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England Mecca Programming?

 
Anonymous Coward
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10/20/2020 08:10 AM
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England Mecca Programming?
Seriously, can't they use the words "hot spot" instead of Mecca??

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Coronavirus: No laughing matter for Blackpool as tourist mecca adapts to Tier 3 lockdown
It's a "nightmare" for businesses in the Lancashire tourist mecca as they adapt to the toughest coronavirus restrictions.
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10/20/2020 08:30 AM

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Re: England Mecca Programming?
Yep. Conditioning.
Father Jack Hackett

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10/20/2020 08:40 AM
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Re: England Mecca Programming?
We have a long established bingo hall chain here called "Mecca".

There was one of their branches next door to a mosque where I used to live once.

I had videos of old ladies getting into taxis with a Muslim driver saying "take me to mecca!".

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10/20/2020 08:46 AM
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Re: England Mecca Programming?
I doubt it is any programming. Its been a colloquialism for a couple of centuries.
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10/20/2020 09:05 AM
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Seriously, can't they use the words "hot spot" instead of Mecca??

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Coronavirus: No laughing matter for Blackpool as tourist mecca adapts to Tier 3 lockdown
It's a "nightmare" for businesses in the Lancashire tourist mecca as they adapt to the toughest coronavirus restrictions.
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You nailed it, pool! Like usual hf

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Re: England Mecca Programming?
I doubt it is any programming. Its been a colloquialism for a couple of centuries.
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Is it derived from British Raj?





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