Tits like coconuts!
Nick
Over on ratucs (a newsgroup for fans of English soap, Coronation
Street), I was fantasising about having pretty Ashlynn (click on link)
as a barmaid in The Rovers Return; a saucy Canadian in a straw hat
remarked about 'blue tits' and then a saucier former RAF man said...
'Tits like coconuts!'.
They DO like coconuts - blue tits are nice little English birds
similar in size to the polly wash-dish, but they're green; American
blue tits are somewhat bigger!
ROFL - I hadn't heard that expression before, but, Googling, it seems
to be very well-known!
Or is it? :-D
Nick from England
Dr Peter Young
> http://twitter.com/ashlynn_brooke
> 'Tits like coconuts!'.
> Or is it? :-D
Mrs Trellis (of North Wales) on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue sent a
letter including this to Humph a while back.
Peter.
--
Peter Young, (BrE, RP), Consultant Anaesthetist, 1975-2004.
(US equivalent: Certified Anesthesiologist)
Cheltenham and Gloucester, UK. Now happily retired.
http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk
Nick
> On 10 Sep 2010 Nick <pacif...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
>
> >http://twitter.com/ashlynn_brooke
> > Over on ratucs (a newsgroup for fans of English soap, Coronation
> > Street), I was fantasising about having pretty Ashlynn (click on link)
> > as a barmaid in The Rovers Return; a saucy Canadian in a straw hat
> > remarked about 'blue tits' and then a saucier former RAF man said...
> > 'Tits like coconuts!'.
> > They DO like coconuts - blue tits are nice little English birds
> > similar in size to the polly wash-dish, but they're green; American
> > blue tits are somewhat bigger!
> > ROFL - I hadn't heard that expression before, but, Googling, it seems
> > to be very well-known!
> > Or is it? :-D
>
> Mrs Trellis (of North Wales) on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue sent a
> letter including this to Humph a while back.
>
Always loved his description of a supermarket ad featuring Anthony
Worral-Thompson and a piece of cutlery...
'Prick with a fork!'.
Worral-Thompson could obviously laugh at himself (like all the best
people) because he was subsequently a guest on the show.
Nick from England
Steve Hayes
wrote:
As in the old tag line from Fido days: "Time flies like arrows; fruit flies
like bananas"?
--
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tony cooper
<haye...@telkomsa.net> wrote:
>On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:25:07 -0700 (PDT), Nick <paci...@btopenworld.com>
>wrote:
>
>>http://twitter.com/ashlynn_brooke
>>
>>Over on ratucs (a newsgroup for fans of English soap, Coronation
>>Street), I was fantasising about having pretty Ashlynn (click on link)
>>as a barmaid in The Rovers Return; a saucy Canadian in a straw hat
>>remarked about 'blue tits' and then a saucier former RAF man said...
>>
>>'Tits like coconuts!'.
Gives a whole new meaning to "I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts".
>>
>>They DO like coconuts - blue tits are nice little English birds
>>similar in size to the polly wash-dish, but they're green; American
>>blue tits are somewhat bigger!
>>
>>ROFL - I hadn't heard that expression before, but, Googling, it seems
>>to be very well-known!
>
>As in the old tag line from Fido days: "Time flies like arrows; fruit flies
>like bananas"?
--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
Nick
> On Sat, 11 Sep 2010 05:13:25 +0200, Steve Hayes
>
> >On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:25:07 -0700 (PDT), Nick <pacif...@btopenworld.com>
> >wrote:
>
> >>http://twitter.com/ashlynn_brooke
>
> >>Over on ratucs (a newsgroup for fans of English soap, Coronation
> >>Street), I was fantasising about having pretty Ashlynn (click on link)
> >>as a barmaid in The Rovers Return; a saucy Canadian in a straw hat
> >>remarked about 'blue tits' and then a saucier former RAF man said...
>
> >>'Tits like coconuts!'.
>
> Gives a whole new meaning to "I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts".
>
>
LOL!
Nick from England
Nick
>
> >On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:25:07 -0700 (PDT), Nick <pacif...@btopenworld.com>
> >wrote:
>
> >>http://twitter.com/ashlynn_brooke
>
> >>Over on ratucs (a newsgroup for fans of English soap, Coronation
> >>Street), I was fantasising about having pretty Ashlynn (click on link)
> >>as a barmaid in The Rovers Return; a saucy Canadian in a straw hat
> >>remarked about 'blue tits' and then a saucier former RAF man said...
>
> >>'Tits like coconuts!'.
>
> Gives a whole new meaning to "I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts".
>
<g> Oh and btw, Tony, if you're an admirer of bonny liitle Ashlynn,
check her out in Piranha 3D - great fun! :-)
Nick from England
Nick
> On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:25:07 -0700 (PDT), Nick <pacif...@btopenworld.com>
> wrote:
>
> >http://twitter.com/ashlynn_brooke
>
> >Over on ratucs (a newsgroup for fans of English soap, Coronation
> >Street), I was fantasising about having pretty Ashlynn (click on link)
> >as a barmaid in The Rovers Return; a saucy Canadian in a straw hat
> >remarked about 'blue tits' and then a saucier former RAF man said...
>
> >'Tits like coconuts!'.
>
> >They DO like coconuts - blue tits are nice little English birds
> >similar in size to the polly wash-dish, but they're green; American
> >blue tits are somewhat bigger!
>
> >ROFL - I hadn't heard that expression before, but, Googling, it seems
> >to be very well-known!
>
> As in the old tag line from Fido days: "Time flies like arrows; fruit flies
> like bananas"?
>
<g> Yes, but doesn't have *quite* the impact of 'tits like coconuts'!
Nick from England
Peter Duncanson (BrE)
A related Googleable phrase is the appreciative comment "nice pair of
coconuts".
--
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.english.usage)
Nick
wrote:
LOL or Bristols!
Nick from England
Pablo
> 'Tits like coconuts!'.
First heard by me on the Benny Hill Show, back in in the 70s, at a guess.
And I'd be surprised if it wasn't also said on Monty Python's Flying Circus
at some stage.
--
Pablo
Nick
LOL - is there a similar Spanish phrase?
Nick from England
Athel Cornish-Bowden
> On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:25:07 -0700 (PDT), Nick <paci...@btopenworld.com>
> wrote:
>
>> http://twitter.com/ashlynn_brooke
>>
>> Over on ratucs (a newsgroup for fans of English soap, Coronation
>> Street), I was fantasising about having pretty Ashlynn (click on link)
>> as a barmaid in The Rovers Return; a saucy Canadian in a straw hat
>> remarked about 'blue tits' and then a saucier former RAF man said...
>>
>> 'Tits like coconuts!'.
>>
>> They DO like coconuts - blue tits are nice little English birds
>> similar in size to the polly wash-dish, but they're green; American
>> blue tits are somewhat bigger!
>>
>> ROFL - I hadn't heard that expression before, but, Googling, it seems
>> to be very well-known!
>
> As in the old tag line from Fido days: "Time flies like arrows; fruit flies
> like bananas"?
Is this a typo, or just an illterate way of quoting it? The usual
phrase is "Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana". It
makes little sense if you put it in the plural.
--
athel
David Kaye
Nick
No, a size that comfortably fits in a cupped mauler! :-D
Brian from Australia
Nick
<g> Soft and feathery!
http://www.rspb.org.uk/images/cache/blue_tit_300_tcm9-139623_v2.jpg
Cute little guys in England. :-)
http://petulantrumblings.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bluetit.jpg
American tits are a tad bigger! :-D
Nick from England
Dr Peter Young
BSH?
The original attempt to post this was rejected by the news server.
Something to do with a word in the subject line?
Nick
> On 12 Sep 2010 Nick <pacif...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sep 12, 9:36 am, sfdavidka...@yahoo.com (David Kaye) wrote:
> >> Nick <pacif...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
>
> >>>'Tits like coconuts!'.
>
> >> Hard and hairy?
> > No, a size that comfortably fits in a cupped mauler! :-D
>
> BSH?
>
> The original attempt to post this was rejected by the news server.
> Something to do with a word in the subject line?
>
<g> It could be The Daughters of the Alamo League of Decency!
Nick from England
Nick
> http://twitter.com/ashlynn_brooke
>
> Over on ratucs (a newsgroup for fans of English soap, Coronation
> Street), I was fantasising about having pretty Ashlynn (click on link)
> as a barmaid in The Rovers Return; a saucy Canadian in a straw hat
Martin from Nova Scotia
> remarked about 'blue tits' and then a saucier former RAF man said...
>
Enzo from Norfolk!
> 'Tits like coconuts!'.
>
> They DO like coconuts - blue tits are nice little English birds
> similar in size to the polly wash-dish, but they're green; American
> blue tits are somewhat bigger!
>
> ROFL - I hadn't heard that expression before, but, Googling, it seems
> to be very well-known!
>
> Or is it? :-D
>
Hee hee!
Nick from England
MartinS
Americans have blue tits? I thought everyone had central heating.
--
Martin S.
Nick
> In article <_hdoo.8527$5W1....@newsfe04.iad>, m...@my.place says...
>
> > [...]
> > Americans have blue tits? I thought everyone had central heating.
>
> lines went something like:
>
> Manager of Strip club: What do you want?
> Hawtrey's character: Your birds. I can hardly wait. What sort do you
> have?
> Manager: What sort would you like?
> Hawtrey: Blue tits. Have you got any?
> Manager: No, sir, this place is centrally heated.
> Hawtrey: Oh! Tropical birds!
> Manager: We do have one lady from Ceylon...
>
> (The exchange was based on a misunderstanding where Hawtrey's character,
> a keen amateur ornithologist, thought he had been sent by an employment
> agency to look after some aviary when he had been sent to be a bouncer
> at a strip club.)
>
> --
LOL - must watch out for that scene!
Nick
Nick
<g> Blue tits but bigger ones than in England.
Nick from England
Pedantic King
> On Sep 28, 4:28 am, MartinS<m...@my.place> wrote:
>> Nick<pacif...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
>>> On Sep 10, 10:25 am, Nick<pacif...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
>>>> http://twitter.com/ashlynn_brooke
>>
>>>> Over on ratucs (a newsgroup for fans of English soap, Coronation
>>>> Street), I was fantasising about having pretty Ashlynn (click on
>>>> link) as a barmaid in The Rovers Return; a saucy Canadian in a straw
>>>> hat
>>
>>> Martin from Nova Scotia
>>
>>>> remarked about 'blue tits' and then a saucier former RAF man said...
>>
>>> Enzo from Norfolk!
>>
>>>> 'Tits like coconuts!'.
>>
>>>> They DO like coconuts - blue tits are nice little English birds
>>>> similar in size to the polly wash-dish, but they're green; American
>>>> blue tits are somewhat bigger!
>>
>>>> ROFL - I hadn't heard that expression before, but, Googling, it seems
>>>> to be very well-known!
>>
>>>> Or is it? :-D
>>
>>> Hee hee!
>>
>>> Nick from England
>>
>> Americans have blue tits?
There were lots of them in Avatar.
Nick
Avatar 3D - haven't seen it, but saw Ashlynn in Piranha 3D - PHWOAR!
Nick from England
MartinS
> m...@my.place says...
>>
>> Americans have blue tits? I thought everyone had central heating.
>
> lines went something like:
>
> Manager of Strip club: What do you want?
> Hawtrey's character: Your birds. I can hardly wait. What sort do you
> have?
> Manager: What sort would you like?
> Hawtrey: Blue tits. Have you got any?
> Manager: No, sir, this place is centrally heated.
> Hawtrey: Oh! Tropical birds!
> Manager: We do have one lady from Ceylon...
>
> (The exchange was based on a misunderstanding where Hawtrey's character,
> a keen amateur ornithologist, thought he had been sent by an employment
> agency to look after some aviary when he had been sent to be a bouncer
> at a strip club.)
You have an excellent memory. That's exactly how I remember it, and it's
what prompted my post. The film also featured "Professor" Stanley Unwin.
Frankie Howerd was an ornithologist in "Carry On Up The Jungle", in which
he caught a very brief glimpse of the elusive Oozelum bird, before it
disappeared in a puff of blue smoke.
--
Martin S.
Ophelia
"Zhang Dawei" <fe...@sibianzhe.com> wrote in message
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> In article <bvxoo.6237$Ah6....@newsfe14.iad>, m...@my.place says...
>> [...]
>> You have an excellent memory. That's exactly how I remember it, and
> it's
>> what prompted my post. The film also featured "Professor" Stanley Unwin.
>
> Ah, the blessy Professilobe Stanley Unwin. Deep Joy, Oh yes!
>
>> Frankie Howerd was an ornithologist in "Carry On Up The Jungle", in which
>> he caught a very brief glimpse of the elusive Oozelum bird, before it
>> disappeared in a puff of blue smoke.
>
> He was another. I remember him also in "Up Pompei!" where he played a
> slave who went by the name of "Ludicrous Sexus". He was always one for
> the double entendre (or perhaps I should say something like "Dooblee
> cherver-mobe") I wonder how many Human been in farflummers placcies nim
> of eem? All have fallolopped off now, and have done a snufflode.
>
> The time is scole, waverly bilode.
>
> Goodlibilode!
lol heh, whowouldathunkit! An english.usage bod with a sense of humour <g>
Nick
> In article <bvxoo.6237$Ah6.4...@newsfe14.iad>, m...@my.place says...
>
> > [...]
> > You have an excellent memory. That's exactly how I remember it, and
> it's
> > what prompted my post. The film also featured "Professor" Stanley Unwin.
>
>
> > he caught a very brief glimpse of the elusive Oozelum bird, before it
> > disappeared in a puff of blue smoke.
>
> slave who went by the name of "Ludicrous Sexus".
Not forgetting Up the Chastity Belt as Richard the Lionheart where,
sitting on his throne, his first line to the audience was...
'Sod this for a lark!'.
Nick
Daniel James
> > what prompted my post. The film also featured "Professor"
> > Stanley Unwin.
>
A unique talent, indeed. Quite the starrystage'n screel.
> > Frankie Howerd ...
>
> He was another. I remember him also in "Up Pompei!" where he played a
> slave who went by the name of "Ludicrous Sexus".
Almost. Howerd's slave character was named "Lurcio", "Ludicrus Sextus"
(with the 't') was his master, and ... Oh, never mind: it seems
Wikipedia remembers it better than I.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_Pompeii!
I remember it well. I used to love in particular the occasional cameos
by the late, great, Willie Rushton ("Hear, now, the wise words of
Plautus!")
Cheers,
Daniel.
Alex Cunningham.
>>> You have an excellent memory. That's exactly how I remember it, and
>> it's
>>> what prompted my post. The film also featured "Professor" Stanley Unwin.
>>
>> Ah, the blessy Professilobe Stanley Unwin. Deep Joy, Oh yes!
>>
>>> Frankie Howerd was an ornithologist in "Carry On Up The Jungle", in
>>> which
>>> he caught a very brief glimpse of the elusive Oozelum bird, before it
>>> disappeared in a puff of blue smoke.
>> slave who went by the name of "Ludicrous Sexus". He was always one for
>> the double entendre (or perhaps I should say something like "Dooblee
>> cherver-mobe") I wonder how many Human been in farflummers placcies nim
>> of eem? All have fallolopped off now, and have done a snufflode.
>>
>> The time is scole, waverly bilode.
>>
>> Goodlibilode!
> "Ophelia" <Oph...@Elsinore.me.uk> wrote: lol heh, whowouldathunkit! An
> english.usage bod with a sense of humour <g>
>
Not to mention a fan of Bill & Ben The flowerpot men. ;-)
--
Cheers!
Alex.C
There are twelve million sheep in Ontario.
Problem is nine million of them think they are people.
Ophelia
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But shirley that would be Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...eeeeeeeeeEEEEEEDDD???
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Truebrit.
>>>> it's
>>>>> what prompted my post. The film also featured "Professor" Stanley
>>>>> Unwin.
>>>>
>>>> Ah, the blessy Professilobe Stanley Unwin. Deep Joy, Oh yes!
>>>>
>>>>> Frankie Howerd was an ornithologist in "Carry On Up The Jungle", in
>>>>> which
>>>>> he caught a very brief glimpse of the elusive Oozelum bird, before it
>>>>> disappeared in a puff of blue smoke.
>>>>"Zhang Dawei" <fe...@sibianzhe.com> wrote He was another. I remember him
>>>>also in "Up Pompei!" where he played a
>>>> slave who went by the name of "Ludicrous Sexus". He was always one for
>>>> the double entendre (or perhaps I should say something like "Dooblee
>>>> cherver-mobe") I wonder how many Human been in farflummers placcies nim
>>>> of eem? All have fallolopped off now, and have done a snufflode.
>>>>
>>>> The time is scole, waverly bilode.
>>>>
>>>> Goodlibilode!
>>
>>> "Ophelia" <Oph...@Elsinore.me.uk> wrote: lol heh, whowouldathunkit! An
>>> english.usage bod with a sense of humour <g>
>>>
>> Not to mention a fan of Bill & Ben The flowerpot men. ;-)
>
>Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...eeeeeeeeeEEEEEEDDD???
> --
Flobalobalob. ;-)
There were rumours going around a few years ago that the guys who did the
voices for Bill & Ben were usually pissed when they were doing the show and
if you listened carefully the dialog turned out to be quite racy.
GordonD
news:8_WdnUBQi-qe1D7R...@posted.toastnet...
Or Kenny in 'South Park'.
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland
"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God."
Ophelia
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The writer said in interview on the Beeb, that the 'Flobalobalob' came from
a fart!
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MartinS
> "Zhang Dawei" <fe...@sibianzhe.com> wrote...
>> m...@my.place says...
>>> [...]
>>> You have an excellent memory. That's exactly how I remember it, and
>>> it's what prompted my post. The film also featured "Professor"
>>> Stanley Unwin.
>>
>> Ah, the blessy Professilobe Stanley Unwin. Deep Joy, Oh yes!
>>
>>> Frankie Howerd was an ornithologist in "Carry On Up The Jungle", in
>>> which he caught a very brief glimpse of the elusive Oozelum bird,
>>> before it disappeared in a puff of blue smoke.
>>
>> He was another. I remember him also in "Up Pompei!" where he played a
>> slave who went by the name of "Ludicrous Sexus". He was always one
>> for the double entendre (or perhaps I should say something like
>> "Dooblee cherver-mobe") I wonder how many Human been in farflummers
>> placcies nim of eem? All have fallolopped off now, and have done a
>> snufflode.
>>
>> The time is scole, waverly bilode.
>>
>> Goodlibilode!
>
> lol heh, whowouldathunkit! An english.usage bod with a sense of
> humour <g>
I wonder if he's met Nemo? Note doubt he'll jump in if he's reading.
--
Martin S.
MartinS
>> "Zhang Dawei" <fe...@sibianzhe.com> wrote:
>>> MartinS wrote:
>>>> You have an excellent memory. That's exactly how I remember it, and
>>>> it's what prompted my post. The film also featured "Professor"
>>>> Stanley Unwin.
>>>
>>> Ah, the blessy Professilobe Stanley Unwin. Deep Joy, Oh yes!
>>>
>>>> Frankie Howerd was an ornithologist in "Carry On Up The Jungle", in
>>>> which he caught a very brief glimpse of the elusive Oozelum bird,
>>>> before it disappeared in a puff of blue smoke.
>>>
>>> a slave who went by the name of "Ludicrous Sexus". He was always one
>>> for the double entendre (or perhaps I should say something like
>>> "Dooblee cherver-mobe") I wonder how many Human been in farflummers
>>> placcies nim of eem? All have fallolopped off now, and have done a
>>> snufflode.
>>>
>>> The time is scole, waverly bilode.
>>>
>>> Goodlibilode!
>
>> "Ophelia" <Oph...@Elsinore.me.uk> wrote: lol heh, whowouldathunkit!
>> An english.usage bod with a sense of humour <g>
>
> Not to mention a fan of Bill & Ben The flowerpot men. ;-)
No, No! Stanley Unwin, not Billers and Benloders.
--
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Ophelia
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heh:)
GordonD
news:B3Koo.27336$iM3....@newsfe07.iad...
No relation to Shelley, of course.
MartinS
> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote...
>> "Alex Cunningham." <true...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> "Zhang Dawei" <fe...@sibianzhe.com> wrote:
>>>>> MartinS wrote:
>>>>>> You have an excellent memory. That's exactly how I remember it,
>>>>>> and it's what prompted my post. The film also featured
>>>>>> "Professor" Stanley Unwin.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ah, the blessy Professilobe Stanley Unwin. Deep Joy, Oh yes!
>>>>>
>>>>>> Frankie Howerd was an ornithologist in "Carry On Up The Jungle",
>>>>>> in which he caught a very brief glimpse of the elusive Oozelum
>>>>>> bird, before it disappeared in a puff of blue smoke.
>>>>>
>>>>> He was another. I remember him also in "Up Pompei!" where he
>>>>> played a slave who went by the name of "Ludicrous Sexus". He was
>>>>> always one for the double entendre (or perhaps I should say
>>>>> something like "Dooblee cherver-mobe") I wonder how many Human
>>>>> been in farflummers placcies nim of eem? All have fallolopped off
>>>>> now, and have done a snufflode.
>>>>>
>>>>> The time is scole, waverly bilode.
>>>>>
>>>>> Goodlibilode!
>>>
>>>> "Ophelia" <Oph...@Elsinore.me.uk> wrote: lol heh,
>>>> whowouldathunkit! An english.usage bod with a sense of humour <g>
>>>
>>> Not to mention a fan of Bill & Ben The flowerpot men. ;-)
>>
>> No, No! Stanley Unwin, not Billers and Benloders.
>
> No relation to Shelley, of course.
Of course. Shelley was a fictitious character in some northern soap.
--
Martin S.
GordonD
*Southern* soap from where I am.
MartinS
> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote...
>> "GordonD" <g.d...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote...
>>>>
>>>
>>> No relation to Shelley, of course.
>>
>> Of course. Shelley was a fictitious character in some northern soap.
>
> *Southern* soap from where I am.
All of the UK is north from where I am, even Cornwall.
--
Martin S.
Roger Traviss
And Martin is probably north of me.
--
Roger Traviss
Photos of the late GER: -
http://www.highspeedplus.com/~rogertra/
For more photos not in the above album and kitbashes etc..:-
http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l99/rogertra/Great_Eastern/
Nick
<g> Did you see that Michelle in the Rovers talking to Emily, Norris
and Rita? - including Norris's noddle, that made THREE coconuts! :-D
Nick
MartinS
>> All of the UK is north from where I am, even Cornwall.
>
> And Martin is probably north of me.
Not so. Cobourg 43deg 58min; Victoria 48deg 25min North.
Cobourg is almost 500km farther south!
People out West don't seem to realise that the vast majority of Canada's
population east of the Manitoba border lives south of the 49th parallel.
Point Pelee ON is at 42 deg, the same as the California/Oregon border.
--
Martin S.
Roger Traviss
>>
>> And Martin is probably north of me.
>
> Not so. Cobourg 43deg 58min; Victoria 48deg 25min North.
>
> Cobourg is almost 500km farther south!
>
> People out West don't seem to realise that the vast majority of Canada's
> population east of the Manitoba border lives south of the 49th parallel.
>
> Point Pelee ON is at 42 deg, the same as the California/Oregon border.
I stand corrected. :-)
HVS
In spite of having a reasonable awareness of relative latitudes, it still
came as a surprise to find that when I moved from Canada to Hampshire, my
latitude shifted further north than where my brother lives, in Regina.
(And like many -- most? -- non-coastal Canadians, I always thought of
"further north" and "colder" as a straight correlation. Doesn't really
work like that once you get away from the middle of a continent, though.)
--
Cheers, Harvey
CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed
GordonD
news:Xns9E04651D...@78.46.73.112...
I was in Bristol once and initially thought it was the furthest west I had
ever been on the UK mainland. Until I looked at a map and found that Bristol
is actually *east* of Edinburgh!
Nick
> "HVS" <use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk> wrote in message
>
> news:Xns9E04651D...@78.46.73.112...
>
>
>
>
>
> > On 30 Sep 2010, MartinS wrote
>
> >>>>> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote...
>
> >>>>>> No, No! Stanley Unwin, not Billers and Benloders.
>
> >>>>> No relation to Shelley, of course.
>
> >>>> Of course. Shelley was a fictitious character in some northern soap.
>
> >>> *Southern* soap from where I am.
>
> >> All of the UK is north from where I am, even Cornwall.
>
> > In spite of having a reasonable awareness of relative latitudes, it still
> > came as a surprise to find that when I moved from Canada to Hampshire, my
> > latitude shifted further north than where my brother lives, in Regina.
>
> > (And like many -- most? -- non-coastal Canadians, I always thought of
> > "further north" and "colder" as a straight correlation. Doesn't really
> > work like that once you get away from the middle of a continent, though.)
>
> I was in Bristol once
Bryan Forbes said to Gloria Hunniford on her LIVE show...
'Nice Bristols!'. :-D
Nick
MartinS
And on to an island sitting in the Gulf Steam. Without it, the British
Isles would be much colder. The Western Isles (Inner and Outer Hebrides)
and Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland) of Scotland get very little
snow, and what falls doesn't last long (except for last winter).
--
Martin S.
HVS
> HVS <use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk> wrote:
>> In spite of having a reasonable awareness of relative latitudes, it
>> still came as a surprise to find that when I moved from Canada to
>> Hampshire, my latitude shifted further north than where my brother
>> lives, in Regina.
>>
>> (And like many -- most? -- non-coastal Canadians, I always thought of
>> "further north" and "colder" as a straight correlation. Doesn't
>> really work like that once you get away from the middle of a
>> continent, though.)
>
> And on to an island sitting in the Gulf Steam. Without it, the British
> Isles would be much colder. The Western Isles (Inner and Outer Hebrides)
> and Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland) of Scotland get very little
> snow, and what falls doesn't last long (except for last winter).
>
(Gulf Steam; I like that....)
Oh, absolutely -- that was the point I was trying to make. By and in
itself, latitude isn't a particularlyy good predictor of actual
temperatures, since things like the Gulf Stream, proximity to water, ocean
currents, altitude, and the rest of it frequently influence the crude
equation I grew up with that "more north = more cold".
Athel Cornish-Bowden
> [ ... ]
>
> I was in Bristol once and initially thought it was the furthest west I
> had ever been on the UK mainland. Until I looked at a map and found
> that Bristol is actually *east* of Edinburgh!
Everyone knows that most of Scotland is north of most of England, but I
suspect that few people (even Scots) realize that most of Scotland is
west of most of England. When "It's Scotland's oil" was the slogan of
the day, the SNP liked to display maps in which the border was
continued due east into the North Sea. It would have been almost as
reasonable to continue it due north.
Quickly now (and without looking at a globe), if you were in downtown
Detroit and you travelled due south, which would be the first country
you would enter after leaving the USA?
--
athel
Athel Cornish-Bowden
> On 30 Sep 2010, MartinS wrote
>
>> "GordonD" <g.d...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote...
>>>> "GordonD" <g.d...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>>> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No, No! Stanley Unwin, not Billers and Benloders.
>>>>>
>>>>> No relation to Shelley, of course.
>>>>
>>>> Of course. Shelley was a fictitious character in some northern soap.
>>>
>>> *Southern* soap from where I am.
>>
>> All of the UK is north from where I am, even Cornwall.
>
> In spite of having a reasonable awareness of relative latitudes, it still
> came as a surprise to find that when I moved from Canada to Hampshire, my
> latitude shifted further north than where my brother lives, in Regina.
When I went to Fort St John in British Columbia I felt I was almost at
the North Pole, and thought it was certainly the furthest north I'd
ever been. I was quite surprised to learn that it was no further north
than Edinburgh. As it happens, the furthest north I've ever really been
on land is called Söder-something (i.e. Southern-something) in Swedish.
>
> (And like many -- most? -- non-coastal Canadians, I always thought of
> "further north" and "colder" as a straight correlation. Doesn't really
> work like that once you get away from the middle of a continent, though.)
It works quite badly in the UK as well. Glasgow is a lot milder than
plenty of places far to the south -- like Cambridge, for example. I'm
told that there are palm trees growing on the north coast of Scotland,
but I haven't been to look and see if it's true.
--
athel
MartinS
>
> I was in Bristol once and initially thought it was the furthest west I
> had ever been on the UK mainland. Until I looked at a map and found
> that Bristol is actually *east* of Edinburgh!
True. According to Wiki. Bristol is 2°35'W and Edinburgh is 3°10'W.
The most westerly point on the UK mainland is Ardnamurchan Point, Argyll,
at 5°59'W; Lands End is at 5°43'W. The Mull of Kintyre lighthouse, where I
was recently, is at 5°48'W, and is 12 miles from Northern Ireland.
South to North, the British mainland stretches from Lizard Point, at 49°
57'32" N, to Dunnet Head, 11 miles NW of John O' Groats, at 58°42'21" N,
i.e. from approximately 50° to 60° N. The boundary between Canada's
western provinces and the territories (Yukon, NWT & Nunavut) is at 60° N.
The Arctic Circle is at 66°34'.
--
Martin S.
MartinS
Canada (Windsor).
--
Martin S.
Roger Traviss
> Detroit and you travelled due south, which would be the first country you
> would enter after leaving the USA?
Canada.
Windsor Ontario.
Dr Peter Young
wrote:
It's true, they grow for instance at Ullapool, where I've seen them.
There is also the stunning garden at Inverewe
http://www.nts.org.uk/Property/36/
This was set out by a 19th Century eccentric; being the youngest son
of an aristocratic family, he inherited a barren piece of ground, and
set out to transform it into an amazing garden, where all sorts of
unlikely plants grow, Well worth a visit. No coconuts, though, I
think.
Peter.
--
Peter Young, (BrE, RP), Consultant Anaesthetist, 1975-2004.
(US equivalent: Certified Anesthesiologist)
Cheltenham and Gloucester, UK. Now happily retired.
http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk
Bill McCray
After reading this question, I have looked at neither other replies nor any
map. I think the answer is Canada.
Bill in Kentucky
Nick
Way off beam, young Bill - due south from Detroit takes ya to the
north-west point of Haiti and the mysterious pirate island of Tortuga
where Errol Flynn went in The Sea Hawk - stick with me, Bill, and
you'll learn a lot! :-D
Nick from England
Bill McCray
Now that I've checked a map, I've found that one of us can't read a map.
Traveling south from Oxnard, California, it looks like the next land you
reach is Antarctica.
Bill in Kentucky
Peter Duncanson (BrE)
<billm...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>Traveling south from Oxnard, California, it looks like the next land you
>reach is Antarctica.
Cool!
--
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.english.usage)
Nick
"Bill McCray" <billm...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:12quhkylu55m7$.1jbc88ta25j8x$.dlg@40tude.net...
LOL - not bad from memory - apart from Canada, if you veer off to the right
a little, you light on Tortuga!
I'll give myself 7 out of 10! :-D
Nick from England
Katherine
> In article <MPG.270d4536ed3f75bb989...@news.individual.net>, Zhang
>
> Dawei wrote:
> > > what prompted my post. The film also featured "Professor"
> > > Stanley Unwin.
>
> > Ah, the blessy Professilobe Stanley Unwin. Deep Joy, Oh yes!
>
>
> > > Frankie Howerd ...
>
> > He was another. I remember him also in "Up Pompei!" where he played a
> > slave who went by the name of "Ludicrous Sexus".
>
> (with the 't') was his master, and ... Oh, never mind: it seems
> Wikipedia remembers it better than I.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_Pompeii!
>
> I remember it well. I used to love in particular the occasional cameos
> by the late, great, Willie Rushton ("Hear, now, the wise words of
> Plautus!")
But first - the Prologue!
TTFN
Katherine
Nick
LOL, but that stone Frankie sat on was mighty cold!
Nick
Katherine
I would think so!
TTFN
Katherine
Nick
<g> Yup - I used to allers have Prolog & Epilog on my COBOL programs -
life's too short for English spellings! :-D
Nick from England
MartinS
> Nick <pacif...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
>> Katherine <kburg...@crrstv.net> wrote:
>>
>> > But first - the Prologue!
>>
>> LOL, but that stone Frankie sat on was mighty cold!
>
> I would think so!
Prolly gave him piles.
--
Martin S.
Nick from England
> Katherine <kburg...@crrstv.net> wrote:
> > Nick <pacif...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
> >> Katherine <kburg...@crrstv.net> wrote:
>
> >> > But first - the Prologue!
>
> >> LOL, but that stone Frankie sat on was mighty cold!
>
> > I would think so!
>
> Prolly gave him piles.
>
and piles of filthy lucre! :-D
Nick
Ian Jackson
writes
It's a fallacy that sitting on cold things gives you piles. In fact, the
application of cold* directly to the affected area often brings
immediate (and blessèd) relief, and can help in their treatment. [*For
example, a scrunched-up bag of frozen peas, or a suitably tapered ice
cube.]
--
Ian
Sproz
wrote:
> In message <NBMso.18748$if.10...@newsfe14.iad>, MartinS <m...@my.place>
> writes>Katherine <kburg...@crrstv.net> wrote:
> >> Nick <pacif...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
> >>> Katherine <kburg...@crrstv.net> wrote:
>
> >>> > But first - the Prologue!
>
> >>> LOL, but that stone Frankie sat on was mighty cold!
>
> >> I would think so!
>
> >Prolly gave him piles.
>
> The seriousness of piles should not be mocked or sniffed at.
>
> It's a fallacy that sitting on cold things gives you piles. In fact, the
> application of cold* directly to the affected area often brings
> immediate (and blessèd) relief, and can help in their treatment. [*For
> example, a scrunched-up bag of frozen peas, or a suitably tapered ice
> cube.]
Do they do special ice-cube trays? And if not, why not?
*hurries off to find a Lakeland catalogue*
Mark
MartinS
> Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjack...@g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> MartinS <m...@my.place> writes
>> > Katherine <kburg...@crrstv.net> wrote:
>> >> Nick <pacif...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
>> >>> Katherine <kburg...@crrstv.net> wrote:
>>
>> >>> > But first - the Prologue!
>>
>> >>> LOL, but that stone Frankie sat on was mighty cold!
>>
>> >> I would think so!
>>
>> >Prolly gave him piles.
>>
>> The seriousness of piles should not be mocked or sniffed at.
>>
>> It's a fallacy that sitting on cold things gives you piles. In fact,
>> the application of cold* directly to the affected area often brings
>> [*For example, a scrunched-up bag of frozen peas, or a suitably
>> tapered ice cube.]
>
> Do they do special ice-cube trays? And if not, why not?
>
> *hurries off to find a Lakeland catalogue*
Tupperware used to sell a mould for making ice pops.
--
Martin S.
Mamie007
Still do
--
Mary Sue (mamie007)
Ottawa
MartinS
Well, there you go, Sproz!
--
Martin S.
GordonD
news:aVmto.3994$dl7....@newsfe24.iad...
I thought Tupperware was The Tough of the Track's running shorts...
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland
"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God."
Ian Jackson
<g.d...@btinternet.com> writes
Myself, I was a Dandy, Beano, Eagle and Lion kid. ;o))
--
Ian
MartinS
>
> I thought Tupperware was The Tough of the Track's running shorts...
Who? Tupperware was developed by Earl Silas Tupper in 1946.
Of course, in Yorkshire, a "tup" is a breeding ram.
You can develop your own meaning for "tupper".
--
Martin S.
GordonD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf_Tupper
MartinS
> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote...
>> "GordonD" <g.d...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote...
>>>>
>>>> Tupperware used to sell a mould for making ice pops.
>>>
>>> I thought Tupperware was The Tough of the Track's running shorts...
>>
>> Who? Tupperware was developed by Earl Silas Tupper in 1946.
>>
>> Of course, in Yorkshire, a "tup" is a breeding ram.
>> You can develop your own meaning for "tupper".
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf_Tupper
I can't recollect ever having heard of Alf Tupper. I too was a Dandy,
Beano and Eagle reader, plus Beezer, Topper and, in earlier days, Comic
Cuts, Film Fun and Radio Fun. I didn't have time for the "story" weeklies
like The Rover, Adventure, Boy's Own, etc. I did read boys' books such as
Biggles, Bunter, Jennings, William and the like.
Incidentally, Tiger, a sports-oriented weekly, had a character (who later
got his own comic), called Roy of the Rovers!
--
Martin S.
Dr Peter Young
<Bad taste warning> I think it was a reader's answer in the New
Statesman's weekly competition years ago, which imagined the compound
surname resulting from a marriage between one of the Getty family and
one of the Tupper family, particularly if they had a daughter with the
name Anita.
Ophelia
"MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote in message news:fTPto.18$no...@newsfe12.iad...
Dandy, Beano, Knockout and Film Fun in our house. Later it was School
Friend with the silent three :)
Leslie Danks
I was also a fan of Alf Tupper and also of "Wilson", who - IIRC - used to
run barefoot around the Yorkshire Moors wearing nothing but black longjohns.
Possibly my youthful identification with Wilson led to my later development
into an asocial loony.
--
Les
(BrE)
GordonD
news:8hqdr0...@mid.individual.net...
Silent Film Fun in your case?
GordonD
news:4cb81082$0$1580$91ce...@newsreader04.highway.telekom.at...
Plenty of asocial loonies over here on ratucs!
Ophelia
"Leslie Danks" <leslie...@aon.at> wrote in message
news:4cb81082$0$1580$91ce...@newsreader04.highway.telekom.at...
Nodnodnod.. that would do it.. Welcome to the Club:)
--
--
https://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/
GordonD
> "GordonD" <g.d...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote...
>>> "GordonD" <g.d...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote...
>>>>>
>>>>> Tupperware used to sell a mould for making ice pops.
>>>>
>>>> I thought Tupperware was The Tough of the Track's running shorts...
>>>
>>> Who? Tupperware was developed by Earl Silas Tupper in 1946.
>>>
>>> Of course, in Yorkshire, a "tup" is a breeding ram.
>>> You can develop your own meaning for "tupper".
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf_Tupper
>
> I can't recollect ever having heard of Alf Tupper. I too was a Dandy,
> Beano and Eagle reader, plus Beezer, Topper and, in earlier days, Comic
> Cuts, Film Fun and Radio Fun. I didn't have time for the "story" weeklies
> like The Rover, Adventure, Boy's Own, etc. I did read boys' books such as
> Biggles, Bunter, Jennings, William and the like.
I was a Hotspur/Victor boy; later TV21 (with all the Gerry Anderson stuff)
and later still Scorcher (football stuff though not including Roy of the
Rovers - they had their own version called Bobby of the Blues).
Also read the same books as you did.
Nick from England
> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote in messagenews:fTPto.18$no...@newsfe12.iad...
> >>>> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote...
>
> >>>>> Tupperware used to sell a mould for making ice pops.
>
> >>>> I thought Tupperware was The Tough of the Track's running shorts...
>
> >>> Who? Tupperware was developed by Earl Silas Tupper in 1946.
>
> >>> Of course, in Yorkshire, a "tup" is a breeding ram.
> >>> You can develop your own meaning for "tupper".
>
> >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf_Tupper
>
> > I can't recollect ever having heard of Alf Tupper. I too was a Dandy,
> > Beano and Eagle reader, plus Beezer, Topper and, in earlier days, Comic
> > Cuts, Film Fun and Radio Fun. I didn't have time for the "story" weeklies
> > like The Rover, Adventure, Boy's Own, etc. I did read boys' books such as
> > Biggles, Bunter, Jennings, William and the like.
>
> I was a Hotspur/Victor boy; later TV21 (with all the Gerry Anderson stuff)
> and later still Scorcher (football stuff though not including Roy of the
> Rovers - they had their own version called Bobby of the Blues).
>
> Also read the same books as you did.
> --
http://www.britishcomics.com/Zip/index.htm
Does anyone remember Zip? - it had Skippy, the boy who lived in a
barrel innit! :-D
Roger Traviss
> Beano and Eagle reader, plus Beezer, Topper and, in earlier days, Comic
> Cuts, Film Fun and Radio Fun. I didn't have time for the "story" weeklies
> like The Rover, Adventure, Boy's Own, etc. I did read boys' books such as
> Biggles, Bunter, Jennings, William and the like.
The Lion and the adventures of Paddy Payne was my favourite
http://britishcomicart.blogspot.com/2009/06/paddy-payne.html
Plus Dan Dare in the Eagle, Beezer, Dandy, Beano and sometimes Topper.
--
Roger Traviss
Photos of the late GER: -
http://www.highspeedplus.com/~rogertra/
For more photos not in the above album and kitbashes etc..:-
http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l99/rogertra/Great_Eastern/
MartinS
>> I can't recollect ever having heard of Alf Tupper. I too was a Dandy,
>> Beano and Eagle reader, plus Beezer, Topper and, in earlier days,
>> Comic Cuts, Film Fun and Radio Fun. I didn't have time for the
>> "story" weeklies like The Rover, Adventure, Boy's Own, etc. I did
>> read boys' books such as Biggles, Bunter, Jennings, William and the
>> like.
>
> The Lion and the adventures of Paddy Payne was my favourite
>
> http://britishcomicart.blogspot.com/2009/06/paddy-payne.html
>
> Plus Dan Dare in the Eagle, Beezer, Dandy, Beano and sometimes Topper.
My parents owned a corner store and newsagents. I got to read all the
comics the day before they went out to the customers!
--
Martin S.
Katherine
<ianREMOVETHISjack...@g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In message <NBMso.18748$if.10...@newsfe14.iad>, MartinS <m...@my.place>
> writes>Katherine <kburg...@crrstv.net> wrote:
> >> Nick <pacif...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
> >>> Katherine <kburg...@crrstv.net> wrote:
>
> >>> > But first - the Prologue!
>
> >>> LOL, but that stone Frankie sat on was mighty cold!
>
> >> I would think so!
>
> >Prolly gave him piles.
>
> The seriousness of piles should not be mocked or sniffed at.
>
> It's a fallacy that sitting on cold things gives you piles. In fact, the
> application of cold* directly to the affected area often brings
> immediate (and blessèd) relief, and can help in their treatment. [*For
> example, a scrunched-up bag of frozen peas, or a suitably tapered ice
> cube.]
Oh, dear! This sounds like personal experience speaking.
Sorry to hear this, Ian.
TTFN
Katherine (who has never been thus afflicted!)
Truebrit
On Oct 11, 6:16 am, Nick <pacif...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
> On Oct 10, 11:05 pm, Katherine <kburg...@crrstv.net> wrote:
>
> > But first - the Prologue!
>
> LOL, but that stone Frankie sat on was mighty cold!
"Katherine" <kbur...@crrstv.net> wrote:
I would think so!
Katherine! Did that disk I sent you ever arrive?
--
Cheers!
Alex.C
There are twelve million sheep in Ontario.
Problem is nine million of them think they are people.
Alex Cunningham.
>> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote...
>>> "GordonD" <g.d...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote...
>>>>>
>>>>> Tupperware used to sell a mould for making ice pops.
>>>>
>>>> I thought Tupperware was The Tough of the Track's running shorts...
>>>
>>> Who? Tupperware was developed by Earl Silas Tupper in 1946.
>>>
>>> Of course, in Yorkshire, a "tup" is a breeding ram.
>>> You can develop your own meaning for "tupper".
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf_Tupper
>"MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote:
> I can't recollect ever having heard of Alf Tupper. I too was a Dandy,
> Beano and Eagle reader, plus Beezer, Topper and, in earlier days, Comic
> Cuts, Film Fun and Radio Fun. I didn't have time for the "story" weeklies
> like The Rover, Adventure, Boy's Own, etc. I did read boys' books such as
> Biggles, Bunter, Jennings, William and the like.
>
> Incidentally, Tiger, a sports-oriented weekly, had a character (who later
> got his own comic), called Roy of the Rovers!
>
I read the Dandy and Beano originally but when I got to about six I dropped
them and exclusively read Hotspur, Rover, Wizard, and Adventure. I never did
get to like, The Eagle.
MartinS
Well, the Eagle didn't start until 1950. You would have been far too old
for it.
--
Martin S.
Katherine
> On Oct 11, 6:16 am, Nick <pacif...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
>
> > On Oct 10, 11:05 pm, Katherine <kburg...@crrstv.net> wrote:
>
> > > But first - the Prologue!
>
> > LOL, but that stone Frankie sat on was mighty cold!
>
> I would think so!
>
> Katherine! Did that disk I sent you ever arrive?
It did! Did you not get my thank you???? I even posted it here!
TTFN
Katherine
Alex Cunningham.
>>> "GordonD" <g.d...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote...
>>>>> "GordonD" <g.d...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>>>> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tupperware used to sell a mould for making ice pops.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I thought Tupperware was The Tough of the Track's running
>>>>>> shorts...
>>>>>
>>>>> Who? Tupperware was developed by Earl Silas Tupper in 1946.
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course, in Yorkshire, a "tup" is a breeding ram.
>>>>> You can develop your own meaning for "tupper".
>>>>
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf_Tupper
>>
>>>"MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote:
>>> I can't recollect ever having heard of Alf Tupper. I too was a Dandy,
>>> Beano and Eagle reader, plus Beezer, Topper and, in earlier days,
>>> Comic Cuts, Film Fun and Radio Fun. I didn't have time for the
>>> "story" weeklies like The Rover, Adventure, Boy's Own, etc. I did
>>> read boys' books such as Biggles, Bunter, Jennings, William and the
>>> like.
>>>
>>> Incidentally, Tiger, a sports-oriented weekly, had a character (who
>>> later got his own comic), called Roy of the Rovers!
>>
>> I read the Dandy and Beano originally but when I got to about six I
>> dropped them and exclusively read Hotspur, Rover, Wizard, and
>> Adventure. I never did get to like, The Eagle.
>
> Well, the Eagle didn't start until 1950. You would have been far too old
> for it.
>
Yep! I was chasing girls by then. ;-)
Alex Cunningham.
It did! Did you not get my thank you???? I even posted it here!
Sorry sweetie. I didn't see it. I have been on the road for a few days and I
have yet to get through all the RATUCS posts that accumulated during my
absence.
MartinS
>> "Katherine" <kburg...@crrstv.net> wrote:
>> I would think so!
>>
>>Truebrit" <trueb...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Katherine! Did that disk I sent you ever arrive?
>>
> "Katherine" <kbur...@crrstv.net> wrote:
> It did! Did you not get my thank you???? I even posted it here!
>
> Sorry sweetie. I didn't see it. I have been on the road for a few days
> and I have yet to get through all the RATUCS posts that accumulated
> during my absence.
On The Road Again? [Willie Nelson]
--
Martin S.
GordonD
What has that got to do with it?
Roger Traviss
>>
>> http://britishcomicart.blogspot.com/2009/06/paddy-payne.html
>>
>> Plus Dan Dare in the Eagle, Beezer, Dandy, Beano and sometimes Topper.
>
> My parents owned a corner store and newsagents. I got to read all the
> comics the day before they went out to the customers!
I'm surprised Enzo didn't read the Lion. The artwork for Paddy Payne was
quite accurate. Aircraft were easily identified.
Nick
> Nick <pacif...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
> > On Sep 10, 10:25 am, Nick <pacif...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
> >>http://twitter.com/ashlynn_brooke
>
> >> Over on ratucs (a newsgroup for fans of English soap, Coronation
> >> Street), I was fantasising about having pretty Ashlynn (click on
> >> link) as a barmaid in The Rovers Return; a saucy Canadian in a straw
> >> hat
>
> > Martin from Nova Scotia
>
> >> remarked about 'blue tits' and then a saucier former RAF man said...
>
> > Enzo from Norfolk!
>
> >> 'Tits like coconuts!'.
>
> >> They DO like coconuts - blue tits are nice little English birds
> >> similar in size to the polly wash-dish, but they're green; American
> >> blue tits are somewhat bigger!
>
> >> ROFL - I hadn't heard that expression before, but, Googling, it seems
> >> to be very well-known!
>
> >> Or is it? :-D
>
> > Hee hee!
>
> > Nick from England
>
> Americans have blue tits? I thought everyone had central heating.
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> --
<g> This thread attracts posters like coconuts attract those purty
blue birds!
Nick from England