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Mu Beta Started conversation Jan 4, 2005
While hootooing, I've got one of these 'flog your antiques' programmes on in the background with an average 2-kid family.
So while the experts scour the house, we get nice footage of the father taking his ornamental baroque clock to a specialist dealer to have it valued. The dealer says it's immaculate and worth £400 or so, but felt that fancy clocks such as this weren't currently in fashion, and the chap might have difficult selling it. The dealer's final recommendation is that he waits a few years to see if there's more demand.
This was summed up beautifully in the show's conclusion:
Presenter: So, did you manage to sell on the clock then?
Father: No. Turns out it's the wrong time.
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jan 4, 2005
Oh dear. Sounds like a Round the Horne fan to me 
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Mu Beta Posted Jan 4, 2005
Nope. I think it was just a genuine foot-in-mouth incident. And I should know all about them.
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jan 4, 2005
Almost as good as Radio 2's comment about Blunket:
Mrs. Quin says she can't understand why Mr. Blunket is suddenly so interested in the boy, as he hasn't seen him for nearly a year.
Ummm...
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GreyDesk Posted Jan 4, 2005
Which is much like the joke about Blunkett and the ID cards. We just tell him we've done it.
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A Super Furry Animal Posted Jan 4, 2005
Does this mean we can go up to David Blunkett and demand to see his ID card?
RF
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jan 5, 2005
Yeah, but if one of us tries it we'll get banged up for harrassment
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McKay The Disorganised Posted Jan 8, 2005
I dunno Kerr - I reckon you'd get away with 'I'll show you mine, if you'll show me yours.'
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- 3: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Jan 4, 2005)
- 4: Mu Beta (Jan 4, 2005)
- 5: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Jan 4, 2005)
- 6: GreyDesk (Jan 4, 2005)
- 7: A Super Furry Animal (Jan 4, 2005)
- 8: Mu Beta (Jan 4, 2005)
- 9: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Jan 5, 2005)
- 10: McKay The Disorganised (Jan 8, 2005)
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