217;m just easily suggestible, and that the people around me have lured me into their shadowy lair of hocus pocus claptrap done in the name of good luck. Nevertheless, my lack of backbone leads to me doing [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Public displays of affection</title>
		<link>http://www.britoutofwater.com/2009/02/04/public-displays-of-affection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dylan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Patriotism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[February 14]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hallmark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Phelps]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t help but love the story of the British government flying the Union Jack the wrong way up at the signing of a trade agreement with China. It&#8217;s the kind of Basil Fawlty-esque commitment to getting things ever so slightly wrong that marks the UK out from the rest of the world. Actually, it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out with the old, in with the new. Eventually.</title>
		<link>http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/11/11/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-eventually/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dylan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven’t passed comment on the election since the historic events of November 4. After all, I don’t even have the vote, let alone an inside track on the political machinations that led to the Democrats winning Virginia, so sometimes it’s just best to keep quiet. All I can say is that I stayed up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Early to rise, early to grump</title>
		<link>http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/10/31/early-to-rise-early-to-grump/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dylan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Home Pride]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four times this week, I’ve woken from my deep and blissful slumber at 6.30am. And not just because one of the cats is aggressively scratching the door in an attempt to persuade me that it should be fed. Each time I have reluctantly emerged disheveled and groggy from under the duvet (which I believe for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In search of a slogan</title>
		<link>http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/03/31/in-search-of-a-slogan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/03/31/in-search-of-a-slogan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dylan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone loves a good slogan. Whether it’s a movie tagline like “Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back In The Water” or an advertising jingle such as “A Mars A Day Helps You Work, Rest &#038; Play”, nothing sticks in the head like a catchy slogan. I can guarantee that absolutely every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Friday. Or &#8216;Friday&#8217;, as I now call it.</title>
		<link>http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/03/23/good-friday-or-friday-as-i-now-call-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/03/23/good-friday-or-friday-as-i-now-call-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dylan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I could never claim to be the most religious person on this planet. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I think there’s plenty to be said for the sense of community that churches, synagogues or mosques can provide. And I think if it works for you, then more power to you. But personally, I find it difficult [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open brackets</title>
		<link>http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/03/20/open-brackets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/03/20/open-brackets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dylan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been a footballsoccer fan for as long as I can remember. I&#8217;ve still got a picture of me resplendent in my first ever Manchester United kit, proudly sitting on Brit Out Of Water Senior&#8217;s lap one Christmas. And I was even humiliated at my wedding (sorry, who am I kidding, I mean at The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let there be (saintly) love</title>
		<link>http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/02/14/let-there-be-saintly-love/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/02/14/let-there-be-saintly-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dylan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Customs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As regular readers will know, I’m not a particular fan of abbreviating words or finding shorter ways of saying things. I always prefer calling friends David rather than Dave, for example. Although only if they are actually called David. I tried calling my friend Liz ‘David’ once. Suffice to say that these days she’s less [...]]]></description>
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