Tempus Fugit

Begs the question, All teachers are pedants, but not all pedants are teachers.

He looks rather creepy in this photo, time for another change.

Flute and bassoon anybody

I voted for the Socialist Alliance at the last general election - along with 168 other brave/deluded souls in my constituency. They lost their deposit. I don't think Devon is ready for an uprising of the masses just yet. Don't think that bears out Gloomy/Josco's theory that this is a forum full of lefties. Well I'm certainly no "leftie", I've never voted Labour, Old or New. I will admit to voting Liberal Democrat at the last election, but only because the other candidates were an absolute shower.

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Now that is a very classy scythe, I bet it would make sweet music as it slices through the air.

Chocolatey.

She's definitely dead, her Variety obit.

HOS, you really should stop reading those red top tabloids, they'll rot what's left of your brain.

with a name like that I'd have thought he'd have been her obgyn...... I thought the same for a nano sec, then the spelling gene kicked in, and I dismissed it utterly. You dismissed it because of spelling? Come on TF, don't tell me that you're so disillusioned that you have no immature inner child. My inner child has reported me to the NSPCC.

Lord ( Anthony) Barber, Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1970-74 in the Heath government. Has died aged 85.

with a name like that I'd have thought he'd have been her obgyn...... I thought the same for a nano sec, then the spelling gene kicked in, and I dismissed it utterly.

There certainly were, but they were only allowed out after dark, lest they scare the natives. I'd have thought that would scare the natives more. You'd only be able to see their teeth & the whites of their eyes. I think you'll find the ordinance in force at that time, stated that dark glasses had to be worn and smiling was prohibited.

Dr. Hyman Engelberg, Marilyn Monroe's physician has died aged 92. He was the chap who prescribed her sleeping pills and declared her death a suicide.

There certainly were, but they were only allowed out after dark, lest they scare the natives.

"Following the murder, the boys' mothers— Susan Venables and Ann Thompson—were repeatedly attacked in the street and vilified in the press. Thompson's father had abandoned his wife and children five years previously, one week before the family home was burned down in a fire. Ann Thompson was a heavy drinker, who found it difficult to control her seven children. Notes (obtained by author Blake Morrison) from an NSPCC case conference on the family described it as "appalling". The children "bit, hammered, battered, tortured each other". Incidents in the report include Philip (the third child) threatening his older brother Ian with a knife. Ian asked to be taken into foster care, and when he was returned to his family, he attempted suicide with an overdose of painkillers. Both Ann and Philip had also attempted suicide in the past. Venables's family was less chaotic; although his parents were also separated, they lived near to each other, and he lived at his father's house two days a week. Both his older brother and his younger sister had learning disabilities which were severe enough to make it necessary that they attend special schools (for children too disabled to be taught in the mainstream system). Jon himself was hyperactive and had attempted to throttle another boy in a fight at school. The police had been called to Susan Venables's house in 1987, when she left her children (then aged 3, 5 and 7) alone in the house for 3 hours. Case notes from that incident describe Susan's "severe depressive problem" and suicidal tendencies." With those kind of upbringings, it's somewhat easier to see how the tragic Bulger murder happened.

I certainly wish no ill upon Mr. Parfitt. I barely knew of his existence before this thread was started, (not by me). So I fail to understand your ire, merely because I dislike their musical output.

BY THE WAY TEMPUS WHAT HAPPENED WITH HAMMER& NAIL. I refer the honourable ranter to the answer I gave here.

I can think of far more deserving people to wish death upon, Blair and Bush, two men whose direct and indirect actions have led to the deaths of thousands, maybe tens of thousands. They do deserve to die unpleasantly, especially since neither one shows the least bit of remorse.

Why? Because I'd dance a merry jig and get absolutely slaughtered if Thompson and Venables were subjected to karma? The comment was made that all kids are pure and innocent. My rebuttal was simple. "Bollocks!" My emotive argument is in direct conflict with emotional arguement that says children shouldn't be included. Some kids are fair game. Is there anyone here that wouldn't have wished these "Sweet Little Boys" dead? Yes me, how would wishing them dead solve anything. The damage has been done, why were they like that, don't their parents bear some of the blame? Maybe you wish them dead as well? Be careful what you wish for, the repercussions may be more than you bargained for.

HOS you're starting to sound like a red top tabloid, You're using the emotive argument to try to justify unpleasant thoughts.

1, Policeman and thief, policeman returns, 2, Policeman and daughter, policeman and thief return, 3, Mother and daughter, mother returns, 4, Father and mother, father returns, 5, Policeman and thief, mother returns, 6, Father and mother, father retuns, 7, Father and son, policeman and thief return, 8, Policeman and son, policeman returns 9, Policeman and thief.

Childhood fame certainly affected Dickie'O. The Olsen's though are on a much bigger scale. I wonder if being a twin helps to diminish the stress, as they always have somebody to confide in. Now if they ever had a serious falling out, I think the emotionally weaker one would go into self destructive meltdown.

Yes Mahler was such an amateur, his fifth symphony doesn't compare with the Quo's auditory delights. I think you must be mistaking me for Lou Rawls

I would, if that were the only alternative to listening to the Quo, but as I don't have to listen to them, I'll give it a miss thanks. You call me warped, yet you are the one who thinks Status Quo are "the greatest band ever", and "always will be". If that isn't certifiable, then nothing is.