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Thought For The Day  
 Thursday 4 April 2013
  
Be thankful we are not getting
the government we are paying for.
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       "Can't Buy Me Love" Tops Charts           | 
 
"This Day" In 1964     
 

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I'll Buy You A Diamond Ring My Friend  

 

If it keeps you satisfied..

 

While in Paris, the Beatles stayed at the five star George V hotel and had an upright piano moved into one of their suites so that song writing could continue.

 

It was here that McCartney wrote "Can't Buy Me Love."

 

The song was written under the pressure of the success achieved by "I Want to Hold Your Hand" which had just reached number one in America.

 

When producer George Martin first heard "Can't Buy Me Love" he felt the song needed changing: "I thought that we really needed a tag for the song's ending, and a tag for the beginning; a kind of intro.

 

So I took the first two lines of the chorus and changed the ending, and said 'Let's just have these lines, and by altering the second phrase we can get back into the verse pretty quickly.'"

 

And they said, "That's not a bad idea, we'll do it that way".

 

The song's verse is a twelve bar blues in structure, a formula that the Beatles seldom applied to their own material.

 

To hear the track in all its 1964 glory Click Here

 

Quirky Quips by David Cummings

 

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

 
 

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  

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
  

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
 

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