Ying Tong John - Auf Weidersehn Pet
Sofa - Spud
bruiser who Jimmy Nail nutted. A bloke with a crumpled nose , Imdb
reckons he was a northern folk singer . But that name - Hi I'm Ying
Tong!
Scribbler
b837-1fe...@j39g2000yqn.googlegroups.com:
A quick Google of his name says that his real name was John Strachan. I
love that particular ep of Auf Pet.
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Sofa - Spud
> Sofa - Spud <comfyso...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in news:744a84aa-ffbf-4a6c-
> b837-1fe5ce20d...@j39g2000yqn.googlegroups.com:
>
> > "Ying Tong John" - couldn't make it up , he was Denis Pattersons
> > bruiser who Jimmy Nail nutted. A bloke with a crumpled nose , Imdb
> > reckons he was a northern folk singer . But that name - Hi I'm Ying
> > Tong!
>
> A quick Google of his name says that his real name was John Strachan. I
> love that particular ep of Auf Pet.
>
But tyo come up with Ying Tong as a stage name!
Great episode - the headbut was classic!
Mike Swift
s.com>, Sofa - Spud <comfy...@hotmail.co.uk> writes
>> A quick Google of his name says that his real name was John Strachan. I
>> love that particular ep of Auf Pet.
>>
>
>But tyo come up with Ying Tong as a stage name!
>
>Great episode - the headbut was classic!
Erm, Ying Tong has a rather racist meaning round these parts though I
would hope he took the name in homage to the Goons.
Mike
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Sofa - Spud
> In article <cb97c5b2-629a-425a-9dea-3ba53bf1d...@o36g2000yqh.googlegroup
> s.com>, Sofa - Spud <comfyso...@hotmail.co.uk> writes
>
> >> A quick Google of his name says that his real name was John Strachan. I
> >> love that particular ep of Auf Pet.
>
> >But tyo come up with Ying Tong as a stage name!
>
> >Great episode - the headbut was classic!
>
> Erm, Ying Tong has a rather racist meaning round these parts though I
> would hope he took the name in homage to the Goons.
>
> Mike
that would be ting tong wouldn't it?
This bloke is from the 70's - I take it it's the ying tong song with
spike milligan
Sofa - Spud
>
> - Show quoted text -
That's the one
Mike Plowman
Which was derived from Spike's best pal in the army, Harry Edginton,
who they used to call The Edge-Ying-Tong.
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Sam Nelson
mike.p...@mydomain.net says...
> Which was derived from Spike's best pal in the army, Harry Edginton,
> who they used to call The Edge-Ying-Tong.
That'll be his son, in U2, then.
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Mike Plowman
wrote:
Very possibly. I think Spike once described Harry as having all the
musical abilty of a chair leg so it would seem he might be. :-)
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Mike Swift
s.com>, Sofa - Spud <comfy...@hotmail.co.uk> writes
>> Erm, Ying Tong has a rather racist meaning round these parts though I
>> would hope he took the name in homage to the Goons.
>>
>> Mike
>
>that would be ting tong wouldn't it?
>
>This bloke is from the 70's - I take it it's the ying tong song with
>spike milligan
Ying tong iddle I po, got it in one, unlike me who needed two to get the
racist bit :-)
Sam Nelson
m...@address.invalid says...
> On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:10:19 +0000, Tascam Holiday <tascam....@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >On Wed, 25 Mar 2009, Martin wrote:
> >> Mike, do you know where this cliff is?
> >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/25/satnav_mishap/
> >
> >Fancy that, a clueless prat in a BMW!
>
> What else?
>
> Google Maps says it's in Lancashire.
There are quite a lot of clifflike features around there. Without
knowing where he started from, where he was going, and where he went
wrong, it would be hard to figure out.
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Sam Nelson
m...@address.invalid says...
>
> On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:10:19 +0000, Tascam Holiday <tascam....@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 25 Mar 2009, Martin wrote:
> >
> >> Mike, do you know where this cliff is?
> >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/25/satnav_mishap/
> >
> >Fancy that, a clueless prat in a BMW!
>
> What else?
>
> Google Maps says it's in Lancashire.
The pictures in the Halifax Evening Courier
http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Satnav-takes-BMW-driver-
to.5101232.jp
suggests here:
http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=53.704594&lon=-2.110362&z=19.3&r=0
&src=msa
I could TinyURL the links, but right now I ought to be elsewhere.
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Mike Swift
<m...@address.invalid> writes
I cheated, it looks like it's on the road from Todmorden to
Littleborough according to Google Earth.
Mike Swift
<m...@address.invalid> writes
>>> Mike, do you know where this cliff is?
>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/25/satnav_mishap/
>>
>
>What else?
>
>Google Maps says it's in Lancashire.
Then I'm afraid Google Maps is wrong, it's in Calderdale which is in
Yorkshire.
Wikipedia
The historic county boundary between Yorkshire and Lancashire was marked
by the River Calder which runs through the centre of the town. The
border was altered by the Local Government Act 1888, whereby today all
of Todmorden lies within West Yorkshire. The town is served by Todmorden
railway station.
Sofa - Spud
LOL
Sofa - Spud
> In article <b2bc68e7-e5c4-4eff...@w35g2000yqm.googlegroup
> s.com>, Sofa - Spud <comfy...@hotmail.co.uk> writes
>>> Erm, Ying Tong has a rather racist meaning round these parts though I
>>> would hope he took the name in homage to the Goons.
>>>
>>> Mike
>> that would be ting tong wouldn't it?
>>
> Probably, I've usually had a few when I've heard it used.
>
>> This bloke is from the 70's - I take it it's the ying tong song with
>> spike milligan
>
> Ying tong iddle I po, got it in one, unlike me who needed two to get the
> racist bit :-)
>
> Mike
>
But have you seen the bloke - a bearded crooked nose bruiser - classic!