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Far Cough
6:17 Sat Jan 13
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Claret Badger 3:03 Sat Jan 13
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JIM BOWEN IS NEXT
Super, smashing, great
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jakehammer
6:14 Sat Jan 13
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claypole 10.21.
now that Dustin Gee was a proper talent. died much too early of a heart attack.
Bella Emberg supported quite a few comedians and was talented in her field especially as she didn't seem to take herself seriously.
R.I.P. Girl.
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Claret Badger
3:03 Sat Jan 13
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JIM BOWEN IS NEXT
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geoffpikey
11:42 Sat Jan 13
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Sven, that's been disputed.
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geoffpikey
11:41 Sat Jan 13
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Bungo, perhaps it's a PLOT to confound us. The origins of the phrase are vague.
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terry-h
11:07 Sat Jan 13
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PS Not that Amanda Holden cares...
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terry-h
11:05 Sat Jan 13
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claypole 10:31
Les Dennis may have been bumped off in Coronation Street but he is still alive and well in real life.
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Mr. Burns
11:03 Sat Jan 13
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I feel sorry for Cooperman losing his sidekick. RIP.
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Sven Roeder
10:33 Sat Jan 13
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Think it was mentioned before that the expression came from families getting compensation when their American soldier sons got killed in action which often enabled them to buy THE farm on which they lived.
Not A farm or the dead persons farm but THE family farm.
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claypole
10:31 Sat Jan 13
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I saw the Russ Abbot show live back in the day. All gone now Bella Emberg, Dustin Gee and Les Dennis.
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Bungo
10:29 Sat Jan 13
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geoffpikey 10:27 Sat Jan 13
It's a good point. Is it always the same farm that changes hands with great regularity? Do they get forewarned of their demise so they can get a survey done?
I feel we should be told.
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geoffpikey
10:27 Sat Jan 13
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Why is it THE farm? Not A or THEIR?
Deeds must be bloody complicated at this place.
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Bungo
10:07 Sat Jan 13
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Sven Roeder 9:59 Sat Jan 13
Agree. Mind you, I find the older I get, the more interesting the past becomes.
I do find my youngest son's inability to use the internet to find things out remarkable though. I think he just prefers to ask me for some reason.
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Sven Roeder
9:59 Sat Jan 13
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May well be right.
I always think it’s part of me turning into an old bastard but often bemused about the lack of curiosity of younger people about people and events of the past ..::: ‘That was before I was born’ etc
You’d think the internet would rectify that but it seems more a TOOL for LOL’s and LIKES and pictures of cats and ‘following’ nonentities.
* opens pack of Werthers Originals*
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Bungo
9:46 Sat Jan 13
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Sven Roeder 9:33 Sat Jan 13
Possibly because of the earlier actress Sybil Thorndike. Too much scope for possible confusion?
NB Always puzzled why some seem to be proud of the gaps in their knowledge. Was she a notable world figure? No, but if I see something written about someone I've never heard of, my first inclination is to look them up, as I might learn something, rather than proudly profess my ignorance.
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Sven Roeder
9:33 Sat Jan 13
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Was born Sybil Dyke
Which would have been a better stage name for her than Bella Emberg, SURELY?
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Ronald_antly
9:19 Sat Jan 13
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Prancer
You clearly had a WASTED youth, matey.
Never heard Bella Emberg??
MY LIFE!!
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Private Dancer
4:37 Sat Jan 13
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Ag! Never heard of blunder woman in my life, and quite happy to admit that.
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smartkev
4:35 Sat Jan 13
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Easily amused I see.
You’d have liked her.
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Private Dancer
4:30 Sat Jan 13
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''You’re the fucking oddball if youve never heard of Blunder Woman PD''
Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!
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smartkev
4:21 Sat Jan 13
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You’re the fucking oddball if youve never heard of Blunder Woman PD.
Sad, sad day.
*no idea she was still alive either
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