On 19 Oct 2008 16:45:27 GMT, Cosmos <Whosat@osama.com> wrote:
>George Orwell <nobody@mixmaster.it> wrote in
>news:d1b109a141e6d399fad7e653a360e7bb@mixmaster.it:
>
>> On 16-Oct-2008, Cosmos <Whosat@osama.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Ah Mephi
>>>
>>> Well spotted, the mystery of the Orange?
>>>
>>> Well for some reason out here the oranges are always green and
>>> maybe
>>> manage to turn a pale green when fully ripe, they taste just the
>>> same.
>>>
>>> Its only the Spanish varieties and western pallet, that demand we
>>> have
>>> "Orange" oranges! Though you are not the first one to make that
>>> mistake, I had some friends who after frequent visits to the local
>>> fruit
>>> and veg market bemoaning the fact that they were never ripe so would
>>> not
>>> buy em!
>>>
>>> Er it's the same with Bananas but I expect you knew that they are
>>> only
>>> yellow in Tesco/Walmart for the benefit of the Brit's and Yanks
>>>
>>> LOL
>>> Cosmos
>>> PS
>>> Ginger was the latest craze here at the time the shots were made,
>>> it's
>>> consigned to history now but it was cute at the time
>>
>> Many thanks Cosmos, not only for your posts of pics, but
>> also the notes. I was never there in the "ginger" period
>> but don't think I missed much 'cos it don't really suit
>> them. LOL!
>>
>> Thanks again
>>
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>> Hi George.
>
>
>Well I quite liked the ginger look myself, and if you were a Vietnamese
>14-year-old in a class of 40 coarse black hair-bearing classmates, then
>I can understand how they are tempted to try to stand out from the
>crowd!
>For sure the peroxide did not do their hair much good.
>
>But for snaring themselves a girl, they were on to a winner!
>
>I understand Bart had nearly turned 16 by the time the last photos were
>taken, but most Vietnamese boys generally do not become pubescent until
>they are about 14/15 and they have very little body hair even when adult
>this is even more marked in the rural areas.
>
>Maturing at a slower rate the boys appear to us westerners about 2/3
>years younger than their true age, funny but the population seem not to
>suffer from the western problems of tumbling fertility sperm counts.
>
>Things finally went pear shaped for the lads running meet the
>models/Camera and Pen web site, from a combination of credit card
>payment facilities being withdrawn.
>
>The local authorities however, reviewed and passed their web business
>model agency and gave them the all clear when western agencies demanded
>they be closed down.
>
>The killer blow was from post Garry Glitter euphoria with tabloid
>journalists on a foreign Jolly, came sniffing a fresh scoop news
>"story" waving fat cheque books offering life changing amounts but only
>for the right story.
>
>It was clearly time for the webmasters to move on.
>
>Contrary to belief, from many the boys in the photos did benefit from
>the payments from the subscription web site.
>Cosmos
>
Fascinating background info. Thanks for filling us in on these
details, o wise, fleet of foot, Ulysses.
Mephi
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