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as I once paraphrased the now Lord Tebbit's infamous remark "get on your bike, but for God's sake and yours don't drive it to a concert hall" Mrs Thatcher said that "if they don't like it, let them go to Russia!". Here I am. |
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as I once paraphrased the now Lord Tebbit's infamous remark "get on your bike, but for God's sake and yours don't drive it to a concert hall" Mrs Thatcher said that "if they don't like it, let them go to Russia!". Here I am. She also said (at least reputedly) that "capitalism is turning sixpence into a shilling" - but then we no longer have sixpences or shillings - or Russia - like we used to have; does that fact alter the principle enshrined in either of her remarks? (I cannot, incidentally, help wondering whether, had she instead attempted to claim that capitalism is turning threepence into an opera, Peter Warlock's great-nephew and his henchmen might have gotten rid of her sooner on the grounds of alleged diminished responsibility). She is also supposed to have made some remark about being able to "do business" with Gorbachev. Again, when once asked about the kind of government she wanted, she simply said "less"; sadly, however, she failed to achieve this. And Thatcher lot for now... Best, Alistair |
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I cannot, incidentally, help wondering whether, had she instead attempted to claim that capitalism is turning threepence into an opera Unfortunately threepence is not an opera, but a particularly nasty musical called "Half A Sixpence", that starred Tommy Steele. And just to prove that R3 really is listened to by old farts like me who are living in the past, here is a nice bit of nostalgia for you. Remember when it would buy you a Jamboree Bag and still leave change for two licorice snakes? (Mr Torheit is wheeled back to his bed on the Inkermann Ward by two nursing orderlies tutting sympathetically) g'night all... |
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« Reply #65 on: 22:43:05, 15-05-2007 » |
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Oi, I still eat prawn cocktails! Had my first one in 1972 at Edinburgh Uni with me mum and dad  |
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« Reply #66 on: 22:53:35, 15-05-2007 » |
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...and just to complete the little nostalgia trip, everyone:  I couldn't fin a pic with the rainbow tassles drooping from the handlebars, but that was what mine had. A nice note on which to say goodnight!  |
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« Reply #67 on: 22:55:09, 15-05-2007 » |
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Where d'you get them, John?! Don't think I've touched one since I worked in a restaurant in Oldham in the school holidays. I still remember the woman who said to me: "I'll 'ave the 'orse's doovers, love."  |
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« Reply #68 on: 23:02:44, 15-05-2007 » |
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Oh dear, you youngsters!? All the illustrations posted so far are considerably more recent than the issue of child economics being dealt with here.
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« Reply #69 on: 23:06:03, 15-05-2007 » |
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How much is a Penny Caramel today?
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I cannot, incidentally, help wondering whether, had she instead attempted to claim that capitalism is turning threepence into an opera Unfortunately threepence is not an opera, but a particularly nasty musical called "Half A Sixpence", that starred Tommy Steele. "Ah, yes. I remember it ill"... Actually, I don't, as such, but do I remember reference thereto. And just to prove that R3 really is listened to by old farts like me who are living in the past, here is a nice bit of nostalgia for you. Remember when it would buy you a Jamboree Bag and still leave change for two licorice snakes? Er - again, no, but I do wonder if you ever possessed one of those Edward VIII ones; I was fortunate to find one once and sold it for a reasonable amount of money that I needed very much at the time (thereby proving that I'm a filthy capitalist at heart, even if I'm not worthy of membership of the "bourgeoisie"). Best, Alistair |
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How much is a Penny Caramel today?
Who is this apparently sweet person? Is she a member of the bourgeoisie? Best, Alistair |
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Was it not Raymond Blanc (of En Blanc et MaNoir fame) who questioned what a good prawn had ever done to deserve forced contact with a Marie Rose sauce? Whoever it was presumably recognised the difference between the uninspiring limp-lettuced flabbiness of the average prawn cocktail (was there ever any other kind?) in an English pub and the simple joys of fresh langoustines with mayonnaise de maison on the front in the old part of La Rochelle; however, I'm not immediately clear about the former's connection with the "bourgeoisie" (there's no such dish as a bœuf bourgeoisie, is there? - if there is, I don't think that Elizabeth David would have approved of it...), so perhaps Ian might care to enlighten us on this. Anyway, that leads us neatly back to the thread topic (John - is Radio 4 linkspeak permitted in the rules of this forum?). How does the phrase Cru Bourgeois fit into the scheme of things here? After all, it seems hardly to have been intended to define wines designed and fit for consumption only by large corporation owners, Russian oligarchs and the like, would it? (which reminds me that, years ago, it may nevertheless have been bandied about abit on the emergence of the now largely forgotten Wine Symphony by Derek Bourgeois, but perhaps that's another matter)... Best, Alistair |
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« Reply #74 on: 08:04:57, 16-05-2007 » |
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As Bryn said, these artefacts generally came after the demise of the threepenny bit. But even so, prawn cocktails, Black Forest gateau and Blue Nun wine were the height of 1970s sophistication.
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