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by GrumpyOldFart
Sat May 21, 2022 2:04 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: But Will it Put Out "A Ring of Fire"?
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Views: 393
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Re: But Will it Put Out "A Ring of Fire"?

Shirley they could ram a plug in from outside as a temporary measure?
by GrumpyOldFart
Sun Jan 09, 2022 12:53 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Appropriate and inappropriate names for professions!
Replies: 33
Views: 1356
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Re: Appropriate and inappropriate names for professions!

In Polruan, Cornwall, in the 1960s, the grocer was Mr Rice, and the butcher, Mr Body.
by GrumpyOldFart
Sat Jan 01, 2022 9:00 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: A little Joy to start the new year
Replies: 1
Views: 398
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A little Joy to start the new year

by GrumpyOldFart
Thu Dec 30, 2021 7:27 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Kaylee Rodgers sings Hallelujah - Magic
Replies: 13
Views: 695
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Re: Kaylee Rodgers sings Hallelujah - Magic

Stunning. Absolutely stunning. Thanks, Alison.
by GrumpyOldFart
Wed Dec 29, 2021 3:42 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Replies: 19845
Views: 1073537
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

If Weight Watchers' programs are any good - how come Oprah's still fat?
by GrumpyOldFart
Wed Nov 17, 2021 10:12 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: A life of privacy...
Replies: 1
Views: 438
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A life of privacy...

The latest episode in the Sussex search for 'privacy' - an interview with Ellen Degenerate.

DM Quote: "Ellen and the Duchess are close friends having met years ago at a dog shelter..."

Would that be as fellow inmates?
by GrumpyOldFart
Wed Jun 16, 2021 12:59 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Irritating phrases, Americanisms and other mangling of English as she is spoken...
Replies: 185
Views: 5126
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Re: Irritating phrases, Americanisms and other mangling of English as she is spoken...

I wonder who was the pretentious pseudo-intellectual prat who decided that 'processes' should be pronounced 'pross-ess-eeze'?
by GrumpyOldFart
Tue Jun 08, 2021 1:54 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV
Replies: 33192
Views: 793653
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Things they did in the 70s

By Richard Littlejohn in today's Daily Mail: "As long-suffering readers of this column will be aware, I cut my teeth as an industrial correspondent, covering countless stand-offs between employers and trades unions. The miners’ strike, the steel strike, the engineering strike, the Ford strike, the B...
by GrumpyOldFart
Wed May 26, 2021 11:14 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV
Replies: 33192
Views: 793653
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV

Ex-Ascot wrote:
Tue May 25, 2021 7:20 am
Not sure where they go for the winter. And, before anyone comes up with bright ideas not Battersea.
Must be Batley, then.
by GrumpyOldFart
Mon Apr 05, 2021 11:57 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV
Replies: 33192
Views: 793653
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV

Somebody looking for me??
by GrumpyOldFart
Wed Mar 31, 2021 11:07 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV
Replies: 33192
Views: 793653
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV

larsssnowpharter wrote:
Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:27 am
Lovely long walk with the Black Bitch this morning
... and H didn't mind?
by GrumpyOldFart
Wed Mar 24, 2021 4:33 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV
Replies: 33192
Views: 793653
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV

ricardian wrote:
Tue Mar 23, 2021 6:06 am
1976 when they refused to let her register our pedigree GSD and didn't return her 7s/6d
[Pedant Mode]
But... but... but... wasn't D-Day 15 Feb 1971???
[/Pedant Mode]

:-B :-?
by GrumpyOldFart
Sun Mar 07, 2021 5:13 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV
Replies: 33192
Views: 793653
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV

ian16th wrote:
Sat Mar 06, 2021 7:05 am
Rump is the choice in this house.

Better brace yerself, Mrs 16th...
by GrumpyOldFart
Tue Feb 02, 2021 4:28 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV
Replies: 33192
Views: 793653
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV

Rest in peace, Sir Tom.
by GrumpyOldFart
Tue Feb 02, 2021 3:54 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Obituaries are supposed to be sad, aren't they?
Replies: 16
Views: 1078
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Re: Obituaries are supposed to be sad, aren't they?

OFSO wrote:
Mon Feb 01, 2021 5:18 pm
I seem to remember that in an early Private Eye there was a reprint of a genuine obit of a politician (South African?) which read along the lines of "He was a rotten bastard. May he roast in hell. "
Should save that for when Chump's turn comes. And, Lord, please make it soon.
by GrumpyOldFart
Sun Jan 31, 2021 2:37 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Obituaries are supposed to be sad, aren't they?
Replies: 16
Views: 1078
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Obituaries are supposed to be sad, aren't they?

Or are they? Try this one from our local paper a few days ago. First one I've seen which includes arson as a hobby...

https://obituaries.tj.news/obituary/mar ... 1081470903
by GrumpyOldFart
Wed Nov 04, 2020 1:08 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Rant of the Day v2.
Replies: 7815
Views: 285173
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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

Er... Smeagol:
walk around a similar open space with a bat in hand and whack a ball with a friend!
You might keep more friends if you whack the ball with the bat instead...