Alphabet associations - I

[Beef Oven]

Noooooooo, you mustn't give away the answer, Beefy. By all means pop in a hint but don't spill the beans. We come and go. I have just logged on having been side-tracked by BBC4's excellent programme on Pugin. Be patient, I'll 'ave a think

I was told that I must not leave my laptop until it is finished. I have an empty lemonade bottle next to me, I dare not even pop to the loo.

[Nick Armstrong]

I was told that I must not leave my laptop until it is finished. I have an empty lemonade bottle next to me, I dare not even pop to the loo.

my actual words were "The only thing is it's boring if someone sets a question and then sods off for the day..." Sometimes there are a few hours of stillness. Go and replenish / empty whatever you have to.

[Flay]

I dare not even pop to the loo.

ipads have advantages... We can be patient, don't fret.

[Nick Armstrong]

I have been toying with English and Edge but neither fit all three.

The other thing about silence is that it can mean you've set a very nice puzzle indeed and people are busy thinking and googling frenziedly.

Please don't give away the answer! Doesn't matter if we blunder around till the morning! There's an early shift (often our sleuth mercia formerly hercule, who is solving before any small garden bird has even thought of passing wind )

[Beef Oven]

I have been toying with English and Edge but neither fit all three.

The other thing about silence is that it can mean you've set a very nice puzzle indeed and people are busy thinking and googling frenziedly.

Please don't give away the answer! Doesn't matter if we blunder around till the morning! There's an early shift (often our sleuth mercia formerly hercule, who is solving before any small garden bird has even thought of passing wind )

keep toying!!

[Flay]

I have been toying with English and Edge but neither fit all three.

The other thing about silence is that it can mean you've set a very nice puzzle indeed and people are busy thinking and googling frenziedly.

It could be the ENO??

[Nick Armstrong]

A word that begins with E links all three of these.

I like your style!

[Beef Oven]

It could be the ENO??

Exactly!!!

Phew! Well done.

Now tell us why.

[Nick Armstrong]

Exactly!!!

Phew! Well done.

Now tell us why.

Yes, Flay, do! Do!

[amateur51]

Bravo Flay! :boggler::boggler:

[Flay]

Exactly!!!

Phew! Well done.

Now tell us why.

Thomas Beecham (1820–1907), a chemist, was the grandfather of the conductor Sir Thomas Beecham. Born in Oxfordshire, the son of a farm labourer, he enjoyed only a brief formal education before starting work at the age of eight, as a shepherd boy. He noticed that sheep tend to eat certain grasses and started to experiment with and study these herbs, recognising their medicinal properties. Having decided that his future was as a full-time medicine vendor, Beecham moved to Wigan, graduated from working as a market stallholder to owning a shop, and as sales of Beecham's Pills brand of laxative grew, he began to concentrate on manufacturing and national marketing.

His customers were well known for crying "Eeee No!!!" as the laxatives took their effect.

That's the first. Working on the others now

[Nick Armstrong]

Thomas Beecham (1820–1907), a chemist, was the grandfather of the conductor Sir Thomas Beecham. Born in Oxfordshire, the so n of a farm labourer, he enjoyed only a brief formal education before starting work at the age of eight, as a shepherd boy. He noticed that sheep tend to eat certain grasses and started to experiment with and study these herbs, recognising their medicinal properties. Having decided that his future was as a full-time medicine vendor, Beecham moved to Wigan, graduated from working as a market stallholder to owning a shop, and as sales of Beecham's Pills brand of laxative grew, he began to concentrate on manufacturing and national marketing.

His customers were well known for crying "Eeee No!!!" as the laxatives took their effect.

That's the first. Working on the others now

Prize for the longest build-up to a gag ever on AA

[amateur51]

Thomas Beecham (1820–1907), a chemist, was the grandfather of the conductor Sir Thomas Beecham. Born in Oxfordshire, the son of a farm labourer, he enjoyed only a brief formal education before starting work at the age of eight, as a shepherd boy. He noticed that sheep tend to eat certain grasses and started to experiment with and study these herbs, recognising their medicinal properties. Having decided that his future was as a full-time medicine vendor, Beecham moved to Wigan, graduated from working as a market stallholder to owning a shop, and as sales of Beecham's Pills brand of laxative grew, he began to concentrate on manufacturing and national marketing.

His customers were well known for crying "Eeee No!!!" as the laxatives took their effect.

That's the first. Working on the others now

[Beef Oven]

Thomas Beecham (1820–1907), a chemist, was the grandfather of the conductor Sir Thomas Beecham. Born in Oxfordshire, the son of a farm labourer, he enjoyed only a brief formal education before starting work at the age of eight, as a shepherd boy. He noticed that sheep tend to eat certain grasses and started to experiment with and study these herbs, recognising their medicinal properties. Having decided that his future was as a full-time medicine vendor, Beecham moved to Wigan, graduated from working as a market stallholder to owning a shop, and as sales of Beecham's Pills brand of laxative grew, he began to concentrate on manufacturing and national marketing.

His customers were well known for crying "Eeee No!!!" as the laxatives took their effect.

That's the first. Working on the others now

That's better than my reason!!!! But it's mine that counts!

[amateur51]

Prize for the longest build-up to a gag ever on AA

Was that quite wise, Calibs with young Beefy taking notes? - he's eager and all too easily influenced, that one