MakemineVanilla Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 One indisputable fact about Darwin was that his family on his mother's side were completely potty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mjmooney Posted May 19, 2017 Author VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2017 Ever seen Darwin's 'back of a fag packet' brainstorm notes he did when he was trying to decide whether or not to get married? It more or less ran: For - regular shags, get your food cooked and washing done Against - nagging, never a minute to yourself He'd have fitted right in on VT. (BTW, he decided it was worth it on balance) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted May 19, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted May 19, 2017 10 minutes ago, mjmooney said: (BTW, he decided it was worth it on balance) The bloke's a fool! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 9 minutes ago, choffer said: The bloke's a fool! He is known to have been fascinated by mockingbirds and finches, so perhaps he liked tits as well? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BOF Posted May 19, 2017 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2017 7 hours ago, Stevo985 said: I remember listening to the radio and they were doing the film chart. Jurassic Park had finally been knocked off the top spot at the box office, and my little 10 year old brain couldn't understand it. I couldn't comprehend that any movie could be "better" than Jurassic Park (I clearly didn't understand how the chart worked either) One of the greatest scenes in movie history. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 (edited) am i the only one who when being faced with them going through the whole farmyard animal noise phase proudly taught my niece and nephews what noise does the dinosaur make? RRRROOOOOOOOOOOAAAAARRRRRR Edited May 19, 2017 by villa4europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 9 minutes ago, villa4europe said: am i the only one who when being faced with them going through the whole farmyard animal noise phase proudly taught my niece and nephews what noise does the dinosaur make? RRRROOOOOOOOOOOAAAAARRRRRR I think for the full Percy Edwards effect you need two feet of drainpipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 19, 2017 Moderator Share Posted May 19, 2017 39 minutes ago, villa4europe said: am i the only one who when being faced with them going through the whole farmyard animal noise phase proudly taught my niece and nephews what noise does the dinosaur make? RRRROOOOOOOOOOOAAAAARRRRRR Two stories used to do the rounds about an episode of Dempsey's Den (a children's programme where Zig and Zag, and the notorious Dustin the Turkey started off) The first goes that they had a segment one day where they all took turns doing farm yard animal noises Zig was asked what does the cow say. "The cow goes moo". Very good Zag was asked what does the sheep say. "The sheep goes baaa". Very good. And Dustin the Turkey was asked what does the pig say. "The pig says "Would you mind stepping out of the vehicle for a minute please sir"". The other story goes along similar lines in that someone was suspended for a month by RTÉ because they went with the following version of Old MacDonald Old McDonald had a farm, Ee-Ei-Ee-Ei-Oo, And on his farm he had a pig, Ee-Ei-Ee-Ei-Oo, And the pig went "Have ye any tax on that veh-he-cal now" Ee-Ei-Ee-Ei-Oo. Sadly I can't find the clips on youtube or confirmation that it's anything other than an urban myth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 19, 2017 Author VT Supporter Share Posted May 19, 2017 On a long car journey when my kids were young, I once terminated a round of 'Old Macdonald' that was getting tiresome, with "And on that farm he had some mute swans..." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 19, 2017 Author VT Supporter Share Posted May 19, 2017 1 hour ago, choffer said: The bloke's a fool! I think he came to the same conclusion when he discovered his missus was a godbotherer who gave him hell over the whole evolution thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 34 minutes ago, mjmooney said: On a long car journey when my kids were young, I once terminated a round of 'Old Macdonald' that was getting tiresome, with "And on that farm he had some mute swans..." To me if you mentioned swans in that context hot fuzz would come in to conversation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 19, 2017 Author VT Supporter Share Posted May 19, 2017 2 hours ago, villa4europe said: To me if you mentioned swans in that context hot fuzz would come in to conversation That's a 'whoosh' reference for me, I'm afraid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 12 hours ago, Stevo985 said: Don't they now think that dinosaurs probably had feathers? Which makes Jurassic Park look very inaccurate But seriously, I was a huge Jurassic Park fan too. I think I was 9 or 10 when that came out. I remember listening to the radio and they were doing the film chart. Jurassic Park had finally been knocked off the top spot at the box office, and my little 10 year old brain couldn't understand it. I couldn't comprehend that any movie could be "better" than Jurassic Park (I clearly didn't understand how the chart worked either) Jurassic Park was the first film I saw twice at the cinema. I begged my Mom to take me to see it again. The special effects were amazing. We just take it for granted now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 4 hours ago, BOF said: One of the greatest scenes in movie history. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisp65 Posted May 19, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2017 8 hours ago, Paddywhack said: So did those dinosaurs live in Barry or were they on holiday? Lots of them used to come down by train from the midlands during the summer holidays, we know this because we've had the rocks n fossils carbon dated and the vast majority are from bank holiday weekends. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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villa4europe Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 2 hours ago, mjmooney said: That's a 'whoosh' reference for me, I'm afraid... I thought it might! I'll try and YouTube it when I'm on the laptop, watch hot fuzz, I think it's criminally underrated mainly because of the yank / cult following of Shaun of the dead but hot fuzz is probably up there with four lions and the guard as my favourite British comedy of recent years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 20, 2017 Moderator Share Posted May 20, 2017 5 hours ago, villa4europe said: up there with the guard as my favourite British comedy of recent years I'm awfully sorry. Come again? Carefully? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 4 hours ago, BOF said: I'm awfully sorry. Come again? Carefully? Written and directed by a bloke born in England Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 20, 2017 Author VT Supporter Share Posted May 20, 2017 10 hours ago, villa4europe said: I thought it might! I'll try and YouTube it when I'm on the laptop, watch hot fuzz, I think it's criminally underrated mainly because of the yank / cult following of Shaun of the dead but hot fuzz is probably up there with four lions and the guard as my favourite British comedy of recent years Oh, that. Yeah, I've seen it. I had a mate (sadly now departed) who thought it was hilarious, his favourite comedy ever, so he played the DVD for me. Made very little impression, I'm afraid (I'm not really a fan of comedy films at all, tbh). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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