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  • Nick Armstrong
    Host
    • Nov 2010
    • 26536

    Gary Cooper's middle name was James... Any use?

    I'm not very good at singer/songwriters though
    "...the isle is full of noises,
    Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
    Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
    Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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    • vinteuil
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 12824

      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
      ... having abandoned the truly dire and woeful Dickens spoof on BBC tv: entirely unfunny Quite an achievement by the writer, to misfire so completely with every single line.
      Awful. Lord knows how much it must have cost, but just awful. I gave up in despair after five minutes...

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      • amateur51

        Originally posted by Caliban View Post
        Gary Cooper's middle name was James... Any use?

        I'm not very good at singer/songwriters though
        'Fraid not, Caliban

        But try A singer/songwrtier who made it big At Seventeen

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        • Nick Armstrong
          Host
          • Nov 2010
          • 26536

          Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
          'Fraid not, Caliban

          But try A singer/songwrtier who made it big At Seventeen
          Ahha! I think I can send you to bed, Ammy!

          Janis.

          Gary Cooper's daughter is married to Byron Janis the pianist.

          That song is by someone called Janis Ian

          Who's the fat lady? Janis Joplin? Janis Battersby off Corrie? I have no idea...

          "...the isle is full of noises,
          Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
          Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
          Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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          • Flay
            Full Member
            • Mar 2007
            • 5795

            Janis?
            Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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            • Nick Armstrong
              Host
              • Nov 2010
              • 26536

              Originally posted by Flay View Post
              Janis?
              Do keep up at the back there!
              "...the isle is full of noises,
              Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
              Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
              Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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              • Flay
                Full Member
                • Mar 2007
                • 5795

                Gosh I was so confident I was preparing a K

                Now I'm in a sulk
                Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                • amateur51

                  Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                  Ahha! I think I can send you to bed, Ammy!

                  Janis.

                  Gary Cooper's daughter is married to Byron Janis the pianist.

                  That song is by someone called Janis Ian

                  Who's the fat lady? Janis Joplin? Janis Battersby off Corrie? I have no idea...

                  Bravo Caliban!

                  The Fat Lady? - Byron Janis' first wife was June Dickson Wright, sister of Clarissa Dickson Wright one of Two Fat Ladies

                  The K/L is yours

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                  • mercia
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 8920

                    Originally posted by Flay View Post
                    in a sulk
                    is that like an Arab market?

                    there's a character in a book called Fat Janis

                    ?????

                    EDIT - oops wrong again

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                    • Flay
                      Full Member
                      • Mar 2007
                      • 5795

                      "Dick Motta is sometimes erroneously credited with coining the celebrated phrase: The opera ain't over 'til the fat lady sings."

                      "Dick Motta and his wife Janice now operate a bed and breakfast, the Blue Bird Inn, across from the shores of Bear Lake in Fish Haven, Idaho. Motta now spends his summer mornings pouring orange juice for guests and discussing the local booming real estate market."

                      It's a long shot, but I couldn't resist it.

                      "....local booming real estate market." I wonder if it still is booming...?
                      Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                      • Nick Armstrong
                        Host
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 26536

                        Originally posted by Flay View Post
                        Gosh I was so confident I was preparing a K

                        Now I'm in a sulk

                        Don't be! Please use your K.... I've done 2 or 3 lately and am all clued-out!! If you can get the Fat Lady, I propose it should be all yours!!
                        "...the isle is full of noises,
                        Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                        Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                        Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                        • Nick Armstrong
                          Host
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 26536

                          Originally posted by amateur51 View Post

                          The Fat Lady? - Byron Janis' first wife was June Dickson Wright, sister of Clarissa Dickson Wright one of Two Fat Ladies
                          Bloody hell, Ams!!! Where did you dredge that bit of trivia from???

                          I nominate Flay for the K, not least because I'm glad to see him back!
                          "...the isle is full of noises,
                          Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                          Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                          Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                          • amateur51

                            Originally posted by Flay View Post
                            "Dick Motta is sometimes erroneously credited with coining the celebrated phrase: The opera ain't over 'til the fat lady sings."

                            "Dick Motta and his wife Janice now operate a bed and breakfast, the Blue Bird Inn, across from the shores of Bear Lake in Fish Haven, Idaho. Motta now spends his summer mornings pouring orange juice for guests and discussing the local booming real estate market."

                            It's a long shot, but I couldn't resist it.

                            "....local booming real estate market." I wonder if it still is booming...?
                            Crrrackin' stuff Flay but ... sadly no

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                            • amateur51

                              Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                              Bloody hell, Ams!!! Where did you dredge that bit of trivia from???

                              I nominate Flay for the K, not least because I'm glad to see him back!
                              Ah the Flay K will not be Flaky, oh no!

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                              • Norfolk Born

                                Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                                'Fraid not, Caliban

                                But try A singer/songwrtier who made it big At Seventeen

                                Has anybody mentioned Janis Ian yet in this confusing session?

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