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Post by ChrisB on Jul 1, 2014 21:19:46 GMT
Seen on the south coast of England yesterday.....  The perfect name for a pub! |
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Post by ChrisB on Jul 2, 2014 23:44:59 GMT
Would this club have you as a member? (St. Mawgan's Eccentric Gentlemen's Mutual Association)  |
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Post by ChrisB on Jul 2, 2014 23:49:53 GMT
All kinds of people get sick...  |
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Jul 3, 2014 0:35:50 GMT
Post by Barry on Jul 3, 2014 0:35:50 GMT
So is the "Schmuck -Klinik" somewhere you go to be treated for an STD?
Apropos S.M.E.G.M.A. - don't these people think their acronyms through? I, for one could never use a SMEG refrigerator: since 'Red Dwarf', I would never be able to trust the top of the milk bottle kept in such a fridge! Presumably it means something else in Swedish?
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Jul 5, 2014 14:45:43 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2014 14:45:43 GMT
Not a sign but can a hi-fi company really be taken seriously with a name like SCHIIT?? Especially if they call one of their products WYRD!!
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Jul 24, 2014 6:19:08 GMT
Post by Chris on Jul 24, 2014 6:19:08 GMT
  Gives me a giggle all the time.... |
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Jul 24, 2014 6:36:17 GMT
Post by ChrisB on Jul 24, 2014 6:36:17 GMT
Excellent!
Have you been through the banana door Chris?
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Jul 24, 2014 6:57:10 GMT
Post by Chris on Jul 24, 2014 6:57:10 GMT
Took me a while to work it out,but yeah. Got a round of applause AND a banana.  |
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Jul 24, 2014 7:36:07 GMT
Post by MartinT on Jul 24, 2014 7:36:07 GMT
Instructions for zero gravity toilet from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Brilliant (including typos as it was never meant to be read)!
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Post by DaveC on Jul 24, 2014 7:56:53 GMT
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This very sign, the original, was in the toilet of Arthur C Clarke's upstairs office in his house in Colombo when I visited him in 1991. He was chairman of the board of governors of the university and hence had the right to a flag pole and flag on the bonnet of his LWB Mercedes that was sent to my hotel to collect me !
Happy days.....................
Dave
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Jul 24, 2014 8:07:30 GMT
Post by MartinT on Jul 24, 2014 8:07:30 GMT
Now that would be a fascinating meeting!
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Jul 24, 2014 8:15:38 GMT
Post by Chris on Jul 24, 2014 8:15:38 GMT
MODERATION: sorry, this is potential libel. |
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Jul 24, 2014 8:53:41 GMT
Post by Stratmangler on Jul 24, 2014 8:53:41 GMT
So is the "Schmuck -Klinik" somewhere you go to be treated for an STD? Apropos S.M.E.G.M.A. - don't these people think their acronyms through? I, for one could never use a SMEG refrigerator: since 'Red Dwarf', I would never be able to trust the top of the milk bottle kept in such a fridge! Presumably it means something else in Swedish? Why Swedish? FYI SMEG is an Italian company. The name is an acronym for Smalterie Metallurgiche Emiliane Guastalla www.smeg.com/Another amusing website address is penisland.net |
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Jul 24, 2014 9:46:53 GMT
Post by DaveC on Jul 24, 2014 9:46:53 GMT
It was indeed. One of the most pivotal things Arthur told me was, that when in foreign countries or even just on holiday, that you should experience it in real time, not from behind a camera viewfinder !
I worked with him later at the "Minehead Space Age Festival" in July 1992, where we had David Bowman's red helmet from "open the pod bay doors Hal". Mat Irvine who created Orac from Blake's 7. And someone who I had never heard of called Terry Pratchett who had a pile of books with him, he seemed a nice bloke
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Post by MartinT on Jul 24, 2014 9:57:23 GMT
when in foreign countries or even just on holiday, that you should experience it in real time, not from behind a camera viewfinder ! I agree. Many tourists miss so much because they're too busy getting the perfect shot. Some just annoy the hell out of me, especially those who feel the need to pose in front of every monument and scene. Why don't they just look at it and try to remember it? Who the hell wants to see "...and this is me in front of Nelson's column"  |
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Jul 24, 2014 10:00:18 GMT
Post by Dave on Jul 24, 2014 10:00:18 GMT
Good movie... "Swing away Merreill..."  |
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Jul 24, 2014 16:42:05 GMT
Post by Barry on Jul 24, 2014 16:42:05 GMT
So is the "Schmuck -Klinik" somewhere you go to be treated for an STD? Apropos S.M.E.G.M.A. - don't these people think their acronyms through? I, for one could never use a SMEG refrigerator: since 'Red Dwarf', I would never be able to trust the top of the milk bottle kept in such a fridge! Presumably it means something else in Swedish? Why Swedish? FYI SMEG is an Italian company. The name is an acronym for Smalterie Metallurgiche Emiliane Guastalla www.smeg.com/Another amusing website address is penisland.netNo reason, except I thought they were a Swedish company. |
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Post by Paul on Jul 24, 2014 20:42:41 GMT
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Post by pre65 on Jul 24, 2014 20:49:49 GMT
A couple from me. I think this one is genuine.  But this one is a spoof.  |
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Jul 24, 2014 23:23:57 GMT
Post by walpurgis on Jul 24, 2014 23:23:57 GMT
There's a little minimart near me called 'Sarin'!
Must take a piccie of their frontage.
(And for dummies, if you don't know what Sarin is Google)
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