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 Wednesday 3 April 2013
  
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       Week Ending 5 April
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Four Candles - The Two Ronnies

The two ronnies - Fork handles
The two ronnies - Fork handles


Seems we started something with our Tommy Cooper tribute.

Suddenly every man and his dog has sent in video clips featuring British comics from yester-year.

This was one of the funniest so we had to publish it, even though it's a bit long.

It makes great use of the famed British Double Entendre (fancy words for a pun), so it's no surprise this was sent to us by a Pom residing in New Zealand.

Anyway we invite you to give it a try and hope it starts your week with a big smile.

To stretch your understanding of the English language Click Here  

Quirky Quips by David Cummings

 

I used to be indecisive - but now I'm not sure.

 
 

The Greatest Speech Ever?  

 

On 27th March 1931 Charlie Chaplin received the French Legion of Honour, one of the highest awards made in France. Perhaps they had an insight into the speech he would give at the end his movie "The Great Dictator"

 

There was a vast amount of publicity around the film, with a critic for the New York Times calling it "the most eagerly awaited picture of the year", and it was one of the biggest money-makers ever.

 

Chaplin concluded the film with a six-minute speech in which he looked straight at the camera and professed his personal beliefs.

 

The speech continues to attract attention to this day and some even saying "The greatest speech ever".

 

The Great Dictator received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor.

 

To hear the speach for yourself Click Here
 

A Little Post-Easter Trivia

 

Trvia- Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at
   waking you up in the morning.

 

- Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button.
 

- A pack-a-day smoker will lose, on average
  2 teeth every 10 years.

 

- People do not get sick from cold weather;
  it's from being indoors a lot more.
 

- When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop.

 

- Only 7 per cent of the population are lefties.
 

- Forty people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.
 

- Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until they are 2-6
  years old.
 

- The average person over 50 will have spent 5 years waiting in lines.
 

- The toothbrush was invented in 1498.

 

Where did the word Trivia come from? Click Here

 

Sir Winston Churchill Loved Them

 

Winston ChurchillWe are not talking about Whisky & Cigars - Though we concede he was fond of these too.

 

No, we are talking about "Paraprosdokians", and some we expect have never even heard of the word. Winston though, loved them.

 

As usual Wikipedia reveals all, telling us that they are "A figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part"

 

Straightforward enough, so let's have some examples:-

 

  - Where there's a will, I want to be in it.

 

  - The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on my list.

 

  - If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.

 

  - War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

 

  - I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.

 

  - Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a
     fruit salad.

 

  - Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in

    a garage makes you a car.

 

  - You're never too old to learn something stupid - Like what a

    paraprosdokian is.

 

To find out more Click Here

 

Lots of Love - Book By Nanette Newman
 

Lots of LoveBack in 1974 Nanette Newman wrote a book called Lots of Love

 

It was a collection of children's sayings and it shows that even though kids have stayed the same, the world has moved on.

 

Here are a few for starters that show the world has changed:-

 

- Women do the washing up and cleaning and

   tidyting and men go on the train and get 

   tired.

 

- Me Dad went to prison and we have to keep remembering to love him.

 

- Why do all those fhoot ballers kis each other on the Telly. They're not

   married - they're not even engaged.

 

And here are some that show that kids haven't:-

 

- My Mother ses she's cold and then she makes me put on a coat

 

- When I am at school my Mummy haz fun

 

- I love my daddy becorse he give me a good ejukashun

 

- You have to love your own baby because evryone else finds them a

   newsance.

 

Like to know about Nanette Newman?  Click Here
  

Happy Birthday Tommy  

Tommy Cooper
Tommy Cooper "Magic Cloak"

  

Cooper was a member of The Magic Circle, and respected by traditional magicians.

 

Famed for his red fez, his appearance was large and lumbering at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and more than 15 stone (95 kg) in weight.

 

Tommy was born in Caerphilly, South Wales and was delivered by the woman who owned the house in which the family was lodging.

 

His parents were Welsh-born army recruiting sergeant father Thomas H. Cooper, and his English-born wife Gertrude (n�e Gertrude C. Wright) from Crediton, Devon.

 

In light of the heavily polluted air and the offer of a job for his father, the family moved to Exeter, Devon, when Cooper was three and gained the West Country accent that was part of his act.

 

Tommy was famed for his straight faced delivery of one liners and puns such as "A cowboy walks into a German Car showroom and says "Audi"" and "I went into a shop to buy a goldfish - the guy said "Do you want an aquarium" I Said "I don't care what star sign it is" 

 

To watch a short clip that will make you laugh out loud Click Here 

 

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