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Robert E A Harvey

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Nov 19, 2012, 2:11:42 AM11/19/12
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http://xkcd.com/1136/

err...

Eccles 1954 "What's the time 'bottle?"



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Brian Gaff

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Nov 19, 2012, 3:46:56 AM11/19/12
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Nothing on there I can see. I do know the sketch you refer to, it was also
reused in the last goon show of all I seem to recall, though on the cassette
version I can't find it.



Brian

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bobharvey

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Nov 19, 2012, 3:50:20 AM11/19/12
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On Nov 19, 8:46 am, "Brian Gaff" <Bria...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Nothing on there I can see.

They used the abreviation 'Eccles' for the book of Ecclesiastes, which
made me go off at a tangent.

Richard Robinson

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Nov 19, 2012, 8:32:41 AM11/19/12
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bobharvey said:
> On Nov 19, 8:46 am, "Brian Gaff" <Bria...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>> Nothing on there I can see.
>
> They used the abreviation 'Eccles' for the book of Ecclesiastes

*Ah*. So I wasn't actually supposed to read it in that voice ?


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bobharvey

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Nov 19, 2012, 8:54:22 AM11/19/12
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On Nov 19, 1:32 pm, Richard Robinson <richa...@privacy.net> wrote:
> > They used the abreviation 'Eccles' for the book of Ecclesiastes
>
> *Ah*. So I wasn't actually supposed to read it in that voice ?

No, I consider it /entirely/ appropriate.

malj

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Nov 20, 2012, 12:37:29 PM11/20/12
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I had to think that it was either a brilliant english joke... or a
shortening .. Then I realized(!) he's a crosspondian so it wasn't a
brilliant english joke... Shame
Cheers,
MalJ

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Stan Dandy Liver

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Nov 20, 2012, 2:08:47 PM11/20/12
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On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:37:29 -0000, malj <m...@privacy.invalid> wrote:

> On 19/11/2012 13:54, bobharvey wrote:
>> On Nov 19, 1:32 pm, Richard Robinson <richa...@privacy.net> wrote:

re: xkcd cartoon
http://xkcd.com/1136/
(xpost to the goonery added)


>>>> They used the abreviation 'Eccles' for the book of Ecclesiastes
>>>
>>> *Ah*. So I wasn't actually supposed to read it in that voice ?
>>
>> No, I consider it /entirely/ appropriate.
>>
> I had to think that it was either a brilliant english joke... or a
> shortening .. Then I realized(!) he's a crosspondian so it wasn't a
> brilliant english joke... Shame


Some herns appreciate the jbex of the fabulous goon brothers.


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R C Nesbit

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Nov 21, 2012, 8:24:38 AM11/21/12
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Stan Dandy Liver spoke:
> >>>> They used the abreviation 'Eccles' for the book of Ecclesiastes
> >>>
> >>> *Ah*. So I wasn't actually supposed to read it in that voice ?
> >>
> >> No, I consider it /entirely/ appropriate.
> >>
> > I had to think that it was either a brilliant english joke... or a
> > shortening .. Then I realized(!) he's a crosspondian so it wasn't a
> > brilliant english joke... Shame
>
> Some herns appreciate the jbex of the fabulous goon brothers.

Last night Auntie Beeb had that nice Mr Portillo<spit> on his Bradshaws
wailway guide thing going from Scouceland to CorrieLand, and featured the
Eccles cakes molishery.

Lesley then told me of one of our colonial cousins in Sherwood Forest
restaurant asking for an Eccles cake, and that he had visited Eccles as
he was a dedicated Goons fan type person.

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Then why are you leaving England?
Too much competition!

Nicholas D. Richards

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Nov 21, 2012, 10:14:28 AM11/21/12
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In article <VA.0000409...@ukrm.net>, R C Nesbit <sp...@ukrm.net>
on Wed, 21 Nov 2012 at 13:24:38 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and
wrote
>
>Last night Auntie Beeb had that nice Mr Portillo<spit> on his Bradshaws
>wailway guide thing going from Scouceland to CorrieLand, and featured the
>Eccles cakes molishery.
>
>Lesley then told me of one of our colonial cousins in Sherwood Forest
>restaurant asking for an Eccles cake, and that he had visited Eccles as
>he was a dedicated Goons fan type person.
>

I did not see this programme; but chewchew(spit also) does exaggerate
Bradshaw. It can be interesting when he visits places from my past, but
often the bits I would like to see are skipped across. For instance when
he visited Anglesey, because he is dependant on Bradshaw, he missed out,
Bodorgan, Malltreath, Newborough Warren and Ynes Llanddwyn. I too have a
copy (a reproduction is all I can afford).

Eccles cakes are not what they used to be. I know not why. We used to
buy them every Saturday morning in Eccles, I cannot remember the name of
the street, but it led down to the parish church.

Incidentally I seem to remember that the church has some Celtic
Christian remains.
--
Nicholas David Richards -

"O� sont les neiges d'antan?"

canaldrifter

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Nov 21, 2012, 10:32:11 AM11/21/12
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In article <VA.0000409...@ukrm.net>, R C Nesbit <sp...@ukrm.net>
wrote:

> Stan Dandy Liver spoke:
> > >>>> They used the abreviation 'Eccles' for the book of Ecclesiastes
> > >>>
> > >>> *Ah*. So I wasn't actually supposed to read it in that voice ?
> > >>
> > >> No, I consider it /entirely/ appropriate.
> > >>
> > > I had to think that it was either a brilliant english joke... or a
> > > shortening .. Then I realized(!) he's a crosspondian so it wasn't a
> > > brilliant english joke... Shame
> >
> > Some herns appreciate the jbex of the fabulous goon brothers.
>
> Last night Auntie Beeb had that nice Mr Portillo<spit> on his Bradshaws
> wailway guide thing going from Scouceland to CorrieLand, and featured the
> Eccles cakes molishery.
>
> Lesley then told me of one of our colonial cousins in Sherwood Forest
> restaurant asking for an Eccles cake, and that he had visited Eccles as
> he was a dedicated Goons fan type person.

BB: Oooh look Eccles. There's a sign pointing to you!

E: But I'm here Bluebottle.

BB: That means.... um... the sign must be pointing the wrong way den?

E: Not if we go over dere where the sign is pointing, it won't be.

BB: But we aren't going that way!

E: Oooooh. No. You're right, you clever little boy scout you.

BB: Never mind. I'll do a good turn and turn the sign around so it
points towards you.

E: That's a good idea my little friend. I'll just pull over next to this
pond.

BB: And I'll get out my boy scout knife with the attachment for getting
boy scouts out of horses hoofs and turning around road signs.

Ancient car stops, with much wining of gearbox and backfiring of
exhaust. Hand-brake ratchets. Door opens ponderously.

BB: Aaaaagh! I've fallen in the water!

Tone

bobharvey

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Nov 21, 2012, 11:12:41 AM11/21/12
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On Nov 21, 3:32 pm, canaldrifter <irishcanaldrif...@gmail.com> wrote:

> BB: Aaaaagh! I've fallen in the water!


grin.
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Stanley Daniel de Liver

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Nov 21, 2012, 11:57:10 AM11/21/12
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On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:12:41 -0000, bobharvey <robert...@my-deja.com>
wrote:

> On Nov 21, 3:32 pm, canaldrifter <irishcanaldrif...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> BB: Aaaaagh! I've fallen in the water!
>
>
> grin.


pshurely "splash"?

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Stanley Daniel de Liver

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Nov 21, 2012, 12:30:33 PM11/21/12
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On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:14:38 -0000, " Ï M Poster" <i...@ster.invalid> wrote:

> Stanley Daniel de Liver <notag...@invalid.org.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:12:41 -0000, bobharvey <robert...@my-deja.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > On Nov 21, 3:32 pm, canaldrifter <irishcanaldrif...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> BB: Aaaaagh! I've fallen in the water!
>> >
>> > grin.
>>
>> pshurely "splash"?
>
> Gin and a splash? Don't mind if I do, ta.
>
Ah you're a tonic.

Beer for me. gosh is that an empty glass?

canaldrifter

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Nov 21, 2012, 2:07:23 PM11/21/12
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In article <op.wn4up...@anyhost.anywhere>,
"Stanley Daniel de Liver" <notag...@invalid.org.invalid> wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:12:41 -0000, bobharvey <robert...@my-deja.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Nov 21, 3:32 pm, canaldrifter <irishcanaldrif...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> BB: Aaaaagh! I've fallen in the water!
> >
> >
> > grin.
>
>
> pshurely "splash"?

T'would have given away the punch-line.

Tone

MartinS

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Nov 21, 2012, 6:53:35 PM11/21/12
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R C Nesbit <sp...@ukrm.net> wrote:
> Stan Dandy Liver spoke:
>> >>>> They used the abreviation 'Eccles' for the book of Ecclesiastes
>> >>>
>> >>> *Ah*. So I wasn't actually supposed to read it in that voice ?
>> >>
>> >> No, I consider it /entirely/ appropriate.
>> >>
>> > I had to think that it was either a brilliant english joke... or a
>> > shortening .. Then I realized(!) he's a crosspondian so it wasn't a
>> > brilliant english joke... Shame
>>
>> Some herns appreciate the jbex of the fabulous goon brothers.
>
> Last night Auntie Beeb had that nice Mr Portillo<spit> on his
> Bradshaws wailway guide thing going from Scouceland to CorrieLand, and
> featured the Eccles cakes molishery.
>
> Lesley then told me of one of our colonial cousins in Sherwood Forest
> restaurant asking for an Eccles cake, and that he had visited Eccles
> as he was a dedicated Goons fan type person.

They have trams to Eccles now, you know.
Nothing's too good for the burghers of Eccles.

--
Martin S.
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canaldrifter

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Nov 21, 2012, 8:40:00 PM11/21/12
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In article <1ktxpba.1el3t3c1v004zzN%i...@ster.invalid>,
i...@ster.invalid ( � M Poster) wrote:

> MartinS <m...@my.place.invalid> wrote:
>
> > They have trams to Eccles now, you know.
> > Nothing's too good for the burghers of Eccles.
>
> That's handy for a quick getaway once you've rifled the
> knicker-drawer and had it away with the video recorder.

Normally one has it away with someone else and then records it for the
video recorder..... I'm told.

Tone

MartinS

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Nov 21, 2012, 10:03:17 PM11/21/12
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canaldrifter <irishcan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> i...@ster.invalid ( Ď M Poster) wrote:
>> MartinS <m...@my.place.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> > They have trams to Eccles now, you know.
>> > Nothing's too good for the burghers of Eccles.
>>
>> That's handy for a quick getaway once you've rifled the
>> knicker-drawer and had it away with the video recorder.
>
> Normally one has it away with someone else and then records it for the
> video recorder..... I'm told.
>
> Tone

You are lowering the Tone of this group.

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Frederick Williams

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Nov 22, 2012, 6:18:06 AM11/22/12
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MartinS wrote:

> They have trams to Eccles now, you know.
> Nothing's too good for the burghers of Eccles.

Are they idle burghers?

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this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
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Frederick Williams

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Nov 22, 2012, 6:20:35 AM11/22/12
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� M Poster wrote:

> Gin and a splash? Don't mind if I do, ta.

YAColonelChinstrapAICM�5.

R C Nesbit

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Nov 22, 2012, 6:37:52 AM11/22/12
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Frederick Williams spoke:
> > They have trams to Eccles now, you know.
> > Nothing's too good for the burghers of Eccles.
>
> Are they idle burghers?

No, they are meaty beefy big and bouncy!

Roger the Saurus

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Nov 22, 2012, 6:53:41 AM11/22/12
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"Nicholas D. Richards" <nich...@salmiron.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:faHlJjAU$OrQ...@salmiron.co.uk...
> In article <VA.0000409...@ukrm.net>, R C Nesbit <sp...@ukrm.net>
> on Wed, 21 Nov 2012 at 13:24:38 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and
> wrote
>>
>>Last night Auntie Beeb had that nice Mr Portillo<spit> on his Bradshaws
>>wailway guide thing going from Scouceland to CorrieLand, and featured the
>>Eccles cakes molishery.
>>
>>Lesley then told me of one of our colonial cousins in Sherwood Forest
>>restaurant asking for an Eccles cake, and that he had visited Eccles as
>>he was a dedicated Goons fan type person.
>>
>
> I did not see this programme; but chewchew(spit also) does exaggerate
> Bradshaw. It can be interesting when he visits places from my past, but
> often the bits I would like to see are skipped across. For instance when
> he visited Anglesey, because he is dependant on Bradshaw, he missed out,
> Bodorgan, Malltreath, Newborough Warren and Ynes Llanddwyn. I too have a
> copy (a reproduction is all I can afford).

You have a reproduction of Ynys Llanddwyn? You're lucky. All I've got is a
cardboard replica of East Finchley.
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(remove bollix to reply)

Nicholas D. Richards

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Nov 22, 2012, 9:00:56 AM11/22/12
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In article <-uGdnXTqCLXZjzPN...@bt.com>, Roger the Saurus
<roge...@bollixbtinternet.com> on Thu, 22 Nov 2012 at 11:53:41 awoke
Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>"Nicholas D. Richards" <nich...@salmiron.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:faHlJjAU$OrQ...@salmiron.co.uk...
>> In article <VA.0000409...@ukrm.net>, R C Nesbit <sp...@ukrm.net>
>> on Wed, 21 Nov 2012 at 13:24:38 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and
>> wrote
>>>
>>>Last night Auntie Beeb had that nice Mr Portillo<spit> on his Bradshaws
>>>wailway guide thing going from Scouceland to CorrieLand, and featured the
>>>Eccles cakes molishery.
>>>
>>>Lesley then told me of one of our colonial cousins in Sherwood Forest
>>>restaurant asking for an Eccles cake, and that he had visited Eccles as
>>>he was a dedicated Goons fan type person.
>>>
>>
>> I did not see this programme; but chewchew(spit also) does exaggerate
>> Bradshaw. It can be interesting when he visits places from my past, but
>> often the bits I would like to see are skipped across. For instance when
>> he visited Anglesey, because he is dependant on Bradshaw, he missed out,
>> Bodorgan, Malltreath, Newborough Warren and Ynes Llanddwyn. I too have a
>> copy (a reproduction is all I can afford).
>
>You have a reproduction of Ynys Llanddwyn?

I should be so lucky. No a reproduction (facsimile) of Bradshaw.

I lived on Ynys Llanddwyn for 7 months in 1970, in one of the Pilots'
Cottages leased by the Nature Conservancy. From pictures I have seen
recently, it looks like the island has been tarted/prettied up.

>You're lucky. All I've got is a
>cardboard replica of East Finchley.
Complete with Mrs East Finchley (nee Grantham)?

Nick Odell

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Nov 22, 2012, 7:22:53 PM11/22/12
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On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:37:52 -0000, R C Nesbit <sp...@ukrm.net> wrote:

>Frederick Williams spoke:
>> > They have trams to Eccles now, you know.
>> > Nothing's too good for the burghers of Eccles.
>>
>> Are they idle burghers?
>
>No, they are meaty beefy big and bouncy!

Who are?

Nick

Bill Taylor

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Nov 25, 2012, 7:06:02 AM11/25/12
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On Nov 23, 1:22 pm, Nick Odell <n...@themusicworkshop.plus.com> wrote:

> >No, they are meaty beefy big and bouncy!
>
> Who are?

Or more accurately, "WHOSE ARE?"

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Stanley Daniel de Liver

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On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 07:11:42 -0000, Robert E A Harvey
<robert...@my-deja.com> wrote:

> http://xkcd.com/1136/
>
> err...
>
> Eccles 1954 "What's the time 'bottle?"
>
>
A rather fine vintage, ITYF <Gritpypethynne - SInC>
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