[I] No.1 on the day you were born
Mik
purpose (at least for me) - I was not previously aware that the No.1 single in
the UK on the day I was born was 'Wonderful World' by Louis Armstrong.
So...This got me to wondering:
What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born? - In the country of your
origin, and/or in the UK and/or Merkia (The Merkin No.1 on the day I was born
was, sadly enough, 'Honey' by Bobby Goldsboro).
I've found a site that will at least tell you what the UKian, Merkin and Oz
No.1s were for a particular week of a particular year -
http://www.q-net.net.au/~methinks/top_spot/[insert the year of your birth
here].htm (Apologies - I don't actually know how to stop this *appearing* to
be a direct link to a page - It isn't! - You'll need to copy it, paste it into
the address bar of your browser and replace '[insert the year of your birth
here]' with the numerical year of you birth).
Cheers
Mik
afpfiance to Emma
member of the (potential) afp "Yes; we *liked* A Life Less Ordinary" club.
--
"Without verticality, wisely the cochineal
emperor goes forth at teatime;
at evening the mollusc is silent
among the almond blossom" - TP, M '87
MP
<m...@spamtrap.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>OK; Channel 4's '100 Greatest No.1 Singles' has actually managed to perform a
>purpose (at least for me) - I was not previously aware that the No.1 single in
>the UK on the day I was born was 'Wonderful World' by Louis Armstrong.
>
>So...This got me to wondering:
>What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born? - In the country of your
>origin, and/or in the UK and/or Merkia (The Merkin No.1 on the day I was born
>was, sadly enough, 'Honey' by Bobby Goldsboro).
It's My Party - Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin
No, I've never heard of them. Now all you have to do is reverse the
process and tell me when I was born... :-}
MP
MP
<m...@spamtrap.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>OK; Channel 4's '100 Greatest No.1 Singles' has actually managed to perform a
>purpose (at least for me) - I was not previously aware that the No.1 single in
>the UK on the day I was born was 'Wonderful World' by Louis Armstrong.
>
>So...This got me to wondering:
>What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born?
<snip>
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police
Hmm... I've heard of it...
I must say I'm very impressed with the link Mik gave. It's already got
the listing for 2nd December 2001. In case you're wondering, it's
12:30 am on the 2nd... :-}
MP (in the UK. UK time. That sort of thing...)
Quantum Moth
>
> So...This got me to wondering:
> What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born? - In the country of your
> origin, and/or in the UK and/or Merkia (The Merkin No.1 on the day I was born
> was, sadly enough, 'Honey' by Bobby Goldsboro).
>
Mathis, with "When a child is born". Oh, yes. Y'see, this is what
happens when your birthday is so near Christmas.. you get all the
Christmas Number Ones still hanging around like a bad smell.
--
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\\\\\\\__o(http://sanctuary.orcon.net.nz | http://www.maskerade.org.uk)
_\\\\\\\'/_(couple of weeks later and it could have been david soul. eh.
think on)
Mik
news:3c09749e...@News.CIS.DFN.DE...
> On Sun, 2 Dec 2001 00:11:43 -0000, "Mik"
> <m...@spamtrap.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >OK; Channel 4's '100 Greatest No.1 Singles' has actually managed to perform
> >a purpose (at least for me) - I was not previously aware that the No.1
> >single in the UK on the day I was born was 'Wonderful World' by Louis
> >Armstrong.
> >So...This got me to wondering:
> >What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born? - In the country of
> >your origin, and/or in the UK and/or Merkia (The Merkin No.1 on the day I
> >was born was, sadly enough, 'Honey' by Bobby Goldsboro).
>
> It's My Party - Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin
>
> No, I've never heard of them.
IIRC, the Dave Stewart of this duo is the Dave Stewart who constituted one
half of the Eurythmics (ICB very, very W, though).
> Now all you have to do is reverse the
> process and tell me when I was born... :-}
Well; without actually checking, I'm guessing at some time in '81 - IIRC this
was in the charts around the same time as 'Vienna' by Ultravox was kept off
No.1 by 'Shaddapa ya face' (or whatever) by Joe Dolce...
<checks>
Yep - I was at the wrong end of the year, but still (sort of) right <warm,
almost smug glow>.
So; you were born some time between 11th October & 7th November 1981.
OK then, smartarse :-) - when was I born?
ATB
Jean S and/or Jeff C
How's that for dating myself?
--
Jeff C
David Jensen
mun...@nospam.invalid (Jean S and/or Jeff C) wrote in
<3c098932...@News.uniserve.com>:
>UK: She's Not You: Elvis; US: Sherry, The Four Seasons
>
>How's that for dating myself?
Little Things Mean A Lot
Kitty Kallen (US) (I may recall what this one sounds like).
Cara Mia
David Whitfield (UK) (What?)
Mik
> UK: She's Not You: Elvis; US: Sherry, The Four Seasons
>
> How's that for dating myself?
Ooooo...1962 - sometime between 9th & 29th September
Excuse the OLF (except that it isn't now I've included this; so forget it
:-) )
Adrian Ogden
>OK; Channel 4's '100 Greatest No.1 Singles' has actually managed to perform a
>purpose (at least for me) - I was not previously aware that the No.1 single in
>the UK on the day I was born was 'Wonderful World' by Louis Armstrong.
>So...This got me to wondering:
>What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born?
"The Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde" by Georgie Fame.
A song which, to this day, I have never once heard.
--
<< Adrian Ogden -- "Sic Biscuitus Disintegrat" -- www.rdg.ac.uk/~sssogadr/ >>
"My grandmother always used to say that violence is the last refuge of the
green humpty people. Mind you, she was quite heavily on the Prozac."
Melody S-K
"Mik" <m...@spamtrap.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:9ubrli$6vi$1...@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
> I've found a site that will at least tell you what the
UKian, Merkin and Oz
> No.1s were for a particular week of a particular year -
> http://www.q-net.net.au/~methinks/top_spot/[insert the
year of your birth
Snippage
What a great site :)
For Feb 19-26th 1955:
UK: Softly Softly by Ruby Murray
US: Sincerely by McGuire Sisters
:)
Melody
--
Hey, if you cut off your foot, you wouldn't keep putting it
in your mouth, but your body wouldn't be the same, would it?
Gid Holyoake
share with us..
> I've found a site that will at least tell you what the UKian, Merkin and Oz
> No.1s were for a particular week of a particular year -
> http://www.q-net.net.au/~methinks/top_spot/[insert the year of your birth
> here].htm (Apologies - I don't actually know how to stop this *appearing* to
> be a direct link to a page - It isn't! - You'll need to copy it, paste it into
> the address bar of your browser and replace '[insert the year of your birth
> here]' with the numerical year of you birth).
Ha.. it doesn't work if you go to their front page and try to navigate
though does it.. lbooyd javascript.. there ought to be a law against
it.. what sort of web designer creates a front page that has nothing but
javascript navigation?.. a crap one by my reckoning!..
Gid (who missed out on "bachelor boy" by a week and so has "dance on"
instead)
Grymma
"Melody S-K" <Mel...@Wibble.org> wrote in message
news:9ucvkg$7kimp$1...@ID-6544.news.dfncis.de...
> Snippage
>
> What a great site :)
Yep!
I get Ticket To Ride The Beatles in Oz and UK, and Mrs Brown You've Got A
Lovely Daughter by Herman's Hermits in the US. Marvellous :o)
--
Grymma AFPOh Goddess Of Hangovers; B.F.(use 'reply to')
AFPiancée to Tap, DP, Miq, XM & Chris H.; AFPhaghag;
AFPBigSis to Mike; Giver of (frnchsd) Scottish *hugs*n*kisses*
Kimmi
<Gry...@wibble.co.invalid> wrote:
>
>"Melody S-K" <Mel...@Wibble.org> wrote in message
>news:9ucvkg$7kimp$1...@ID-6544.news.dfncis.de...
>> Snippage
>>
>> What a great site :)
Yep...
I got Ernie (The Fastset Milkman in the West) for Oz, Son of My
Father for UK, and Without You for US...
I don't think I know *any* of these!
Kimmi
Aquarion
> On Sun, 2 Dec 2001 00:11:43 -0000, "Mik"
><m...@spamtrap.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>OK; Channel 4's '100 Greatest No.1 Singles' has actually managed to perform a
>>purpose (at least for me) - I was not previously aware that the No.1 single in
>>the UK on the day I was born was 'Wonderful World' by Louis Armstrong.
>>
>>So...This got me to wondering:
>>What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born?
><snip>
>
> Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police
John Lennon, Imagine.
Fits.
Yours in total sincerity
Aquarion
CCA
>"Mik"
><m...@spamtrap.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>>What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born? - In the country of
>your
>>origin, and/or in the UK and/or Merkia
>It's My Party - Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin
>
>No, I've never heard of them. Now all you have to do is reverse the
>process and tell me when I was born... :-}
1981. You young person...
I remember them well. That was one really crap record.
CCA:)
CCA
>What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born? - In the country of your
>origin, and/or in the UK and/or Merkia
According to the website:
UK - 'Sugar Sugar' (The Archies)
Australia - 'One' (Johnny Farnham)
US - 'I Can't Get Next To You' (The Temptations)
Never heard of the Australian one, can't stand 'Sugar Sugar', but the
Temptations - pretty cool! Well, compared to the other two, anyway.
CCA:)
Brian Howlett
[snip]
> Ha.. it doesn't work if you go to their front page and try to navigate
> though does it.. lbooyd javascript.. there ought to be a law against
> it.. what sort of web designer creates a front page that has nothing
> but javascript navigation?.. a crap one by my reckoning!..
If you click on the home page link (at least the one for the year of my
birth) at the foot of the page, you get a 404 not found error...
>
> Gid (who missed out on "bachelor boy" by a week and so has "dance on"
> instead)
>
I missed out on a mis-spelled "Why Do Ffols Fall in Love" and ended up
with "Whatever Will Be Will Be"...
Being convinced that "Rock Around The Clock" was no 1 around the time I
was born I went on a goooooogle search, and found another site that
unfortunately confirmed my Doris Day connection....
<http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/cont/choose.html>
Only has US and UK options, though...
--
Brian Howlett
---------------------------------------------------
This place could be a paradise tomorrow, if every
department had a supervisor with a sub-machine gun.
Johanna
m...@spamtrap.freeserve.co.uk says...
> I've found a site that will at least tell you what the UKian, Merkin and Oz
> No.1s were for a particular week of a particular year -
> http://www.q-net.net.au/~methinks/top_spot/[insert the year of your birth
> here].htm (Apologies - I don't actually know how to stop this *appearing* to
> be a direct link to a page - It isn't! - You'll need to copy it, paste it into
> the address bar of your browser and replace '[insert the year of your birth
> here]' with the numerical year of you birth).
UK: Chuck Berry, My Ding-A-Ling
US: The Tempations, Papa was a Rolling Stone
Oz: Hot Butter, Popcorn
I don't know the last one.
Johanna
Johanna
kimmi...@ntlworld.com says...
Johanna
Barry Smith
"Gid Holyoake" <postm...@brynamman.org.uk> wrote in message
news:MPG.167409012...@nntp.netcomuk.co.uk...
> In article <9ubrli$6vi$1...@news7.svr.pol.co.uk>, Mik generously decided to
> share with us..
>
> > I've found a site that will at least tell you what the UKian, Merkin and
Oz
> > No.1s were for a particular week of a particular year -
> > http://www.q-net.net.au/~methinks/top_spot/[insert the year of your
birth
> > here].htm (Apologies - I don't actually know how to stop this
*appearing* to
> > be a direct link to a page - It isn't! - You'll need to copy it, paste
it into
> > the address bar of your browser and replace '[insert the year of your
birth
> > here]' with the numerical year of you birth).
>
I got Fernando by ABBA (UK/OZ) and Love Hangover by Diana Ross (US). I know
the ABBA on e but not the Diana Ross one, will have to go ask mum about it!
Shelley
phobos
> purpose (at least for me) - I was not previously aware that the No.1 single in
> the UK on the day I was born was 'Wonderful World' by Louis Armstrong.
>
> So...This got me to wondering:
> What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born? - In the country of your
> origin, and/or in the UK and/or Merkia (The Merkin No.1 on the day I was born
> was, sadly enough, 'Honey' by Bobby Goldsboro).
>
> I've found a site that will at least tell you what the UKian, Merkin and Oz
> No.1s were for a particular week of a particular year -
> http://www.q-net.net.au/~methinks/top_spot/[insert the year of your birth
> here].htm (Apologies - I don't actually know how to stop this *appearing* to
> be a direct link to a page - It isn't! - You'll need to copy it, paste it into
> the address bar of your browser and replace '[insert the year of your birth
> here]' with the numerical year of you birth).
Ick. Ick ick ick.
.uk: 'Tainted Love', Soft Cell
.us: 'Endless Love', Diana Ross + Lionel Ritchie
.au: 'Dev-O Live', Devo
Awful. I feel somehow dirty.
John Lennon, Queen, the Specials and the Police all bagged No. 1s in
the same year, so I'm sure I could have done better. But given the
awesome quantities of total crap that fills the rest of the year, I
could also have done rather worse. Shakin' Stevens, for instance,
permeates the year like a bad smell.
Michel
> .uk: 'Tainted Love', Soft Cell
> .us: 'Endless Love', Diana Ross + Lionel Ritchie
> .au: 'Dev-O Live', Devo
>
> Awful. I feel somehow dirty.
It could be worse:
.au: Lipps Inc - funky town
.uk: Abba - The winner takes it all
.us: Olivia Newton-John: Magic
I am appaled, i feel sad and i may now never listen to music again...
Can't find .nl #1 however, that might cheer me up
Michel
--
Gouwenees forever :-)
Paul
Oz
> No.1s were for a particular week of a particular year -
> http://www.q-net.net.au/~methinks/top_spot/[insert the year of your birth
> here].htm (Apologies - I don't actually know how to stop this *appearing*
to
> be a direct link to a page - It isn't! - You'll need to copy it, paste it
into
> the address bar of your browser and replace '[insert the year of your
birth
> here]' with the numerical year of you birth).
>UK: Chuck Berry, My Ding-A-Ling
>US: The Tempations, Papa was a Rolling Stone
>Oz: Hot Butter, Popcorn
Oh wow! You pre-date me by about three weeks then. I've wound up with
UK: Little Jimmy Osmond, Long-Haired Lover From Liverpool
US: Billy Paul, Me And Mrs Jones
Oz: Michael Jackson, Ben
I guess they could be worse and the Yuckian one is a bit appropriate since I
work in L'pool and used to have long hair.
Right, have to go and look up every one I know on the site and bore them
silly next time I see them <g>
Paul
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Jonathan Ellis
Johanna wrote in message ...
I found out that the No.1 in the *week* in which I was born was
Elton John's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart.
However, I've also been told that the song for the actual *day*
was, in fact, the No.1 song of the following week: "Dancing Queen"...
Jonathan.
Stewart Tolhurst
pho...@hotmail.com says...
> "Mik" <m...@spamtrap.freeserve.co.uk>
> wrote in message news:<9ubrli$6vi$1...@news7.svr.pol.co.uk>...
> > OK; Channel 4's '100 Greatest No.1 Singles' has actually managed
> > to perform a purpose (at least for me) - I was not previously aware
> > that the No.1 single in the UK on the day I was born was 'Wonderful
> > World' by Louis Armstrong.
> >
> > So...This got me to wondering:
> > What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born? - In the country
> > of your origin, and/or in the UK and/or Merkia (The Merkin No.1 on
> >the day I was born was, sadly enough, 'Honey' by Bobby Goldsboro).
> >
> > I've found a site that will at least tell you what the UKian, Merkin
> > and Oz No.1s were for a particular week of a particular year -
> > http://www.q-net.net.au/~methinks/top_spot/[insert the year of your
> > birth here].htm (Apologies - I don't actually know how to stop this
> > *appearing* to be a direct link to a page - It isn't! - You'll need
> > to copy it, paste it into the address bar of your browser and replace
> > '[insert the year of your birth here]' with the numerical year of
> > you birth).
>
> Ick. Ick ick ick.
>
> .uk: 'Tainted Love', Soft Cell
*thwap*
Overplayed it may be, doesn't stop it from being great though.
Consider yourself lucky - I was born in the 70s so I get:
au Can The Can - Suzi Quatro (ummmm)
uk Eye Level - Simon Park Orchestra (urgle)
us Angie - The Rolling Stones (they stopped being good in 1970)
Oh well - it could have been worse - David Cassidy got to number one the
day after I was born.....
*sigh*
I suppose the advantage of being born in the 70s meant I can actually
remember all the excellant stuff from the 80s.....
Stewart
--
"I couldn't get comfortable here if the floor was lined with mink." -
Cordelia Chase (Angel: In The Dark)
Stewart Tolhurst
http://www.foxbasealpha.co.uk ICQ 22636339
Paul E. Jamison
> OK; Channel 4's '100 Greatest No.1 Singles' has actually managed to perform a
> purpose (at least for me) - I was not previously aware that the No.1 single in
> the UK on the day I was born was 'Wonderful World' by Louis Armstrong.
>
> So...This got me to wondering:
> What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born? - In the country of your
> origin, and/or in the UK and/or Merkia (The Merkin No.1 on the day I was born
> was, sadly enough, 'Honey' by Bobby Goldsboro).
>
> I've found a site that will at least tell you what the UKian, Merkin and Oz
> No.1s were for a particular week of a particular year -
> http://www.q-net.net.au/~methinks/top_spot/[insert the year of your birth
> here].htm (Apologies - I don't actually know how to stop this *appearing* to
> be a direct link to a page - It isn't! - You'll need to copy it, paste it into
> the address bar of your browser and replace '[insert the year of your birth
> here]' with the numerical year of you birth).
>
The No. 1 song in the UK for the day I was born (May 33, 1953)
was "I Believe..." by Frankie Laine. No data for Oz or the US on
that date.
However, my parents gave me something called a "Time Scroll"
several years back that mentions "Doggie in the Window", which
may be what was at the top in the US, Gods help me.
Other useless info:
1953 was the year Dag Hammarskjold was elected UN Secretary-General.
Ian Fleming wrote "Casino Royale"
The USSR exploded a Hydrogen Bomb.
The average price of:
a loaf of bread was 16 cents.
a new car was $2,307.30
a gallon of gas was 27 cents.
a gallon of milks was 60 cents.
a new house was $25,950.00
Average income: $3,664.44
Paul E. Jamison
--
"There's more pressure on a vet to get it right.
People say 'It was God's will' when Granny dies,
but they get *angry* when they lose a cow."
- Terry Pratchett
David Chapman
> purpose (at least for me) - I was not previously aware that the No.1 single in
> the UK on the day I was born was 'Wonderful World' by Louis Armstrong.
>
> So...This got me to wondering:
> What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born? - In the country of your
> origin, and/or in the UK and/or Merkia (The Merkin No.1 on the day I was born
> was, sadly enough, 'Honey' by Bobby Goldsboro).
Took a look, and decided not play. Sorry, but there are
some things I *won't* admit to.
--
While order does exist in the Universe,
it is not at all what we had in mind.
Guitar Huw
"Mik" <m...@spamtrap.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:9ubrli$6vi$1...@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
> OK; Channel 4's '100 Greatest No.1 Singles' has actually managed
to perform a
> purpose (at least for me) - I was not previously aware that the
No.1 single in
> the UK on the day I was born was 'Wonderful World' by Louis
Armstrong.
>
> So...This got me to wondering:
> What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born? - In the
country of your
> origin, and/or in the UK and/or Merkia (The Merkin No.1 on the day
I was born
> was, sadly enough, 'Honey' by Bobby Goldsboro).
>
Never mind that, what sort of cheese are you ?
http://www.astradyne.co.uk/cheese/
(all thanks to skiffysoc, apparently).. don't ask me, someone sent
me the link
Andrew Spray
> So...This got me to wondering:
> What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born? - In the country of your
> origin, and/or in the UK and/or Merkia (The Merkin No.1 on the day I was born
> was, sadly enough, 'Honey' by Bobby Goldsboro).
.uk Feels Like I'm in Love, Kelly Marie
.us Upside Down, Diana Ross
.au Moscow, Genghis Khan
Never heard of any of these ... good thing or bad thing?
--
Andrew Spray
"It is said that the future is always born in pain. The history of war is
the history of pain. If we are wise, what is born of that pain matures
into the promise of a better world, because we learn that we can no longer
afford the mistakes of the past." -G'Kar
Andrew Spray
> Never mind that, what sort of cheese are you ?
>
> http://www.astradyne.co.uk/cheese/
>
> (all thanks to skiffysoc, apparently).. don't ask me, someone sent
> me the link
Parmesan. Could be worse, as it's not a cheese which I dislike. But
remind me never to go to Italy if I can expect to be met with a cheese
grater.
--
Andrew Spray
"Citizens of the empire, revolt! You have nothing to lose but your arms
and legs and there's this thing they do with a wire cheese-grater..."
Guitar Huw
"Andrew Spray" <ap...@hermes.cam.ac.uk>
> Parmesan. Could be worse, as it's not a cheese which I dislike.
But
> remind me never to go to Italy if I can expect to be met with a
cheese
> grater.
>
I'm hard, grainy and nutty.
Huw
Michel
> Never mind that, what sort of cheese are you ?
Because my surname gets the best result (I've tried only my first name, my
full name and only my surname and got 3 different results) I'll give that:
Cheese results
Your name is: Klijmij
Your cheese rating is: Oszczypek
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Oszczypek is a very old, smoked cheese, made by shepherds living in the
Tatra mountains of Poland from unpasteurised sheeps milk. It has a
distinctive, slightly salty taste, and its colour various from pale yellow
to brown, depending on the duration of smoking.
With 'michel' I got Edam which is geographically more accurate but of
course, the best cheese in the world is the original Gouda. (for you Aussies
out there: that does *not* include the cheap Coles of Woollies Gouda 'made
in tasmania' - it's catfood [1] compared to the real thing.
Michel
[1] No offence ment to any cat-like beings on afp but it's just not nice to
eat. Please don't hurt me...
--
Gouwenees forever :-)
Beth Winter
> OK; Channel 4's '100 Greatest No.1 Singles' has actually managed to perform a
> purpose (at least for me) - I was not previously aware that the No.1 single in
> the UK on the day I was born was 'Wonderful World' by Louis Armstrong.
>
> So...This got me to wondering:
> What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born? - In the country of your
> origin, and/or in the UK and/or Merkia (The Merkin No.1 on the day I was born
> was, sadly enough, 'Honey' by Bobby Goldsboro).
Whee! Fun! Mine was "Eye of the tiger" by Survivor. Coincidentally, I'm rather
fond of this song - it's uplifting and motivational ^_^ UK hit was something I
never heard of...
--
Beth Winter
The Discworld Compendium <http://go.to/thediscworldcompendium>
"To absent friends, lost loves, old gods and the season of mists."
-- Neil Gaiman
Kimmi
<guita...@hotmail.fish.fish.com> wrote:
<snip>
>Never mind that, what sort of cheese are you ?
>
>http://www.astradyne.co.uk/cheese/
>
>(all thanks to skiffysoc, apparently).. don't ask me, someone sent
>me the link
It seems that dependant on whether I use my nick, or the full
issue, I'm either a Babybell, or a Ricotta...
I only like mild cheddar... whimper...
Kimmi
Reply-to is vaild
David Jensen
"Paul" <pa...@hisdesk89.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in
<9udmj9$8o0$1...@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk>:
>Oz: Michael Jackson, Ben
Should that be the theme song for TAMAHER?
David Jensen
Andrew Spray <ap...@hermes.cam.ac.uk> wrote in
<Pine.WNT.4.21.01120...@XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.quns.pwf.cam.ac.uk>:
>On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Guitar Huw wrote:
>> Never mind that, what sort of cheese are you ?
>>
>> http://www.astradyne.co.uk/cheese/
>>
>> (all thanks to skiffysoc, apparently).. don't ask me, someone sent
>> me the link
>
>Parmesan. Could be worse, as it's not a cheese which I dislike. But
>remind me never to go to Italy if I can expect to be met with a cheese
>grater.
Babybell. Not familiar.
Dave Jensen
Beth Winter
> I distinctly remember Guitar Huw saying:
> > Never mind that, what sort of cheese are you ?
>
> Because my surname gets the best result (I've tried only my first name, my
> full name and only my surname and got 3 different results) I'll give that:
>
> Cheese results
> Your name is: Klijmij
> Your cheese rating is: Oszczypek
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Oszczypek is a very old, smoked cheese, made by shepherds living in the
> Tatra mountains of Poland from unpasteurised sheeps milk. It has a
> distinctive, slightly salty taste, and its colour various from pale yellow
> to brown, depending on the duration of smoking.
Be wary, you might just get banned by EU officials for being unsanitary ^_~ Btw,
I don't know who made those descriptions, but it's definitely "oscypek".
I came up with Gruyere, which incidentally is one of my favorite kinds of
cheese.
Roman Bartnik
if I will ever be able to eat it again, without thinking of myself
as a cannibal.
Roman
Hum, I will be able...
Nothing stops me from eating cheese...
Escept some sorts of cheese!
Roman Bartnik
>On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Mik wrote:
>> So...This got me to wondering:
>> What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born? - In the country of your
>> origin, and/or in the UK and/or Merkia (The Merkin No.1 on the day I was born
>> was, sadly enough, 'Honey' by Bobby Goldsboro).
>
>.uk Feels Like I'm in Love, Kelly Marie
>.us Upside Down, Diana Ross
>.au Moscow, Genghis Khan
>
>Never heard of any of these ... good thing or bad thing?
Well, if you have imbibed enough alcoholic beverages, Moscow
is quite fun. Don't try it sober though.
Some DJs in Munich used it to clear the room, but depending
on the alcohol level, it could happen that all the sleepy Goths
started dancing again. If they were sober they ran...
Disclaimer: I assume it's the same as Moskau by Genghis Khan, which
seems likely.
Don't know about the others.
Roman
Guitar Huw
"Roman Bartnik" <bart...@gmx.de> wrote
> So, are you a Gruyere too? Delicious cheese! But I don't know
> if I will ever be able to eat it again, without thinking of myself
> as a cannibal.
Unfortunately, yes. I'd always seen myself as as Stilton actually...
Huw
afpfianced to Kimmi
Flabbergast
<m...@spamtrap.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>So...This got me to wondering:
>What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born? - In the country of your
>origin, and/or in the UK and/or Merkia (The Merkin No.1 on the day I was born
>was, sadly enough, 'Honey' by Bobby Goldsboro).
Oz: Daddy Don't Walk So Fast - Wayne Newton
Uk: Mama Weer All Crazee Now - Slade
Us: Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me - Mac Davis
No I don't think I've ever heard any of them.
Okbye
Jonathan Ellis
Guitar Huw wrote in message <3c0a...@warwick.dnsalias.com>...
>Never mind that, what sort of cheese are you ?
>
>http://www.astradyne.co.uk/cheese/
Strange results here...
If I just use my first name and surname (Jonathan Ellis), I'm
Gouda.
If I use my middle initial as well (Jonathan L. Ellis), I'm a
traditional Iraqi sheepsmilk cheese called Meira.
If I use my complete middle name as well (Jonathan Lee Ellis), I'm
Roquefort.
If I use my two initials and surname, with a dot and space after
each initial (J. L. Ellis) I'm Lymeswold.
If I don't leave a space between my initials (J.L. Ellis) I'm
Danish Blue.
If I don't use a period/dot after each initial (J L Ellis), I'm
Double Gloucester.
If I use my most usual net-handle, which is just my initials (JLE),
I'm St. Paulin - a round semi-soft cheese French cheese, originally made
by Trappists. Hardly appropriate, one would think...
But perhaps most appropriately, if I use just one initial, followed
by a dot and space, followed by my surname (J. Ellis), I'm Edam (which
just happens to be my favourite cheese.)
That dot is a very important dot, because without it (J Ellis) I'm
Neufchatel (soft white cheese, smells and tastes of mushrooms, when
mature it has a bitter, salty and acrid taste).
The space is also important, because without *that* (J.Ellis), I'm
Mascarpone.
It's amazing how important a dot and a space is, as is the decision
to use one or two initials or a full first name...
Jonathan.
Flabbergast
<ne...@stolhurst.freeuk.com> wrote:
>In article <af26c87a.0112...@posting.google.com>,
>pho...@hotmail.com says...
>> Ick. Ick ick ick.
>>
>> .uk: 'Tainted Love', Soft Cell
>
>*thwap*
>
>Overplayed it may be, doesn't stop it from being great though.
>
Yaaayyyy! _someone_ else actually likes tainted love... one of the all
time greatest songs.
okbye
Mik
Erm... Apparently, St. Paulin - "a round, semi-soft cheese from France. It has
a thin leathery rind,
and is a yellow/orange colour. It has a creamy, butter-like taste, and was
origianlly made by Trappist monks."
What a very odd but strangely compelling website.
Anyone got any crackers?
Mik
afpfiance to Emma
member of the (potentially official) afp "Yes; we *liked* A Life Less
Ordinary" club.
--
"Without verticality, wisely the cochineal
emperor goes forth at teatime;
at evening the mollusc is silent
among the almond blossom" - TP, M '87
Flabbergast
<jona...@franz-liszt.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>Guitar Huw wrote in message <3c0a...@warwick.dnsalias.com>...
>
>>Never mind that, what sort of cheese are you ?
> That dot is a very important dot, because without it (J Ellis) I'm
>Neufchatel (soft white cheese, smells and tastes of mushrooms, when
>mature it has a bitter, salty and acrid taste).
> The space is also important, because without *that* (J.Ellis), I'm
>Mascarpone.
>
> It's amazing how important a dot and a space is, as is the decision
>to use one or two initials or a full first name...
>
Good boy now try Jonathan a couple of times, without changing the
spelling, and suddenly realise that it's random.
okbye
Tom Saul
news:3c0a14d7....@news.ntlworld.com...
> On Sun, 02 Dec 2001 10:56:41 GMT, "Grymma"
> <Gry...@wibble.co.invalid> wrote:
> I got Ernie (The Fastset Milkman in the West) for Oz, Son of My
> Father for UK, and Without You for US...
>
> I don't think I know *any* of these!
For me it looks like:
UK - You're The One That I Want
US - Shadow Dancing (Andy Gibb)
Oz - You're The One That I Want (John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John)
Well, I know the UK and XXXXian one, but I don't recall the US one...
Tom.
Mik
> The No. 1 song in the UK for the day I was born (May 33, 1953)
> was "I Believe..." by Frankie Laine. No data for Oz or the US on
> that date.
I'm sorry - You were born on *what* date? ;-}
Mik [intrigued :-)]
Jonathan Ellis
Flabbergast wrote in message <3c0a9b81...@news1.tninet.se>...
actually, nope... I got the same result several times in succession.
Every single time (now eight or nine) that I put in my name as "Jonathan
Ellis", I get Gouda. Without fail, without exception. Whatever criterion
they are using, it isn't a random pick every time: the same input DOES
yield the same output. Every time, for me, the same input gets the same
output.
Try it yourself before telling me off. And please assume that I
*do* know what I'm talking about - I'm not a newbie here, you know.
Jonathan.
Ssirienna
"Aquarion" <use...@aquarionics.com> wrote in message
news:slrna0kbnm...@sacrifice.bedlam.bogus...
> On Sun, 02 Dec 2001, MP <MP> put forth:
> > On Sun, 2 Dec 2001 00:11:43 -0000, "Mik"
> ><m...@spamtrap.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >>So...This got me to wondering:
> >>What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born?
> >
> > Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police
>
> John Lennon, Imagine.
>
> Fits.
>
> Yours in total sincerity
> Aquarion
Can't Buy Me Love - the Beatles (UK & US)
All My Loving - The Beatles (OZ)
I can live with that :-))
--
Ssirienna
"Truth is rarely pure, and never simple."
--Oscar Wilde, from "The Importance of Being Earnest"
Ssirienna
"David Jensen" <da...@dajensen-family.com> wrote in message
news:h01l0ukaqs0ecpm7m...@4ax.com...
Hmm Boursin :-) Yum!
All I need now is some grapes and some good french bread & I can make a meal
of my namesake <fx: lipsmacking>
--
Ssirienna
"Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and
quoted."
--Fred Allen
Stevie D
> .uk Feels Like I'm in Love, Kelly Marie
Happy, bouncy song with the same sound effects as "Pigeon Street"
> .us Upside Down, Diana Ross
OK
> .au Moscow, Genghis Khan
Don't know it.
> Never heard of any of these ... good thing or bad thing?
Those are MOs.
--
Stevie D
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Quantum Moth
> "Mik" <m...@spamtrap.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:9ubrli$6vi$1...@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > So...This got me to wondering:
> > What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born? - In the country of your
> > origin, and/or in the UK and/or Merkia (The Merkin No.1 on the day I was born
> > was, sadly enough, 'Honey' by Bobby Goldsboro).
>
> Took a look, and decided not play. Sorry, but there are
> some things I *won't* admit to.
>
What, your age?
--
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\\\\\\\__o(http://sanctuary.orcon.net.nz | http://www.maskerade.org.uk)
_\\\\\\\'/_(i'm ninety-three, you know..)
Quantum Moth
>
> > >On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Guitar Huw wrote:
> > >> Never mind that, what sort of cheese are you ?
> > >>
> > >> http://www.astradyne.co.uk/cheese/
> > >>
>
>
Ooh, me too. Yeeeum.
--
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Nigel Stapley
"Guitar Huw" <guita...@hotmail.fish.fish.com> wrote in message
news:3c0a...@warwick.dnsalias.com...
>
<cheesy snips>
> me the link
>
>
"I'm so good, I could eat myself!"
<yum/>
--
Regards,
Nigel Stapley
(remove <gwrthsbam.> to reply)
"Nobody loves a smart-arse"
Nigel Stapley
> Paul E. Jamison wrote:
> > The No. 1 song in the UK for the day I was born (May 33, 1953)
> > was "I Believe..." by Frankie Laine. No data for Oz or the US on
> > that date.
>
> I'm sorry - You were born on *what* date? ;-}
>
the page.....:-)
--
Regards,
Nigel Stapley
(delete <gwrthsbam.> to reply)
"Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the leather
straps"
(Emo Phillips)
Dragon Prince
says...
> "Mik" <m...@spamtrap.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
> >So...This got me to wondering:
> >What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born?
> "The Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde" by Georgie Fame.
> A song which, to this day, I have never once heard.
pity ido beleave radjo 2 sometimes play it...
aint looked mine up yet but I do know jimi Hendrix was on totp.
dp
--
"Bother!" said Pooh, as he ran out of dilithium crystals.
Eric Jarvis
> On Sun, 02 Dec 2001 10:56:41 GMT, "Grymma"
> <Gry...@wibble.co.invalid> wrote:
>
> >
> >news:9ucvkg$7kimp$1...@ID-6544.news.dfncis.de...
> >> Snippage
> >>
> >> What a great site :)
>
> Yep...
>
> I got Ernie (The Fastset Milkman in the West) for Oz, Son of My
> Father for UK, and Without You for US...
>
> I don't think I know *any* of these!
>
well you wouldn't...not from hearing them at that age :)
Without You is possibly the finest soppy love song ever...or the
soppiest or something
--
eric - afprelationships in headers
"live fast, die only if strictly necessary"
Eric Jarvis
>
> UK: Chuck Berry, My Ding-A-Ling
> US: The Tempations, Papa was a Rolling Stone
> Oz: Hot Butter, Popcorn
>
> I don't know the last one.
>
you don't want to...a vile concoction
David Chapman
> David Chapman <evil...@madasafish.com> said...
> > "Mik" <m...@spamtrap.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:9ubrli$6vi$1...@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
>
> > > So...This got me to wondering:
> > > What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born? - In the country of your
> > > origin, and/or in the UK and/or Merkia (The Merkin No.1 on the day I was born
> > > was, sadly enough, 'Honey' by Bobby Goldsboro).
> >
> > Took a look, and decided not play. Sorry, but there are
> > some things I *won't* admit to.
> >
> What, your age?
It's easy enough to figure out when I was born if you've been
paying attention. From there, finding out what singles were
No.1 on my DOB is child's play. However, I am not going
to vouchsafe unto you what they are, and I would like to
make it perfectly clear that I dissociate myself from them
entirely.
Yes, it really *is* that bad.
--
While order does exist in the Universe,
it is not at all what we had in mind.
Eric Jarvis
>
> What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born?
>
Yes, Tonight Josephine by Johnnie Ray (UK)
Love Letters In The Sand by Pat Boone (USA)
Round And Round by Perry Como (Australia)...missed Jim Lowe's
version of Green Door by one day
if I believed in that sort of thing I might consider it a possible
reason why no matter how hard I try to write hard hitting political
protest songs they all come out as soppy ballads
--
eric - afprelationships in headers
"money can't buy you love, but sometimes dinner
is much more important"
Eric Jarvis
>
> "Mik" <m...@spamtrap.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:9ubrli$6vi$1...@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
> to perform a
> > purpose (at least for me) - I was not previously aware that the
> No.1 single in
> > the UK on the day I was born was 'Wonderful World' by Louis
> Armstrong.
> >
> > So...This got me to wondering:
> > What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born? - In the
> country of your
> > origin, and/or in the UK and/or Merkia (The Merkin No.1 on the day
> I was born
> > was, sadly enough, 'Honey' by Bobby Goldsboro).
> >
>
> Never mind that, what sort of cheese are you ?
>
hipi iti apparently
"Hipi Iti is a semi-soft New Zealand cheese. It is made from sheep's
milk that gives a sweet, caramel taste. The name means "little
sheep" in Maori. The cheese ripens in two months, and is similar to
Feta."
though using my nickname I get Red Leicester...which I have at least
eaten
--
eric - afprelationships in headers
"I'm British, deep down I sincerely believe that
there isn't anything that can possibly happen that
can't be best dealt with by having a cup of tea"
Adrian Ogden
>"Mik" <m...@spamtrap.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born?
>Never mind that, what sort of cheese are you ?
>http://www.astradyne.co.uk/cheese/
I'm Neufchatel, unless I use my full name, in which case I'm Oszczypek.
--
<< Adrian Ogden -- "Sic Biscuitus Disintegrat" -- www.rdg.ac.uk/~sssogadr/ >>
"Get thee behind me, thou evil side-order of Lucifer!"
Bluebottle
Chapman says...
> "Quantum Moth" <sc...@mostly.com> wrote:
> > David Chapman <evil...@madasafish.com> said...
> > >
> > > Took a look, and decided not play. Sorry, but there are
> > > some things I *won't* admit to.
> > >
> > What, your age?
>
> It's easy enough to figure out when I was born if you've been
> paying attention. From there, finding out what singles were
> No.1 on my DOB is child's play. However, I am not going
> to vouchsafe unto you what they are, and I would like to
> make it perfectly clear that I dissociate myself from them
> entirely.
>
> Yes, it really *is* that bad.
I'll guess at 1973, and with the songs on offer in that year, it
could be anything (yes, it was that bad) but I'll guess at pre-
January 26th.
Anywhere close?
Julie
--
I talk to the trees...
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/julie.lund/
Carrie Cota
<lott...@tsaul.freeserve.co.uk> did proclaim with his bareface
hanging out:
>
>> I got Ernie (The Fastset Milkman in the West) for Oz, Son of My
>> Father for UK, and Without You for US...
>>
>> I don't think I know *any* of these!
>
>For me it looks like:
>UK - You're The One That I Want
>US - Shadow Dancing (Andy Gibb)
>Oz - You're The One That I Want (John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John)
>
>Well, I know the UK and XXXXian one, but I don't recall the US one...
>
Ok, I am really dating myself here (1) but when I was born the Top Ten
lists of music hadn't started yet.
(1) well, i am certainly not dating anyone else ATM. <g>
Carrie
--
We have enough youth, how about a fountain of SMART?
"coeuntor si iocum non capere possunt"
flesh_eating_dragon
> Never mind that, what sort of cheese are you ?
>
> http://www.astradyne.co.uk/cheese/
Samuel Vimes is Schloss, which has a creamy texture - not likely
methinks. Havelock Vetinari is Monterrey Jack, which has a bland
taste and melts easily - I *don't* think so. Damn useless website!
Great A'Tuin is Feta, which, being very crumbly, is possibly a
disaster waiting to happen.
Adrian.
geoff...@hotmail.com
>
> OK; Channel 4's '100 Greatest No.1 Singles' has actually managed to perform a
> purpose (at least for me) - I was not previously aware that the No.1 single in
> the UK on the day I was born was 'Wonderful World' by Louis Armstrong.
>
> So...This got me to wondering:
> What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born? - In the country of your
> origin, and/or in the UK and/or Merkia (The Merkin No.1 on the day I was born
> was, sadly enough, 'Honey' by Bobby Goldsboro).
Oz: The Lonely Bull (The Tijuana Brass)
UK: Lovesick Blues (Frank Ifield)
US: Big Girls Don't Cry (The Four Seasons)
One can only wonder about Oz tastes back then...
> I've found a site that will at least tell you what the UKian, Merkin and Oz
> No.1s were for a particular week of a particular year -
> http://www.q-net.net.au/~methinks/top_spot/[insert the year of your birth
> here].htm (Apologies - I don't actually know how to stop this *appearing* to
Good site. I don't know how to do the insertion, either.
[snip]
Geoff
--
Geoff Field, Professional geek, amateur stage-levelling gauge.
Spamtraps: geoff...@hotmail.com, gcf...@bigmailbox.net, or
geoff...@great-atuin.co.uk; Real Email: gcfield at optusnet dot com dot au
My band's web page: http://www.geocities.com/southernarea/
geoff...@hotmail.com
> <snip>
(As Geoff Field:) Friesekaas.
"A hard Dutch cheese, made from cows milk. Friesekaas has a natural,
waxed rind, and ripens in 3 to 12 months. It is flavoured with cumin
and cloves."
(As Geoffrey Field:) Neufchâtel
"A traditional soft, white table cheese from Normandy in France.
Neufchâtel smells and tastes of mushrooms. It has a dry, velvety rind,
and a grainy texture. When mature, Neufchâtel develops a bitter,
slaty, acrid taste."
(With my full name, including the middle one:) Roquefort
"Roquefort is considered by many to be the King of cheeses, a claim it
shares with Stilton. It is made with sheep milk, and like Stilton, is
a blue cheese, with mould marbling produced by adding Penicillium
roqueforti. It has a thin, dark orange skin, and the cheese itself is
creamy white, with a sharp, metallic taste from the mould, mixing with
the burnt caramel taste from the sheeps milk."
It would be interesting to discover what algorithm their "cheese
rating system" uses.
Speaker-to-Customers
UK - "Look at that girl" - Guy Mitchell. No US chart data available, no
such thing as Australian charts that far back in pre-history.
I've never heard it, and don't want to. Few, if any, Afpers will come up
with anything pre-dating it. It makes me feel really old; I'll have to go
and put on some Blink 182*, Feeder, or Sum 41 to cheer myself up.
Paul Speaker-to-Customers
(* "All the Small Gods")
Melody S-K
"Guitar Huw" <guita...@hotmail.fish.fish.com> wrote in
message news:3c0a...@warwick.dnsalias.com...
> Never mind that, what sort of cheese are you ?
>
> http://www.astradyne.co.uk/cheese/
Hmmm ...if I just put my Christian name I am Wensleydale
If I put my full name I am Gouda
What does that say about me I wonder ;)
Melody
--
Hey, if you cut off your foot, you wouldn't keep putting it
in your mouth, but your body wouldn't be the same, would it?
Melody S-K
"Darin Johnson" <da...@usa.net> wrote in message
news:cu1k7w5...@thatch.nwr...
> geek...@example.invalid (Flabbergast) writes:
>
> > Oz: Daddy Don't Walk So Fast - Wayne Newton
> > Uk: Mama Weer All Crazee Now - Slade
> > Us: Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me - Mac Davis
>
> All very appropriate to have on the radio while giving
birth.
When giving birth to my 4th child Sophie , the midwife asked
if we wanted the radio on ..at the time should could have
invited the whole of the LSO for all I cared ..but anyway ,
as Sophies head was delivered , Cliff Richard began singing
*Congratulations*
Melody S-K
"Flabbergast" <geek...@example.invalid> wrote in message
news:3c0a9a37...@news1.tninet.se...
> Yaaayyyy! _someone_ else actually likes tainted love...
one of the all
> time greatest songs.
Ooooh me too , me tooo
Andrew Irish
>
>
> "Guitar Huw" <guita...@hotmail.fish.fish.com> wrote in
> message news:3c0a...@warwick.dnsalias.com...
>
> > Never mind that, what sort of cheese are you ?
> >
> > http://www.astradyne.co.uk/cheese/
>
> Hmmm ...if I just put my Christian name I am Wensleydale
> If I put my full name I am Gouda
>
> What does that say about me I wonder ;)
>
> Melody
Apparently, I'm Caerphilly. Unless I use my middle name. In which case
I'm ricotta.
To go back OT, I'd like to have been born a month later (November '81).
I've never even heard the one that was no. 1 when I was born...
--
Andrew <agi...@ecs.soton.ac.uk, a_i...@yahoo.com>
Richard Bos
> Guitar Huw <guita...@hotmail.fish.fish.com> wrote:
> > <snip>
> >
> > Never mind that, what sort of cheese are you ?
> >
> > http://www.astradyne.co.uk/cheese/
>
> (As Geoff Field:) Friesekaas.
>
> "A hard Dutch cheese, made from cows milk. Friesekaas has a natural,
> waxed rind, and ripens in 3 to 12 months. It is flavoured with cumin
> and cloves."
Whooboy, is this wrong. To begin with, it's Friese kaas, not Friesekaas;
it means "Frisian cheese", not "Frisiancheese". Secondly, Frisian is
flavoured with cumin alone, and is more often called "komijnenkaas"
a.k.a. "cumin cheese" (and yes, in this case that _is_ one word; it's
the difference between a noun and an adjective); the one with cloves in
is Leidse.
Me, I prefer Leidse to Frisian, but will eat either, really.
Richard
Jen Birren
> > Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police
Aquarion wrote:
> John Lennon, Imagine.
<mode: Prisoner hanging on the wall in Life Of Brian *20p*>
You lucky, lucky bastards!
</mode>
The Bay City Rollers. Nooooooo!
Jen
Chris Share
said...
>OK; Channel 4's '100 Greatest No.1 Singles' has actually managed to perform a
>purpose (at least for me) - I was not previously aware that the No.1 single in
>the UK on the day I was born was 'Wonderful World' by Louis Armstrong.
>
>So...This got me to wondering:
>What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born? - In the country of your
>origin, and/or in the UK and/or Merkia (The Merkin No.1 on the day I was born
>was, sadly enough, 'Honey' by Bobby Goldsboro).
>
>No.1s were for a particular week of a particular year -
>http://www.q-net.net.au/~methinks/top_spot/[insert the year of your birth
>here].htm (Apologies - I don't actually know how to stop this *appearing* to
>the address bar of your browser and replace '[insert the year of your birth
>here]' with the numerical year of you birth).
>
>Cheers
>Mik
>afpfiance to Emma
>member of the (potential) afp "Yes; we *liked* A Life Less Ordinary" club.
That was one hell of a coincidence.
Went to the site, apparently the UK number one on the day I was born
was Come on Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners. Guess what's playing on
winamp?
Eye of the Tiger by Survivor in the US and Goody Two Shoes by Adam Ant
in Oz...
I'm quite surprised by the number of songs from 1982 I've got on
here... eek.
chris
Dragon Prince
nsta...@gwrthsbam.lineone.net says...
> Yippee! I'm Caerphilly! As a Welshman, how fitting.
>
> "I'm so good, I could eat myself!"
>
> <yum/>
>
dp
--
"Bother", said Pooh, kicking the headless corpse of Piglet.
Dragon Prince
dragon...@suespammers.org says...
> In article <9ucb5u$5a2$1...@vins1.reading.ac.uk>, ssso...@reading.ac.uk
> says...
> > "Mik" <m...@spamtrap.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
>
> > >So...This got me to wondering:
> > >What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born?
>
> > "The Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde" by Georgie Fame.
> > A song which, to this day, I have never once heard.
>
> pity ido beleave radjo 2 sometimes play it...
>
> aint looked mine up yet but I do know jimi Hendrix was on totp.
Snoopy vs The Red Baron The Royal Guardsmen
Release Me Engelbert Humperdinck
love Is Here And Now You're Gone The Supremes
DinkiPixie
<nos...@last.dircon.co.uk> writes
>
[...]
>The cheese ripens in two months
IRTA 'the cheese ripens in two mouths'.
--
Angela Touchstone
http://www.dinkipixie.btinternet.co.uk/dinkipixie.htm
Gurpreet Singh
"flesh_eating_dragon" <morgan...@netyp.com.au> wrote in message
news:732e2927.01120...@posting.google.com...
> "Guitar Huw" wrote:
>
> > Never mind that, what sort of cheese are you ?
> >
> > http://www.astradyne.co.uk/cheese/
>
> Samuel Vimes is Schloss, which has a creamy texture - not >likely
> methinks. Havelock Vetinari is Monterrey Jack, which has a >bland
> taste and melts easily -
>
Gurpreet Singh
> "Gurpreet Singh" <Gurpree...@ukgateway.net> writes:
>
> > Pterry is also Monterry Jack. I am awaiting your melting >>party
Pterry!
>
> chunk to eat. I like it lots better pre-melted.
>
Does this also apply to Pterry?
David Roy
news:9ue5bo$nec$1...@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk:
> That dot is a very important dot, because without it (J Ellis) I'm
> Neufchatel (soft white cheese, smells and tastes of mushrooms, when
> mature it has a bitter, salty and acrid taste).
Utter nonsense. It doesn't even remotely taste of mushrooms, it's
always salty (something to do with them adding quite a lot of salt when
they make it) and it doesn't go bitter or acrid when it ages. It shrinks
and goes all brown and wrinkly, but the inside (which is then the bit you
eat) is still pretty creamy.
David - who has a house in the Neufchatel appellation controle area,
and knows a couple of Neufchatel cheesemakers.
Eric Jarvis
you lucky thing...one of only about nine or ten number ones that I
can imagine listening to by choice...by and large it's safe to say
that any record that popular is going to irritate me to hell and
beyond
--
eric - afprelationships in headers
Sandriana
wrote:
>In article <MPG.1674c9d92...@news.dircon.co.uk>, Eric Jarvis
><nos...@last.dircon.co.uk> writes
>>
>[...]
>>The cheese ripens in two months
>
>IRTA 'the cheese ripens in two mouths'.
DinkiePixie! Hows the thing on your wall looking now?
--
Sandriana
+++++ out of tea error ++++++
David Sander
<sympathy>
Where Do You Go To (My Lovely?) - Peter Sarstedt in Oz;
Get Back - The Beatles in the UK (woohoo!);
Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In - The Fifth Dimension in the US...
<quivering lower lip>
Aargh.
My head hurts.
David
Paul E. Jamison
> Johanna wrote:
> >
> > UK: Chuck Berry, My Ding-A-Ling
> > US: The Tempations, Papa was a Rolling Stone
> > Oz: Hot Butter, Popcorn
> >
> > I don't know the last one.
> >
>
> you don't want to...a vile concoction
>
Um, I rather like it.
One of the first Moog Synthesizer-based instrumentals
to make the charts, I think.
Paul E. Jamison
--
"There's more pressure on a vet to get it right.
People say 'It was God's will' when Granny dies,
but they get *angry* when they lose a cow."
- Terry Pratchett
geoff...@hotmail.com
Hey, I just did a cut-and-paste from the web page.
> Me, I prefer Leidse to Frisian, but will eat either, really.
I don't think I've had either, but if it's even vaguely cheese-like,
I'll try it. I'll probably enjoy it too.
geoff...@hotmail.com
>
>
>
> "Darin Johnson" <da...@usa.net> wrote in message
> news:cu1k7w5...@thatch.nwr...
>> geek...@example.invalid (Flabbergast) writes:
>>
>> > Oz: Daddy Don't Walk So Fast - Wayne Newton
>> > Uk: Mama Weer All Crazee Now - Slade
>> > Us: Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me - Mac Davis
>>
>> All very appropriate to have on the radio while giving
> birth.
>
> When giving birth to my 4th child Sophie , the midwife asked
> if we wanted the radio on ..at the time should could have
> invited the whole of the LSO for all I cared ..but anyway ,
> as Sophies head was delivered , Cliff Richard began singing
> *Congratulations*
While we were waiting for our first to arrive, I remember watching
the Beverly Hillbillies on the TV - anything to pass the time. This
was the series, mind you - in B&W. Of course, it was repeat number
35,789.
As the Ob/gyn was snapping on the gloves just prior to doing an internal
for our second, she started singing the chorus of the theme to Play School
(an Australian kid's show). For anyone who doesn't know it - ie, most
of the people on this group - it starts "open wide, come inside".
Even my wife laughed at that one.
flesh_eating_dragon
> Samuel Vimes is Schloss, which has a creamy texture - not likely
> methinks. Havelock Vetinari is Monterrey Jack, which has a bland
> taste and melts easily - I *don't* think so. Damn useless website!
>
> Great A'Tuin is Feta, which, being very crumbly, is possibly a
> disaster waiting to happen.
Foul Ole Ron is Red Leicester, FWIW.
Macintosh is Babybell, which fits. Unix is Mascarpone (not a real
cheese, often used in Italian deserts) which arguably doesn't.
Outlook Express is Monterrey Jack. The Lspace Cabal is Emmental.
DinkiPixie
<sand...@eurobell.co.uk> writes
>DinkiePixie! Hows the thing on your wall looking now?
The mural? Ah well, I don't live there any more, and it was painted
over. I can't excavate the wallpaper where I am now cos it's not mine,
but I expect there are horrible things there anyway.
Oh, apparently 'Too Young' was no. 1 when I was born. Possibly better
than another no. 1 in that year - 'Slow Poke'.
Len Oil
> As the Ob/gyn was snapping on the gloves just prior to doing an internal
> for our second, she started singing the chorus of the theme to Play School
> (an Australian kid's show). For anyone who doesn't know it - ie, most
> of the people on this group - it starts "open wide, come inside".
> Even my wife laughed at that one.
Sounds surprisingly similar to the BBC one, though I was (fairly) young when
I last watched it and ICVWBW.
<Vaguely remembers "Open wide, come inside" and "Tick tock, look at the
clock"[1] in there somewhere, perhaps...>
Anyone transitional between .uk/.au or verse-vica at just that time of life
able to give first-hand clarification of any similarities?
[1] This could have been from "Trumpton" or it's neighbouring series,
though...
--
Len Oil,
the man with no imaginative .sig yet.
Marco Villalta
> What was the No.1 single on the day *you* were born?
1982, August 22nd (hint for next year... :-) ):
UK: "Come On Eileen" -- Dexy's Midnight Runners
US: "Eye Of The Tiger" -- Survivor
OZ: "Goody Two Shoes" -- Adam Ant
I think I'll go with the US one, I like it. Never heard UK or
OZ, AFAIA. Although the OZ one sort of fits, even if I don't
want it to. >:-)
--
Marco Villalta
"If per capita was a problem, decapita could be arranged."
-- The Patrician is my mentor.
Ted Carmichael
"David Chapman" wrote:
> "Quantum Moth" wrote
> > David Chapman said...
> > > Took a look, and decided not play. Sorry, but there are
> > > some things I *won't* admit to.
> > >
> > What, your age?
>
> It's easy enough to figure out when I was born if you've been
> paying attention. From there, finding out what singles were
> No.1 on my DOB is child's play. However, I am not going
> to vouchsafe unto you what they are, and I would like to
> make it perfectly clear that I dissociate myself from them
> entirely.
>
> Yes, it really *is* that bad.
"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun?"
<gd&r>
Ted
Stewart Tolhurst
nos...@last.dircon.co.uk says...
> Chris Share wrote:
> > That was one hell of a coincidence.
> > Went to the site, apparently the UK number one on the day I was born
> > was Come on Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners. Guess what's playing on
> > winamp?
> >
>
> you lucky thing...one of only about nine or ten number ones that I
> can imagine listening to by choice...by and large it's safe to say
> that any record that popular is going to irritate me to hell and
> beyond
Eileen is probably their worse song ever. "Geno" now there is a good song
- it was Number 1 too :)
Stewart
--
"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in
human history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila."
Stewart Tolhurst
http://www.foxbasealpha.co.uk ICQ 22636339
Quantum Moth
> In article <MPG.16761646b...@news.dircon.co.uk>,
> nos...@last.dircon.co.uk says...
> > Chris Share wrote:
>
> > > That was one hell of a coincidence.
> > > Went to the site, apparently the UK number one on the day I was born
> > > was Come on Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners. Guess what's playing on
> > > winamp?
> > >
> >
> > you lucky thing...one of only about nine or ten number ones that I
> > can imagine listening to by choice...by and large it's safe to say
> > that any record that popular is going to irritate me to hell and
> > beyond
>
> Eileen is probably their worse song ever. "Geno" now there is a good song
> - it was Number 1 too :)
>
reasonable following before they have a hit, and everyone then goes "Oh,
that hit record is their worst ever", even if, to the rest of the
audience, it seems to be pretty good. Well, obviously - that's what
makes it a hit. Is it that the band necessarily make a crap record to
get a hit? Is it snobbery from the fans[1]? Is it that the shine
suddenly goes from a band once success hits? Oh, I don't know.
I don't know where I was going with that, but it's just one of my
triggers.
[1]As an REM fan, I know a lot of REM fans who say "Oh, Automatic for
the People? Worst REM album ever." to which I can only say "You say that
simply because it was so damn popular. Listen to it! LISTEN! YOU
MONKEY!", to which they invariably say "Aaaaaahhh..!", so I say "No, not
'Aaaaaahh', actually.", and they say "Yes.. Aaaaaahh..!", and that goes
on for a couple of hours, until I fall asleep standing up.
--
\\\\\ .o0(thom willis - Corinne's Worse Half)
\\\\\\\__o(http://sanctuary.orcon.net.nz | http://www.maskerade.org.uk)
_\\\\\\\'/_(okay, so not all of that is true. i can't sleep standing up)
Andrew Irish
> On Sun, 02 Dec 2001 10:56:41 GMT, "Grymma"
> <Gry...@wibble.co.invalid> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Melody S-K" <Mel...@Wibble.org> wrote in message
> >news:9ucvkg$7kimp$1...@ID-6544.news.dfncis.de...
> >> Snippage
> >>
> >> What a great site :)
>
> Yep...
>
> I got Ernie (The Fastset Milkman in the West) for Oz, Son of My
> Father for UK, and Without You for US...
>
> I don't think I know *any* of these!
>
> Kimmi
How can you not know Ernie? We've got that on LP somewhere (by we, I
mean my mum). The same LP also has Nellie the Elephant, The Laughing
Policeman, The Runaway Train and many others (including that one with
Peter Sellers as a doctor Boom-tidi-boom, or something?)
My sister and I were subjected to it as children, which may explain a
few things...
--
Andrew
Stewart Tolhurst
says...
> Stewart Tolhurst <ne...@stolhurst.freeuk.com> said...
> > In article <MPG.16761646b...@news.dircon.co.uk>,
> > nos...@last.dircon.co.uk says...
> > > Chris Share wrote:
> >
> > > > That was one hell of a coincidence.
> > > > Went to the site, apparently the UK number one on the day I was born
> > > > was Come on Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners. Guess what's playing on
> > > > winamp?
> > > >
> > >
> > > you lucky thing...one of only about nine or ten number ones that I
> > > can imagine listening to by choice...by and large it's safe to say
> > > that any record that popular is going to irritate me to hell and
> > > beyond
> >
> > Eileen is probably their worse song ever. "Geno" now there is a good song
> > - it was Number 1 too :)
> >
> Why does this happen so consistently and predictably? Any band with a
> reasonable following before they have a hit, and everyone then goes "Oh,
> that hit record is their worst ever", even if, to the rest of the
> audience, it seems to be pretty good. Well, obviously - that's what
> makes it a hit. Is it that the band necessarily make a crap record to
> get a hit? Is it snobbery from the fans[1]? Is it that the shine
> suddenly goes from a band once success hits? Oh, I don't know.
This isn't actually the case - I am not and never have been a "fan" of
Dexys. I find Eileen irritating and gimmicky. Plus dungerees were never
a good fashion statement. Geno was just as big a hit as Eileen - but for
some reason isn't as well known.....
> [1]As an REM fan, I know a lot of REM fans who say "Oh, Automatic for
> the People? Worst REM album ever." to which I can only say "You say that
> simply because it was so damn popular.
Ummm - Automatic was better than "Out of Time" which had some very good
tracks but didn't really work as an album. "Green" is probably better
than either. Personally my fave REM album is "Up" - some of the songs
like "At My Most Beautifuk" and "Lotus" are amongst the best things they
have done.
The new(ish) one isn't bad either.
Stewart
--
That woman speaks eight languages and can't say "no" in any of them.
(Dorothy Parker)
Yannick Larvor
> The Bay City Rollers. Nooooooo!
Join the club :-) Actually, I don't know any of the no.1 songs of my
birth date, but your reaction seem to imply it's better that way :-)
If it's any help, you may consider them as Jarlsberg:
"Jarlsberg is a traditional hard cheese from Norway. It is similar to
Emmental, conplete with holes, but is has a sweeter, more nut-like
flavour."
There, much better, innit? :-)
--
Yannick
Orjan Westin
news:yrczo4z...@irit.fr...
>
> Actually, I don't know any of the no.1 songs of my
> birth date, but your reaction seem to imply it's better that way :-)
<smug>
Beatles - Let it be (x2)
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge over troubled water
</smug>
Orjan
Yannick Larvor
> Guitar Huw wrote in message <3c0a...@warwick.dnsalias.com>...
>> Never mind that, what sort of cheese are you ?
>>
>> http://www.astradyne.co.uk/cheese/
> Strange results here...
Indeed. Did I miss a couple of messages, or am I the only one to have
tried the "obvious" thing: ask the engine what sort of cheeses cheeses
are?
Anyway, here are some results:
Parmesan is Camembert is Emmental is Feta is Roquefort is Limburger is
Port Salut is Stilton is Double Gloucester is Roquefort [insert Hex
recursion quote here].
Hipi Iti is Red Leicester is Limeswold is Monterrey Jack is Jarlsberg is
Edam is Stilton.
Actually, everything I tried ends into {Roquefort, Limburger, Port
Salut, Stilton, Double Gloucester}.
This is probably very Significant. Or, at least, very Smelly.
--
Yannick
Aquarion
> kimmi...@ntlworld.com (Kimmi) wrote in message news:<3c0a14d7....@news.ntlworld.com>...
>> On Sun, 02 Dec 2001 10:56:41 GMT, "Grymma"
>> <Gry...@wibble.co.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"Melody S-K" <Mel...@Wibble.org> wrote in message
>> >news:9ucvkg$7kimp$1...@ID-6544.news.dfncis.de...
>> >> Snippage
>> >>
>> >> What a great site :)
>>
>> Yep...
>>
>> I got Ernie (The Fastset Milkman in the West) for Oz, Son of My
>> Father for UK, and Without You for US...
>>
>> I don't think I know *any* of these!
>>
>> Kimmi
>
> How can you not know Ernie? We've got that on LP somewhere (by we, I
> mean my mum).
/me puts his Best Of Benny Hill CD on...
Yours in total sincerity
Aquarion, who shouldn;t have admitted that