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In other words, they're not actually very old (by health-care-pampered wealthy Western celeb standards) so not awfully likely to peg out soon... More interesting might be how many of the original Mercury/Gemini/Apollo astronauts are still around - a few of them must be mid/late 70's by now. Does anyone know of a relevant link? Maybe this should be thread on 2006 names?

Great conductor - sadly missed.

Me too. Going to become French. No, hang on - I mean, kill myself.

Well, thanks for the pic. Sorry I asked really. Makes you wonder what the chavs round here would look like if we hadn't sent a chunk of the gene pool to the other side of the world...

I think you are right, had she looked like Waynetta Slob then no-one would really have given a toss but as she is a pretty girl, with big doey eyes and a nice pair of thru'pennies then a lot more people are interested. If she is as guilty as a previous post suggest, then lock her up, throw a video-camera in the cell and let's see a bit of girl-on-girl Asian/Australasian action.....or is that just me?! Does anyone have a link to a decent pic of the said bits....?

Will this bloody man never go away???

Sorry about that - it's me actually - just didn't realise I wasn't logged in. Pants. But I would like the brain hook....

If you want a good laugh - or to be totally appalled, depending on your sense of humour (and knowing this place, there'll be a fair mix of both reactions) - take a look at: Ian Paisley Webpage Amazingly it's not a spoof....

Equivalent weight to a hundred Kalahari bushmen laid end to end...

How heavy are rhinos, then?

Oops, wrong again! It appears to be disputed with attributions of the "Morris-dancing" version to Malcolm Sargeant, Noel Coward, Thomas Beecham and even Stephen Fry. On balance though and in the face of the evidence offered at the bottom of the following terrifying site, I think you're right : A morris-dancing webpage....

I always thought the quote was "incest and Morris-dancing" Could be wrong tho - it has happened...

Maybe it's because it was the third anniversary of "9/11" as anyone from a country that can put dates in the right order would tell you...

It is pronounced with a hard 'G' as in jail. Only the Flintstones have a "gay-ol' time" in their opening song. The "g" as in "jail" is, of course, a soft "g", not a hard "g"; however, you're quite right that it is pronounced as in "jail", i.e.: with a soft "g". Not a hard "g". If you wanted it to have a hard "g", you'd probably have to put a "u" after it, as in "guarding" or "guerilla". However, on doing a bit more digging it appears that both "gaol" and "jail" derive from the Old North French "gaiole" (perhaps pronounced "jay-ol" or "zhay-ol"), BUT this comes from the vulgar Latin "gaviola" and the classical Latin "caveola", a diminutive of "cavea", meaning cage or hollow. Now all those of us blessed with an English classical education of a certain vintage would naturally pronounce "gaveola" with a hard "g" as a logical extension of the hard "c" in "caveola". On this basis the "gay-ol" (time) version may superficially appear correct. The problem, as you will find if you listen to someone French reading Latin - and let's face it, what day goes by without your listening to some Frog reading Latin? - the problem is that they pronounce Latin under some system dreamt up by Erasmus in the 15th Century and which sounds a lot more like modern Italian or French. Consequently lots of "c"s become "ch"s (eg "Caesar" becomes "Chay-zar") and "g"s become "zh"s. Unless, as noted above, they had "u"s after them, and we could complicate this a bit further by going into the concept that the "gu" format also turned into "w" (eg "warder", "William" etc), but, since I'm losing the will to live, let's not. Anyway the interesting thing about all this is that the Old French pronunciation gives us an important clue to the origin of a recent and popular neologism. If we consider the original interpretation of "caveola" or "Chav-ay-o-la", it is clearly intended to describe a small dark hole where you ought to lock up Chavs.

Bllody Hell - they'll be blowing up Billingsgate next....

AND WHY CAN YOU NEVER GET THROUGH TO THE BLOODY DOCTOR'S BLOODY SURGERY WHEN YOU WANT TOO???????????(&^*(&^&^)^)*()******???????? IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT BLAIR, YOU LYING, CHEESY B*STARD!!!!!!!

It's started already...did anyone see the bloody Sun today??? Even the sodding Telegraph has got a leader about her (admittedly saying she is rubbish but nice)

Wouldn't be so sure about that - breast cancer for under 40's has a bloody awful prognosis... Will all no doubt lead to vast amounts of "consciousness-raising" which will on the one hand be a good thing, but at the same time be a totally infuriating sentimental, cringe-making pain in the (rather shapely) arse. The sort of thing that really gets on your tits...

Did he do Di's colonic irrigation then?

My other abiding memory of that week was haggling with some daft old biddy in an antiques shop in Devon. I got a great deal because she wanted to go off and watch some idiot on TV burble on about his collection of Diana souvenir paperclips or something...

Bloody hell, that released a bit of a tidal wave...I thought after I posted it that it might trigger a load of Emlyn-esque outrage (which would have been quite fun too). Very reassuring to know there are so many other apparently sane peole out there. Also you have my sympathies, Mort - she popped on the wife's birthday which has always been a source of great annoyance to the Missus. Great idea for a new TV series: "Weirdest Jobs of the 90's: I was Di's Colonic Irrigator"?

I suppose there is Richard Beckinsale from Porridge or James Beck from Dad's Army... I think you're right tho - Diana would take some beating (with a bloody big stick, if I'd had my way, the silly tart)

But look at 2001 - 7 deaths by this point and only 3 more the rest of the year - so there!

Why do people always get this wrong? Long life sentences are good for the health - low stress, orderly routine, limited access to fags and booze, low-ish cal diet - look at Mandela, etc. I'd give Manson at least another 10 years...mind you you're right about the bloody Beatles and Beach Boys....

I see Mr Cole is 80 today.... ...and also that some genius put him on the list in 1989...good call.... Should he "minder" out in 2006?