Things Noticeable this week - Page 3626

**vo1v0d** · December 15th, 2018, 09:45 AM

Time for pantomime. For non-UK posters, this art form derives from (loosely) Commedia dell arte crossed with buffoonery, slapstick, ham theatre and fairy tales long out of copyright. The stars (loose definition) performing are recent runners up in reality tv shit, winners from ten years ago, one hit wonders that your grandparents remember, just basically annoying twats. There is a story for the tinies, innuendo for the adults, a song that was recently in the charts being murdered, special effects that are not special or effective, blokes in drag costume, either piss-taking scripts that are current/political or misogyny and homophobia from decades ago.
My favourite is an article called "the Principal Boy". Imagine Dolly Parton with the girls nearly out, wearing a doublet that only just covered her gusset provided she did not move, thigh length boots, and slapping her thigh at every decisive speech.
I would say fun for all the family but that would not explain the crying and puking;but the kids suffer more.

**Wendigo** · December 15th, 2018, 09:52 AM

That sounds quite promising really

..... oh no it doesn't

Who said that ????? .... He's behind you

open if you dare

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2Tz6cjvW3w

**vo1v0d** · December 15th, 2018, 10:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wendigo

That sounds quite promising really

..... oh no it doesn't

Who said that ????? .... He's behind you

open if you dare

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2Tz6cjvW3w

The Horror..............The Horror

**Greenman** · December 15th, 2018, 02:14 PM

They talk of men being women and women being men but with pantomime you've had that for years the woman being the principal boy and the man a Dame in drag-nowadays no-one bats an eyelid, but many years ago even John Inman, who played a gay character Mr Humphries in Are You Being Served? was a dame in pantomime but you didn't have to be gay to play a woman-take Les Dawson - he just used it as a device for comedy but I think Dolly Parton as a Principal Boy would be stretching things(quite literally) even for kids. The most surprising thing is that Americans are now getting in on the act like David Hasselhoff and Henry Winkler-both played Captain Hook in Peter Pan and the one from Sex and the City, Kim Cattrall-Cinderella I think it was?. I suppose this is one British tradition that will be around for many, many years to come and the jokes will still be as cringing as ever like "Go and tell the widow her rents in arrears" "What's it doing in her ears?".

**Wendigo** · December 15th, 2018, 02:53 PM

In line for luckiest buggers of the week maybe

Linton railings crash escape leaves police 'speechless'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-46578052

Police officers were left "speechless" that a driver and his passenger were uninjured when railings pierced their windscreen.
The car, driven by a male who passed his test weeks ago, crashed on a frosty road near a water pumping station in Linton, Cambridgeshire, on Friday.

Uninjured .... and you can see how far the railings had come inside the car

a few inches either side and the airbag that had helped push the driver back would have been of no use at all.

That's a lesson to remember for the future about only drive when necessary when road conditions are bad.

**Rogerbh** · December 16th, 2018, 03:03 AM

This is considered a sale in the US.

https://www.ammoland.com/2018/12/bro...#axzz5Zfv3XpMz

**TheBare** · December 16th, 2018, 05:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rogerbh

This is considered a sale in the US.

https://www.ammoland.com/2018/12/bro...#axzz5Zfv3XpMz

From the accompanying comments this is not much of a SALE me thinks

**Rogerbh** · December 16th, 2018, 05:17 AM

Well, Lake City ammo is considered primo fodder and some of those comments - 15 cents a round? - are from memories that seem to me - stuck some decades ago. 62gr steel insert ammo is a far cry from 55 grain ammunition. I don't even recall it being available for sale 15 years ago. All I saw was 52-55 grain ammo.

I was going more for the shock effect on our English members from the sheer volume of the ammo for sale. I can't imagine a guy trying to move a barrel of 12,500 rounds in his garage. If I was twenty years younger and it was legal in my state, I'd have ordered one just to have the barrel to shock my shooter friends.

**cicciobuki** · December 16th, 2018, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rogerbh

This is considered a sale in the US.

https://www.ammoland.com/2018/12/bro...#axzz5Zfv3XpMz

12.000 bullets!!

Why does one need that many, exactly?

Edit: except as a conversation piece, of course.

**vo1v0d** · December 16th, 2018, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rogerbh

This is considered a sale in the US.

https://www.ammoland.com/2018/12/bro...#axzz5Zfv3XpMz

So in the USA liberty is available in barrels?

December 15th, 2018, 09:52 AM	#36252
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December 15th, 2018, 02:14 PM	#36254
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December 15th, 2018, 02:53 PM	#36255
Wendigo Former Staff Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Blighty Posts: 113,881 Thanks: 259,978 Thanked 1,140,423 Times in 114,001 Posts	In line for luckiest buggers of the week maybe Linton railings crash escape leaves police 'speechless' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-46578052 Police officers were left "speechless" that a driver and his passenger were uninjured when railings pierced their windscreen. The car, driven by a male who passed his test weeks ago, crashed on a frosty road near a water pumping station in Linton, Cambridgeshire, on Friday. Uninjured .... and you can see how far the railings had come inside the car a few inches either side and the airbag that had helped push the driver back would have been of no use at all. That's a lesson to remember for the future about only drive when necessary when road conditions are bad. __________________ RIP Doctor Who To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. 23 November 1963 to 25 December 2017, sacrificed on the altar of identity politics. The show is dead to me, but my DVD's live on If you can re-up dead links please consider adding this to your signature. It helps when looking at reports of dead posts. Please PM me re any dead images although it is likely if it is outside Celebs I may no longer have the content

December 15th, 2018, 09:45 AM	#36251
vo1v0d Hideous By Nature Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: sarf eeeest lunden Posts: 8,334 Thanks: 42,629 Thanked 61,368 Times in 7,548 Posts	Time for pantomime. For non-UK posters, this art form derives from (loosely) Commedia dell arte crossed with buffoonery, slapstick, ham theatre and fairy tales long out of copyright. The stars (loose definition) performing are recent runners up in reality tv shit, winners from ten years ago, one hit wonders that your grandparents remember, just basically annoying twats. There is a story for the tinies, innuendo for the adults, a song that was recently in the charts being murdered, special effects that are not special or effective, blokes in drag costume, either piss-taking scripts that are current/political or misogyny and homophobia from decades ago. My favourite is an article called "the Principal Boy". Imagine Dolly Parton with the girls nearly out, wearing a doublet that only just covered her gusset provided she did not move, thigh length boots, and slapping her thigh at every decisive speech. I would say fun for all the family but that would not explain the crying and puking;but the kids suffer more.

December 16th, 2018, 03:03 AM	#36256
Rogerbh Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Land of the free within reasonable limitations Posts: 10,935 Thanks: 50,612 Thanked 91,387 Times in 10,784 Posts	This is considered a sale in the US. https://www.ammoland.com/2018/12/bro...#axzz5Zfv3XpMz

December 16th, 2018, 05:17 AM	#36258
Rogerbh Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Land of the free within reasonable limitations Posts: 10,935 Thanks: 50,612 Thanked 91,387 Times in 10,784 Posts	Well, Lake City ammo is considered primo fodder and some of those comments - 15 cents a round? - are from memories that seem to me - stuck some decades ago. 62gr steel insert ammo is a far cry from 55 grain ammunition. I don't even recall it being available for sale 15 years ago. All I saw was 52-55 grain ammo. I was going more for the shock effect on our English members from the sheer volume of the ammo for sale. I can't imagine a guy trying to move a barrel of 12,500 rounds in his garage. If I was twenty years younger and it was legal in my state, I'd have ordered one just to have the barrel to shock my shooter friends.