tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226028855755941636.post7197204387004266992..comments2023-10-11T04:45:31.007-07:00Comments on A Whitley Bay Thousand: 793 - Betty Boop at Maugham'sSteve Lancasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11372895191510424827noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226028855755941636.post-88953972394106001912009-08-23T10:42:35.436-07:002009-08-23T10:42:35.436-07:00I like the idea of the mafia leaving hose heads in...I like the idea of the mafia leaving hose heads in the (flower?)beds of people they want to bump off. I guess that'd be in Maugham's Gardening Department.<br /><br />Went into the shop recently to explore their new Stationery Department, to find it was a shelf with some sellotape and envelopes on it. It was beautiful hyperbole...Steve Lancasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11372895191510424827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226028855755941636.post-30099678965044169542009-08-22T11:42:42.758-07:002009-08-22T11:42:42.758-07:00Just to clarify my position,
Replacement for prev...Just to clarify my position,<br /><br />Replacement for previous post were I appear to have been worried about hoses heads, not horses heads)<br /><br />- I don't think it is a mafia front ( I was joking).<br /><br />- I don't think they Launder money via Betty Boop Figurines and comedy wigs.<br /><br />- I won't be singing like a canary(patterned oven gloves).<br /><br />- I don't want to swim with the (wind up plastic) fishes.<br /><br />- I don't want a horses head in my bed (even is it ceramic and quarter scale).Dominichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05184020795017280719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226028855755941636.post-14321787914437615772009-08-22T07:26:17.647-07:002009-08-22T07:26:17.647-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dominichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05184020795017280719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226028855755941636.post-24562796506899822722009-08-22T07:09:47.408-07:002009-08-22T07:09:47.408-07:00I love Maughan's - it's like the shop that...I love Maughan's - it's like the shop that time forgot. Long may it contine though - it'd be a shame to see another shop closure here. However, I've always wondered how it manages to stay open. Now thanks to Dominic's comment, I now know!Sid Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03902574081691402376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226028855755941636.post-84746848442830203772009-08-07T09:15:10.134-07:002009-08-07T09:15:10.134-07:00Mafia???
I'll never look at their patio pavin...Mafia???<br /><br />I'll never look at their patio paving stone displays in the same way again!Steve Lancasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11372895191510424827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226028855755941636.post-64109202400916195252009-08-06T05:14:14.429-07:002009-08-06T05:14:14.429-07:00Heh, I love this shop. I often wonder who actually...Heh, I love this shop. I often wonder who actually buy this stuff. I suspect it is a mafia money laundering hot spot.Dominichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05184020795017280719noreply@blogger.com