RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted November 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 21, 2020 Can we have the groan button back please. 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted November 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 21, 2020 1 hour ago, jbqfc said: GROAN!! 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocor Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 20 hours ago, steve1 said: Any response made by the man will put him in peril o for a trip to A&E. steve "I thought that she could have been your identical twin". mm, perhaps not. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 4 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Can we have the groan button back please. What did happen to the 'groan' button? 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpman46 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Perhaps it's 'groan up' and left for pastures new! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted November 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, cpman46 said: Perhaps it's 'groan up' and left for pastures new! That most definitely needs a groan button. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted November 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 21, 2020 22 minutes ago, leopardml2341 said: What did happen to the 'groan' button? I ate it for tea. Sorry. Andi 2 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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F-UnitMad Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 1 hour ago, leopardml2341 said: What did happen to the 'groan' button? It blew a fuse from over-use. Especially on this Thread. 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Bob and his wife were eating breakfast when the radio announcer said... “We are expecting 4 inches of snow today, so you must park your cars on the EVEN numbered side of the road so the snow plough can get through” Bobs wife gets up, goes outside and moves their car as instructed. A week later, and again at breakfast, the radio announcer said.... “We are expecting 6 inches of snow today, so you must park your cars on the ODD numbered side of the road so the snow plough can get through” Bobs wife duly gets up and goes outside to move the car as instructed. A week later, and again at breakfast, the radio announcer says... “We are expecting 8 inches of snow today, so you must park your cars..... Before he can finish the sentence there is a power cut! Bobs wife says “Oh dear, I don’t know which side of the road to park the car” Bob says, in a very calm voice.... "Why don’t you just leave it in the garage?” 6 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hroth Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 14 hours ago, F-UnitMad said: It blew a fuse from over-use. Especially on this Thread. But there's so many reasons to use it here, like for the camel one above... 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 14 hours ago, F-UnitMad said: It blew a fuse from over-use. Especially on this Thread. 7 minutes ago, Hroth said: But there's so many reasons to use it here, like for the camel one above... Exactly. They should've fitted a heavy-duty groan button instead. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted November 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 22, 2020 17 hours ago, leopardml2341 said: What did happen to the 'groan' button? 16 hours ago, F-UnitMad said: It blew a fuse from over-use. Especially on this Thread. Over groan? 2 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 22, 2020 38 minutes ago, Ramblin Rich said: Over groan? "Groan" 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocor Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Santa regrets promoting Elf with red green colour blindness to the position of costumier. 1 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 5 minutes ago, rocor said: Santa regrets promoting Elf with red green colour blindness to the position of costumier. The proper traditional Father Christmas outfit. As illustrated by John Leech in the first edition of "A Christmas Carol" 4 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 22, 2020 His elves have usually retained their green outfits. It seems that the story that Coco-Cola's advertising in the 30s changed the colour of his robes from green to red is a half-truth: there are plenty of earlier depictions of him in red, but Coco-Cola may have tipped the balance. 1 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Yes. The British version always had a bit of The Green Man about him. The red version is Dutch I believe. Although he usually wears a mitre. It's a total myth that Coca Cola invented red. They used a picture that was in common usage. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 22, 2020 1 minute ago, Steamport Southport said: The red version is Dutch I believe. Although he usually wears a mitre. Having due regard to his episcopal origins on both counts. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocor Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 18 minutes ago, Hroth said: The proper traditional Father Christmas outfit. As illustrated by John Leech in the first edition of "A Christmas Carol" But that was before the age of mass marketing, after which Santa had to consider gaining extra revenue through advertising. Both the US Confection Company and Coca Cola insisted on his change of livery from green to red. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 1 minute ago, rocor said: But that was before the age of mass marketing, after which Santa had to consider gaining extra revenue through advertising. Both the US Confection Company and Coca Cola insisted on his change of livery from green to red. As I said total myth. Coca Cola didn't use Santa for advertising until the 1930s whilst red was well established in the USA by the 1850s and in the UK at a similar time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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