RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted June 13, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 13, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: I suppose it's something I would just assume that everybody knew and I'm far from being a fan! A bit like Cliff Richard was Harry Webb and Michael Caine was Maurice Micklewhite. Both names are better than the ones they adopted IMO Harry Webb And The Spiders would have been far better than Cliff Richard And The Shadows.... Better for what? I couldn't imagine anybody called "Maurice Micklewhite" would be offered many action hero roles, ditto Marion Morrison!!!! 😄. Michael Caine was a nicely neutral moniker for anybody who wanted to avoid being pre-judged or typecast. Edited June 13, 2023 by Dunsignalling 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian J. Posted June 13, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 13, 2023 Not knowing anything much about Bob Dylan, I certainly didn't get the reference. I can't say I much like his music at all, and in fact tend to avoid it. 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted June 13, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 13, 2023 19 minutes ago, Ian J. said: Not knowing anything much about Bob Dylan, I certainly didn't get the reference. I can't say I much like his music at all, and in fact tend to avoid it. I don't mind Bob Dylan's music but I don't know anything much about him, which is why I didn't get it. I'm not too keen on Elton John but I know that's not his real name, not that I can recall off the top of my head what it is (although it'll probably be a case of "Oh, that was it" when I see it). Funny how we sometimes just pick up odd random facts and miss or forget others. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 15 minutes ago, Reorte said: I don't mind Bob Dylan's music but I don't know anything much about him, which is why I didn't get it. I'm not too keen on Elton John but I know that's not his real name, not that I can recall off the top of my head what it is (although it'll probably be a case of "Oh, that was it" when I see it). Funny how we sometimes just pick up odd random facts and miss or forget others. Reggie! Reginald Dwight as opposed to his new name Elton Hercules John, which sounds like a horse*.... *No idea whether it's true but I have heard he got the Hercules bit from the horse in Steptoe and Son! Not a fan either, but these things are useful to know if you do quizzes as they often come up. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapford34102 Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 2 hours ago, Dunsignalling said: I couldn't imagine anybody called "Maurice Micklewhite" would be offered many action hero roles, Actually a real action hero as he did fight in the Korean war though. https://www.fusiliermuseumlondon.org/art24491 Stu 5 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 35 minutes ago, lapford34102 said: Actually a real action hero as he did fight in the Korean war though. https://www.fusiliermuseumlondon.org/art24491 Stu You find that applied to many of the actors from that era. Most of them "Did their bit" and quite often they got their starts as extras in war films as they looked the part. Funniest one was the story of Peter Butterworth. Went for a role in The Wooden Horse and was turned down as he "didn't look convincingly heroic or athletic enough". He was one of the actual POWs involved in the escape! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Butterworth 2 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 16 hours ago, Titan said: I think David Tennant wanted to use his original name but had to change it anyway, as there was already an equity member with that name. He originally used Tennant just as a stage name in the UK for that reason. He later legally changed his name to meet American Screen Actors Guild requirements. 12 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: Funniest one was the story of Peter Butterworth. Went for a role in The Wooden Horse and was turned down as he "didn't look convincingly heroic or athletic enough". He was one of the actual POWs involved in the escape! Talbot Rothwell was in the same POW camp, which is how Peter Butterworth ended up in many of the Carry On films. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exmoordave Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 So if you're not meant to drink WD40, why does it come with a straw? 2 1 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 10 minutes ago, exmoordave said: So if you're not meant to drink WD40, why does it come with a straw? Its for the Buckfast drinkers who want to get into the "hard" stuff... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted June 14, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2023 23 minutes ago, exmoordave said: So if you're not meant to drink WD40, why does it come with a straw? Given plastic drinking straws are banned in many places now, shouldn't WD40 cans come with paper straws now? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Just saw that Sainsburys have cut the price of their own brand loo roll. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65901733 They say its because the cost of pulp has dropped. But perhaps the bottom has dropped out of the market... I wonder if the number of sheets per roll has been reduced too, rather like chocolate manufacturers reducing the size of their bars? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted June 14, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Hroth said: ...snip... rather like chocolate manufacturers reducing the size of their bars? And keeping the same size packaging and increasing the pricing! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 On 13/06/2023 at 17:53, Steamport Southport said: Reggie! Reginald Dwight as opposed to his new name Elton Hercules John, which sounds like a horse*.... *No idea whether it's true but I have heard he got the Hercules bit from the horse in Steptoe and Son! Not a fan either, but these things are useful to know if you do quizzes as they often come up. The John part came from a chap I knew who played with a band at a pub in Watford called The Horns. He went by the name of Long John Baldry. I imagine that is were Elton's interest in the football club originated. I also knew a couple who lived in Harrow who knew Elton by different names. The woman knew him as Reg, as she was at school with him amd her partner came across him later and so knew him as Elton. Bernard 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 If you have a parrot and you don't teach it to say, "Help, they've turned me into a parrot", you are wasting everybody's time. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Thieves got away with cordless power tools and batteries from a hardware shop. Police said that when they catch them they will be charged. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ian Posted June 16, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2023 11 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said: Thieves got away with cordless power tools and batteries from a hardware shop. Police said that when they catch them they will be charged. However a police spokesperson added that they don't have any leads. 1 1 5 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 The perpetrators drilled a hole in the nudist camp wall. Police are looking into it. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: The perpetrators drilled a hole in the nudist camp wall. Police are looking into it. Is that the one on Avery Avenue? I heard that the Police were exploring Avery Avenue. Edited June 16, 2023 by luckymucklebackit 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted June 16, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2023 Thieves have broken into New Scotland Yard and stolen all the toilets. Police say they have nothing to go on.... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 Especially after all those Truncheon meat sandwiches.... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 6 hours ago, luckymucklebackit said: Is that the one on Avery Avenue? I heard that the Police were exploring Avery Avenue. You do know about this? https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/perfectly-named-address-of-south-yorkshire-police-complex-raises-a-smile-1358470 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 Policeman suspects his wife is playing away whilst he's on duty so decides to spring a surprise "bust" to catch her in the act. He breaks the door down and runs up to the bedroom. "Ello! Ello! Ello! What's going on 'ere then?" "Don't you say hello to me?" replies the wife.... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exmoordave Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 Be thankful it's not snowing. Imagine shovelling snow in this heat....... 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 40 minutes ago, exmoordave said: Be thankful it's not snowing. Imagine shovelling snow in this heat....... I bet some people have over the years. Don't forget all those movies made with fake snow, many made in the desert! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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