tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post6916797974001240085..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: TraditionsMark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-33993709537173575342017-07-09T16:08:23.559+01:002017-07-09T16:08:23.559+01:00DBC,
Interesting.
I guess nothing is too 'Pub ...DBC,<br />Interesting.<br />I guess nothing is too 'Pub Quiz' for the folks here after all:)<br />Re the Churchill quote. Yes I was surprised that he had lifted it.Along those lines, some revisionist, I cannot recall, claimed that Wellington had not called his troops the 'scum of the earth'. I believe this too. After all, it would not have been worth saying to other officers, who all saw the lower orders the same way. What would disappoint, I think you would agree, is if Keynes, for instance, had not actually said the, 'In the long run...'bon mot to a droning Treasury offical.MikeWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455583313857077618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-38543975226229286492017-07-09T15:19:55.388+01:002017-07-09T15:19:55.388+01:00All very confusing. The original "Maggie May&...All very confusing. The original "Maggie May" was a rude old "folk song" set in Liverpool and in the version I heard ( in Manchester??)had the line." Oh Maggie Maggie May, she stole my heart away and my money and my trousers .." The Beatles sang (and recorded) something along these lines though there was a musical by Lionel Bart at the time celebrating Lime Street-walking Maggie May. DBC Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891849727783879145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-66660566529511969262017-07-09T10:07:59.419+01:002017-07-09T10:07:59.419+01:00Ah, and there was I thinking your suggestion was a...Ah, and there was I thinking your suggestion was an ironic comment on our beloved PM and her equally beloved female predecessor.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-34537096931641723142017-07-09T09:23:01.513+01:002017-07-09T09:23:01.513+01:00Ha! I made a wild guess!Ha! I made a wild guess!Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-68695641904386800662017-07-08T21:26:34.212+01:002017-07-08T21:26:34.212+01:00Maggie May?
Yes, but I haven't even asked th...Maggie May? <br /><br />Yes, but I haven't even asked the bloody follow on question yet! <br /><br /><br />I thought about putting it in the post above. But deleted it as too 'pub quiz', even for this site. Anyway,..<br /><br />Question:<br />What song was performed/released by both the acts above?MikeWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455583313857077618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-30461141584561770972017-07-08T14:55:21.671+01:002017-07-08T14:55:21.671+01:00I'd always assumed Churchill had said " R...I'd always assumed Churchill had said " Rum,bum and the lash" which is more "Churchillian" i.e. rude and unoriginal.DBC Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891849727783879145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-19540880476390019362017-07-08T12:25:33.711+01:002017-07-08T12:25:33.711+01:00"Maggie May"?"Maggie May"?Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.com