RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted August 1, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 1, 2022 36 minutes ago, br2975 said: . "You won't catch them in here !" Then after Hill Street Blues was broadcast the immortal line "Let's be careful out there" particularly on nights. Jamie 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted August 1, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 1, 2022 My recovery has been hastened by a knock at the door and one of our neighbours delivering a bottle of Cardhu Gold Reserve whisky by way of a thank you for a favour I did for them. As is so often the case with things you do for friends and neighbours, there is no need for gifts, but they are very much appreciated. All I need now is for a nice cake to be delivered by another admirer. 7 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 (edited) On my last and only visit I found Japan was indeed a strange yet wonderful place, ful of strange contrasts and rather sensible uses of technology. The reason all the schoolgirls wear sailor costumes I was told is because some years ago the Japanese education minister visited a foreign naval academy and came up with the idea that all school girls should look like sailors. Nothing odd about that at all. I have completed the first training ride. All 18km that took in at least 3 level crossings including my favourite train watching spot EN57 1678 on a service to Krzyz shortly after departing Poznan Wola ET22 1059 shunting at Piatkowo This was stopped about a loco length from the level crossing that was still open to road traffic. 😲 The driver has just changed ends Andy Edited August 1, 2022 by SM42 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted August 1, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 1, 2022 10 hours ago, jamie92208 said: I am still not forgiven for passing a silent but deadly in a National Trust shop 44 years ago and leaving the scene without telling. Jamie Rumour has it that a small fluffy white animal *may* have slipped a similar example out white browsing the Art Section of "The Range" - and boy, did it linger. A H & W came walking down the isle and unfortunately there was no-one else to pass suspicion onto; the Hubby was heard to utter those immortal words "Cor, that's a ripe one". What's even more amazing is they didn't learn their lesson and came back several minutes later, by which time - and after a bit longer to mature and brew - it had gone from "deadly" to full-blown WMD. Wifey muttered the word "Nottnice....." as she walked by. The whole episode required one's very, very best poker face throughout. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iL Dottore Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, jamie92208 said: Then after Hill Street Blues was broadcast the immortal line "Let's be careful out there" particularly on nights. Jamie After Michael Conrad - the actor who played Sgt. Phil Esterhaus - died, the actor Robert Prosky played Sgt Esterhaus’s replacement, Sgt. Stanislaus Jablonski. And his catchphrase was “let’s do it to them before they do it to us” Edited August 1, 2022 by iL Dottore Forgot word 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted August 1, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 1, 2022 In our local W H Smiths most days there are a lot of browsers. Some of them are reluctant to move for people wanting to reach the shelves and usually give you a dirty look when they have to move. One day there was three of them shoulder to shoulder, I managed to get the magazine I wanted and as they closed ranks I left them a ripe SBD. I then stood back for the entertainment as they started giving each other dirty looks. 2 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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br2975 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, jamie92208 said: Then after Hill Street Blues was broadcast the immortal line "Let's be careful out there" particularly on nights. . My first eight years were spent working from Ely Police Station in Cardiff. . Just before the Deputy Chief Constable directed I be moved the 2 miles down the same road, to Canton, I was experiencing my annual appraisal, during which my Superintendent asked me to "sum up working Ely in one sentence" . My response, of "A cross between Hill Street Blues and MASH" had him in hysterics. . To this day, Hill Street Blues remains my all time favourite 'cop drama' Edited August 1, 2022 by br2975 10 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted August 1, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 1, 2022 40 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: In our local W H Smiths most days there are a lot of browsers. Some of them are reluctant to move for people wanting to reach the shelves and usually give you a dirty look when they have to move. One day there was three of them shoulder to shoulder, I managed to get the magazine I wanted and as they closed ranks I left them a ripe SBD. I then stood back for the entertainment as they started giving each other dirty looks. Bear has several stink bombs (the old-fashioned jobbies in a glass vial), circa 1970's vintage at a guess; they've been maturing in the loft for years. Rumour has it that a rather naughty little Bear dropped one in the corridor next to the Assembly Hall at Secondary School (causing a rapid opening of lotsa doors and windows by the Teachers) followed by a second attack later that day on the top deck of the Bus on the way home - and just as Bear was getting off.....🤣 Rumour has it that a couple of stops later the Driver ordered an abandon ship whilst he went round the Bus opening all those windows that hadn't already been opened. That was about the limit of subversive fun in those days. How times have changed. One of my great regrets is that due to chinese market flu I never got to use the remaining ones on my last day at work as a parting gift to the HR Dept. Which is perhaps a Good Thing as they'd probably go off the deep end and claim a Terrorist Attack. Spoilsports. 1 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted August 1, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 1, 2022 You wouldn't think cute looking little bears were capable of such things. On the top deck of a packed 5pm Saturday number 12 bus decades ago, the first girlfriend committed such an offence (Not with one from a jar mind you). With a stern voice she exclaimed. "The least you could do is get up and open a window". Talk about covering one's own a$$! Deffo scored a few brownie points though🤩 2 2 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 I once dropped a load of devil bangers down a 4 storey stairwell at High school, they made one hell of an echo must be a design feature added by Mr Poulson 1 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted August 1, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 1, 2022 38 minutes ago, simontaylor484 said: I once dropped a load of devil bangers down a 4 storey stairwell at High school, they made one hell of an echo must be a design feature added by Mr Poulson THAT Poulson? Ruined Newcastle.... 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said: THAT Poulson? Ruined Newcastle.... Yes that one. I can see one of his edifices when I look out of the bedroom window. His offices were in Pontefract he used to live on the edge of Pontefract just as you leave towards Darrington Edited August 1, 2022 by simontaylor484 Missed off text 4 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted August 1, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 1, 2022 59 minutes ago, polybear said: Bear has several stink bombs (the old-fashioned jobbies in a glass vial), circa 1970's vintage at a guess; Can one still buy these (and whoopee cushions) in joke shops nowadays. Are there still such things as joke shops. Asking for a friend. 1 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted August 1, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 1, 2022 I found when we had Sam, our Labrador dog, that he was an invaluable companion when a SBD was in the offing as people would automatically look in his direction. He was also a natural fall guy as if I said, "Saammm!" sotto voce he would turn round and look at his bum. Why he did that I don't know but it was a very useful trait. Dave 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted August 1, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 1, 2022 4 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: All I need now is for a nice cake to be delivered by another admirer. Ahhh, what a shame.... Dave 3 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted August 1, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 1, 2022 I find the satisfaction of an SBD successfully abandoned in a supermarket, for instance, is much exceeded by the embarrassment when what is expected to be an SBD turns into an absolute ear-splitter in the cereal aisle. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted August 1, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 1, 2022 Hill St. Blues - what a great show. My favourite character was Mick Belker played by Bruce Weitz; he had what I always considered the right attitude to perps, i.e, eliminate them if at all possible. His catchword was "dogbreath" to anyone he didn't like. Dave 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 8 hours ago, SM42 said: I managed to get away from the model shop with the paint I need and another item. Unfortunately, or fortunately the shop was closed for a short while whilst the owner was off running some errands. This reduced time available before picking up Mrs SM42 and also reigned in the temptation. I appear to have got away with it this time. I have been allocated another visit on Thursday. I think she expects me to be tempted a lot more then. Andy Its a test. Don't fall for it. Keep the faith. Just imagine all the brownie points you'll earn if you don't succumb. You can do it. Right that's the pep talk done with. Can I have your Chu Chus when you're got out of 'hospital'. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted August 1, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 1, 2022 21 minutes ago, Northmoor said: I find the satisfaction of an SBD successfully abandoned in a supermarket, for instance, is much exceeded by the embarrassment when what is expected to be an SBD turns into an absolute ear-splitter in the cereal aisle. A hippo's attitude is DILIGAS. But it is the propeller action that is the real force multiplier. 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted August 1, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 1, 2022 37 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said: I found when we had Sam, our Labrador dog, that he was an invaluable companion when a SBD was in the offing as people would automatically look in his direction. He was also a natural fall guy as if I said, "Saammm!" sotto voce he would turn round and look at his bum. Why he did that I don't know but it was a very useful trait. Dave 'Saaammmm!' cried Jill. 'Move before he sh*ts on you!' 1 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted August 1, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 1, 2022 35 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said: I found when we had Sam, our Labrador dog, that he was an invaluable companion when a SBD was in the offing as people would automatically look in his direction. He was also a natural fall guy as if I said, "Saammm!" sotto voce he would turn round and look at his bum. Why he did that I don't know but it was a very useful trait. Dave Rather the other way round in our household. We had a boxer bitch called Kim that would occasionally let an SBD go. On one occasion my mum blamed my dad for one that Kim had done. Kim quietly slipped out of the room. 10 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 All this talk of 'SBD' casts one's mind back to the early 1970s . The days when university students still had a sense of humour, and held a 'Rag Week' each year. . I very much doubt todays scholars would permit such things as beauty contests, fancy dress that included 'blacking up' and horror of all horrors the 'Rag Mag' full of racist, sexist, homophobic jokes that would spur todays Student Union chairs into apoplexy. . And one funny missive that appeared almost annually in the local, Cardiff Rag Mag was 'the bake bean joke'............................ 1 4 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted August 1, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 1, 2022 26 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: Rather the other way round in our household. We had a boxer bitch called Kim that would occasionally let an SBD go. On one occasion my mum blamed my dad for one that Kim had done. Kim quietly slipped out of the room. Had a boxer called Trigger who did the same thing but I learnt to give her treats so that when I did one, she'd accept the blame on my behalf! 2 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted August 1, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 1, 2022 I used to enjoy the Liverpool Uni ragmag immensely when I was a teenager in the 60s. One of my favourite jokes was a photograph of Barbara Cartland in a fur coat with her hands tucked into a muff; the caption read, "One of the Queen's favourites, Barbara is seen here during an intimate moment worming her cat." Dave 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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