CAPTAIN !!!!....you know me well enough by now and probably realise that I have a split personality !!!...so...can my "alter ego" PLEASE have "Kilimanjaro" by The Teardrop Explodes and "New Gold Dream" by Simple Minds on the subs bench ????.
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Stone Roses first Album.
The La's only album.
Deacon Blue - Raintown.....BUT......in the immortal words of Miss Moody........."I THINK LIKE YOU CAPTAIN"...[not Mr.Wainwright !!!]....."The Queen is Dead" by The Smiths is pushing its way into my list !!!!......I think it is the fact that we both...
You know what Barry......every game we have a young girl dressed in long blue and white Victorian clothes [ because of old ma' Nobblet's toffee shop which was thriving in 1878 when Everton were founded] walking around the pitch at five minutes before kick off with a basket full of Everton...
Barkers blackcurrant and liquorice.....or sour apples....or a really good pear drop.....infact.......ANY sweet that made the roof of your mouth or your tongue bleed !!!!!!.........keep away from the Old English Humbugs....your muzzy will get stained....like Alvin's does eventually !!!
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"so what do you want ?"...
"I don't know.......TEMPT ME !!!! "
"How about a still lemonade ?".....
"I don't want that rubbish !!!!"....
"How about a fizzy lemonade ?"....
"It gives me the wind".....
"I think I'll 'av.......COCOA !!!!!".
"WHAT'S THE MATTER ?.......NO RACIN' ON THE TELE ?"....
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Sid was such a sad miss........an absolute natural who you could see genuinely enjoyed the whole "cafe experience".
He and Jane were perfect together.....you believed they were actually married.
His timing.....his maaaasive smile.... his warmth.....and in my humble opinion THE best scene out of...
Reminds me of when Fr Christmas number 1 [Seymour] was trying to rip Compo's Santa beard off in Cleggy's [ in CRUMS].......
our scruffy little Santa was screaming and moaning and Cleggy said..."it's Captain Birdseye !!!!!"....to which Compo did his customary "V SIGN" infront of...
No offence taken Barry.....not one member on this life changing site will ever cause me offence.
Fair point well made actually....I have watched them for over 4 decades home and away.....during this time I have experienced my highest highs and my lowest lows.....it's the [vain] hope that...
Captain...I used to venture there every year in the scallywag 80's and early 90's [always with a Crucifix round my neck !!!] but the whole " ANFIELD EXPERIENCE" has changed...they are now a tourist club...every hotel room in the City is booked up for every home game.....they have song sheets...
I would rather walk round Liverpool Docks with a stone in my shoe than set foot inside "Castle Grey Skull"......I would have to burn the aforementioned shoes as I left the ground !!!!.
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Never mind water !!!!!...
Q. "Why are fish slimy ?."
A. "It's in their glands.....it's a question of natural secretion"..............................................SO NOW YOU KNOW !!!!!.
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Talking of concerts.....guess who has got Oasis tickets for the Saturday at Heaton Park ???......your favourite bitter and twisted Scouser !!!...£160 !!!.
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The suit !!!!.....it's too small !!!!.....he will just have to get a new suit !!!....AND it's a three piece suit !!!...he only wears them for "ower Glenda's weddin'" and the INFREQUEST shopping trips to Huddersfield with Edie !!!
An absolutely perfect response my Gaelic brother [my Dad is from Mayo !!!]....
It was genuine love...genuine respect...genuine trust....traits from a former era...although so different they were two halves of the same whole...
it is a unique and truly beautiful end to a beautiful relationship.
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One of the worst things I EVER did was to read about the REAL people behind our favourite trio !!!......the conflicts between Brian and Bill......and Peter ever the peacemaker.....
It broke my heart [and my dream ] that the three did not get on and love each other as they did in our favourite...
An ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING episode....from beginning to end !!!......the ever excellent Brian AND the first appearance of "OUR CRUSHER"....with those immortal words BOOMING from beneath Ivy's counter......."I'LL BE WITH YOU IN A MINUTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!".
That amazing Wirral band "HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT" once proclaimed in their song..."JOHN KETTLEY IS A WEATHERMAN"......and continued in their ditty with " and so is Michael Fish.....and so is Wincy Willis !!!".
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