Community Chat – A Place for Weary Flingers

[Desperate Dan]

Another wretched Dr Who episode (12-7). I’m dreading them now but I’ve come so far I’ve got to try to make it to the end. Only about 12 episodes to go.  I must have got through at least 130 so far.

Had to binge watch some stuff on Netflix to recover. The Queen’s Gambit was good.

[Brian N]

I remember him from the 1970s and Willy Weasel getting knocked down when running across the road for an icecream.

[Brian N]

Pretty sure Tufty had a cameo in Life on Mars.

[Brian N]

Took the boy for what seems like his monthly visit to Specsavers today for repairs.He goes through more glasses than a clumsy waitress.His current pair were being held together with superglue and gaffa tape.My wife said he was starting to look like a young Jack Duckworth.(One for the kids there).

[Desperate Dan]

I see what you did there. Your son’s glasses are a metaphor for the Nest. Or the other way round. It was 1975 when The Green Cross Code Man (a.k.a. Dave Prowse, a.k.a Darth Vadar) kicked Tufty’s butt real good. A Sith Lord versus a squirrel? Only one winner.

[Desperate Dan]

Switching to a different kind of Test Match…

Australia were just thrashed by India (in Australia)

This just after India themselves were thrashed by New Zealand (in India)

Makes you wonder what might happen to England against New Zealand later this week.

[Desperate Dan]

Did anyone, ever, learn the Green Cross Code?  I mean anybody?

[Brian N]

I reckon if Dave Prowse had done those road safety adverts as Darth Vader they would’ve been more effective.Zapping kids with his lightsabre who run across roads without looking would get my attention as a six year old.

[Desperate Dan]

Mention ice cream (vans) and I always think of this. Comedy genius. There is bit later in the show (which I can’t find on YouTube) where there is a car chase involving the ice-cream van. The ice-cream jingle is playing and as the van speeds up, so does the jingle. I almost died laughing as the van was hurtling round the streets with the jingle going at crazy speed.

[Desperate Dan]

If you do want to check Count Arthur Strong out, it’s the radio shows that are comedy gold – the TV ones don’t quite catch it to the same degree. Understand this may be a bit difficult for most of you unfortunately.

[Brian N]

Always been a big fan of the delusional greatman, inexplicably cut off in his prime by penny pinching Beeb. Funnily enough when anyone mentions trouser fire I think of this… https://youtu.be/A2sMVeDG7QI?si=RXz9J9uubhcIhJ1K

Agree with Dan about the radio shows but the tv series are well worth checking out on Prime or Netflix I believe.

Incidentally in one poll was voted 3rd most missed series in 21st century.

[Brian N]

Man City’s defensive jitters continue to haunt them losing a 3 goal lead with 15 mins left.Lot of Schadenfreude around just now.

File this under:

“The customer is always wrong”.

One of my old biddies (they’re the worst)gave me a roasting today.Why?Did I leave bird poo on the glass?Miss a window?Break a garden ornament?No she complained about cobwebs underneath her patio door.Yes underneath.Needless to say I doffed my cap and forensically cleaned the damn thing.Biddies.

[HunnyBunny]

I loved Tuffy

[Desperate Dan]

Tuffy was Tufty’s brother who met a sticky end when he went to France (think about it).

[Brian N]

Yes he should have looked left then right.

[Desperate Dan]

Enjoying the latest series of Shetland but more really lazy scriptwriting. Three episodes in and the body count has already reached 4 with 2 other close calls. You just know if someone falls over on a boat there’ll be a handy spike waiting  to go straight into their brain. Can’t see this one stopping at 4.

[karen68]

I watched a few episodes of Shetland once. I’m usually pretty good with understanding the huge variety of UK accents, but I needed the subtitles for this show.

[Desperate Dan]

Bother, my analysis on useless TV detectives has been lost along with the BP archives. That was scholarly work. I seem to remember that Columbo may have been the best (on the basis of body count per solution). Tosh and Calder are heading the other way, up into Midsomer territory. Population of Shetland is less than 20,000 for goodness sake.

[Brian N]

Hey @karen68 I lived in Fraserburgh on the north coast for a time and they have their own lingo(Doric).Took me a while to get used to phrases like:

Fitlike ma loon (How are you young man) Obvs that was quite a way back.

Ging awa n spear Dan (go and ask Daniel)

Ma quiney’s a sair een (My daughter has a sore eye)

There used to be a documentary called Trawlermen which featured a crew of fishermen from amongst other places Fraserburgh and it had subtitles for Scottish viewers.So your confusion is entirely understandable.

 

[Brian N]

As for your scholarly detective league table @desperate-dan I seem to remember Morse was near the bottom.Deeply flawed analysis.

[Desperate Dan]

Morse was pants! Always falling in love with unsuitable women, sometimes the murderer. Too busy doing crosswords and listening to classical music to catch the criminals.

[ixan57]

@BrianN awa an bile yer heid

[ixan57]

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[Brian N]

They’re all gangin up on me “Help mah boab!”

[Brian N]

I’ll have that biled heid with a bilin’ o’ tatties.