Things I've always wanted to know?

[Man-of-Mystery]

Ah, good old Spike, I miss him, R.I.P

Steve

Indeed Steve - he really was, and always will be one of my heroes. A man who walked a very thin line between normality and total insanity - as a genius often does.

'The boy stood on the burning deck,
When all but he had fled...

Twit!!'

Hang on.. didn't I tell you that one?

M-o-M

[Gromit]

Hang on.. didn't I tell you that one?

M-o-M

Nope, I don't think so - I heard Spike say it at an evening he did at the Lady Mitchell Hall in Cambridge...around 1980 I think it was

'Knock knock'
'Who's there?'
'Amnesics'
'Amnesics who?'
(silence)

[Man-of-Mystery]

What were we talking about?

[theseadog]

... and BLACKALL tell us why we have all had our tea"?

I lose sleep over such things..

Stuart

I'll be carelessly presumptuous and answer for BlackAl. It's quite simple really. The residents of Edinburgh are perceived by most other caledonians as having a reserved, seemingly superiour demeanour and a distinctly un-caledonian lack of hospitality, enhanced by an almost Aberdonian parsimony. Hence, when visiting an Edinburgher in his own home, one is likely to meet with the rhetorical question:
"hello, come in, er.... you'll have had your tea"

I hope that's clarified that.

Condensed version ------ They're tight, miserable bar stewards


This was a public service announcement.

[BockingBandit]

Off Topic (Slightly). I walked into Heine Gerike, .. Do you have a set of rear pads for a BMW R1100S?. errr No Sir. Do you have any front pads for an R1100S?. errr No Sir. Do you have a pair of spark plugs for a 1999 R1100S?. errr No Sir. Do you in fact have any consumables for BMW's?. errr No Sir, .. not much call for them around here,.. in fact,.. I'm just completely wasting your time.

I had a certain feeling of veja vue