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From William Gibson's blog (Link from Samizdata)

"Umm Qasr is a town similar to Southampton", UK Defence Minister Geoff Hoon told the House of Commons yesterday. "He's either never been to Southampton, or he's never been to Umm Qasr", said one British soldier, informed of this while on patrol in Umm Qasr. Another added: "There's no beer, no prostitutes, and people are shooting at us. It's more like Portsmouth."

I've never been to Portsmouth, but the place does have a bad reputation. I turned down a job interview there about a year ago, (It was only a three month contract), and the bad rep of the place was definitely one of the factors.

Posted by TimHall at March 28, 2003 05:48 PM | TrackBack
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well if you dont like portsmouth then stay away . the town has a lot to offer and everywhere has its bad points , i bet there are worse comments about the place you live , so keep your comments to yourself before you have visited a place

Posted by: joe bunts on September 15, 2004 08:45 PM

WELL DONE YOU JOE BUNTS PORTSMOUTH IS GREAT

Posted by: carla on August 17, 2005 09:35 PM
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