Now that the "git" question is somewhat resolved, would any UK listees be willing to share what exactly are "blinkers" and who (or what) is Sid James--is it a cat, broccoli, Elvis? I was not brought up British so those are utterly lost on me. Living and loving Matthew ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
PKHINTZ@aol.com wrote:
Now that the "git" question is somewhat resolved, would any UK listees be willing to share what exactly are "blinkers" and who (or what) is Sid James--is it a cat, broccoli, Elvis? I was not brought up British so those are utterly lost on me.>
Sid James is a star from all those rather fabby carry on movies and suchlike purveyed by British Cinema to all and sundry. They contained jokes about Knockers and Matrons. They were funny. He might have been in On The Busses. The reason he is on the telly speaking to sebastian like god is because they always show them around 11 ish when students etc are just waking up. Am i the only person who hasn't got round to buying sinister yet? Richard Anderson http://www.dur.ac.uk/PurpleFM/presenters/anderson.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Blinkers are things that they put on racehorses to stop them looking around, and hence being distracted / startled when they're running. When humans wear them it's usually a sign of being focussed on one idea to the point of exclusion of all others (to put it politely.) Sid James was an Australian who lived with Tony Hancock in East Cheam. He had the world's dirtiest laugh, and a pretty dirty face too. C. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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