Originally posted by ardcarp
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The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place
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off-topic but that's reminded me of an anecdote told by Martin Jarvis on a repeat 'Quote-Unquote' yesterday. He was appearing in a play directed by Michel Saint-Denis and the cockney door-keeper at the theatre insisted on continuously calling the director Michael St. Dennis even when corrected. Then one day over the PA system came the cockney voice "taxi for Michael St. Dennis to take him to Saint-Pancras", pronounced as if a French railway station.Last edited by mercia; 26-01-16, 12:28.
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Originally posted by mercia View Postoff-topic but that's reminded me of an anecdote told by Martin Jarvis on a repeat 'Quote-Unquote' yesterday. He was appearing in a play directed by Michel Saint-Denis and the cockney door-keeper at the theatre insisted on continuously calling the director Michael St. Dennis even when corrected. Then one day over the PA system came the cockney voice "taxi for Michael St. Dennis to take him to Saint-Pancras", pronounced as if a French railway station.
Was it not Fwank Muir who once said that Elgar was a Catalan train station?
Anyway, it would seem that this forum and this thread thereon has now gained an international standing such as has apparently now given rise to http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35401415 ; I hope that FF will be delighted to learn this and that it does not on the contrary cause her to choke on her croissant...
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Richard Tarleton
Can't find the connection ah. The closest story I could see was "Ellie Goulding escapes from frozen lake".
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Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View PostCan't find the connection ah. The closest story I could see was "Ellie Goulding escapes from frozen lake".
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Originally posted by ahinton View PostJe ne comprends pas; that's not what I see and, having just checked it again in case I made a mistake, I see the headline McDonald's sales rise after US launch of all-day breakfast and no reference to any Ellie Goulding...It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by LeMartinPecheur View PostI'd be very disappointed to have it proved that Mr Muir ever referred to a train station!
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Originally posted by mercia View PostTrelawney just told us that all the R3 presenters had lunch together yesterday to say goodbye to ....... at which point his voice became subito pianissimo ........ so I have no idea who is leaving"Gone Chopin, Bach in a minuet."
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