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True ones please. Samuel Goldwyn of Metro Goldwyn Mayer films is offically named Samuel Goldfish. When he emigrated to the US from Poland, his actual name was Schmuel Goldfisz. The immigration officail misheard it as Samuel Goldfish which he remained for some years. Notta Lotta People Know That.
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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 21:29 - Jun 18 with 2819 views
Gay blokes would refer to straight blokes as naff. From the acronym Not Available For Fcuking. And then it became general Polari slang for anything of no use or a bit rubbish.
The one that’s recently blown my mind from watching the new Adam Curtis series Shifty is Buck’s Fizz’s saccharine throw away No.1, naff, pop hit from the early 80s ‘Land of Make Believe’ is actually a polemic ode to Anti-Thatcherism
How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 21:29 - Jun 18 by DannyPaddox
Gay blokes would refer to straight blokes as naff. From the acronym Not Available For Fcuking. And then it became general Polari slang for anything of no use or a bit rubbish.
The one that’s recently blown my mind from watching the new Adam Curtis series Shifty is Buck’s Fizz’s saccharine throw away No.1, naff, pop hit from the early 80s ‘Land of Make Believe’ is actually a polemic ode to Anti-Thatcherism
Filmed at the pool on Bloemfontein Road apparently.
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So, "a polemic ode to Anti-Thatcherism" was it?
Don't tell me, the 'Birdie Song' was a protest against worldwide species extinction, and 'Lily The Pink' was a hymn in praise of the contribution made by women in Soviet Russia towards the struggle for a worldwide Communist utopia.
Aye, right.
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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 14:35 - Jun 19 with 2550 views
How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 21:29 - Jun 18 by DannyPaddox
Gay blokes would refer to straight blokes as naff. From the acronym Not Available For Fcuking. And then it became general Polari slang for anything of no use or a bit rubbish.
The one that’s recently blown my mind from watching the new Adam Curtis series Shifty is Buck’s Fizz’s saccharine throw away No.1, naff, pop hit from the early 80s ‘Land of Make Believe’ is actually a polemic ode to Anti-Thatcherism
Volvo invented the 3 point safety belt but left the patent open so other vehicle manufacturers could use it for free in the greater interest of public safety.
Just because you're not paranoid doesn't mean we're not all against you.
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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 15:09 - Jun 19 with 2498 views
Mel Smith was also a keen sportsman and played for two seasons in the Hogarth School football team. The first season he played under the captaincy of Gerry Francis, the future English international and England captain
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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 07:47 - Jul 18 with 1368 views
The huge increase in the popularity of bananas in the Victorian era and the formation of Fyffes bananas in 1888 is due entirely to the song Let's All Go Down The Strand. After the singer on stage sang the first line “ let's all go down the Strand”, the audience would interpolate “av a banana”
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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 10:49 - Jul 18 with 1266 views
Cher saved the Average White Band's bassist/vocalist Alan Gorrie's life.
At a party held in LA in 1974 for the band, a drug was passed round that was believed to be cocaine but was actually heroin. This was how AWB drummer Robbie McIntosh overdosed and died.
Cher, who had abstained, took him back to her home where she induced vomiting and forcibly kept him from lapsing into unconsciousness by constantly walking him round until proper medical help arrived.
How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 17:46 - Jul 18 by TGRRRSSS
The last person to be sentenced to Death in Great Britain was in 1992. Sentence commuted by Tynwald. Isle of man
The last person to be sentenced in the British Isles. And, according to Wikipedia, the first person in the Isle of Man to be sentenced to life imprisonment:
How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 18:19 - Jul 18 by eastside_r
But IoM is not Great Britain. A crown dependency but not GB, I think.
Over to our local expert.
No, not in GB, not in UK, a crown dependency in the British Isles. Just back from the pub, had to give a witness statement about an incident, I don't think the death penalty will be invoked this time, either.
How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 17:46 - Jul 18 by TGRRRSSS
The last person to be sentenced to Death in Great Britain was in 1992. Sentence commuted by Tynwald. Isle of man
He actually should have hanged, as far as I'm concerned. Last time it was carried out on the island was 1873. Not a lot of people know that, fewer care.
How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 17:46 - Jul 18 by TGRRRSSS
The last person to be sentenced to Death in Great Britain was in 1992. Sentence commuted by Tynwald. Isle of man
GB/British Isles notwithstanding, the Birch as a means of corporal punishment (for boys only and below the age of 15, applied to the bare buttocks) was abolished in the UK in 1948.
But the IoM kept it on, even raising the age limit to 18, with the last such punishment being meted out in 1976. And although the ECHR ruled against it at that time, it wasn't formally abolished in the island until 1993.
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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 20:34 - Jul 23 with 672 views
I may be wrong, but I don't think “impressment”, or blokes walking down the street and getting seized by a press gang to serve in the Royal Navy was ever officially abolished. (Pay 6 months in arrears). I don't think I'll go to Portsmouth away next season.
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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 12:05 - Jul 24 with 528 views
The idea of buying a diamond engagement ring for prospective brides is surprisingly recent - from the 1940's - and was the result of a marketing blitz by De Beers, who had a glut of diamonds they needed to get rid of (up to that point diamonds were mostly used for industrial purposes).
And it all really took off when: "A young copywriter called Frances Gerety scribbled the words 'a diamond is forever' on a scrap of paper next to a picture of a couple on honeymoon late one night in the early 1950s. Little did she know that the line would outlive her. Advertising industry lore suggests that her colleagues were not particularly impressed by the line but presented it to their client [De Beers] anyway as they had nothing better to offer. " https://businessleader.co.uk/content/article/498/The-diamond-empire:-How-De-Beer
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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 13:12 - Jul 24 with 464 views
How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 12:05 - Jul 24 by NewBee
The idea of buying a diamond engagement ring for prospective brides is surprisingly recent - from the 1940's - and was the result of a marketing blitz by De Beers, who had a glut of diamonds they needed to get rid of (up to that point diamonds were mostly used for industrial purposes).
And it all really took off when: "A young copywriter called Frances Gerety scribbled the words 'a diamond is forever' on a scrap of paper next to a picture of a couple on honeymoon late one night in the early 1950s. Little did she know that the line would outlive her. Advertising industry lore suggests that her colleagues were not particularly impressed by the line but presented it to their client [De Beers] anyway as they had nothing better to offer. " https://businessleader.co.uk/content/article/498/The-diamond-empire:-How-De-Beer
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