Re: The Amazing Fact Chain Letter

[tommy toes]

Theme for Great Cities is an old LP. None of the songs on it were themes for Cities, great or not.
Some songs that were themes for Great Cities were:
Wish you were here, which was an homage to Bradford.
Ougadougou..push pineapple up a tree.
Say it ain't Sofia.
Brasilia in Pocket.
and
Ottawa of Strength.
Next: The Young Pretender

[Dutch Uncle]

According to Sellar and Yeatman (1066 and all that) Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck became so confused as to who was the Old Pretender and who was the Young Pretender that they had to ask Chrissie Hynde to decide

Next: The Millennium Bug

[Mike_F]

The Millennium bug was a pretty nasty case of the ten bob bits suffered by Mark Hammill, Carrie Fisher and Anthony Daniels which led to a very unfortunate incident in which R2D2 was mistaken for a chod bin. Kenny Baker got a close look at Hammill's brown death star and received a face full of partially digested shepherd's pie. Foul play was suspected with David Prowse being the prime candidate due to the grudge he held after learning that his lines would be dubbed.

Next: The Force

[RobTheRover]

The Force is a mystical power wielded by Jedi knights to control animate or inanimate objects.  Darren Ferguson is a fully fledged Jedi Knight, and his first task involves using the force to try to get referees to make the right decision in Rovers games.  Sadly, even The Force has its limits.

Next : The Phantom Menace

[tommy toes]

The Rolls Royce Silver Phantom was an expensive flop due to a chassis problem. As soon as the car reached 50mph it used to shake uncontrollably and snake all over the road. No matter how hard the RR mechanics tried they couldn't fix it and dubbed the chassis the Phantom menace.
Phantoms can now be bought on ebay for £200.
Next: Shake Rattle and Roll.

[Dutch Uncle]

When Simon Rattle was asked to conduct an orchestra in Saudi Arabia it was reckoned that the locals would not connect with his western persona. He was asked to adopt the clothing and demeanour of a local dignitary to encourage local respect - he was asked to play a Sheikh Rattle role.

Next: Dubai

[Bentley Bullet]

The people of Dubai don't like the Flintstones, but the people of Abu Dhabi do.

Next; Alcohol

[Bentley Bullet]

Alcohol is an optional bodily fluid that when mixed correctly with blood in the blood steam solves all problems and provides ideas that put all the world's problems to rights.........Temporarily.

Next; Forum fools.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Me and my Harem.

Next: Obsessives

[RobTheRover]

Obsessives are people who obsess over sieves. 

Next : The Wooden Spoon

[Mike_F]

The many variants of wooden spoon tree grow wild in most temperate countries of the world. The wooden spoon harvest takes place from late August to early October with prices fluctuating by size, quality, colour and shape. Basic ten inch value wooden spoons are grown in huge quantities on plantations in Poland and shipped around the world. The wooden spoon trees of Wales are much less prolific but are known to produce some of the most ornate examples of the fruit.

Next: Combine Harvesters

[RobTheRover]

The footballers Harvey Cunningham and Jack Lester were part of a secret FA experiment in 2014 to perfect teleportation.  The idea was to allow players to travel quickly and efficiently to and from games without any ill effects , such as jet lag.

Sadly, no one at the FA had seen the film "The Fly", and so the two players entered the teleportation cubicle together.  What came out the other end became known as the Combined Harvester.

Next : David Cronenberg

[tommy toes]

David Cronenburg is the pioneer of the 'body  horror' genre of film making.
He got the idea after seeing me and the missus in our swimsuits while on holiday in Cleethorpes a few years ago.

Next: Fantasy Island.

[Mike_F]

Fantasy Island is in the Campari Islands group in the Mediterranean. Its neighbours are Pleasure Island, Treasure Island, The Island of Lost Souls and of course, Novelty Island which is where Graham Lister goes to take time away from being an ombudsman.

Next: Lard.

[Filo]

Lard is the pet name that Steve Evans wife uses when they become intimate

Next: WACCOE

[Dutch Uncle]

The Waccoe Kid is a part in the Mel Brooks movie Blazing Saddles - played brilliantly by Gene Wilder, he is the most delusional unhinged person on the whole planet, constantly looking back on fictional perceived achievements.

Next: Belle Vue 

P.S. Brilliant thread

[Bentley Bullet]

Waccoe is what Jonathan Ross calls veteran American actress Mrs Welch.

[donnyallday]

Bell view is something steve Evans has never seen for a long long time, he needs a years crash diet before he sees this. Every leak he takes wets his hands.

Next Baggy Trousers

[Dutch Uncle]

In Nick Park's 'The Wrong Trousers' Wallace was seen wearing automated electronic trousers, aka e-trousers. The original cartoon pictures of Wallace's trousers became very popular and were sold on e-bay where the highest bidder could bag e-trousers. Of course others thought this was just Madness.

Next: Gay Meadow

[tommy toes]

Not a reply, a true story. A friend of ours has a daughter called Meadow who's a lesbian.
I call her Shrewsbury.

Carry on with Gay Meadow.

ps it is a great thread Dutch some brilliant  contributions by all!

[donnyallday]

Down in Gay Meadow the grass certainly isnt as green as you think [so im told]

Infact i hear its rather dark, boggy brown  and sticky.

Male hairdresserswho own pink poodles would probably venture down there.

Next    The Naked civil servant

[tommy toes]

The Naked Civil Servant was a book written to show some balance in the Civil Service.
The original book was entitled The Naked Uncivil Servant, which was the biography of a Job Centre worker at a nudist colony who went around with bare faced cheek, swearing at and insulting his fellow nudists.
Next : Smith's Crisps

[tommy toes]

Nobody likes Smith's Crisps eh?
OK
Next: San Quentin.

[Wild Rover]

San Quentin is a state of mind because of San Miguel.

Next: Sam Smiths.

[donnyallday]

Sam Smiths gives you the trots.

True dat.

Next Red Eye

[RobTheRover]

Red eye is what Billy Bremner famously said when he was asked what colour shorts the rovers should wear in the 1981/82 season.

Next : Steve Lister

[BobG]

b*llocks. I just did a top quality repsonse to Billy's 'Theme for Imaginary Cities' - and then found you sods have put a whole page of extra responses in. I even managed to include Felix Pappalardi in mine. Gotta be worth a point or two surely.

BobG

PS Tommy: if your friends daughter is the err, dominant one, you could call her Cadfael too if you like.

PPS Oh yes. Steve Lister: a vision of elegance marauding the full length of the York City pitch to smack one in off the cross bar one night match before Christ was born.

Next: other interesting BC facts

[IDM]

"Steve Lister" is Barnsley rhyming slang for "girlfriend"...

Next:  Double bogey

[tommy toes]

In 143BC The Romans invented a super chariot that was far more manoeuvreable and comfortable than previous efforts. The secret was in the double bogie developed by Isumbardus Kingdomatus Brunellius Caesar.
Next: Great Western

[Filo]

The Great West Urn was the biggest artifact discovered in the tomb of Tutankamun, it was discovered in the western burial chamber.

Next: Egypt