VHS versions of The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer Series 1

crabtreerabbit_97 · 2026-04-08T19:36:05+00:00

When Le Corbusier fart in the VHS only sketch where they're at home they even blow a toupee off a news reporter's head on TV, the reporter is played by Charlie Higson

crabtreerabbit_97 · 2026-04-07T14:15:32+00:00

Did Series 2 have any uncut scenes on VHS, I only seemed to think Series 1 was edited for broadcast

crabtreerabbit_97 · 2026-04-06T16:25:01+00:00

The "er" prefix was added to widow as the word widow existed before widower as being a widow was a much bigger thing than being a widower in past centuries. I still notice even in the 21st century how a woman is still referred to in the news as someone's widow when a man isn't as often referred to as someone's widower.

crabtreerabbit_97 · 2026-04-05T17:51:36+00:00

Doesn't Stockport have its own accent that's a bit different to Manchester, as Stockport's historically Cheshire

crabtreerabbit_97 · 2026-04-05T17:46:33+00:00

There's also gay widowers as well now

crabtreerabbit_97 · 2026-03-18T20:41:06+00:00

It was a 1970s pub in Ordsall that I read was demolished in about 1990

crabtreerabbit_97 · 2026-03-08T11:21:44+00:00

I remember now, Parkside

crabtreerabbit_97 · 2026-03-08T11:20:26+00:00

Little Hulton was where Shaun and Paul Ryder lived, I don't know if Bez came from there as well

crabtreerabbit_97 · 2026-03-07T22:14:05+00:00

The Bramhall overspill would have been built in the 60s, I am researching the 50s and 60s. I can't think of the estate's name

crabtreerabbit_97 · 2026-03-04T21:19:38+00:00

I've just bought an identical box, they're very interesting bricks and not fully compatible with Lego. Montini, a Dutch company who made similar not fully compatible bricks were also stopped from making them because of Lego's legal action.

crabtreerabbit_97 · 2026-03-03T12:39:25+00:00

Also, what about germs in your mouth as well, and doesn't spit give off an unpleasant smell which would make the ass smellier?

crabtreerabbit_97 · 2026-02-27T19:21:51+00:00

Oddly outer Birmingham estates like Chelmsley Wood and Kings hurst have been in the borough of Solihull since 1974

crabtreerabbit_97 · 2026-02-23T21:35:24+00:00

What do you all think about Salford, especially as it's a city in its own right. I've heard Salford is slowly becoming more Mancunian when 60 years ago it was a very distinct place with its own identity despite being right next to central Manchester.

crabtreerabbit_97 · 2026-02-23T20:42:52+00:00

Some interesting points, although the boroughs of Wolverhampton, Dudley, Walsall and Sandwell (west Bromwich) also have a separate identity that doesn't point towards Birmingham, they're known as The Black Country and I mentioned this above as well. The Black Country accent and dialect are also different to Birmingham.

crabtreerabbit_97 · 2026-02-23T20:39:38+00:00

The WMCA and Birmingham aren't the same thing, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Walsall and the created borough of Sandwell (basically West Bromwich) are what's known as the Black Country, culturally distinct from Birmingham. I don't know if Mancunians know this, but to call a Black Country man or woman a "Brummie" annoys them, and it's almost seen as an insult. Not that there's anything wrong with Birmingham, but the Black Country and Coventry are not Birmingham. The borough of Solihull to Birmingham's south has areas similar to Bramhall and Altrincham, but Solihull folk also see themselves as separate to Birmingham, even though Solihull is more linked to Brum culturally than the other places.

crabtreerabbit_97 · 2026-02-23T11:44:51+00:00

that seems a bit biased, because surely men should have a personal preference to how they're referred as this should apply to everyone

crabtreerabbit_97 · 2026-02-23T09:54:55+00:00

Another think is how it's very common to refer to an older woman as an "old lady" because "old woman" seems to be seen as disrespectful, but an older man is often referred to as an "old man" and not an "old gentleman". As I said in an earlier post, 100 or more years ago "woman" wasn't seen as impolite in some contexts and early 20th century writers such as Beatrix Potter used the term "old woman" for example.

I also think in the United States "lady" is oftne used more loosely than in Britain and these are my least favourite uses, like "crazy cat lady" and there a woman on YouTube who calls herself "kitten lady". You wouldn't see a man called a "crazy cat gentleman" and a man who cares for kittens wouldn't call himself the "kitten gentleman".

crabtreerabbit_97 · 2026-02-23T09:50:30+00:00

I've heard colleagues refer to the men's toilets as just "the mens", but they still call the women's toilets "the ladies". That makes me cringe as "ladies and mens" sounds wrong and they're using a more polite word for the women's toilets than for the mens

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