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I don't know if anyone has seen Mel Brooks film History of the World Part one , there is a live chess game in that set in the court of King Louis of France its hilarious , the "p" boy scene , the shotgun shooting where he shouts "Pull" and a peasant is launched in the air and of course the...

My Grandparents had a machine in the house apparently quite common at the time so a guy would come around fill it with packets and empty the money out , my Grandparents had access to packets without having to go to the shops but clearly the temptation to smoke more and more is always there , you...

As Edie and the Ladies would say " He's very Young!" :)

Really sad News today Rob Grant who co wrote the early episodes of Red Dwarf has passed away . He left the show after a series of disagreements with Doug Naylor who carried on from series 7 onwards but the classic 1-6 episodes were all Co authored by Rob Grant . I think there was a...

Mon Dieu are you saying you waited until you were 18 to have a drink :eek:

Cracking Job Tony thank you for all your efforts and continuing work on the site .

On a coach journey recently driver played a few of these prank calls from a radio show, this was pertinent considering where I was :)

Where the hell are you all I'm on the third Guinness , the lining on the old comic cuts is there thanks to Rosie the landlady she does a cracking Irish breakfast , the ceilidh band have struck up with Toss the Feathers and not a Barmpot in sight , its a celebration not a bloody wake get your...

Glad all went well sure you'll keep us updated of progress .

Thanks Tony for the update and the ensuing work you are about to undertake good luck a pastie the size of St Ives is awaiting you as a reward. :)

Best Wishes Terry hope all goes well , safe journey.

Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the first episode of Open All Hours , nice little tribute on BBC Breakfast from Graham McCann and the presenter of Look North in Yorkshire who had interviewed Sir Roy some years ago and is a huge fan . At the conclusion of the interview he had asked Sir Roy...

Hermoine , heartbroken Smiler utters it many times. :cry2:

Good luck Terry and speedy recovery.

I think it's the I didn't know Barry can play where he is in the white suite and on the runaway trailer with Bab's organ on it when he passes Eli and Eli utters the famous "He'll not sell much Ice Cream at that speed" . The line is famous from an Eric and Ernie show and I was wondering did Roy...

The "who can impersonate the worst ventriloquist competition at the family xmas party"

Talking toffee the great Scots comedian Chic Murray used to tell a story about passing a man lying on the ground asking him " Have you fallen?? " , " No I'm just trying to break a particular difficult bar of Toffee in my back pocket"

Luckily I'm up North, hopefully out of harm's way and of any chance of retribution for the moment, otherwise I suspect I'd be getting a right battering pancaking :eek: :)

XL Gobstoppers the Husband's go to sweet for his wife's birthday . ;)

I know an [old] lady who set an alarm I don't know why she set an alarm , perhaps she's a Barm? :eek::08:;)