That link was seriously thin Dan,giving tenuous and gossamer thin a bad name.Knew about the Salvation Army reference and given Jack’s religious upbringing it has  a ring of truth about it but never heard of The Peppered Sprouts!

Paddy MacAloon could be contrary and was often asked about the name so he just made stuff up.I think the closest to…[Read more]

My efforts to 3-star all of Seasons without any reference to walkthroughs, just for posterity have ground to a halt on quite a few Pig Days levels. I’m starting at the most recent episodes and working back, so this is only the seventh episode I think. Well tough.

@hunnybunny, if you really want to fry your brain!  I’ve done number 1..

https://www.gchq.gov.uk/files/GCHQ%20Christmas%20Challenge%202024.pdf

The 1% Club is stressful.

Twiggy and I were on the beach at Red Dwarf (a.k.a. Red Wharf) Bay this morning and were shocked to discover thousands (in fact I would confidently venture millions) of dead baby starfish. An astonishing sight. Also hundreds of pieces of what I believe is called Sea Pork which looks unnervingly like swollen pink human…[Read more]

Anyway, need to catch up with Quizzy Monday.

On that theme, who can forget the immortal Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack duet “Tonight I Sellotape my Glove to You”. Once heard, never unheard.

Spoiler

Some sources claim that they are both the result of things misheard – in Paddy MacAloon’s case “peppered sprout” from a Johnny Cash song and in Jack White’s case, Salvation Army. I think the second has more truth, but anyway, those origin stories are both out there.

What connects Prefab Spout to Seven Nation Army?

Just because I can https://youtu.be/QeZkLV3ZjeI?si=m500xF7-CMjd99Aj

The most well-known song about Bangor. However, it’s not about Bangor at all, more likely Rhyl about 20 miles along the coast. The lyrics just worked better with Bangor.