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  • Re: Christmas Quiz 2025 [OT]

    From J. P. Gilliver@G6JPG@255soft.uk to uk.tech.broadcast,uk.telecom on Sat Dec 27 13:38:06 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.telecom

    On 2025/12/27 9:29:57, Ashley Booth wrote:
    Ashley Booth wrote:

    James Heaton wrote:

    On 25/12/2025 11:07, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
    On 2025/12/24 22:29:7, NY wrote:
    On 24/12/2025 17:03, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
    On 2025/12/24 16:44:41, NY wrote:
    On 24/12/2025 12:07, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
    Being a Seekers fan (so knowing the alternative title of
    one of their songs), I got 7 (and thus 8) fairly quickly!

    I've got 7 and 8, but I'm trying to think which Seekers song
    has that word (answer to Q7) as an alternative title...

    Unofficial! A friend and I always refer to "I'll never find
    ..." as "The lonely ram song". Sorry.

    Duh! Of course ;-) I like it.

    It's almost a mondegreen rather than just a pun, in the same
    vein as Neil Diamond's "Reverend Blue Jeans" (about a very
    trendy vicar?) instead of "Forever in Blue Jeans", or Belinda
    Carlisle's "Blue Heaven is a place on earth" (which even after
    multiple listenings is what I swear she sings) instead of "Ooh
    heaven is a place on earth".

    Oh, I love mondegreens. One of my favourites is ABBA "when I
    called you last night from Tesco" (recorded long before fobile
    moans were a thing!).

    The large Tesco near us had a couple of payphones in that era -
    useful given my Mum's writing... saved a few moans that way...

    James

    That reminded me of the Morecambe and Wise sketch!

    Sorry, it was the Two
    Ronnies.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6jWCVO38iA

    Thanks - loved hearing it again!

    Anyone know what year it was? (I've added uk.telecom as someone there
    may be able to say - or at least put a range on it - from the telephones/booths/etc. shown.)
    --
    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    If it's nice to look at and it makes you feel good, it's art.
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  • From John Williamson@johnwilliamson@btinternet.com to uk.tech.broadcast,uk.telecom on Sat Dec 27 17:09:35 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.telecom

    On 27/12/2025 13:38, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
    On 2025/12/27 9:29:57, Ashley Booth wrote:

    Sorry, it was the Two
    Ronnies.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6jWCVO38iA

    Thanks - loved hearing it again!

    Anyone know what year it was? (I've added uk.telecom as someone there
    may be able to say - or at least put a range on it - from the telephones/booths/etc. shown.)

    There is an on screen caption saying 1981 in the first few seconds... ;-)
    --
    Tciao for Now!

    John.
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