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19 hours ago, MJCM said:

I think it has to do with his L plate.

 

Maybe his instructor thought this would solve the problem for him not looking into the mirrors ????

Reminded me. In 1963 I had a 200cc Ariel Colt. On the end of the handle bar next to the twist grip was a built in mirror. I went for my driving test and failed and was told on turning right I should look behind then if all clear move to the right, Saying I used my mirror was not good enough. Good little bike , cost me a fiver. Chap also had a 976cc V twin , I bought that off him , that was 10 bob.

17 hours ago, Baht Simpson said:

Quite!  And let's not forget all that morbid death song humour from the 1960's, Leader of the Pack, I Want My Baby Back and Transfusion.

I remember Kenny Everett playing I want my baby back and Transfusion years ago. I think it was part of his radio prog. The world's worst records. I suggested to him Jack the ripper which he played.

11 minutes ago, 1FinickyOne said:

what about Maurice Chevalier...

 

Thank heavens, for little girls... 

 

or 

 

beautiful girls, walk a little slower when you walk by me... 

 

or any of those jailhouse songs... 

Don't forget The Stones. Paint it Black . ' I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes , I have to turn my head until my darkness goes.'  Brilliant song.

I wonder when the All Blacks play they play Black Betty.

1 hour ago, Grumpy one said:

A bit lower comes to mind  ????

In the mid '70s where I worked a lady told a story about her sister that worked in a hospital. The story was an old lady was admitted to hospital with her  er , downstairs front toilet full of money , yup.

Where I worked were about 5 girls who were sewing baby clothes. Next day I asked if there had been any change .  That stopped the girls sewing for a couple of minutes.

18 hours ago, PJ71 said:

Hold on, is that a coin in your ear? lol.

' Sorry I couldn't hear what you were saying as I have a coin in my ear '.

On 1/23/2023 at 7:42 AM, Skeptic7 said:

Most tourists are here for one thing...and it ain't dining. 

What about a warm fur burger.

7 hours ago, BananaStrong said:

This post is the best.  

Well its the best they could come up with.

56 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

Sign by vending machine???

 

There was a young man from Tashkent who's tool was excidently bent

To save himself trouble he stuffed it in double and instead of coming he went.

On 1/19/2023 at 8:09 AM, daveAustin said:

And, thankfully, being a ‘70s boy never had to slum it with outdoor loos like you baby boomers. ????

My grand parents lived in Tulse hill London , as a small chap my mum often in the school hols. took us to visit and I still remember looking out of the carriage window at the tin baths hanging on the outside bogs. Imagine having to go down the garden path to get the tin bath with the snow falling.

EE when I were a lad eh.

.................involving a passenger van that lost control.   NO , the driver lost control.

49 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

None of which would pass modern safety standards. 

 

What about Morgans. I think they still use wood .

1 hour ago, actonion said:

Winding the clock back to  the early 1960's  with todays  rules and regulations  in  the classroom i could have made a fortune, taking teachers to court for a slap round the ear hole,    its a pity the parents don't do more of it...

Agree , in about 1960 on my first day ay a private school I was given the cane for not eating my school dinner , gristle and fat. I am still fussy if given a meat pie.

Talad Thai market now a Chinese takeaway.

36 minutes ago, DaLa said:

I can't find anywhere in the safety instructions of my microwave oven where it says you should not place 'someone else's' head in the oven. So that's another page of instructions in the next release.

 

Seriously though, the topic is about safety for which I am wholly in favour of. However those in authority have to look at how successful their attempts at making our lives safer are. The UK banned the sale of knives to under 18 year olds and it never occurred to them that under 18's had access to the household knives , or that only under 18's were committing knife crime.

 

Thank you for your reply , but I'll give the film  a miss if that's ok.  I'm more of a Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs viewer.

I think the film was Third house on the left , Could have been right , Dr. injects stuff in the chap and then when said chap is helpless shoves his head in the microwave . Not a pretty sight.

This is a new one but I have often said They can fly helicopters but can they park a car in one go.

55 minutes ago, d4dang said:

the nose job was a nice touch

Just a thought , if you blow your nose does it become a <deleted> ?

20 hours ago, Denim said:

I couldn't wait for the 19th . I'd just keeping playing every shot into the rough then go in there with her to help find my balls. My handicap would suffer a bit , end up around 140.

You have reminded me of a golfing event a few years ago.  Wife slices the ball , it goes over a fence and ends up in the rear of a cow. They walk over and hubby on seeing the ball up the cow's rear says ' That looks like yours '  I think an iron was wrapped round his neck shortly after.

Strange thing with me is sleep , seriously . Every evening I sit here and around 8pm I am watching a film. But at this time whatever the film I nod off, wife use to say ' Go bed ' ,  I tried this once then wide awake at midnight. Now when 8pm is getting near I have a cup of coffee and ciggy and sit outside .

Don't remember being like this in England but that was nearly 20 years ago. The number of times I have been watching a film , woken up to find something else on.