Author Topic: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG  (Read 162652 times)

Graeme

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #675 on: 20 January, 2019, 03:44:31 pm »
Are you interested in tennis, Graeme? Or indeed other sport?

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away... I was, in my youth, a member of Chesham Bois Lawn Tennis Club. Then I discovered I looked old enough to get served in most pubs, and that was Game, Set and Match for tennis.

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #676 on: 20 January, 2019, 03:46:15 pm »
I think this needs a venn diagram to show, amongst other things, those instances when the Queen was not wearing a seatbelt and Prince Philip was not not wearing a seatbelt.

Perhaps with a factor for whether either of them were playing tennis at the time?

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #677 on: 20 January, 2019, 03:59:19 pm »
I think this needs a venn diagram to show, amongst other things, those instances when the Queen was not wearing a seatbelt and Prince Philip was not not wearing a seatbelt.

Perhaps with a factor for whether either of them were playing tennis at the time?
A mixed doubles match against the Saudi royals?
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Torslanda

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #678 on: 20 January, 2019, 04:33:12 pm »
Phil the Greek has form for turning stuff over. His carriage rolling driving exploits have been well documented in the past. Conveniently I can't find any on 'tube...
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #679 on: 20 January, 2019, 05:42:31 pm »
Are you interested in tennis, Graeme? Or indeed other sport?

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away... I was, in my youth, a member of Chesham Bois Lawn Tennis Club. Then I discovered I looked old enough to get served in most pubs, and that was Game, Set and Match for tennis.
Well hopefully that exciting report from Auntie Beeb will have re-stimulated your interest. It really is a jolly exciting result!

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #680 on: 20 January, 2019, 05:47:13 pm »
I'd have thought a much read story about seat-belt wearing was a good thing in this era of 'f... the Highway Code' ...
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #683 on: 28 January, 2019, 11:05:11 am »
He says "I can't believe this is my life." We say "I can't believe you make a career out of being a 19-year-old with middle-aged eyebrows and a cattle-ring through your nose."
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #684 on: 28 January, 2019, 12:39:36 pm »
He's really Troy Tempest.

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #685 on: 28 January, 2019, 01:04:11 pm »
Not being the target market I am happy to say I'd never heard of him until a few minutes ago. But now I'm feeling nostalgic for Gok Wan.
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #686 on: 28 January, 2019, 01:07:04 pm »
He's really Troy Tempest.
I think that Is an unfair comparison. Troy Tempest looks way more real,than that.
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #687 on: 28 January, 2019, 01:15:44 pm »
I just skimmed that article, and my interest wasn't raised sufficiently to delve, but dit anyone else notice the caption to the picture "Luke Strong told the BBC it took him over three hours to travel 0.8 miles" .... he has a sweatshirt with a bike on it.

ian

Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #688 on: 28 January, 2019, 01:24:51 pm »
I did, but I was more struck by the fact that someone who does physical exercise for a living didn't just opt to get out and walk. It's Birmingham not Johannesburg.

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #689 on: 28 January, 2019, 01:37:13 pm »
He's really Troy Tempest.
Well spotted resemblance.  :thumbsup:
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #690 on: 28 January, 2019, 01:56:36 pm »
He's really Troy Tempest.

I was thinking more Max Headroom
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #691 on: 28 January, 2019, 01:59:31 pm »
He's really Troy Tempest.

I was thinking more Max Headroom

Max Headroom looks more realistic as well.  :demon:
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #692 on: 29 January, 2019, 02:41:20 pm »
I did, but I was more struck by the fact that someone who does physical exercise for a living didn't just opt to get out and walk. It's Birmingham not Johannesburg.

As I understood it, he was driving and was stuck on a roundabout.  Probably not the best place to leave a car.
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ian

Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #693 on: 29 January, 2019, 03:27:01 pm »
I did, but I was more struck by the fact that someone who does physical exercise for a living didn't just opt to get out and walk. It's Birmingham not Johannesburg.

As I understood it, he was driving and was stuck on a roundabout.  Probably not the best place to leave a car.

Ah, I misread that he was a passenger. I'll let him off. But still, better by bike.

ian

Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #694 on: 05 February, 2019, 08:57:10 pm »
Man who fabricates things for a living turns out to be a fabricator.

Cudzoziemiec

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #695 on: 10 February, 2019, 11:44:35 pm »
BONG!... Apes which live in trees can climb... BONG!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-47190443
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #696 on: 10 February, 2019, 11:54:18 pm »
BONG!... Apes which live in trees can climb... BONG!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-47190443

Apes can also hold cameras in landscape orientation...

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #697 on: 17 February, 2019, 01:45:38 pm »
This one's literally not news, in that the article stops abruptly before getting to the point:  How Lidl learnt to be less German in the UK

It's the sort of thing that I used to get into trouble for at primary school.

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #698 on: 17 February, 2019, 01:58:01 pm »
This one's literally not news, in that the article stops abruptly before getting to the point:  How Lidl learnt to be less German in the UK

It's the sort of thing that I used to get into trouble for at primary school.

That is bizarrely absent of any kind of conclusion. Its almost like a teaser "come back next week for installment two"
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #699 on: 17 February, 2019, 02:48:30 pm »
This one's literally not news, in that the article stops abruptly before getting to the point:  How Lidl learnt to be less German in the UK

It's the sort of thing that I used to get into trouble for at primary school.

That is bizarrely absent of any kind of conclusion. Its almost like a teaser "come back next week for installment two"

They appear to have added instalments 2-4.  (When I posted it, the article ended at the "Lidl in numbers" graphic.)