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USA and when a shop assistant...sorry store assistant...said “How are you today?”, would tell them all about his colostomy bag and his detached retina at great length, and he said
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the look of horror on their faces was almost worth having the colostomy bag for. They don’t mean it you see. They don’t care how you are at all. They’ve just been told to say it. I’ve always thought that “Good Morning and how can I help you” gets to the point much quicker. I’ve never quite got over the fact that people now call lms ‘movies’. And you go to the ‘movies’ not the cinema. Well I don’t I can tell you. I take my daughter to the cinema to watch a lm, because we’re... we’re...we’re...British.
And there is a statue of them in Ulverston... unveiled by Ken Dodd in 2009. Incidentally I do a talk on Laurel and Hardy if anyone is interested! I think they were absolutely brilliant.
So, ok I got side tracked...how did we get from BOFF to Laurel and Hardy...who knows? But anyway, back to BOFF which is on the Market PLACE.
It’ll be a tremendous two days, with lots and lots of food as always and entertainment on both days. The comedy band I play in, The Bolivian Sunshine Dogs, are playing on the Saturday at 17.30, so that’ll be fun and just to let you know there is vague talk of a rehearsal, so it’s clearly a serious gig for us. There’s lots of other music and bands on both days. On the Sunday Ian Roberts, who runs the Indiego nights at the Two Brewers is bringing along some of his musical pals of which he has loads. So a ne time will be had by all.
How have we gotten onto this...aaaah...
gotten. If there is one word that infuriates
me it’s gotten. It is American. Oliver Hardy
would say it to Stan Laurel. It is often quoted
as Oliver saying “Here’s another ne mess
you’ve gotten me into” when in fact he said
“Here’s another NICE mess you’ve gotten me
into”. I know it doesn’t make much difference
but thought I’d better mention it as I am a
comedy historian. For those really interested,
Oliver Hardy said it in 17 of their films,
although Stan Laurel did say the line once
as “Here’s another nice mess I got you into”.
He didn’t say ‘Gotten’ as Stan came from
Ulverston in Cumbria. (It was Lancashire
when Stan was born there). So quite rightly
Oliver, an American said ‘Gotten’ and Stan, an
Englishman said ‘Got’...so remembeTRrSt-h8a77t.-..99146-MDilatvonid_KPeyibnewso-9rt0hx135-from15-family-PRINT-R2.pdf
See you all at the Market Square Place.
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