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28/3/2009.
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Spooky! Just got in from walking the dog and the thought occurred to me on the way back that I ought to dig this thread out of the archives.
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On January 21st 2009, the forumite known as
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ttt is internet sland which has developed from WW2 jargon.
A young private by the name of Tommy Toes saw that moral in his regiment was low, and so started a newspaper to which all officers and men were welcome to contribute. As all incoming mail was subject to scrutiny for security purposes, their commanding officer got to read of all the interesting things that were happening at home. When something of general interest was involved (say, the birth of a child, or a bird visiting a garden) he would scrawl at the top 'Tell Tommy Toes' which eventually got shortened to 'ttt'. This survives to this day on forum posts which people feel will be of interest to many. Of the private, little is known of what became to him, although an early edition of the publications did record that while attempting to send a morse code message he accidentally sank the Pacific Fleet. Next: The Western Front. |
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Before Dick Fosbury came on the scene the 'Western Roll' was the traditional method used for the high jump. Athletes were able to leap over bars set as high as 3ft using this method.
Fosbury's initial idea, in1967, was to take a run at the bar and dive over it face on. He named this the 'Western Front.' Unfortunately he could only jump 2ft 9ins using this method. In 1968 he perfected his famous back flip routine which saw him break the world record by over 4 metres. He was going to call this method 'The Western Back' but he and his coach couldn't agree, eventually he got fed up saying 'Sod it, let's just call it the Fosbury Flop.' Next: Leapy Lea. |
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Very good all!
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he LIVES!!!!
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Lee Pulleyblank was an early 18th century agriculturalist who invented the seed drill. His boss at the time, a Mr J Tull, was so impressed that he stole the idea and gained all the credit, **ing Pulleyblank out of fame and fortune.
In spite of this setback, Pulleyblank did gain some sort of fame by winning the Oswestry Vegetable Hurdling race three years running, earning himself the nickname of Leapy Lee. There was no prize money though, and still no fortune. Pulleyblank |
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'(don't end up) Thick as a Brick' was a slight hit for Floella Benjamin and Brian Cant in 1978. Intended to highlight the dangers of not trying at school, it featured the first example of rap in a mainstream British single release, with Cant rhyming
Make sure yo pay attention in all yo classes And you'll be sitting sweet like some fine molasses Listen hard to what the teacher say Cos in the end, you know it's gonna pay After which Benjamin chipped in the musical chorus. It peaked at 19 in the charts, although a remix, Jason Nevins versus Floella Benjamin and Brian Cant failed to trouble the charts twenty years later. Their next release, Be Happy All The Time, did not chart. Next: Plastic sunflowers. |
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Rather like punk in the 80's which started out as a reaction to the 70's hippy bands, 'The Plastic Sunflowers' were an anti 'flower power' band formed in Pontefract in 1975.
They saw this whole peace and love movement as false and ridiculous so at their concerts in the Upton Working Men's Club they threw plastic imitation floral tributes to the bemused off sick miners that made up their 'audience.' Their repertioire consisted of memorable songs such as: Let's go to Salford disco, Bummer in the City and Born to be Mild Next: Fairy Liquid. |
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In a school test, a question asking 'use the word judicious in a sentence' received the response, 'Unleavened bread and kippers are examples of judicious, the plates of which they often wash with fairy liquid'
Next: I left my harp in Sanfran's Disco. |
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Saint Francis, as everyone knows, is the patron saint of discos. In the 1950s, although technically dead, the old saint was still well enough to run his own little disco in the city that retains his name (San Antonio, California). Every Thursday was jazz-nite at SanFrans place and one evening the famous harmonica player, Larry Adler, dropped by, and was encouraged to get up and play, much to the delight of the crowd. Adler must have been having a great time, because after hed finished he left to go to another joint with Louis Armstrong. Both were in high spirits walking down the street laughing and joking when suddenly Adler grabbed Armstrongs arm and said:
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Great to see you boggle old son, thought you'd gone.
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Two bands with female singers, namely Heart and Texas have decided to try and improve their flagging popularity by joining forces and record as one super group. They will now go by the name of...yes you've guessed it........
.....Hexus Next: The two girls from ABBA. |
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Its a well kept secret that the two girls from ABBA were not Swedish at all but were in fact both Welsh lasses from Aberfan and Aberystwyth.
Which is of course how they came up with the name ABER for the band. The blonde one had the bright idea to change the spelling to ABBA while the two girls were back-packing in Africa and passed through Addis Abbaba in Abbasinia. Next: The horn of Africa |
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Because of his rapacious sexual desires, Cecil Rhodes gained several nicknames, including The Horn of Africa, Sexil Rhodes and**y Rhodes.
Next: Ice and Lemon |
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Because of his rapacious sexual desires, Cecil Rhodes gained several nicknames, including The Horn of Africa, Sexil Rhodes and**y Rhodes.
Next: Ice and Lemon |
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Of Ice And Lemon was the original working title of a John Stein of Becksplease novel about the merits of gin and tonic.
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Next: Forgetting to write next
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Cheers colly, havent been around much, hope you are well. I saw your
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Forgetting to write 'Next' is a common reason for delays at Britains got Deaf Talent.
Next: Simon's Cowl. |
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The start of Wimbledon this week sees French No.1 Gilles Simon attempting to fare a little better than he did in the recent Queens Club Tournament where he crashed out in the 3rd round.
Simon will be appearing on court dressed in a monks outfit as part of his new sponsorship deal with Bénédictine. The long flowing robe is expected to be quite a hindrance, especially as there is a contractual obligation for Simons cowl , which displays the liqueurs logo on the back, to be worn over his head at all times. The garment is also expected to play havoc with the electronic Lazy Eye equipment, used to determine whether or not any of the line judges are blind. Next: New balls please! |
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The term 'New balls please!' was first used on the deck of the 'Victory' at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Nelson stood on the poop deck and in the early exchanges took a cannonball to his right arm which ripped it clean off.
'New arm please, bosun' he demanded. While waiting for the arm a musket shot ricoched off the yard arm staright into his left eye. 'New eye please Midshipman, and see where the bosun has got to, I cant look through me telescope and fire me musket with just the one' he intoned. Just then another cannonball whacked him in the nether regions. 'New balls please Hardy!' he squealed in a strange high-pitched voice. 'And send a message to Lady Hamilton, that there'll be no more rogering until Friday at the earliest. Next: Kiss me |
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congrats to MoMM on his double whammy...and Stevie...did you take several hours to type that or just apply SDK rules?
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'John Wayne in The Searchers....' were the last words of Cubby Broccolli. He was playing the newly releasedy 'Movie Cluedo' in which the typical characters, rooms, and murder weapons were replaced with movie stars, films and sextoys.
To make the matter more poignant, fellow player Bob Newhart admitted that he had the first two correct, and would have won the game had he managed to add 'with the fisting plinth'. Next: A million monkeys at a million typewriters. |
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One of the most entertaining threads in the history of the BF forum ever, in its entire history, since its inception, or conception, by Andrew Whatsname and the other one, out on a windy common, how could it be forgotten. And it won´t.
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Cheers TtO, have a go man! The more the merrier.
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I'd have a go but it was my one last!
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The Amazing Fact Chain Letter contains 188,359 words, including this post.
It would take a skilled typist just over 2 days and 4 hours to retype the entire AFCL at an average speed of 60 wpm. Thats without any breaks for non-essentials like food, drink, sleep, pees & poos etc. Realistically though, working 8 hours a day with 2 x 15 minute breaks and an hour for lunch, it would take the typist just over 8 days. The Amazing Fact Chain Letter contains 1,058,747 characters (with spaces), including this post. Therefore a million monkeys at a million typewriters would between them take a fraction over 1 second to retype the entire Amazing Fact Chain Letter. It makes you think. Or not. Next: Previous 1 63 64 65 66 67 68 _ 70 71 72 73 74 |
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The judging for the Hull figure skating championships was thrown into disarray yesterday, following one particularly bad performance by a novice skater, Miss Britney Previous. It was suggested that having a panel where 12 of the 13 judges were relatives of the skater involved had not resulted in a score that was a true and unbiased reflection of that skaters abilities. Its believed that one judge, also a family member, meant to give a score of 69, but forgot to hold the card up the right way round.
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James Dean, the famous canadian pole vaulter of the fifties, died at a meeting in the polish town of Gorzów Wielkopolski, somewhere east of Eden, when his pole(affectuously called Torvill) broke in mid-air and he landed with his head on the ground. Being the rebel that he was, he did not wear any protection and thus couldn't be saved.
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Jele na isi nba yeva is Swahili for "she can vault onto my pole anytime she likes"
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'Scabby itchy foot' as it was known until 1995 is a nasty contagious fungal infection.
It's current name came about when Grand National favourite Royal Athlete suffered a nasty bout of 'scabby itchy foot' just prior to the race. This was cured by a poultice of bread and canestan cream, allowing the horse to go on and win the great race. Thus the condtion was known as 'Royal Athlete's foot' for a bit until the Queen objected to the use of 'Royal' for such a common affliction. Next: The Song Thrush |
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Some birds can be identified by their song, especially when the song almost seems to be saying something in English. The yellowhammer, for example, is easily recognisable as the little yellow bird that asks: [i]
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The lastest example of the Nanny state just been announced by Home Secretary Jack Strawb.
He is encouraging family values again, this time by releasing films of mum, dad and three smiling kids sat around the radio on a Sunday evening, eating fairy cakes and drinking tea while listening to classical music on Radio 3. The Family For Tunes campaign will be shown on all channels throughout the summer. Next: Sing Something Simple. |
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Insiders could tell the honeymoon was finally over for 60s icons, Sonny and Cher, when the unhappy duo took to the stage for the last time in 1973 following a behind- the-scenes row over who was the smartest. The band played and Sonny started up with his opening line to I Got You, Babe, but Cher, with a face like a smacked kipper, refused to do her lovey-dovey comeback line. Sonny smiled weakly at the audience and digging his wife in the ribs hissed:
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