RMweb Premium Alex TM Posted October 6, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 6, 2021 38 minutes ago, 21C1 said: Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grubb One local authority I was acquainted with, though shall remain nameless, named their education servers after these 'guys'. One of the engineers said it was the only way that they had found to remember them. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted October 6, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 6, 2021 7 hours ago, DIW said: I can only think of one Pantomime venue in the US....... Oh no you can't........ 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 "It's behind me!" DOH! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted October 6, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 6, 2021 1 hour ago, 33C said: "Life's so much fun when your the driver of a train" etc........ I thought it was "Time flies by when I'm the driver of a train...." Here you go, on YouTube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N-hQ6-biWoo 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 I stand corrected, in my orthopedic shoes....... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted October 6, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 6, 2021 "Time is fun when you are having flies." said the frog. 2 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Ramblin Rich said: I thought it was "Time flies by when I'm the driver of a train...." Here you go, on YouTube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N-hQ6-biWoo I'll just leave this here... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Well, if we're going all Trumpton... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted October 6, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 6, 2021 Warning - quite sweary! "Dumpton" on youtube. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkscratching Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 18 hours ago, J. S. Bach said: ????????????????????????????????????? It's a British thing ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ruffnut Thorston Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 News is coming in that Nestle has announced that they are experiencing supply chain problems. There should be no shortage of chocolate products, as long as everyone shops normally, and does not panic buy. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 4 hours ago, Ruffnut Thorston said: News is coming in that Nestle has announced that they are experiencing supply chain problems. There should be no shortage of chocolate products, as long as everyone shops normally, and does not panic buy. No problemo. I don't usually consume much Nestle product. You can ALL have MY share!!! Or even, ALL of my share belong to you..... Whatever. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Doesn't that happen every year with Nestles? I'm sure every year people are complaining that certain items are missing from the Quality Street and they've said "supply issues". Last time they blamed it on covid, but it happens all the time. I think the year before they blamed it on supplies of chocolate. https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/14/quality-street-tubs-missing-certain-chocolates-as-coronavirus-halts-production-13418607/ 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted October 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 7, 2021 17 hours ago, 21C1 said: Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grubb How can you recite the list, without getting done for repetition? 1 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted October 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 7, 2021 22 hours ago, Chops said: Fonejacker Where's the dislike button gone? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted October 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 7, 2021 On 06/10/2021 at 23:29, DIW said: Ah - I see that our tradition of Christmas Pantomimes has still not reached across the Atlantic (lucky you)! That's probably because we have Pantomimes in theatres in many towns and cities, and also at many end-of-the-pier venues. I can only think of one Pantomime venue in the US....... Most people in Australia have no idea either. I often try the 'Oh no it's not' line on my Australian wife and I've given up trying to explain, it only gets me in trouble! 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 5 minutes ago, kevinlms said: Most people in Australia have no idea either. I often try the 'Oh no it's not' line on my Australian wife and I've given up trying to explain, it only gets me in trouble! Funny that considering at one point in the late 1980s and 1990s every single Aussie soap actor or actress seemed to be in a pantomime. Even the unknown ones. It became something of a tradition. https://www.nla.gov.au/collections/what-we-collect/ephemera/finding-australian-ephemera/australian-tv-soap-opera-stars-uk# 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted October 7, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 7, 2021 (edited) I reckon I am pretty good as a descriptive writer, at least by amatuer standards, but I would have no idea how to even begin to explain panto to anyone who was not British and had not grown up with the tradition. It makes about as much sense as most opera storylines, and while I suppose it is analagous to Punch & Judy in some ways, the sexual confusion inherent in a form of theatre in which the leading boy is a girl and everyone crossdresses, as children's entertainment, while simultaneously claiming not to have any sexual agenda beause it's 'just pantomine', takes the form into the unexplainable. Yet it this foreigner-baffling art form makes complete sense to us Brits! Oh no it doesn't... Edited October 7, 2021 by The Johnster 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 It will soon be that time of year again! 4 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 5 minutes ago, The Johnster said: I reckon I am pretty good as a descriptive writer, at least by amatuer standards, but I would have no idea how to even begin to explain panto to anyone who was not British and had not grown up with the tradition. It makes about as much sense as most opera storylines, and while I suppose it is analagous to Punch & Judy in some ways, the sexual confusion inherent in a form of theatre in which the leading boy is a girl and everyone crossdresses, as children's entertainment, while simultaneously claiming not to have any sexual agenda beause it's 'just pantomine', takes the form into the unexplainable. Yet it this foreigner-baffling art form makes complete sense to us Brits! Oh no it doesn't... It seems both Panto and Punch & Judy have their origins in Italy. What we did was make Panto more of a Music Hall thing. https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/the-story-of-pantomime 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Colin_McLeod Posted October 8, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2021 Why is Halloween starting so soon? The fireworks make my dog hide behind the Christmas tree. 1 21 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 13 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: It seems both Panto and Punch & Judy have their origins in Italy. What we did was make Panto more of a Music Hall thing. https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/the-story-of-pantomime As does opera. I'm not that much of a fan of opera, the stories are submerged in overblown musical dramatics! (See Terry Pratchetts "Maskerade") However, Purcells "Dido and Anaeas" and much of the work of Gilbert and Sullivan is easier on the ear.... 2 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 3 hours ago, Colin_McLeod said: Why is Halloween starting so soon? The fireworks make my dog hide behind the Christmas tree. Did you drop your easter egg? 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 On 06/10/2021 at 15:27, Chops said: Fonejacker What's this Fonejacker thing? steve 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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