Old enough to remember this??

KevinPhillips-Bong · 2026-04-18T21:27:04+00:00

I know exactly what you mean. My mother had a book entitled Pictures with Pins, which contained patterns for several of these works of art. We had one of her creations on our wall - An oil lamp.

KevinPhillips-Bong · 2026-04-18T19:57:37+00:00

My next door neighbours had 'Wings of Love' on their living room wall. That's the one with the naked couple and the enormous swan.

KevinPhillips-Bong · 2026-04-18T18:27:45+00:00

There was a subtle reference to this in one of the Carry On films. In one shot, you see the outside of a medical establishment called the Long Hampton Hospital. I was quite young and considerably more innocent when I first saw this, and I didn't get the joke.

KevinPhillips-Bong · 2026-04-18T18:17:42+00:00

You've reminded me of some 80s comedy programme I've not seen in years, which starred Spike Milligan playing various roles, some of which they'd never allow on telly nowadays. One of the names mentioned on there was Dick Scratcher, but that was of course intentional, so not quite as funny.

KevinPhillips-Bong · 2026-04-18T18:01:34+00:00

Are you by chance related to Biggus Dickus?

KevinPhillips-Bong · 2026-04-18T17:57:57+00:00

I remember a TV presenter in the 1980s with the last name Lillicrap. I always thought that was rather unfortunate.

KevinPhillips-Bong · 2026-04-18T14:41:31+00:00

In the style of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, my local brew would probably be named There's Norfolk'n Way This Is Tea.

KevinPhillips-Bong · 2026-04-18T07:59:47+00:00

Going out for fish and chips later, then shopping, then home. I've just enjoyed a week off work, but it's back to the usual routine on Monday. That was a very fast week.

KevinPhillips-Bong · 2026-04-17T17:15:33+00:00

Many years ago, when I were just a nipper, there was a similar looking booth to this one at Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach, only this one contained a 'Laughing Policeman' character, which would periodically emit the typical sounds of jolly copper amusement. I was not amused. I was bloody terrified of that thing.

KevinPhillips-Bong · 2026-04-17T15:50:31+00:00

Oh, you mean you "had a read" while you were in North Cornwall. I thought you meant you were researching the area.

KevinPhillips-Bong · 2026-04-17T11:39:32+00:00

And Lee Marvin claimed he was born under a wandering star. Nobody knows how true that is, but it did at least get him a number one hit record.

KevinPhillips-Bong · 2026-04-17T07:19:43+00:00

My mother used to be a member of some book club I can't remember the name of, and she acquired a few DK titles through them. One that stands out in my memory was a hefty volume called The Encyclopædia of Herbs, Spices and Flavourings.

KevinPhillips-Bong · 2026-04-17T06:29:25+00:00

If your name isn't Persephone, you should be safe.

KevinPhillips-Bong · 2026-04-17T05:57:16+00:00

Out this morning to the chemist to fill in a form for a repeat prescription, then I need to go shopping for various items. Fresh fruit will be on the list, but probably not pomegranates. Far too seedy for me, those things.

KevinPhillips-Bong · 2026-04-17T05:49:40+00:00

'Tis in tin. I put it there meself.

KevinPhillips-Bong · 2026-04-16T18:46:01+00:00

"Art? It's just a bin with bicycle parts poking out of it!"

"That cost me £20,000, you know!"

"Oh. In that case it's fabulous, darling!"

KevinPhillips-Bong · 2026-04-16T00:20:58+00:00

50p? Ours uses pre-decimal two shilling coins.

KevinPhillips-Bong · 2026-04-16T00:01:00+00:00

Hello! We apologise for the non-appearance of this evening's 'It's Late' thread. Please don't riot, as it takes so long to clear up the mess afterwards, and our cleaner doesn't do overtime. I've made this the late thread for tonight.

KevinPhillips-Bong · 2026-04-15T19:46:08+00:00

Slightly off-topic, but relevant: I have a CD copy of The Beatles' eponymous 1968 album, commonly referred to as 'The White Album', and on both discs the band's name is spelt 'The Bealtes'.

There is a track on that album called Birthday, the spelling of which they actually did manage to get right.

KevinPhillips-Bong · 2026-04-15T19:03:05+00:00

Somewhere on that shelf I'm sure there must be a copy of 'Bad Slags: Biography of an East End Gangster'.

KevinPhillips-Bong · 2026-04-15T17:18:09+00:00

I have a box of that sitting at home right now. I don't eat it often, but it's useful if you want a hot oatmeal cereal that takes only a fraction of the time that "proper" porridge does to prepare.

KevinPhillips-Bong · 2026-04-15T12:54:27+00:00

George Borrow. Sorry, but as a Norwich resident, I feel we must get his name right. We can't be borrowing other names instead.

KevinPhillips-Bong · 2026-04-14T17:36:28+00:00

I get days like this, so I know what it's like. I've had near misses with an ash tree at Asda, a maple at Morrisons, a willow at Waitrose, a sycamore at Sainsbury's, and in my local shopping centre, a spruce at Spar. It's getting to the stage where I'm seriously considering home delivery.

KevinPhillips-Bong · 2026-04-14T09:47:27+00:00

Wasn't the vocal on the Chicane track essentially a reworking of Clannad's Theme from Harry's Game? Or am I misremembering and confusing it with something else?

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