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A letter from Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Strong (Mrs).
Mister Matty Posted Mar 1, 2004
"Who the Hell wants to hear actors talk? (President of Warner Brothers rejecting the idea of moving into talking pictures, 1927.)"
My favorite example of someone not really thinking ahead was a British commanding officer who was asked to view some of the first completed tanks during World War I. His impression of them - "these things will never replace the stirring sight of uniformed men on horseback".
A letter from Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Strong (Mrs).
Mister Matty Posted Mar 1, 2004
Come to think of it, it was probably the same chap who wrote that letter. 
A letter from Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Strong (Mrs).
A Super Furry Animal Posted Mar 1, 2004
Cue old joke...
How did Batman's mum call him in when it was time for tea?
Come and get your dinna dinna dinna dinna dinna dinna dinna dinna Batman!
A letter from Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Strong (Mrs).
Vestboy II not playing the Telegram Game at U726319 Posted Mar 1, 2004
I've heard that the guy in charge of the Luftwaffe in WWII said the aeroplanes didn't need radios as he'd never needed one in WWI.
"Look out he's behind you!"
No point in translating that into German then.
A letter from Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Strong (Mrs).
fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Mar 1, 2004
Damn, I was going to tell that one 
A letter from Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Strong (Mrs).
Yes,I am the Lady Lowena!Get with the programme... Posted Mar 1, 2004
The bloke who invented the mobile phone thought it would be a useful tool for communicating information from one user to another whereevrthey were!!
A letter from Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Strong (Mrs).
fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Mar 1, 2004
Isn't it scary that there's more technology in a modern mobile phone than the computer that sent Apollo 11 to the moon?
A letter from Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Strong (Mrs).
Yes,I am the Lady Lowena!Get with the programme... Posted Mar 1, 2004
What amazes me was that they were able to send a man to the moon with that technology!!! Tin foil!
A letter from Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Strong (Mrs).
A Super Furry Animal Posted Mar 1, 2004
Can my mobile phone make its own way to the moon, then?
A letter from Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Strong (Mrs).
Ku'Reshtin (Bring the beat back!) Posted Mar 1, 2004
According to the A-team, all yopu need are some oxygen tanks, some tin-foil and a couple of joysticks, and you've got your own personal jet-pack to fly around with...
A letter from Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Strong (Mrs).
Yes,I am the Lady Lowena!Get with the programme... Posted Mar 1, 2004
You could send your mobile to the moon it could take some pictures....personally i think someone has already been to mars but I don't talk about that a lot
A letter from Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Strong (Mrs).
Vestboy II not playing the Telegram Game at U726319 Posted Mar 1, 2004
"Nobody ever lost money by underestimating human taste."
Who did say that?
A letter from Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Strong (Mrs).
Yes,I am the Lady Lowena!Get with the programme... Posted Mar 1, 2004
Probably Mr T Barnum,I should think.
'People who neeed people are the happiest people in the world' strikes me at the moment as particularly stupid.Rofl>
A letter from Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Strong (Mrs).
fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Mar 1, 2004
And don't forget the Lego Technic for the engine!
A letter from Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Strong (Mrs).
Vestboy II not playing the Telegram Game at U726319 Posted Mar 1, 2004
*makes heading - Engine
Makes subheading - Lego Technic
writes in thick waxy crayon "Do Not Forget"*
A letter from Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Strong (Mrs).
fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Mar 1, 2004
Good man 
A letter from Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Strong (Mrs).
Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Mar 1, 2004
So that's where mobile phones go when they get lost! 
A letter from Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Strong (Mrs).
Mu Beta Posted Mar 1, 2004
**reads this page; decides the backlog isn't worth his time**
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A letter from Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Strong (Mrs).
Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Mar 1, 2004
Post 1 was the best.
A letter from Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Strong (Mrs).
A Super Furry Animal Posted Mar 1, 2004
Well, the first 20 posts were good.
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A letter from Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Strong (Mrs).
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- 43: A Super Furry Animal (Mar 1, 2004)
- 44: Vestboy II not playing the Telegram Game at U726319 (Mar 1, 2004)
- 45: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Mar 1, 2004)
- 46: Yes,I am the Lady Lowena!Get with the programme... (Mar 1, 2004)
- 47: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Mar 1, 2004)
- 48: Yes,I am the Lady Lowena!Get with the programme... (Mar 1, 2004)
- 49: A Super Furry Animal (Mar 1, 2004)
- 50: Ku'Reshtin (Bring the beat back!) (Mar 1, 2004)
- 51: Yes,I am the Lady Lowena!Get with the programme... (Mar 1, 2004)
- 52: Vestboy II not playing the Telegram Game at U726319 (Mar 1, 2004)
- 53: Yes,I am the Lady Lowena!Get with the programme... (Mar 1, 2004)
- 54: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Mar 1, 2004)
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- 57: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Mar 1, 2004)
- 58: Mu Beta (Mar 1, 2004)
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