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Squirrels and Spy-Detecting
clzoomer- a bit woobly Posted Aug 19, 2011
*My husband can't pronounce squirrel at all (he's Russian)*
Sort of like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR3xwTXZhXQ
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Aug 19, 2011
That's not surprising - that's just Jay Ward and Bill Scott's version of a Russian accent.
Maybe they all talk like that in Frostbite Falls, Minnesota...
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Sol Posted Aug 19, 2011
Mind you, my husband has a slight speech impediment.I am now going to be forced to carry round a little dictaphone and get all the Russian speakers I know to say 'squirrel' to check. This will provide a good practice and b lots of models in case we have to seek out Russian spies within our midst anytime soon.
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Aug 19, 2011
Your diligence will be rewarded. (The cheque will probably come in an unmarked envelope from an unnamed government agency...<whist.e>
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Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee Posted Aug 20, 2011
You musn't bias it. You'll have to hold up a picture of Tufty and ask 'What's this?'
They'll think you're mad.
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Rudest Elf Posted Aug 20, 2011
With apologies to Ed:
The Secret Service sketch from Live At Drury Lane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytJCuLh82cU
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Effers;England. Posted Aug 20, 2011
Nice one squirrel, nice one son, nice one squirrel lets have another one
Okay it started out as Cyril...referring to Spurs' legend, Cyril Knowles...but 'Nice one squirrel' is the usual saying now.
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Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee Posted Aug 20, 2011
Annnnnd...the original Wonderloaf ad slogan was devised by Salman Rushdie.
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Icy North Posted Aug 20, 2011
I didn't know Rushdie wrote the Wonderloaf slogan, Ed. He's credited with "Naughty but nice" (dairy council - cream cakes). And Fay Weldon wrote "Go to work on an egg"
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Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee Posted Aug 20, 2011
They worked in the same office. Along with...damn!...who was it? Julian Barnes?
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You can call me TC Posted Aug 20, 2011
Wasn't that "Rise and Shine - go to work on an egg" ?
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Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee Posted Aug 20, 2011
Nah. Rise and Shine was a powdered orangey drink that tasted like aluminium.
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Effers;England. Posted Aug 20, 2011
End with a song.
Coke ad
I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony...
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Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee Posted Aug 20, 2011
Meanwhile, it's teatime chez Bonobo...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzEBLa3PPk
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Effers;England. Posted Aug 20, 2011
there you go again not explaining the link...but yes that PG tips ad is one of my favourites.
I looked on YouTube for a favourite of my childhood for weetabix..it wasn't there.
it was a picture of a beach with a father and son. The mother was singing..
There are two men in my life, to one I am a mother and the other I'm a wife...
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Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee Posted Aug 20, 2011
John Cooper Clarke sang that on R4 yesterday.
'I only do requests if someone specifically asks.'
End with a...poem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGWhjojt5dw
(toned down version)
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Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee Posted Aug 20, 2011
Scariest. Advert. Ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8CTscW3dpI
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- 41: clzoomer- a bit woobly (Aug 19, 2011)
- 42: Sol (Aug 19, 2011)
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- 44: Sol (Aug 19, 2011)
- 45: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Aug 19, 2011)
- 46: Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee (Aug 20, 2011)
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