jcredfer Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 1 hour ago, J. S. Bach said: Can't get past a "cookie wall" to read that. It may be because the Spectator has a policy of trying to make people subscribe to their online newspaper content and limit what non-subscribers can view. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted December 22, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2022 Why isn’t camouflage spelled . 2 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 1 minute ago, BoD said: Why isn’t camouflage spelled . Because camouflage is what you can see..... 🤣 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 15 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: Wrong sitcom. Nouvion in France. Don't think they had flying 'elmets in the Middle Ages.... Sadly when I went there (it is a real village) I didn't find a flying helmet or wet celery. Or a cafe! 2 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 23, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 23, 2022 4 hours ago, DavidB-AU said: Sadly when I went there (it is a real village) I didn't find a flying helmet or wet celery. Or a cafe! There are two Nouvion's. One is on the Somme and the other is further south. The one on the Somme is more geographically correct for 'Allo 'Allo. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 The correct way to write camouflage is camouflage. Highlight the whole line... 2 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted December 23, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 23, 2022 5 hours ago, DavidB-AU said: Sadly when I went there (it is a real village) I didn't find a flying helmet or wet celery. Or a cafe! Twinned with Western Pathfinder ? 1 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 8 hours ago, DavidB-AU said: Sadly when I went there (it is a real village) I didn't find a flying helmet or wet celery. Or a cafe! I went to Edam in Holland and it was closed apart from a café that was very like Rene's. There was a suggestion that it was originally going to be set in Belgium like Secret Army was, but the French were funnier than the Belgians! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 14 hours ago, jcredfer said: Because camouflage is what you can see..... 🤣 He was an awfully big Marine.... 2 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted December 23, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 23, 2022 And that is why elephants paint their toenails pink, and hide in cherry trees. have you ever seen a pink-toenailed elephant hiding in a cherry tree? No? Rather proves the point.... 3 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted December 23, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 23, 2022 5 hours ago, Titan said: The correct way to write camouflage is camouflage. Highlight the whole line... The correct way to be camouflaged, is to remain so! 2 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 1 hour ago, tomparryharry said: And that is why elephants paint their toenails pink, and hide in cherry trees. have you ever seen a pink-toenailed elephant hiding in a cherry tree? No? Rather proves the point.... ...and that's why cobras have flat heads, they didn't see them either, just before the elephants decided to come down. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 The Lion And Albert - a tale of Health & Safety in the 1930's 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 23, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 23, 2022 That reminds me of this one Sergeant-Major to corporal "I didn't see you at camouflage instruction corporal." Corporal "Thank you Sergeant-Major." 5 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CameronL Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 26 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: That reminds me of this one Sergeant-Major to corporal "I didn't see you at camouflage instruction corporal." Corporal "Thank you Sergeant-Major." An army mate of mine was sent on a course at camouflage school. He failed because he couldn't find it. 7 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Of course, none of 'Allo 'Allo was actually filmed in France. Many of the exterior scenes (i.e. the town square) were filmed in the courtyard of Lynford Hall in Norfolk. The Hall had previously appeared in the Dad's Army episode "Wake up Walmington". 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 34 minutes ago, RJS1977 said: Of course, none of 'Allo 'Allo was actually filmed in France. Many of the exterior scenes (i.e. the town square) were filmed in the courtyard of Lynford Hall in Norfolk. The Hall had previously appeared in the Dad's Army episode "Wake up Walmington". Ah, the days when the BBC knew they had a budget and stuck to it! 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 11 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said: Ah, the days when the BBC knew they had a budget and stuck to it! Indeed - David Croft recounts in the book "Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes" of some of the shortcuts that had to be taken in order to meet the budget. In particular, in the episode "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker", Mainwaring and Wilson are forced to spend a night sheltering in a London Underground station. Croft had wanted a large set stuffed with extras to really convey the atmosphere of a WW2 Tube station shelter, but instead had to make do with a piece of card with a London Underground roundel on it behind the actors. When the episode was re-made for GOLD, the budget wouldn't even run to that as GOLD couldn't afford the licensing for the roundel! Which is a shame, as it would have been nice if that scene could have been filmed at Aldwych to give it the detail Croft originally intended. 2 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronL Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 4 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said: The Lion And Albert - a tale of Health & Safety in the 1930's 1 hour ago, Dagworth said: Haven't we gone all poetic. Here's something I was moved to pen recently - Surfers grin from ear to ear when they are surfing. Skiers smile as they are schussing down the course. When people go out riding there is no way they'll be hiding The delight they feel from sitting on a horse. SCUBA divers take their pleasure underwater. (Though they save their smiles for when they're back on land). And a mountain-biker buddy's only happy when he's muddy. After riding he will tell you "It was grand!" There are just so many sports that bring elation. Extreme ones that will leave you with a high. These forms of exercising will get the spirits rising But there's one sport that just makes me wonder "Why?" 'Cos... I never saw a smiling jogger. I never saw a jogger with a grin. When they're going through their paces see the strain upon their faces. Yes, joggers are all miserable as sin. I never saw a smiling jogger. I never saw a jogger having fun. When kilomet'ring and mile-ing you just won't see any smiling And I wonder why the moody b*ggers run. Maybe joggers exercise 'cos it's a penance. Maybe joggers run 'cos they need to atone For their sins and past transgressions, and through all their running sessions They get closer to Redemption with each groan. So they don their running shoes and hit the pavement. Each step they take just wears away the sin. As they put the miles behind them they hope one day that you'll find them With Saint Peter saying "Welcome, come on in." So... I never saw a smiling jogger. But I think the reason why they run is this. When they're out "No pain, no gain"-ing you won't hear any complaining They're just hoping to achieve Eternal Bliss. I never saw a smiling jogger. As they grit their teeth through each and every mile. It's all pain and perspiration on the road to their Salvation. But I do wish that the gloomy s0ds would smile 8 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DavidB-AU Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 21 hours ago, PhilJ W said: There are two Nouvion's. One is on the Somme and the other is further south. The one on the Somme is more geographically correct for 'Allo 'Allo. This was the one in the Somme department. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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