sprocketflup Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 [quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1429547852' post='2752489'] Indeed. Apparently he manages to Say Hello, but ends up waving goodbye. [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 Under the coalition Govt, The Icicle Works, albeit on a zero hours contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprocketflup Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 In a similar vein, Men At Work are now known as Polish Men At Work in some parts of the country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 It seems that Viz (the magazine that's "better than nothing") are keen to get in on the act too. [attachment=190232:Screen-Shot-2015-04-13-at-10.01.38.png] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomBass Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 [quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1429699870' post='2754021'] It seems that Viz (the magazine that's "better than nothing") are keen to get in on the act too. [attachment=190232:Screen-Shot-2015-04-13-at-10.01.38.png] [/quote] Those rascals. Anyway good to know as its my birthday today too. How they missed me off their list is strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 "200 degrees, that's why they call me Mr Farenheit", sang Freddie Mercury. Now I now that Mercury isn't his real name, but I'm pretty sure it isn't Farenheit either. And I suspect that most if not all of those degrees were purchased from some "virtual" college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted April 22, 2015 Author Share Posted April 22, 2015 There are lots of pail imitators but "The Alternative Fact File" stands top of my bucket list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomBass Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Carly Simon's classic You're So Vain has now finally come clean about who she wrote it: Her musician son, Paul Simon. Nearly true, dat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) [quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1429718678' post='2754261'] There are lots of pail imitators but "The Alternative Fact File" stands top of my bucket list. [/quote] That is seau beyond the pail. Edited April 23, 2015 by Dad3353 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomBass Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) [quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1429718678' post='2754261'] There are lots of pail imitators but "The Alternative Fact File" stands top of my bucket list. [/quote] This hypothesis just doesn't hold water Edited April 23, 2015 by RandomBass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 "The Alternative Rock Factfile-now over 31k views!" Seau, the counter is scuttled again..? S'all gone to pot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 This 'views' counter thing is a [i]complete swindle[/i]. Clearly someone has their thumb on the scales and is suppressing numbers which indicate the [i]true[/i] popularity of the endeavour. I've just now come in and out of this thread three times, refreshing my browser each time. Yet the counter is still sitting on 32,113 views which is what it was before I started. To paraphrase Mr Richard Keys' observation at the time of his enforced departure from Sky Sports: '[i]Dark forces are at work[/i]'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 Not that I'm bothered by minutiae, but the counter is "moi" and I have not the inclination to sit in front of a screen watching the numbers tick off up to the next 1000 and then manually adjust the thread title. If someone however could devise a programme to do this I could sit on my luxury dessert island (Banofee Island) raking in my share of the increased advertising royalties.......? Re the counter itself, I am sure darker forces are at work suppressing the clicks as I believe a green-eyed monster lurks within. Anyway, back to more mundane matters: The Shadows only gig on sunny days and with their backs to the sun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfretrock Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 [quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1429801539' post='2755115'] The Shadows only gig on sunny days and with their backs to the sun. [/quote] Which reminds me, Jet Harris is a distant relative of Wernher von Braun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Adams Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Hank "Starvin" Marvin was inspired to write Apache after watching helicopters at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 [quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1429802505' post='2755133'] Which reminds me, Jet Harris is a distant relative of Wernher von Braun. [/quote] So was Bill Haley... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfretrock Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 [quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1429803484' post='2755143'] So was Bill Haley... [/quote] The Tornadoes, of Telstar fame, are however related to Michael Fish (don't mention the great storm). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomBass Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 [quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1429808660' post='2755222'] The Tornadoes, of Telstar fame, are however related to Michael Fish (don't mention the great storm). [/quote] Indeed. Michael Fish famously said there would not be a hurricane. Alex Higgins is obviously not available for comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfretrock Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 [quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1429815134' post='2755315'] Alex Higgins is obviously not available for comment. [/quote] Hurricane Smith, one time Beatles recording engineer and Pink Floyd producer is also not available for comment. Clearly there were hurricanes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 [quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1429821529' post='2755379'] Hurricane Smith, one time Beatles recording engineer and Pink Floyd producer is also not available for comment. Clearly there were hurricanes. [/quote] I'm sure Thunderclap Newman would be happy to comment however? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 [quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1429801539' post='2755115'] Re the counter itself, I am sure darker forces are at work suppressing the clicks as I believe a green-eyed monster lurks within. [/quote] Dark forces. Green-eyed monster. A dark green monster. With eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfretrock Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 (edited) [quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1429832611' post='2755494'] I'm sure Thunderclap Newman would be happy to comment however? [/quote] Nanette Newman turned down a backing singer session on the Stone's Let It Bleed recording, it was too late however and the sleeve notes were already at the printers. But she did contribute backing vocals to this one hit wonder band. Edited April 24, 2015 by pfretrock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 [quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1429865980' post='2755656'] Nanette Newman turned down a backing singer session on the Stone's Let It Bleed recording, it was too late however and the sleeve notes were already at the printers. But she did contribute backing vocals to this one hit wonder band. [/quote] Nanette Newman? Fairy 'nough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted April 24, 2015 Author Share Posted April 24, 2015 [quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1429865980' post='2755656'] Nanette Newman turned down a backing singer session on the Stone's Let It Bleed recording, it was too late however and the sleeve notes were already at the printers. But she did contribute backing vocals to this one hit wonder band. [/quote] No, No, Nanette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 [quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1429883265' post='2755977'] No, No, Nanette [/quote] And since it was backing vocals, possibly "na, na" too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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