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by Radagast
11 Jun 2017, 12:40
Forum: Chatterbox & introductions
Topic: can someone explain british comedy to me?
Replies: 17
Views: 8467

Re: can someone explain british comedy to me?

He lived in Woy Woy, north of Sydney for quite a while, IIRC. He was pretty much a citizen of his own world though.
by Radagast
11 Jun 2017, 11:32
Forum: Chatterbox & introductions
Topic: can someone explain british comedy to me?
Replies: 17
Views: 8467

Re: can someone explain british comedy to me?

Spike was an Aussie. You guys cancelled his passport so he stayed here. :P
Loved his books about his adventures in WWII.
by Radagast
11 Jun 2017, 07:52
Forum: Chatterbox & introductions
Topic: can someone explain british comedy to me?
Replies: 17
Views: 8467

Re: can someone explain british comedy to me?

Are You Being Served is the department store one. The Goodies was Python for kids, they did wonderful piss takes on, for example, King Kong (replaced with a kitten), real estate speculators, European Union subsidies to farmers, pirate radio stations, north sea oil, James Bond in Moonraker and an ama...
by Radagast
11 Jun 2017, 02:58
Forum: Chatterbox & introductions
Topic: london bridge?
Replies: 26
Views: 12785

Re: london bridge?

Indeed. for 3,000 years the typical European response to attempted subversion from within by an ethnic or religious minority has been expulsion or genocide. Hashtags and candle light vigils don't divert the building rage in the population, or suppress those who would destroy the community. I would n...
by Radagast
11 Jun 2017, 02:45
Forum: Chatterbox & introductions
Topic: can someone explain british comedy to me?
Replies: 17
Views: 8467

Re: can someone explain british comedy to me?

Do you get Monty Python? The Goodies? The Two Ronnies? British humor has a few levels. A lot of the best known BBC stuff came out of student revues at the major universities. Laughter at the rejection of ridiculous ideas: "He's not dead, he's just sleeping". Benny Hill was more slap stick / Punch & ...
by Radagast
07 Jun 2017, 05:46
Forum: Chatterbox & introductions
Topic: london bridge?
Replies: 26
Views: 12785

Re: london bridge?

77 years ago this month: We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the land...
by Radagast
04 Jun 2017, 06:09
Forum: Chatterbox & introductions
Topic: Rodders.
Replies: 11
Views: 6951

Re: Rodders.

Pale pink or milky white neck you mean - there has to be sun to get a red neck! ;)
Sat up last night waiting for some dogs that have been killing sheep. Six hours and nothing moved, not even a rat. On the drive home I saw three foxes. Hunting is a strange game.
by Radagast
31 May 2017, 11:17
Forum: Chatterbox & introductions
Topic: Odd innit
Replies: 17
Views: 8186

Re: Odd innit

I knew I was getting old when I saw a 17 year old blonde beauty walking down the road with her mum. I thought "Thats hot!". I was looking at the mum. :) That was 15 years ago.
by Radagast
31 May 2017, 01:35
Forum: Chatterbox & introductions
Topic: Odd innit
Replies: 17
Views: 8186

Re: Odd innit

Women dress to be noticed.
Only unmarried billionaires with a title of nobility are allowed to notice.
Obviously womens logic isn't.
As I mentioned to a young lady who was dressed to catch a man, "you are fishing. You have to accept catching an old boot every now and then."
by Radagast
29 May 2017, 03:22
Forum: Sales and wanted items, swaps, e.t.c
Topic: Metal detector for sale
Replies: 22
Views: 11976

Re: Metal detector for sale

There will be no rabbit remains near where they find red bull cans. Trying to hold on target though a normal heart beat is hard enough!