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  • amateur51

    Originally posted by gurnemanz View Post
    A nice quote from the classic "How to be an Alien" by George Mikes. "On the Continent think life is a game. In England they think cricket is a game."
    Thanks for this reminder of a classy humourist, gurnemanz.

    I picked up a hardbackcopy of SJ Perlman's letters at the weekend for £1.99 at Oxfam & I look forward to more pearls

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    • aeolium
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 3992

      I picked up a hardbackcopy of SJ Perlman's letters at the weekend for £1.99 at Oxfam & I look forward to more pearls
      I envy you, am51. I think Perelman is, with Wodehouse, the best comic writer of the C20. He did of course co-script some of the Marx Bros films. The collection The Most of S J Perelman contains some absolutely glorious writing

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      • aka Calum Da Jazbo
        Late member
        • Nov 2010
        • 9173

        meanwhile back at the Bridge .... oh my loyalties will be divided next Saturday and Allez les bleus will be an ambiguous chant ....
        According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.

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        • amateur51

          Originally posted by aeolium View Post
          I envy you, am51. I think Perelman is, with Wodehouse, the best comic writer of the C20. He did of course co-script some of the Marx Bros films. The collection The Most of S J Perelman contains some absolutely glorious writing
          Many thanks for this recommendation, aeolium - I've made a note

          But now the name 'Thurber' pops into my mind ...

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          • amateur51

            Oh dear! ...

            A Champions League tie played in England is one of 680 matches investigators believe was fixed by a crime syndicate.

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            • eighthobstruction
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 6432

              Sepp Blatter ....Qatar cough ahem!!!

              B' Joke....
              bong ching

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              • aeolium
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 3992

                But now the name 'Thurber' pops into my mind ..
                And the names Beachcomber and Flann O'Brien into mine - but I still prefer Perelman

                (sorry, repeatedly OT here - perhaps a thread on comic writers is needed...)

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                • amateur51

                  Originally posted by aeolium View Post
                  And the names Beachcomber and Flann O'Brien into mine - but I still prefer Perelman

                  (sorry, repeatedly OT here - perhaps a thread on comic writers is needed...)
                  Great names and a brilliant idea, aeolium - perhaps one of our hosts could extract the OT humour posts here & create a Writers of Humour & Comedy thread?

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                  • EdgeleyRob
                    Guest
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 12180

                    Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
                    Rumours doing the rounds that Nigel Adkins will take over at forest. ....
                    Alex McLeish left Forest today after only 40 days in charge!!!!
                    Probably nailed on for NA now.

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                    • BBMmk2
                      Late Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 20908

                      As regards to my post message no2384, it would be interesti8ng to hear other boarders views of the recent signings at Newcastle?
                      Don’t cry for me
                      I go where music was born

                      J S Bach 1685-1750

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                      • EdgeleyRob
                        Guest
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 12180

                        Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post
                        As regards to my post message no2384, it would be interesti8ng to hear other boarders views of the recent signings at Newcastle?
                        .
                        They are French

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                        • cloughie
                          Full Member
                          • Dec 2011
                          • 22115

                          Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post
                          As regards to my post message no2384, it would be interesti8ng to hear other boarders views of the recent signings at Newcastle?
                          Le proof du croissant will be their league position en Mai!

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                          • antongould
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 8780

                            Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                            Le proof du croissant will be their league position en Mai!
                            Indeed BBM

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                            • Alison
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 6455

                              Originally posted by EdgeleyRob View Post
                              Alex McLeish left Forest today after only 40 days in charge!!!!
                              Probably nailed on for NA now.
                              Not sure I want to see dear NA working for such a bunch of irascible owners.

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                              • teamsaint
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 25195

                                Originally posted by Alison View Post
                                Not sure I want to see dear NA working for such a bunch of irascible owners.
                                well he should be used to it , at least !

                                Nightmare for Cov tonight..
                                I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                                I am not a number, I am a free man.

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