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Been RR'd - read this comment by Nicholas Parsons

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maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 9 Oct 2014 18:07

I listen to 'Round the Horn' and 'You're 'Avin A Laugh' on Radio 4 extra.
I couldn't really understand them when I was young.

Oh yes, on RADIO 4!!!!!!!

I remember one of my brothers' 6 years older than me, saying when I was 10:
'Muffin the Mule isn't a criminal offence'.

It was about 15 years later before I remembered what he'd said, and laughed!!

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 9 Oct 2014 14:53

Round the Horn - brilliant - nothing can come near it for laughs on the radio

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 9 Oct 2014 13:32

"Left hand down a bit No.1.......... steady as she goes!!"


ooops! that was the "Navy Lark"

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

Dermot

Dermot Report 9 Oct 2014 12:25

'Words are my favourite insanity'.

And Nicholas Parsons is a 'word & speech' expert as far as I'm concerned.

Wish I could imitate his linguistic ability.

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 9 Oct 2014 12:19

Reminds me of when I was about 17......... and repeated a joke.

I got a completely innocent meaning from the punch line...........

It was years before I understood what it really meant. VERY rude.

To this day I blush just thinking about it.

Sharron

Sharron Report 9 Oct 2014 12:00

Hands up. Who used to listen to 'Round The Horn'?

Even mentioning the innuendoes in that show is an innuendo.

Barbara

Barbara Report 9 Oct 2014 11:39

So very true. Our understanding of any words is based on association.

Researching:
TOWNEND (Middleton, Todmorden, Liversedge, Heckmondwike, Birstall), DAWSON, SHOWLER

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 9 Oct 2014 11:34

In a report in a national newspaper today, Nicholas Parsons, the long-serving host of Just A Minute, has suggested those who place a rude interpretation on an innuendo in a joke, only do so because of the first thing that enters their mind.

Speaking at a literature festival, he said: "a true innuendo is that it's completely innocent to a pure mind - but those who haven't got pure minds will hear it." :-D :-D :-D

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"