>>>Did you pick it for the weather, the cool flag or the implied abundance of testosterone? ( I considered moving to the Isle of Langerhans, but since my boss is brain damaged from youthful drug abuse I can easily deceive him and claim I'm not the guy in the picture )
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>>That is known as teh Legs of man and if you look closely you'll see they're armoured and wearing spurs. There's a lock manufactureer here, "Legge" that uses this symbol too. I wonder why.
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>Looks like the kind of trophy you'd get for an ass-kicking contest. Is that the place where the cats have no tails ( or is that monkeys in Zamboanga? )

As I said to Tracy in the other branch:

"One of the world's oldest parliaments - the Tynwald. And the Isle was occupied by Vikings. The Manx cat is a breed without a tail, you probably know. The legend has it that it's cos the Vikings used cats' tails as decoration for their helmets."

>And Foyle's War ( or is that Guernsey ? )

Foyle's War is filmed around Hastings - just down the road from me. Those tall, black fisherman's net drying huts are still there on the beach