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That reminds me when we were kids and we used to go into newsagents and say. 'Exucse me, I am a penny short could you let me off with a penny, please?'

If they said yes...we would say: 'Penny chew please.'

Never worked, but was quite fun in a juvenille way.

Humpty Dumpty was in fact an unusually large canon which was mounted on the protective wall of "St. Mary's Wall Church" in Colchester, England. It was intended to protect the Parliamentarian stronghold of Colchester which was in the temporarily in control of the Royalists during the period of English history, described as the English Civil War ( 1642 - 1649). A shot from a Parliamentary canon succeeded in damaging the wall underneath Humpty Dumpty causing the canon to fall to the ground. The Royalists 'all the King's men' attempted to raise Humpty Dumpty on to another part of the wall but even with the help of ' all the King's horses' failed in their task and Colchester fell to the Parliamentarians after a siege lasting eleven weeks.

baa baa nice sheep is it ok if I enquire if you have any wool?

yes, non gender specific terminoloy, yes, non gender specific terminoloy, yes, non gender specific terminoloy, three bags full.

etc etc

Humpty dumpty refers to a cannon used in the English Civil war. So rather than sparing kids feelings why not explain to them that its a cannon (a machine useed for killing and maiming) and stop molly coddling the little snipes.

I have to admit I found the whole chopper business very dull (apart fromthe cam kennedy art)and almost groaned when it appeared something chopper-esque had returned. I just couldn't get on board (sic) with the whole surfer dude against authority crap. Seemed very american teen dream angst wank.

Spiderman did a 9/11 story which consisted of a load of marvel heros and villan looking mournful etc. It read like an open letter to the NY times....

It'll never last...

Without being a total geek which Spiderman are we talking about here? Or is this an across the board change?

meant to be : deep water sign

curses. [edit] ahhh, if only

OMG! Mr Noseybonk WAS creepy. In fact that whole programme was odd. 70s TV was quite strange. 'Charley says' don't go with strangers was creepy as were the Donald Pleasence 'don't go swimming' info films. Both worked very effectively for me...scarred me for life they did hahahahah I still can't live within 25 miles of a 'Deep Water' sing ;)

I realise this has nothing to do with aliens. sorry.

Looking at it now...the shape in church is the more authentic photograph as it is clearly someone taking a photo of a church....the ghost is fake but the photo could be genuine.

Woman in car....who on earth takes photographs at funerals or even has a camera?

Still the only 'ghost' picture that had me leaving the light on hahahahah

From the supposed Chidrens book/series "Mysteries of the Unknown"?

That book was pure terror for me as a kid. hahahaha. I can't believe people know this photo...it must have made an impression on many people. I would love to see that photo again...have looked for it for years but no luck. I bet you if I saw it again though all that childhood trauma would come flooding back. Fake or not...still very scarey.

Triffids (BBC version) superb!
Zygons (because they whispered)
And a photo of a 'ghost' sitting in the back of a car leaving a funeral terrified me for many years...

I may be wrong but wasn't the first volume due in December? So is vol 2 still on for Feb?

Ta

I fully agree how refreshing it is to see a new non-cringe comedy. I cannot watch the office, extras or curb your enthusiasm, and while I can appreciate the talent required of the actors in these shows I, personally, hold the 'writing' in low regard.

I believe it is difficult to pen a traditional sit-com for modern audiences, and for the attempt I admire it. Add the fact that it made me laugh into the double figures is good enough for me
I admit I was disappointed with the first episode. Girl obsessed with shoes? hmmm.

However, I did like the second episode and the character with the glasses is brilliant. His voice is superb.

Highlights:

The Fire exclamation mark email
RTFM T-shirt....dunno why just made me laugh
I'm going to ask myself a personal question
The mangled feet.
Nice screensaver.
'Oh, and if anyone still feels stressed at the end of the day...your fired.'
On the whole I will tune in again.

I love hi-de-hi....seasons 1-4. Some great performances there, especially Simon Cadell. And even though I moan and my GF for watching Friends, I chuckle away like everyone else. I admit though, that both aren't 'quality' television.

I enjopyed the film Soldier with Kurt Russell which is universally known to be a stinker and thought the Blair witch project was superb. Does that count?