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The film To Sir With Love, starring Sidney Poitier, is about a teacher who goes to work in a run-down London East End school where he is faced with the monumental task of trying to educate a bunch of real thickos. All the scenes which portrayed his affair with co-teacher, Suzy Kendall, have since been deleted for some extraordinary reason.
A few other lines have also fallen victim to the censors scalpel. Like the scene where Sid is told that one of his pupils has actually passed an exam, and he blurts out the immortal line, |
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'Nothing is ever black and white' is a ridiculous statement that continues to be championed by people who just like arguing or want to join focus groups or appear on Question Time and look intelligent.
Loads of things are black and white, zebra's for one, Notts County shirts for another. The only thing that might not be black and white in that statement is 'Nothing' so I suggest they start trying to find out if it is or not. Next: Masai Mara |
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The Masai Mara is famous for its yearly mass migration. This is when wildebeests, rhinos, lions, hyenas, gazelles and giraffes all turn up to watch the mass migration of photographers, film crews and tourists that flock to the northern end of the Serengeti.
Originally thought up by Thomsons gazelle, who is something of a travel agent among antelope, he brings all the species interested on guided tours to gawp at the strange habits of the visiting humans. Of particular interest to the rhino is the automobile industry. Obsessed as he is in a Clarkson kind of way with every vehicle that arrives in the park, the rhino have generally been impressed with the dentability of the latest four-by-fours, and noted that they are |
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There is always a crisis on the Betfair forum.
Betfair's forum can be more like a riot in the Coliseum. Some contributors like to think of themselves as Caesar, while others never tire of adding their voice to the raucous background noise. More tender souls, meanwhile, could well end up as lion food. But the Betfair forum is also by far the largest and most lively aggregation of racing fans and gamblers anywhere on the web. It has been an important part of the exchange's appeal almost from its launch eight years ago, a way to advertise the person-to-person basis of the site and increase the sense of community. Like any community, of course, it has its share of members with personality disorders: the bullies, the fantasists, barefaced liars, Sparkmaster, and the ones with such deep-seated anger-management issues that they should probably be under lock and key. But there are many others, too, who just want to talk punting with like-minded souls, and to do so in a forum where an honest opinion can be expressed, and even the odd insult hurled, without the sky falling in. How tedious life would be if the sky did not fall in. Don't you just love a crisis! Next: Pure unadulterated filth. |
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Plagiarist ;)
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Plague ravaged Europe in the 14th century. Physics and sawbones attributed the malaise to the filth that lay about on the streets. It was a problem, as people were used to living in filth and hated change, so that efforts to clean it up were always met with resistance. No soon had the filth been cleared then the locals would filthify the place again.
One firm noted a gap in the market, so The Evian Filth Company of Paris introduced a range of bottled 'Pure Unadulterated Fillth' onto the market. It was a great success in purifying the filth but had no effect on the plague unfortunately. Next: Ring a ring o'roses. |
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As urban myths go, the ones surrounding the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London in the mid-1660s are humdingers. For a start, the childrens nursery rhyme which starts with
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And the connection with Ring a ring o'roses is obviously subliminal...
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Well it's stretching a point, I'll grant you, but I'm sure it must be in there somewhere. I was using my artistic licence which arrived in the post this morning. :)
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The famous architect Sir Christopher Wren was in fact born Sir Christopher Robin but like so many celebrities he only achieved success after changing his name when his agent suggested a robin was far too common and he would only get commissions if using a classier moniker...perhaps of a lesser known species. He was an instant success and soon everyone wanted him to build their church. However after St Pauls was completed work began to dry up perhaps not coincidentally due to the Great Wren Invasion of Tunbridge Wells in 1701 when several peasants were pecked to death. Wren/Robin changed his name yet again in a bid to restore his fortune but today little remains of the work of Sir Christopher Dodo-Woodpigeon
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Camp Celebrity Monthly broke the news last month that Elton John has ended his relationship with David Furnish. An increasingly bitter and public break-up looked likely when John, real name Elton Johns, brushed aside reporters outside his Brighton home yesterday.
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Police in my home town have gotten sick of arresting drunken violent youths every night of the week, so have set aside Saturday night to allow arguemets over girls and football etc to spill over into mindless gratuitous violence.
Chief Inspector Gullible explained: 'We dont have the manpower to police our streets every night so we are trusting the local yobs to adhere to our request and save it for Saturdays. On the whole they are a resposible lot and we feel we can trust them.' Next: Knacker of the Yard. |
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The stall holders and barrow boys of Tower Hamlets were badly betrayed by Arthur Melville Knacker when he was elected as their MP in the 1960s, after initially promising to promote their interests above all others if he should succeed to government.
He was soon made minister for fiddling with things that are best left as they are. The first green paper he put before the House was the introduction of the metric system. |
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Grange Hill is the BBCs training school for young soap opera acting talent and during the late 90s they had a period when it was obligatory to have been a student before anyone was allowed to embark upon a life in Eastenders. This is widely attributed to a drop in the viewing figures during that time when the Beeb was forced to turn down established actors for key roles. Tom Hanks had auditioned for the role of Mark Fowler and briefly convinced producers he qualified with his tales of a PE beasting at the hands of Mr Baxter. He was shopped by Meryl Streep however who was angry at being passed over for the role of Pat Butcher...a feud which still boils over regularly during Oscar ceremonies
The Grange Hill selection policy is still used for The Bill however...continuing proof of which will be seen with the introduction of Chief Inspector Zammo in the near future next: Oscar acceptance speeches |
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Entertainment news:
One of the finest Oscar acceptance speeches was given last night at the British Horse Racing Authoritys annual awards. Fighting back the tears, jockey Keen McDeown said he was honoured to receive the award for best acting performance in front of a disciplinary panel. At the nomination prior to the winner being announced, a short clip of each nominee was shown, and McDeowns was his fine performance of him singing the Fats Domino song I Only Ever Found My Thrill On Collier Hill. One of the added benefits of the award is a 4 year holiday, expenses not paid, although he added that punters had very kindly agreed to pay those expenses for years previously, so hed probably be ok. Asked what he was going to do now, he stated that he was already working on his next film, a musical called Stop the World, I Want to Get Warned Off! for the famous director David O. Blockleynicked. Other irons in the fire for McDeown include a hospital sitcom Only If I Laugh, and the western drama comedy Alias Smith and Allen Oils. Next: Didnt we have a lovely time the day went to Bangor. |
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'Didn't we have a lovely time the day we went to Bangor' is oft quoted as the title of the well known tune by Fiddler's Dram, when in fact the real title is 'Day trip to Bangor'
The author of this fine work got the idea for the song when reading the Sporting Life story about the next engagement for the Grand National winner of 1970. 'Gay Trip to Bangor' read the headline. Next: Graham Norton's Coin. |
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Many exuberant punters were caught out in 1990 in after race festivities after Nortons Coin provided them with a bumper windfall in the Gold Cup at 100/1. Many slightly worse for wear on alcohol believed they were being asked if they had backed the horse when celebrating at Cheltenham's Blue Oyster Bar late into the evening. The leather trouser clad but motorcycleless questioners were in fact asking ' do you have Graham Norton's coin?' a common euphemism akin to 'are you a friend of Dorothy's?' and found themselves remembering their win for totally different reasons the following morning.
Next: The Ring of Fire |
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The Ring of Fire was a new thread started by Sparkmaster on the day after he cooked one of his experimental lentil dahls.
Next: The spice wars. |
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Homer is famous for three epic poems - The Iliad, Odyssey and the Old Spice Wars. The last of these is not so well known, it starts before the Greeks ten-year siege of Troy.
The tale tells how the Trojans detected something on the sea breeze, and when they looked out, across the breakers they saw a vast army of men on surfboards, the air around them positively glowing with the scent of |
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The Face that launched a thousand ships was the soubriquet give to Bella Emberg after her's did, literally.
Next: Lugosi's Dracula. |
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Lulu's car is a dog
Next: anagrams |
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It's currently unknown that President Obama is Bad Árse Nepotism.
Next: John McCain's Next Job |
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John McCain has announced that his next job has already been secured for him by associates within the CIA.
Commenting on the appointment, he said he wasnt clear yet what his duties might be, but thought that a number of positions were under consideration by his employers. Hed certainly appreciate the peace and solitude of a book depository they'd mentioned, he said, if that was the primary option, or that they might instead find him a nice gardening post on some grassy knoll or other behind some picket fence somewhere. |
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Now that his Presindential hankering is at an end John McCain's next job is to be Chief Executive of the 'Confederation of Men with Short Arms'
Some of the main aims of his new role will be to lobby trouser manufacturers to raise the height of trouser pockets and make them more shallow and to promote the introduction of lower light switches. Next: Tightfisted Larry |
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double header next moody!
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In America, for fear of upsetting Catholics, 'The Pope Must Die' was renamed 'The Pope Must Diet' - illustrating the tragic lengths censors will go to.
Sadly, the same censors missed the tragic length featured in 'Tightfisted Larry' a low budget porn film which, through failing to follow the necessary H&S guidelines, and inadvertent snuff movie. Shown on Thanksgiving weekend, between The Incredible Journey and Short Circuit, it scarred many children for life. Next: Scars, the things on the beach, not the things on your body. |
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Well done sparky. Wouldn't have had a clue what to do with those two. |
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Original copies of the first pressing of the Beach Boys
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A new album is out for Christmas. Titled Sounds of the Sixties, it is not an album of hits from the 1960s, but a new of album of songs by hitmakers of the 60s who are now in their 60s. The opener is a lament looking back at when he was younger by Paul McCartney When I Was 64. Mick Jagger weighs in with Little Red Tablets. Ray Davies of the Kinks offers Going to the Toilet: All Day and All of the Night and Dedicated Follower of Sanatogen.
A video is currently being made of the single from the album We Dont Walk Anymore and is expected to be Cliffs 737th Xmas number one. Next: Old Man look at my life, Im a lot like you. |
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When Neil Young first embarked upon a solo career, he was under a lot of pressure from his record company to come up with some new songs. Totally lacking in inspiration, he suddenly had a brainwave. His mate Dave Crosby had told him hed nicked some lyrics from the bible for Turn! Turn! Turn! so Neil thought hed do the same. (ok, the thief was actually Pete Seeger but Dave was always telling porkies). So Neil opened the bible and began reading about an old man who had come to seek advice from King Solomon on a personal matter.
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Funfair for Common Man was an aborted plan for a funfair ride by Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
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Rotherham United left winger Romeo O'Bard is so fond of Shakespeare he often quotes his idol as he takes on the right back while storming down the wing.
On one occaasion he screamed 'Hola you pampered jade of Asia' as he dribbled round Tai Fan Hu of Accrington. His favourite though was 'Is ths a dagger which I see before me?' as he nutmegged the bemused Monkouse of Dagenham and Redbridge. Next Out damned spot |
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Some excellent contributions in the last couple of days.
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Shakespeare wasnt just married to Anne Hathaway, she was also his soundboard. Hed often bash out a play, and then on the long winter evenings hed watch while she scanned over the text and give her opinion. Often what she said hed ignore, but sometimes hed see she was right.
One particular occasion was during the Macbeth sessions. As William crossed out the line he had written and scrawled the Out, damned Spot! Out, I Say over the top Anne had suggested, he sighed and said: |
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Greyfriars Bobby was the nickname given to an Edinburgh policeman who was so heartbroken when his dog died that he spent every day keeping vigil at the dogs grave in the Greyfriars Pet Cemetery, only ever leaving for a quick bite to eat at a nearby hot-dog stand.
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LAST LOST LOOT FOOT FOOD Next: I did it in 5 |