The Wibster Wonders....

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Ever wonder why in eppy 37 Do You Take This Man, Mrs. Slocombe's Uncle gave her a house for a wedding present but in eppy 43 The Apartment she's moving from flat to flat ???

What do you think ???? :shrug:

[Lucas The Tucas]

I think the writers couldn't have her being too rich...

They never showed her uncle "GIVING HER THE HOUSE". :shrug:

This way they used "IT" as another show...{The Apartment}.

The first couple of times that I saw this I wondered what happen. :?

But they say nothing else about this. :?

Poor Betty ! :(

Lucas

[Old Mr. Grace]

I think the writer's probably didn't pay much attention to inconsistant story lines. That's probably why the staff ended up at Millstone Maner when they retired instead of the Grace Brother's Staff Home.

[sonosun]

What's in a name? The Grace Brothers Staff Home really became Millstone Manor where they were the Staff. :D

[Tiddles]

I think Mrs. Slocombe's uncle finally got wise to all the shenanigans and he pulled his offer of giving her a house. Maybe the house was in the USA and Mrs. S. couldn't bear to leave Grace Brothers and England and her pals!

[dazzlestar14]

I always assumed that Ol' Wendle discovered the plan of his niece and her crafty set of pals and just called the whole thing off. Either that, or it got caught on fire by Mr.Goldberg.

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Some very good theories on that one... You've all done very well !!!!
I always wondered if she didn't sell the house and drank all the money !!! :lol:

[frankdicer]

[Ever wonder why in eppy 37 Do You Take This Man, Mrs. Slocombe's Uncle gave her a house for a wedding present but in eppy 43 The Apartment she's moving from flat to flat ???
:shrug:


I always wondered if she didn't sell the house and drank all the money !!! :lol:

So, if your postulate is true, then Mrs. Slocombe was moving from pub to pub . Maybe its just semantics! :lol:

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

:lol2: :lol2:

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

In the begining of the series, we learn that from time to time, Mr. Humphries's Mother stays with him. Then as the series progresses, It's seems he's living with his mother. What happened to his house ?

[Jeff Humphries]

Good question. First he lived by himself, then she lived with him. then he lived with her. I don't know. :shrug:

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Half the time he wants her to move out and the other half he's crying cause she's not there.

[frankdicer]

Half the time he wants her to move out and the other half he's crying cause she's not there.

So the "Is He or Isn't He" thread is about him living with his mother?

[Tiddles]

Half the time he wants her to move out and the other half he's crying cause she's not there.

So the "Is He or Isn't He" thread is about him living with his mother?

:lol: I'd say maybe!!

[Pamela]

I htink she sold the house and gave the money to a cat 'n' dog home :)

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

I htink she sold the house and gave the money to a cat 'n' dog home :)

:lol: :lol:

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Did Mr. and Mrs. Slocombe ever get divorced ???? We know they weren't living together but did you ever hear the word "DIVORCE".
Then during one eppy (yes, it's too early in the morning for my brain to be working !!!) Peacock mentions "If Mrs. Slocombe was a customer, what would catch her attention?" to which Lucas replies... "Her husband buying his girlfriend a present."

[Jeff Humphries]

Maybe they just went their seperate ways and didn't bother with the legal stuff ? Good question though.

[dazzlestar14]

It must be too early for me as well, because I don't even remember that line at all, lol. I'm sure I've heard it though.

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

They never mentioned divorce but she was raring to go get married to YMG and Mr. Humphries and the Wog !!!

[Lucas The Tucas]

The character of Mrs. Slocombe was "LONELY". :(

This is her private life.

Lucas :(

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Maybe she was a large Italian fog ?????

A Bigamist !!!! :lol2: :lol2: (I just cracked myself up on that one !!!)

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

In the eppy "Hoorah For The Holidays, Grainger says that Mrs. Featherstones place will be full of trippers/ What are trippers ??? :shrug:

[frankdicer]

In the eppy "Hoorah For The Holidays, Grainger says that Mrs. Featherstones place will be full of trippers/ What are trippers ??? :shrug:

I have no idea, cause U.K. and U.S.A are nations separated by a common language...but a hazardous guess would be "people who go on a trip"?
like vacationers.

[dazzlestar14]

Ahh, so Old Grainger wasn't saying "Strippers" after all these years? :wink:

[mamabear197]

If I remember correctly Tripper's are folks that holiday one or 2 day's at a time at a place then move on to the next! Get to see alot of country in a couple of weeks! Sounds alot like a B&B to me.

[Tiddles]

If I remember correctly Trippers are folks that holiday one or 2 days at a time at a place then move on to the next!
.

Greg...think Beatles! "She was a day-ayyyy-ayyy TRIPPER....." Stayed with the guy for a day and then...moved on! :wink:

[frankdicer]

If I remember correctly Trippers are folks that holiday one or 2 days at a time at a place then move on to the next!
.

Greg...think Beatles! "She was a day-ayyyy-ayyy TRIPPER....." Stayed with the guy for a day and then...moved on! :wink:

You know I never knew it was "day-ayyyy-ayyy TRIPPER"
I thought it was "day-ayyyy TRIPPER" or was it "day-ayyyy-ayyy-ayyy TRIPPER"? ( ala "er, er er, er er er, or er er er er " )

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

If I remember correctly Trippers are folks that holiday one or 2 days at a time at a place then move on to the next!
.

Greg...think Beatles! "She was a day-ayyyy-ayyy TRIPPER....." Stayed with the guy for a day and then...moved on! :wink:

I thought of that but I always thought the song was "drug" related.... :lol:

[frankdicer]

If I remember correctly Trippers are folks that holiday one or 2 days at a time at a place then move on to the next!
.

Greg...think Beatles! "She was a day-ayyyy-ayyy TRIPPER....." Stayed with the guy for a day and then...moved on! :wink:

I thought of that but I always thought the song was "drug" related.... :lol:

double entendre was the order of the day-ayyyy-ayyy TRIPPER

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Well at least now, the song makes sense. I did think it was about a girl who ate acid during the day. After all, it was the 60's. :shrug:

[Jeff Humphries]

That clears things up for me. Thanks frank and tids !

[frankdicer]

Well at least now, the song makes sense. I did think it was about a girl who ate acid during the day. After all, it was the 60's. :shrug:


Beatles - Day Tripper Lyrics

Got a good reason for taking the easy way out
Got a good reason for taking the easy way out now

She was a day tripper, a one way ticket yea
It took me so long to find out, and I found out

She's a big teaser, she took me half the way there
She's a big teaser, she took me half the way there now

Tried to please her, she only played one night stands
Tried to please her, she only played one night stands now

She was a day tripper, a Sunday driver yea
Took me so long to find out, and I found out

Day tripper
Day tripper yea


You could read in just about anything you want into those lyrics.

Maybe "Lucy in the sky with Diamonds"?

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Thank you for that FD !!!!! You Da Man !!! I just spent all day yesterday with The Beatles... Love that group !!!!

[sonosun]

FD just go along with whatever Greg says. Yesterday he was with Mama Cass,Janis Joplin, and James Dean. :roll:

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

FD just go along with whatever Greg says. Yesterday he was with Mama Cass,Janis Joplin, and James Dean. :roll:
:no:

[frankdicer]

FD just go along with whatever Greg says. Yesterday he was with Mama Cass,Janis Joplin, and James Dean. :roll:
:no:


:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Here's a new one......

In "Hoorah For THe Holidays" Rumbold was to give the staff 5 choices for a holiday spot. He shows

1. Torremeloni In the Costa Del Sol which is in Spain

2. Monte Lysterol in Portugal

3. Tantalizing Tunisia

What happened to the other 2 ???? :shrug:

[frankdicer]

Here's a new one......

In "Hoorah For THe Holidays" Rumbold was to give the staff 5 choices for a holiday spot. He shows

1. Torremeloni In the Costa Del Sol which is in Spain

2. Monte Lysterol in Portugal

3. Tantalizing Tunisia

What happened to the other 2 ???? :shrug:

I think they are in the same place as the 2 stories on the hotel that weren't shown in the picture!

[Tiddles]

Here's a new one......

In "Hoorah For THe Holidays" Rumbold was to give the staff 5 choices for a holiday spot. He shows

1. Torremeloni In the Costa Del Sol which is in Spain

2. Monte Lysterol in Portugal

3. Tantalizing Tunisia

What happened to the other 2 ???? :shrug:

The way I see it, the staff is seriously disgusted enough with what was offered with these 3 "luxury" locales, that any further "slide show" would be completely unecessary! Besides that.....there are time restrictions per ep, and only so many funny slides/comments can be made. :lol: :wink:

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

This is something I've thought about for a while so the other day I sat there writing down everything that Rumbold said and then it dawned on me... There were only 3. I wonder if one of the lost ones was "Costa Plonka" ???? :lol2:

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

In "New Look", first Rumbold takes credit for the fountain then Peacock takes credit for it. Who's idea do you think it was originally ????

[sonosun]

'We all think and it goes into your tank."

Given that I'd say it was Peacock's idea.

[amy2375]

Here's a question...in "Anything You Can Do" the staff meets in Mr. Rumbold's office and Mr. Humphries states that common is as common does...then he says he doesn't know what it means but his mother would always say it when his dad wiped his hands on the tablecloth or something. I know there was another time when he mentioned his father (can't think of it at all!)...but in "Heir Apparent" (I think that's what the episode was called) it's believed that OMG was his father.

Thoughts?

[frankdicer]

Here's a question...in "Anything You Can Do" the staff meets in Mr. Rumbold's office and Mr. Humphries states that common is as common does...then he says he doesn't know what it means but his mother would always say it when his dad wiped his hands on the tablecloth or something. I know there was another time when he mentioned his father (can't think of it at all!)...but in "Heir Apparent" (I think that's what the episode was called) it's believed that OMG was his father.

Thoughts?

Well, No wonder he's confused! ( I wish I could say that like Dean Martin used to) :lol:

[Tiddles]

Here's a question...in "Anything You Can Do" the staff meets in Mr. Rumbold's office and Mr. Humphries states that common is as common does...then he says he doesn't know what it means but his mother would always say it when his dad wiped his hands on the tablecloth or something. I know there was another time when he mentioned his father (can't think of it at all!)...but in "Heir Apparent" (I think that's what the episode was called) it's believed that OMG was his father.

Thoughts?

I don't understand what your question is? Maybe you can re-read it and clarify. ~~Tids

[dazzlestar14]

I think she is asking us which other episode Mr.Humphries mentions his father in besides "Anything You Can Do".

In response to your question, I believe it is "The Hand of Fate" when he mentions his father noticing something funny about him when he was younger. Does that answer your question Amy?

[amy2375]

I was just pointing out another instance of the writers not really sticking with certain plot issues! It always really bothered me!

And yes, dazzlestar, that does help answer my question! I couldn't think for the life of me where else Mr. Humphries mentioned his father!

[Tiddles]

Okay Amy...I get where you're coming from now. You're wondering about exactly WHO fathered Mr. H. Since he'd mentioned his Dad blowing his nose on the table cloth in "AYCD". THEN...when we get to "Heir Apparent" his Mum mentions some men who COULD have fathered Mr.H. and OMG wasn't one of them....and it appears to the viewer Mr. H. has never even MET his Dad. Don't get too hung up with continuity on AYBS? or you'll be up all night! :mrgreen: Rememember....the writers never expected fans to be nit picking the plots 30 years later!

[amy2375]

I hear you Tiddles...it could make you go crazy! :eek:

[dazzlestar14]

I just go crazy over Mr.Lucas going from James to Dick.

[frankdicer]

I just go crazy over Mr.Lucas going from James to Dick.

Who knows, maybe Lucas paid Mr. Mash off before hand so that his
true name would remain hidden.

[luv_ya_humphries]

I just go crazy over Mr.Lucas going from James to Dick.

Who knows, maybe Lucas paid Mr. Mash off before hand so that his
true name would remain hidden.

Now that could be a reasonable reason :D

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Never would want someone like Humphries to get a hold of a name like "Dick" !!! :lol2: :lol2:

[dazzlestar14]

That's for sure!
Good hypothesis Frank!

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Actually, I'm watching TOOC right now !!!!

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

In "50 Years On" Lucas seems perplexed when Peacock tells him about the Grace Brothers traditions of the departments clubbing together for buying presents for these occations. Now Lucas was there for 5 years so far so shouldn't of he known about this tradition ????

[Jeff Humphries]

Great ponderment Wib. You got me there.

[dazzlestar14]

He probably didn't care to pay attention, lol.
He missed getting a luncheon ticket on "Christmas Crackers", remember?

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

He probably didn't care to pay attention, lol.
He missed getting a luncheon ticket on "Christmas Crackers", remember?

Yeah, but the luncheon ticket was a one year thing. For 5 years Lucas should have been aware that everyone on the floor had a birthday and that they should have been collecting for everyone, not just Slocombe.

[dazzlestar14]

Yes, but the writers needed to inform the audience of this "tradition", so they needed to use a character to do it. They figured that Lucas was the newest employee, so let's use him to bring out the explanation.

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

As much as I like the eppy "50 Years On", the writer did make a **** up of it !!!"

[Jeff Humphries]

I guess the word continuity was in the vocab for that one.

[luv_ya_humphries]

Well maybe everyone else was born on Febuary 29th and the leap year was that year which explains why Lucas didn't know because he started after Febuary?

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Well maybe everyone else was born on Febuary 29th and the leap year was that year which explains why Lucas didn't know because he started after Febuary?

:lol2: :lol2:

[Jeff Humphries]

How about lets wonder why they could never keep Mrs. Slocombe's name right. :shrug:

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

How about lets wonder why they could never keep Mrs. Slocombe's name right. :shrug:

Never got that one JH. Sonosun yelled at me last time I brought it up. :cry:

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

In "Fire Practice" when Peacock is blowing up the dummy. Rumbold tells him to try harder and he replies "I'm doing my best, sir !!" Slocombe then replies "That's what he said in the broom closet."
Does this mean that Peacock was in there with a man or he thought that Slocombe was a man ??? :shrug:

[sonosun]

Just take the line by itself Greg and it means he 'was' in the broom closet with Mrs Slocombe. :eek:

[Very Young Mr Grace]

I wonder if Mr. Harman did some improv when he talked about "Bringing life back to the body, or the body back to life, however you blokes say it."

Mr. Grainger appears to be holding in his laughter. I wonder if that line was scripted.....

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

I wonder if Mr. Harman did some improv when he talked about "Bringing life back to the body, or the body back to life, however you blokes say it."

Mr. Grainger appears to be holding in his laughter. I wonder if that line was scripted.....

I think he screwed it up and recovered nicely with it. I love Grainger with that smile on his face after Harman says it.

[Pamela]

I wonder if Mr. Harman did some improv when he talked about "Bringing life back to the body, or the body back to life, however you blokes say it."

Mr. Grainger appears to be holding in his laughter. I wonder if that line was scripted.....

I think he screwed it up and recovered nicely with it. I love Grainger with that smile on his face after Harman says it.

LOL! That's one of my top bits of the show-I love old Ernest looking to see if it's ok to go ahead or not :mrgreen:

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

I wonder if Mr. Harman did some improv when he talked about "Bringing life back to the body, or the body back to life, however you blokes say it."

Mr. Grainger appears to be holding in his laughter. I wonder if that line was scripted.....

I think he screwed it up and recovered nicely with it. I love Grainger with that smile on his face after Harman says it.

LOL! That's one of my top bits of the show-I love old Ernest looking to see if it's ok to go ahead or not :mrgreen:

That's the look Pamela !!! :lol2:

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Just take the line by itself Greg and it means he 'was' in the broom closet with Mrs Slocombe. :eek:

You're supposed to have fun with it Sonosun, not take it seriously !!!

[sonosun]

Just take the line by itself Greg and it means he 'was' in the broom closet with Mrs Slocombe. :eek:

You're supposed to have fun with it Sonosun, not take it seriously !!!

That's not what you said in the broom closet Greg. :lol:

[dazzlestar14]

I know, I can support that statement! :lol:

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Just take the line by itself Greg and it means he 'was' in the broom closet with Mrs Slocombe. :eek:

You're supposed to have fun with it Sonosun, not take it seriously !!!

That's not what you said in the broom closet Greg. :lol:

You promised you wouldn't say that to another living soul !!! Now I suppose you'll be telling everyone I was a Nippy !!! :lol:

[frankdicer]

Just take the line by itself Greg and it means he 'was' in the broom closet with Mrs Slocombe. :eek:

You're supposed to have fun with it Sonosun, not take it seriously !!!

That's not what you said in the broom closet Greg. :lol:

You promised you wouldn't say that to another living soul !!! Now I suppose you'll be telling everyone I was a Nippy !!! :lol:

OK, Here I go....What's a Nippy and why was Mrs. Slocombe so upset by
being called that by Captain Peacock....I thought a Nippy was a
waitress, not a hooker.

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

I thought it was a hooker myself a few years back.

[dazzlestar14]

Yes, the fact that it was a waitress made no sense to me at first.

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Well, Slocombe thinks of herself as "High Ended" so I guess to her, being a waitress would be common. :shrug:

[frankdicer]

Well, Slocombe thinks of herself as "High Ended" so I guess to her, being a waitress would be common. :shrug:

I'll bet Pamela will know!!!

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Pamela... where are you ????? :?

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

In "Top Hats and Tails", Peacock makes mention of the "Golden Shoes Competition" and Lucas asks him what it is. Peacock then goes on to say that every year Grace Brothers has one. If lucas has been there for 4 years, shouldn't he have at least heard of this ?? :shrug:

[dazzlestar14]

Probably, but when did Lucas ever pay attention? :lol:

[frankdicer]

In "Top Hats and Tails", Peacock makes mention of the "Golden Shoes Competition" and Lucas asks him what it is. Peacock then goes on to say that every year Grace Brothers has one. If lucas has been there for 4 years, shouldn't he have at least heard of this ?? :shrug:

When did Lucas EVER pay attention!!!


Sorry Dazz, I guess I wasn't paying attention....

[Very Young Mr Grace]

In "Top Hats and Tails", Peacock makes mention of the "Golden Shoes Competition" and Lucas asks him what it is. Peacock then goes on to say that every year Grace Brothers has one. If lucas has been there for 4 years, shouldn't he have at least heard of this ?? :shrug:

Lucas was too busy writing notes to Miss Brahms and putting cooking mittens on his feet.

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

:lol2: :lol2:

[Jeff Humphries]

In "Top Hats and Tails", Peacock makes mention of the "Golden Shoes Competition" and Lucas asks him what it is. Peacock then goes on to say that every year Grace Brothers has one. If lucas has been there for 4 years, shouldn't he have at least heard of this ?? :shrug:

I have to agree with you Wib.

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Bad continuity on the writers parts but like Tids always says, the writers didn't think there would be someone like me watching it daily 30 years later to notice this stuff. :wink:

[frankdicer]

Bad continuity on the writers parts but like Tids always says, the writers didn't think there would be someone like me watching it daily 30 years later to notice this stuff. :wink:


Heck, they probably didn't even remember stuff themselves season to season.....I seriously doubt they logged each new piece of data in each script and then reviewed all of the data logged before writing the next script....
Didn't even have PCs back then, though MM might argue they could have had Apple IIs. Even so, they wouldn't have had enough mass storage to process
all the scripts data before the next one was written.....so we are left with
them relying on memory if they even bothered with that.

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Has anyone ever figured out what "Our Ada" means ???

[frankdicer]

Has anyone ever figured out what "Our Ada" means ???

In the Evening with John Inman a lady asked him about that and he
couldn't even recall the expression....of course she said it our ate-a
with a hard t so maybe he didn't understand the expression... even
he couldn't figure it out and gave an answer that it was probably just
an semi-meaningless exclaimation. Like oi vey, uffda, etc. where the
context determines the meaning.

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Has anyone ever figured out what "Our Ada" means ???

In the Evening with John Inman a lady asked him about that and he
couldn't even recall the expression....of course she said it our ate-a
with a hard t so maybe he didn't understand the expression... even
he couldn't figure it out and gave an answer that it was probably just
an semi-meaningless exclaimation. Like oi vey, uffda, etc. where the
context determines the meaning.

He says it twice in the whole of the run. One time is in "Up Captain Peacock" when Lucas sells his customer Humphries' customers suit. Me minds drawing a blank with the other one...
I agree with you explaination though, it makes sense.

[British_Fan]

"Our Ada" would be another version of "Flippin Ada" (or spelt Aida) and would be a way of expressing oneself instead of swearing.
I don't know where the expression comes from.

====

Why does GB employ a sister ('Cold Store') and have such a well equiped medical room ('Strong Stuff this Insurance') only for Mr Rumbold call in his own doctor in 'Big Brother' and not to appear in 'Mrs. Slocombe, Senior Person'?

[Dean]

yes i agree, it's like saying "oh my goodness" or "blimey" or something like that.

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Thanks for the info !!! I've always wondered what it meant.

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

In "New Look" when Humphries is at the fountain. Mash puts the Goldfish in the fountain and Humphries mentions if we only had a cat it would be just like Longleeds. What is Longleeds ???

[frankdicer]

In "New Look" when Humphries is at the fountain. Mash puts the Goldfish in the fountain and Humphries mentions if we only had a cat it would be just like Longleeds. What is Longleeds ???

A zillon years ago, I posted that it would be nice to have a AYBS
vocabulary of words and expressions that were unfamiliar to US viewers.....

It was suggested to look at the british slang dictionaries....which really doesn't address all these expressions.....

Sweet Fanny Adams
Jarrow(spelling) March
Beachy Head
were all some that I've learned. But like "Our Aida" there are some that
either we don't hear correctly or it just have no idea what the words mean.

And it would still be nice to have a thread listing all of those on the site.....
Someone could post a word or expression and then we could get some
resolution on what it means. ok, well its an idea anyway....that's what
me wife tells me when she thinks my suggestion is daffy.

[British_Fan]

In "New Look" when Humphries is at the fountain. Mash puts the Goldfish in the fountain and Humphries mentions if we only had a cat it would be just like Longleeds. What is Longleeds ???

Humphries actually says "...it would be just like Longleat" which is a tourist attraction with a safari park in Wiltshire, UK

[Dean]

In "New Look" when Humphries is at the fountain. Mash puts the Goldfish in the fountain and Humphries mentions if we only had a cat it would be just like Longleeds. What is Longleeds ???

A zillon years ago, I posted that it would be nice to have a AYBS
vocabulary of words and expressions that were unfamiliar to US viewers.....

It was suggested to look at the british slang dictionaries....which really doesn't address all these expressions.....

Sweet Fanny Adams
Jarrow(spelling) March
Beachy Head
were all some that I've learned. But like "Our Aida" there are some that
either we don't hear correctly or it just have no idea what the words mean.

And it would still be nice to have a thread listing all of those on the site.....
Someone could post a word or expression and then we could get some
resolution on what it means. ok, well its an idea anyway....that's what
me wife tells me when she thinks my suggestion is daffy.


I'm not sure if you are asking about these phrases. But in case you are: sweet Fanny Adams is a polite way of saying "sweet f*** all" and that means very little to nothing. For example "you have sweet fanny Adams chance of that" means your chances are very small indeed.

I don't think it's just a British phrase by the way - i heard Colonel Potter use it once on Mash!

[frankdicer]

I'm not sure if you are asking about these phrases. But in case you are: sweet Fanny Adams is a polite way of saying "sweet f*** all" and that means very little to nothing. For example "you have sweet fanny Adams chance of that" means your chances are very small indeed.

I don't think it's just a British phrase by the way - i heard Colonel Potter use it once on Mash!

Thanks Dean,
but I meant I had figured those out....its the ones like Greg was talking about where about all you have is the audio to go by...My TV doesn't support closed caption :shrug: making it very hard to even get the
words pronunciation, let alone the meaning....blah, blah, blah...separated by a common language.....etc.

As far as the Mash reference....we in the USA do occasionally use a British /commonwealth expression....

According to BBC.co.uk link below, Fanny Adams etc. is British in origin.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A753527

"Fanny Adams was an eight-year-old child who was murdered and dismembered in Alton, Hampshire, in 1867. Her grave is still there. At around the same time, the British Navy started preserving chopped mutton in tins, and the sailors - always an uncouth lot - described this as 'sweet Fanny Adams' which eventually came to mean 'nothing of any good at all'. An unhappy epitaph to a nasty story."

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

That's twisted FD...:lol2:
We could use this thread for all the unknown sayings on the show.

Thanks Dean and British Fan !!!!

[Very Young Mr Grace]

In "Hurrah for the Holidays", when the staff is in the board room watching the slides, Mr. Humphries makes reference to a man in one of the slides. Mr. Lucas says "You mean the guy who looks like Peter O'Toole?" and Mr. Humphries says "Yes", then says something I can't understand.

It got a very big laugh but I keep missing what he's saying..... :shrug:

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

In "Hurrah for the Holidays", when the staff is in the board room watching the slides, Mr. Humphries makes reference to a man in one of the slides. Mr. Lucas says "You mean the guy who looks like Peter O'Toole?" and Mr. Humphries says "Yes", then says something I can't understand.

It got a very big laugh but I keep missing what he's saying..... :shrug:

Talking about the sandals the man who looks like Peter O' Toole is wearing, Mr. Humphries says "They've got them in Dolce's"

Humphries - "See the sandals he's wearing, they've got them at Dolce's."

[Very Young Mr Grace]

Cool! Thank you Greg! :mrgreen:

[sonosun]

Somewhere in this thread GWW asked about Beachy Head. In Britain a head is a cliff. Beachy Head is a notorious suicide spot. The lady in the episode where Mrs Slocombe suggested it as a honeymoon site(Halfway between Brighton and some other city) must have been terribly ticked off at that.

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Cool! Thank you Greg! :mrgreen:

You very welcomed VYMG !!!!:thumb:


Somewhere in this thread GWW asked about Beachy Head. In Britain a head is a cliff. Beachy Head is a notorious suicide spot. The lady in the episode where Mrs Slocombe suggested it as a honeymoon site(Halfway between Brighton and some other city) must have been terribly ticked off at that.

I never got it why Slocombe would tell a customer that ??? :shrug:

[sonosun]

If memory serves me right our Betty did seem to be a bit irritated with the customer.:hat:

[Tiddles]

Right...she suggested "Beachy Head" as a way to "permanently" rid herself of this customer. :o After all....Mrs. Slocombe was never terribly good at customer service! LOL

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Right...she suggested "Beachy Head" as a way to "permanently" rid herself of this customer. :o After all....Mrs. Slocombe was never terribly good at customer service! LOL

You got a point there !!! :lol2:

[dazzlestar14]

I never knew what the customer did to irritate her though. :shrug:

[frankdicer]

Here's something I've wondered about....

In episode "Takeover"

Lally and willitz? is going to take over and
Peacock says. "that's a bristol firm". (audience laughs)
Then slocombe says, "Never mind where they hang out"..(bigger laughs)

Why is the audience laughing? I'm missing the jokes.
I understand the cockney "bristol cities" but not sure how it would apply
here....?????

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Here's something I've wondered about....

In episode "Takeover"

Lally and willitz? is going to take over and
Peacock says. "that's a bristol firm". (audience laughs)
Then slocombe says, "Never mind where they hang out"..(bigger laughs)

Why is the audience laughing? I'm missing the jokes.
I understand the cockney "bristol cities" but not sure how it would apply
here....?????

You know that "Bristols" is a slang for boobies. So when Peacock says "Bristols firm" think "firm bust". Then when Slocombe says "Never mind where they hang out". Well to me it's like her saying "Never mind where the firm boobies hang out."
At least that's what I've always gotten out of it. :shrug:

[frankdicer]

Here's something I've wondered about....

In episode "Takeover"

Lally and willitz? is going to take over and
Peacock says. "that's a bristol firm". (audience laughs)
Then slocombe says, "Never mind where they hang out"..(bigger laughs)

Why is the audience laughing? I'm missing the jokes.
I understand the cockney "bristol cities" but not sure how it would apply
here....?????

You know that "Bristols" is a slang for boobies. So when Peacock says "Bristols firm" think "firm bust". Then when Slocombe says "Never mind where they hang out". Well to me it's like her saying "Never mind where the firm boobies hang out."
At least that's what I've always gotten out of it. :shrug:

THat's about what I had gotten out of it.....
Just isn't that funny for the laughs it is getting....unless there is a laugh
sign for the audience....otherwise its like
"Beavis and Butthead": "he said bristol, heh-heh, heh-heh!"

[dazzlestar14]

I never knew that's what bristols meant! Thanks Greg!

[Tiddles]

Say now!! I never really got that "hang out" line either! You learn so much hanging your bristols on this board! I mean....uh..... :blush2: ....hanging OUT here!! LOL!! :lavinia:

[frankdicer]

I never knew that's what bristols meant! Thanks Greg!

Dazz, Bristol City rhymes with _____. (its cockney)



Tittles, oops, I mean Tiddles....you're too funny!!!

[Tiddles]

:blush2: Nauuuuughty boy!! :no:

:lol:

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

OMG !!!! :o

[dazzlestar14]

:lol: Thanks for the rhyming explanation Frank!

[spoonme]

Here's something I've wondered about....

In episode "Takeover"

Lally and willitz? is going to take over and
Peacock says. "that's a bristol firm". (audience laughs)
Then slocombe says, "Never mind where they hang out"..(bigger laughs)

Why is the audience laughing? I'm missing the jokes.
I understand the cockney "bristol cities" but not sure how it would apply
here....?????

You know that "Bristols" is a slang for boobies. So when Peacock says "Bristols firm" think "firm bust". Then when Slocombe says "Never mind where they hang out". Well to me it's like her saying "Never mind where the firm boobies hang out."
At least that's what I've always gotten out of it. :shrug:

THat's about what I had gotten out of it.....
Just isn't that funny for the laughs it is getting....unless there is a laugh
sign for the audience....otherwise its like
"Beavis and Butthead": "he said bristol, heh-heh, heh-heh!"

I agree - it's just not funny. And I can only assume it's the word Bristol unless it was topical at the time perhaps? And on a side note. I'm going to Bristol after work today!!

[Jeff Humphries]

Heh-heh, Wib said boobies. :lol:

[spoonme]

Has anyone ever figured out what "Our Ada" means ???

It's Northern slang.

As has been mentioned it's a pretty generic expression but mostly used as an expression of surprise.

Along the lines of:

Ooh by gum, Ooh ecky thump and Ooh giddy wilk or giddy aunt.

Les Dennis used to say the Our Ada thing all the time on his old TV show.

[spoonme]

In "Hurrah for the Holidays", when the staff is in the board room watching the slides, Mr. Humphries makes reference to a man in one of the slides. Mr. Lucas says "You mean the guy who looks like Peter O'Toole?" and Mr. Humphries says "Yes", then says something I can't understand.

It got a very big laugh but I keep missing what he's saying..... :shrug:

Talking about the sandals the man who looks like Peter O' Toole is wearing, Mr. Humphries says "They've got them in Dolce's"

Humphries - "See the sandals he's wearing, they've got them at Dolce's."





LOL I still find that sooo funny! Dolcis! Remember shopping in there for school shoes!!!

[spoonme]

In "New Look" when Humphries is at the fountain. Mash puts the Goldfish in the fountain and Humphries mentions if we only had a cat it would be just like Longleeds. What is Longleeds ???

Humphries actually says "...it would be just like Longleat" which is a tourist attraction with a safari park in Wiltshire, UK

Longleat is cool, I went again last year - I love when the Monkeys ride on your car!!! And the maze is beyond cool - spent 2 hours in it!!!

http://www.longleat.co.uk/images/photographs/7.jpg

Their website: http://www.longleat.co.uk/

[frankdicer]

In "New Look" when Humphries is at the fountain. Mash puts the Goldfish in the fountain and Humphries mentions if we only had a cat it would be just like Longleeds. What is Longleeds ???

Humphries actually says "...it would be just like Longleat" which is a tourist attraction with a safari park in Wiltshire, UK

Longleat is cool, I went again last year - I love when the Monkeys ride on your car!!! And the maze is beyond cool - spent 2 hours in it!!!

http://www.longleat.co.uk/images/photographs/7.jpg

Their website: http://www.longleat.co.uk/

got lost? j/k

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

That is soooo cool !!!!! Thanks for the info and the picture Spoonme !!!!! :D

[spoonme]

In "New Look" when Humphries is at the fountain. Mash puts the Goldfish in the fountain and Humphries mentions if we only had a cat it would be just like Longleeds. What is Longleeds ???

Humphries actually says "...it would be just like Longleat" which is a tourist attraction with a safari park in Wiltshire, UK

Longleat is cool, I went again last year - I love when the Monkeys ride on your car!!! And the maze is beyond cool - spent 2 hours in it!!!

http://www.longleat.co.uk/images/photographs/7.jpg

Their website: http://www.longleat.co.uk/

got lost? j/k

That's an understatement! Was in there for 2 hours and that picture is about a sixth of the whole maze!!! It's very cool!!!

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

At the end of "Memories Are Made Of This", what is the song the satff are singing as they skip away ??? :shrug:

[frankdicer]

Sorry Greg, no help here....sounds like "We are the .......garbled.......
boys and girls ....garbled......"

Any help from the UK members?



On another matter.....
in "The Clock" episode they play "A fine old English gentleman" for Mr. Grainger's entrance.

BUT....in Happy Returns, at the end, right after Mr. Grace does his "drippin'" song,
they play "A fine old English Gentleman" (first four bars, I think) to lead into "Happy Birthday to You".

trivia, just trivia.

[Tiddles]

At the end of "Memories Are Made Of This", what is the song the satff are singing as they skip away ??? :shrug:

OH!!! The Ovalteenies song!! :D I have NO idea why it was played as the staff goes off for ice cream though unless the company made ice cream at some point...during the war? LOL anyway...it's one of those AYBS? mysteries we'll never solve!! Scroll down appropriately. :wink:

http://www.radiocraft.co.uk/oldtracks.htm

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Totally sweet there Tids !!!!! Thanks for that link. That was neat !!!:thumb:

[frankdicer]

Here's another thing in AYBS? I didn't get....

In Grounds for Divorce when Peacock explains his problem with Miss Bagnold and asks the staff to keep it quiet, Mrs Slocombe says
Mums the words
to which Spooner responds, "I hope not"
Audience laughs but I don't know why he would say that and its not
funny, IMO.
Am I missing something? (about the episode I mean, not generally speaking)

[British_Fan]

Here's another thing in AYBS? I didn't get....

In Grounds for Divorce when Peacock explains his problem with Miss Bagnold and asks the staff to keep it quiet, Mrs Slocombe says
Mums the words
to which Spooner responds, "I hope not"
Audience laughs but I don't know why he would say that and its not
funny, IMO.
Am I missing something? (about the episode I mean, not generally speaking)

Firstly, "Mum's the word" is a phrase used when you want someone to keep quiet. See http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/251850.html

Secondly, Spooner's comment implies that he hopes Miss Bagnold hasn't become a mum (mom, mother) because of Peacock's misdemeanor

[frankdicer]

Firstly, "Mum's the word" is a phrase used when you want someone to keep quiet. See http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/251850.html

Secondly, Spooner's comment implies that he hopes Miss Bagnold hasn't become a mum (mom, mother) because of Peacock's misdemeanor

I knew the first.
The second, because we use mom instead of mum, (even though I knew that
as well) didn't register.....

Now it makes sense.

Thanks, BritishFan!

[Lucas The Tucas]

Thanks for the link FD.

Lucas :P

[frankdicer]

Thanks for the link FD.

Lucas :P

Actually, British_Fan provided the link, I just quoted.

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

From "50 Years On"
Lucas and Humphries are having a conversation in the canteen and I've never quite got what was so funny.

Humphries - "I can't remember whether this is Chicken soup or Vegatable."

Lucas - "Well taste it."

Humphries - "Well that's not going to make any difference, is it ? That's confused everything, it's got a fish bone in it."

Lucas - "That's not a fish bone, it's a hair grip."

Humphries - "It's game soup."

What do they mean "It's game soup" and why is the audience laughing ???

[spoonme]

From "50 Years On"
Lucas and Humphries are having a conversation in the canteen and I've never quite got what was so funny.

Humphries - "I can't remember whether this is Chicken soup or Vegatable."

Lucas - "Well taste it."

Humphries - "Well that's not going to make any difference, is it ? That's confused everything, it's got a fish bone in it."

Lucas - "That's not a fish bone, it's a hair grip."

Humphries - "It's game soup."

What do they mean "It's game soup" and why is the audience laughing ???

The only thing I can think of is because there's a hairclip in it there is a play on the word "game" soup - sounding like "gay"(m) soup??

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

That don't sound to funny does it ???? :shrug:

[dazzlestar14]

I just think they were making fun of the canteen in general, that the food is unusual. I don't think the word "game" was really meant to be anything special.

[British_Fan]

From "50 Years On"
Lucas and Humphries are having a conversation in the canteen and I've never quite got what was so funny.

Humphries - "I can't remember whether this is Chicken soup or Vegatable."

Lucas - "Well taste it."

Humphries - "Well that's not going to make any difference, is it ? That's confused everything, it's got a fish bone in it."

Lucas - "That's not a fish bone, it's a hair grip."

Humphries - "It's game soup."

What do they mean "It's game soup" and why is the audience laughing ???

This'll take a bit of explaining:

- "Game" is the name given to Pigeons, Pheasent etc - generally wild birds but also fish and animals

- "Bird"/"Birds" is the slang for woman/women respectively

Therefore because there's a hair clip in Humphries' soup, it would have been from a woman (bird) possibly one who's doesn't care what happens to her hair in the throws of passion (wild bird), hence game soup

[frankdicer]

[

This'll take a bit of explaining:

- "Game" is the name given to Pigeons, Pheasent etc - generally wild birds but also fish and animals

- "Bird"/"Birds" is the slang for woman/women respectively

Therefore because there's a hair clip in Humphries' soup, it would have been from a woman (bird) possibly one who's doesn't care what happens to her hair in the throws of passion (wild bird), hence game soup

seems a rather long way to go for a punny joke.....like some of mine in
if I remember correctly.

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Well it makes sense... Thank you very much British fan !!!! What would us Yanks do without you guys and gals across the pond ???

[Tiddles]

From "50 Years On"
Lucas and Humphries are having a conversation in the canteen and I've never quite got what was so funny.

Humphries - "I can't remember whether this is Chicken soup or Vegatable."

Lucas - "Well taste it."

Humphries - "Well that's not going to make any difference, is it ? That's confused everything, it's got a fish bone in it."

Lucas - "That's not a fish bone, it's a hair grip."

Humphries - "It's game soup."

What do they mean "It's game soup" and why is the audience laughing ???

This'll take a bit of explaining:

- "Game" is the name given to Pigeons, Pheasent etc - generally wild birds but also fish and animals




OK...good! You were on the right track but went one step too far. :) The word "game" is indeed in regard to wild game like birds and...also....HARE (rabbits). A "HARE/hair" grip was mentioned, so there's your pun. Soup made from hare is game soup. In this case, birds need not apply. :wink: :wink:

[dazzlestar14]

Ohhh, now I get it! Yes, we use the term "game" for that sort of thing too, just not that often. Now it makes much more sense. I still don't find it that punny though.

:lol:

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

That makes even more sense... Thanks Tids !!!

[Tiddles]

That makes even more sense... Thanks Tids !!!

Glad to be of soyvice! :hat:

[British_Fan]

From "50 Years On"
Lucas and Humphries are having a conversation in the canteen and I've never quite got what was so funny.

Humphries - "I can't remember whether this is Chicken soup or Vegatable."

Lucas - "Well taste it."

Humphries - "Well that's not going to make any difference, is it ? That's confused everything, it's got a fish bone in it."

Lucas - "That's not a fish bone, it's a hair grip."

Humphries - "It's game soup."

What do they mean "It's game soup" and why is the audience laughing ???

This'll take a bit of explaining:

- "Game" is the name given to Pigeons, Pheasent etc - generally wild birds but also fish and animals




OK...good! You were on the right track but went one step too far. :) The word "game" is indeed in regard to wild game like birds and...also....HARE (rabbits). A "HARE/hair" grip was mentioned, so there's your pun. Soup made from hare is game soup. In this case, birds need not apply. :wink: :wink:

I much prefer my more youthful (all they think about is sex) understanding :)
The hare connection never occured to me, people at large don't generally eat rabbits these days - never seen one in Tesco

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

If it means anything Britishfan, I liked both the explanations. Having never known what the audience was laughing about, all the explanations give me more insight to the laughter and now I think it's a bit funnier. :D

[Tiddles]

The hare connection never occured to me, people at large don't generally eat rabbits these days - never seen one in Tesco

It didn't? Hair grip/hare grip? Oh well! BTW...I live in NYS and rabbit's readily available in our ethnic sections of supermarkets. I think calling it "hare" kind of desensitizes people from thinking they're eating The Easter Bunny. 8)

[dazzlestar14]

LOL, I don't understand why they are laughing half the time, but I laugh along anyways because it just seems funny when they laugh.

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

In "The Clock" Capt. Peacock makes a reference that the decision of YMG will affect the out come of his speech. In what way was Peacock's speech affected ?? :shrug:

[frankdicer]

In "The Clock" Capt. Peacock makes a reference that the decision of YMG will affect the out come of his speech. In what way was Peacock's speech affected ?? :shrug:

I think it was in the slurring of the words, probably due to too much
japanese champagne.... :lol:
Seriously, though,
in his speech Captain Peacock never specifically stated whether Grainger was staying or
going....maybe he didn't want to be the bearer of bad news.
But,
if Mr. Grainger were not getting the clock then maybe
Captain Peacock would have said something to the effect that Mr.
Grainger would be employed there for many years to come... or the like?
Or maybe he had a whole other set of bad puns?

[dazzlestar14]

Wasn't he referring to the decision of YMG as to whether Grainger would stay or not? Because if he was to stay, then the speech would be considerably different than if Grainger were to go. I think that's what I'm trying to say.

[Tiddles]

In "The Clock" Capt. Peacock makes a reference that the decision of YMG will affect the out come of his speech. In what way was Peacock's speech affected ?? :shrug:

As the others have indicated...."Speech" as in "what is about to be read". Congrats or consolation for Grainger's either getting the chop or staying on.

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Whatever Peacock was trying to do came to naught because Grainger ended up staying... :lol:

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

In "A Personal Problem " when Harman is telling the staff the latest in "The Peacock Saga", he makes mentions that the staff knows that Mrs. Peacock can type. How the hell would they know this when she had to be introduced to the staff. AND... why would she have to introduced to the staff when she, just years earlier, caused such a commotion on the floor with chasing Mrs. Slocombe all over hitting her on the head with an umbrella ??? :shrug:

[dazzlestar14]

He makes mentions that the staff knows that Mrs. Peacock can type. How the hell would they know this when she had to be introduced to the staff.

Yes, that was kind of stupid. I always assumed that Captain Peacock had bragged about her in the past because he wants to seem so prestigous. Remember him bragging about the "hi-fi with 2 speakers"? :D

AND... why would she have to introduced to the staff when she, just years earlier, caused such a commotion on the floor with chasing Mrs. Slocombe all over hitting her on the head with an umbrella ???

Because Rumbold is an idiot.

OT...please use your quote buttons, people. It makes seeing what others have said much easier. That's why it's there. It's very easy....just click "quote" when you go to reply to someone's post and it places their text into your post. If you don't want to quote the whole thing, erase what's not needed or highlight and quote partial text into your own post using the "quote" button. If you have problems start a thread in "chat" and we'll help you. Thanks. ~~Tids

[frankdicer]

He makes mentions that the staff knows that Mrs. Peacock can type. How the hell would they know this when she had to be introduced to the staff.

Maybe, Mrs. Peacock was known in Grace Brothers (maybe even worked there at one time) but perhaps not known to everyone and neither Harman nor Rumbold could remember who was and who wasn't working at GB when certain events took place.

AND... why would she have to introduced to the staff when she, just years earlier, caused such a commotion on the floor with chasing Mrs. Slocombe all over hitting her on the head with an umbrella ???

Well there you have it, obviously, Mrs. Slocombe has amesia from the umbrella incident.....OK, Dazz, in this instance, I'm the idiot.
BTW, Dazz, I stole the format from your post for mine ....sorry and thx! :lol:

[Tiddles]

OT...please use your quote buttons, people. It makes seeing what others have said much easier. That's why it's there. It's very easy....just click "quote" when you go to reply to someone's post and it places their text into your post. If you don't want to quote the whole thing, erase what's not needed or highlight and quote partial text into your own post using the "quote" button. If you have problems start a thread in "chat" and we'll help you. Thanks. ~~Tids

[dazzlestar14]

Anytime Frank, just don't forget to give me proper credit in your bibliography! MLA format please. :wink:

:lol: :lol:

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Well I guess those two answers could sum it up ?!?!?!

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

In "Camping In" when Slocombe mentions they can't bed down like Sodom and Goorrah, Humphries says "R Swan and Edgar."
Who is Swan and Edgar ????

[amy2005]

William Edgar of the famous London Department store, Swan and Edgar, was born in Arthuret in 1791. His brother John Edgar was a grocer in Rickergate, Carlisle, who drowned in the river Petteril in 1834.

dont know if this helps, but i found it on a website (www.google.com, then put in swan and edgar).

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Well now we know who they are... Thanks Amy !!!!
Makes you wonder, were Swan and Edgar gay then ?? Is that what is meant by the remark ????

[Jeff Humphries]

No answer to this one ???

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

I guess not JH.... :shrug:

[British_Fan]

I have no real explaination of this exchange and put it down to "to appreciate you must have grown up in this era".

The only thing I can profer is that as people look down on Sodom and Gomorrah, the staff of GB look down upon Swan and Edgar; alterantively it could be a reference to that they no longer exist.

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Reasonably explanation.

[Ronald]

I think the writer's probably didn't pay much attention to inconsistant story lines. That's probably why the staff ended up at Millstone Maner when they retired instead of the Grace Brother's Staff Home.

I think Young Mr. Grace burned down the Grace Brothers' Staff Home and started up somewhere else with the insurance-money as he also did in 1928 with Grace Brothers

(Episode: Take Over)

[Ronald]

Here's a question...in "Anything You Can Do" the staff meets in Mr. Rumbold's office and Mr. Humphries states that common is as common does...then he says he doesn't know what it means but his mother would always say it when his dad wiped his hands on the tablecloth or something. I know there was another time when he mentioned his father (can't think of it at all!)...but in "Heir Apparent" (I think that's what the episode was called) it's believed that OMG was his father.

Thoughts?

Mr. Humphries mentioned his father in 'The hand of faith':

"My father saw something funny about me, when I was six."

[Ronald]

In "Shedding the Load" Mr. Tebbs resigns and says: "I would like to take Mrs. Tebbs to the place where she was born in Wales. For old-time sakes, to Bangor."

Then everybody laught. I don't know why. What is it about Bangor?

I'm from Holland and we didn't catch it.

[Miss Whimsey]

Hi Ronald,

It's a naughty play on words - to Bangor = to bang her. Think of to bang her as the same as Mrs. Slocombe being flat on her back on Clapham Common and the American Airforce being responsible. :wink: :wink:


Miss Whimsey

[sonosun]

Here's a question...in "Anything You Can Do" the staff meets in Mr. Rumbold's office and Mr. Humphries states that common is as common does...then he says he doesn't know what it means but his mother would always say it when his dad wiped his hands on the tablecloth or something. I know there was another time when he mentioned his father (can't think of it at all!)...but in "Heir Apparent" (I think that's what the episode was called) it's believed that OMG was his father.

Thoughts?

Mr. Humphries mentioned his father in 'The hand of faith':

"My father saw something funny about me, when I was six."

Mr Humphries Father was admonished for Blowing his nose on the tablecloth.

The episode in which Mr Humphries read Captain Peacock's palm was The Hand of Fate. :hat

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

You've done very well Sonosun !!!

[frankdicer]

You've done very well Sonosun !!!

That's because he has a complete transcription of all the episodes on his
computer..... well, it would be nice.

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

You've done very well Sonosun !!!

That's because he has a complete transcription of all the episodes on his
computer..... well, it would be nice.

I'm jealous !!! Send me a copy old boy !!!!

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

In "Christmas Crackers" when the staff is sitting at the lunch table, Slocmbe mentions to Lucas that he's not to sit there because Peacock is sitting with them today because of the Holiday luncheon.
My questions is... didn't Peacock sit with the staff before ????

[Jeff Humphries]

I think it's another story of the writers not thinking we would be watching this show the way we do so many years later. They are forgetful. :lol:

[Tiddles]

In "Christmas Crackers" when the staff is sitting at the lunch table, Slocombe mentions to Lucas that he's not to sit there because Peacock is sitting with them today because of the Holiday luncheon.
My questions is... didn't Peacock sit with the staff before ????

Maybe he ate up in the uh..... :roll: ......boardroom.... :roll: .....with Rumbold and Upper Management before this? If he didn't sit there for "CC"...who would 'ave worn the funny springy eyeball glasses? :lol:

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

I agree JH !!!

Tids, you cheeky monkey !!! :lol: :lol:

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

The Wibster wonders why the writers decided to take Miss Brahms from a street wise, take no crap woman to a brain dead twit in the later years ???
Take Seasons 1-6. Our Shirley was a no nonsense typ woman who would tell how to get off and where. Then it seems in the last few years, her I.Q. was dropped and she seemed to have lost her original zest.
Anyone else notice this ???

[Jeff Humphries]

It does seem that in the later years that Miss Brahms has no purpose on the show.

[Tiddles]

the writers decided to take Miss Brahms from a street wise, take no crap woman to a brain dead twit in the later years ???


Oh yes.....I had a couple "dumbing down of Brahms" threads on the OB. I wouldn't be as harsh as to say she's "brain dead" but she has her bimbotic moments. I think it helped to add to the general non-PC "T&A" "Women are second class citizens" mentality of the show, though, too.

http://p211.ezboard.com/faybsfrm1.showMessage?topicID=247.topic



Do you all feel that they "dumbed her down" in later episodes? If you watch eps like "Camping In" she seems very worldly and astute in an innocent sort of way...and not taking any nonsense from the men. She's no rocket scientist, but her humor is dry and very sharp. She deadpans her lines and rolls her eyes in disgust and disbelief at her surroundings. In later eps, her voice seems to have gone up several octaves, her accent is a bit thicker, and she seems to have lost some of her moxy. She's not quite a bimbo, but she's walking that thin line. Anyone??

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Ahhh memories......

[amy2005]

i was talking to a friend about the whole 'miss brahms changing' thing, and looking at what greg said (about how she changed round series 6) she said that it seemed as though it was when mr lucas left and mr spooner arrived...does anyone else think that had something to do with it?

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

i was talking to a friend about the whole 'miss brahms changing' thing, and looking at what greg said (about how she changed round series 6) she said that it seemed as though it was when mr lucas left and mr spooner arrived...does anyone else think that had something to do with it?

Good point amy !!! :thumb: I never thought of it that way...

[Catherine]

I think the uncle wasn't impressed with the reception he got at the wedding. Being a Texan, he was probably expecting a much warmer welcome than he got, considering the wedding gift he was supposedly offering.

Mrs. Slocombe just didn't fall all over herself when she met her American uncle. She was too busy crying and throwing bottles! Still, this is one of my favorites, especially when Mr. Humphries starts to give those strange screaming sounds during the "ceremony." :lol:

Catherine

[Tiddles]

I think the uncle wasn't impressed with the reception he got at the wedding. Being a Texan, he was probably expecting a much warmer welcome than he got, considering the wedding gift he was supposedly offering.

Mrs. Slocombe just didn't fall all over herself when she met her American uncle. She was too busy crying and throwing bottles! Still, this is one of my favorites, especially when Mr. Humphries starts to give those strange screaming sounds during the "ceremony." :lol:

Catherine

Please try to quote a bit of text when you're posting so we know what you're referring to. We were on the topic of the "dumbing down of Miss Brahms" just now per Greg's questions and comments. You seem to be talking about "Do You Take This Man" in your post.

[offthefloor]

in reply to the miss brahms wonder, i believe it was because she got laughs for being common and dmb, and the writers went with what worked, i loved miss brahms in the early seasons, but didn't like her in the end for this very reason

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

I liked her character, just not as much as "the early" Shirley.

[Jeff Humphries]

I've got a "Wibster's Wonder" for you.
I wonder if Captain Peacock ever noticed that his wife looked different in the final season ?

[Tiddles]

I've got a "Wibster's Wonder" for you.
I wonder if Captain Peacock ever noticed that his wife looked different in the final season ?

Oh I doubt it! :lol:

[offthefloor]

I've got a "Wibster's Wonder" for you.
I wonder if Captain Peacock ever noticed that his wife looked different in the final season ?

probsbly not, he was to busy looking at miss.belfridge all the time to notice his wife

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

:lol2: Good one JH !!!! She did change her looks to become more "Butch". No wonder Peacock was dressing in drag !!!

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Just watched "Memories Are Made....." and got to wondering that why when the staff wants to go into Rumbold's office, do they need Harman to lead them in and introduce the matter ????

[Jeff Humphries]

He's always butting his nose in Wib. :lol:

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

There are a couple of other times Harman does this as well.
Before Harman, the staff used to just knock and then go in.

[Assistant 134]

Yeah, I noticed that in Take-over. He even stayed for the "Top Secret Meeting". Other times Peacock or Rumbold told him to get out. :?

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Maybe they got sick of talking to him... :shrug:

[Assistant 134]

It's almost like he's a member of the Gentlemen's Department.

Remember Monkey Business, He went along to 10 Downing Street to see the PM. Funny, that. :?

[Very Young Mr Grace]

Yeah, I noticed that in Take-over. He even stayed for the "Top Secret Meeting".

How true.

And he ended up having the idea of impersonating the other board members which led to success! Yet he never receives credit for his ideas..... :shrug:

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Peacock used to "sweep up the stock rooms"... I wonder why he then treats Harman like such a burke ????

[Assistant 134]

They say power goes to your head. Mr. Grainger said power corrupts.

Plus, Peacock always wanted Rumbold's job. Think back to Forward Mr. Grainger when he learned that Earnest was taking over for Rumbold while he was away, Stephen went mad.

And he ended up having the idea of impersonating the other board members which led to success! Yet he never receives credit for his ideas.....

Yeah, and he was even one who did the impersonating, made the first speech and the suggestion that YMG should buy them all dinner at the best restaurant in London. Sort of took charge.

Mr. Mash never got that far. The closest he came to a big speech was in Coffee Morning and the board meeting in Horray For The Holidays.

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Poor Mash... Pitched at the post.....

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Speaking of Mr. Mash... where did he go ??? Mash and Lucas didn't get a send off but someone like Tebbs who one did one season did....

[offthefloor]

i dunno greg, but with all the cash he made in overtime i like to think he bought a nice flat and got to finally meet mae west and tell her some of his jokes

[Assistant 134]

This thought just entered my mind...

Maybe Harmon was sub for the Senior Assistants. When Mash was there, you had Grainger as senior, then Mash left and Harmon came along.

There was Goldberg, Grossman, and Klein. After Humphries became senior, Harmon started to really take part in important areas. Pa Gumby, all the meetings, helping the staff win back their bonus after losing it on the horses...

Although, as we've mention, he helped in Take-over, but I could have something. There were time, too, when he would sit with them during their coffee break. In Roots and Gambling Fever....

What do you think, Wibbie?

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Don't ask me what I think of Harman..... :evil:

[Lucas The Tucas]

Maybe Lloyd and Croft were mad at Mr. Mash... :shrug:

Lucas

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Or maybe they didn't think anyone would notice ???

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

This one has me thinking....

In "Cold Store", the giggling lady customer comes in that Lucas waits on. Lucas and Mrs. Slocombe are chalking her up to make alterations on the skirt outfit she's wearing.
What's this woman going to wear home ???

[Lucas The Tucas]

Lucas' Hand !

And A Big Smile !

Lucas :emotlol: :emotlol:

[Tiddles]

This one has me thinking....

In "Cold Store", the giggling lady customer comes in that Lucas waits on. Lucas and Mrs. Slocombe are chalking her up to make alterations on the skirt outfit she's wearing.
What's this woman going to wear home ???

A great observation!! With her well-upholstered figure, surely she's not got another outfit bunged into her handbag! :anglophile:

[dazzlestar14]

One of my great-aunts looked like that customer!

[Pamela]

a flesh coloured body stocking perhaps :D

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

I was sitting here the other night watching it and it dawned on me.... "What the Hell is she wearing home ???"
I just can't believe that after the 2,547th viewing, it finally came to me...

[Lucas The Tucas]

I want a recount Greg !

Lucas

[sonosun]

Maybe if Greg watches a few more times the answer to his question will come to him.:minki:

[dazzlestar14]

That mistake never occurred to me either.

[Lucas The Tucas]

Sonosun wrote ... Maybe if Greg watches a few more times the answer to his question will come to him.:minki:

And, :confused: What happens if it, goes over his head again ? :wagstaff:

Lucas :wink:

[sonosun]

If at first you don't succeed, try try again. :hat:

[dazzlestar14]

Unless you are rich and can afford to have somebody else try for you, lol.

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

I want a recount Greg !

Lucas

OK, it was the 2,556th Viewing !!!

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

The Wibster wonders..... ever take notice there were no Black customers at Grace Brothers ???

[offthefloor]

i noticed that in every episode, that and the fact there were no children except for the brat cedric ( unless i am mistaken) even when the staff worked the toy department there were no customers with children

[Tiddles]

In addition to Cedric wasn't there a kid in "A Change Is As Good As A Rest"? And there was a little black boy in "Father Christmas Affair" and I guess you could sort of count him as a customer. But I don't recall any other black customers, no.

[dazzlestar14]

I believe there is a mention of a child customer in "Goodbye Mr Grainger" when they are talking in Rumbold's office as well.

[offthefloor]

ahhhhhhhhh your right tids, i completely forgot about the boy in father christmas affair (maybe cause i don't watch that eppy very often). i don't remember a child in a change is as good as a rest...i remember the woman who bout the dolls and that freaky adult peter pan, but no children. but greg is right, there was never a black customer shown on the show, save the boy in father christmas affair

[Tiddles]

In "Good As A Rest" there's a young man about 12 in an Indian costume. Lucas shows him some scalps and tomohawks and things.

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Only 3 kids that I know of...
Cedric
Indian Boy
Father Christmas Boy

[dazzlestar14]

It would have been interesting to see more children appear on the show. But I still adore the show no matter what.

[Jeff Humphries]

The Wibster wonders..... ever take notice there were no Black customers at Grace Brothers ???

That is strange because the 70's were big for "black entertainment" over here in this country.

[dazzlestar14]

Keith Hodiak was one of the few black employees unless I am forgetting anybody.

[offthefloor]

i think he was the only one actually

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

He was. He was the only other black performer on the beside the little "Father Christmas" boy.

[Very Young Mr Grace]

Okay, I've wondered about something regarding the episode "The Club."

The staff is gathered in the canteen eating lunch and discussing the formation of the club. After Lucas chides Peacock about playing ping-pong during the war, Mrs. Slocombe comes to Peacock's defense. She says "Without men like Capt. Peacock, where would be be?"

Lucas then says in German (I think) that they would go down to a room and play ping-pong, joking that the Germans would have taken over which is why he says this in German. My question is, what exactly does he say? And was it scripted? I say that because after he says the German phrase he has this sheepish grin on his face and it looks as if Mrs. Slocombe is trying to hide a laugh.

Anyone??

[offthefloor]

i don't remeber lucas speaking in german in this eppy....but greg will be able to tell us all for sure..

[Tiddles]

Well I'm not Greg.....but I can answer you. They were discussing the war and social clubs and how the men fought for their country. The staff is set to decorate Room 5 for the Club and Slocombe mentions something like what would we be without (brave men like) Peacock fighting (the Germans). Lucas affects a German accent and says: "Going down to room f?nf to play ze pong mit ze ping." In other words it would be a German club had the Brits not gotten rid of their presence. The line appears scripted and it obviously amused Trevor. Remember that Wendy and Trevor were terrible gigglers. I bet Wendy got him laughing. He appears to be turned in her direction as he speaks the line.

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

"Going down to room f?nf to play ze pong mit ze ping."

Tids is right and what Mr. Lucas was so poorly trying to say is "Going down to room 5 to play Ping Pong." :lol:

[offthefloor]

oki have one that i don't think has been discussed. in the aplha game we use the x-ray machine in the shoe department often and its mentioned on the show of course, but i was just wondering

why would the shoe department, of all the departments, need an x-ray machine?

[Tiddles]

why would the shoe department, of all the departments, need an x-ray machine?

Good question...and in the 5 or so years I've been here, I don't recall it being mentioned. Here's the 411:

X-ray machines were used so that people could see the bones in the feet, and how the feet were fitting properly into the potential new shoe. Funny you mentioned this...my Mom, who is 69 years old....just told me when she was little, there was an x-ray machine in most department stores just for the amusement of the kids. You could stick your arm in there, and "see your bones". My mother now has cancer....and it sure makes you wonder if she may have played with that probably high dose machine too often.

[British_Fan]

Good question...and in the 5 or so years I've been here, I don't recall it being mentioned. Here's the 411:

X-ray machines were used so that people could see the bones in the feet, and how the feet were fitting properly into the potential new shoe. Funny you mentioned this...my Mom, who is 69 years old....just told me when she was little, there was an x-ray machine in most department stores just for the amusement of the kids. You could stick your arm in there, and "see your bones". My mother now has cancer....and it sure makes you wonder if she may have played with that probably high dose machine too often.

It was called a Shoe Fitting Fluroscope.
The amount of radiation irradiated was alarmingly high.

See Here for more information (http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/shoefittingfluor/shoe.htm)

[sonosun]

When I was five years old me mum was ill. In the Doctor's office was a big screen and mum went behind it without her clothes on and I could see her bones. It was a flouroscope. What amazes me now is that she sent me home alone in a cab while she had her appendix removed in the hospital.

[offthefloor]

Good question...and in the 5 or so years I've been here, I don't recall it being mentioned. Here's the 411:

X-ray machines were used so that people could see the bones in the feet, and how the feet were fitting properly into the potential new shoe. Funny you mentioned this...my Mom, who is 69 years old....just told me when she was little, there was an x-ray machine in most department stores just for the amusement of the kids. You could stick your arm in there, and "see your bones". My mother now has cancer....and it sure makes you wonder if she may have played with that probably high dose machine too often.

i was thinking that myself, that they used it to see how the shoe fit, but then i figured they could tell that just as well without the machine, which may be why stores in the usa don't have them.

[Tiddles]

i was thinking that myself, that they used it to see how the shoe fit, but then i figured they could tell that just as well without the machine, which may be why stores in the usa don't have them.

Stores in the USA did have them and did use them. The studies about the danger of these machines maybe came late to the UK. Here's another article I dug up. http://www.mtn.org/quack/devices/shoexray.htm



The radiation hazards associated with shoe fitting x-ray units were recognized as early as 1950. The machines were often out of adjustment and were constructed so radiation leaked into the surrounding area. By 1970, shoe fitting x-ray units had been banned in 33 states including Minnesota and strict regulation in the remaining 17 states made their operation impractical. Believe it or not, this particular shoe-fitting x-ray unit was found in 1981 in a department store in Madison, West Virginia. It was still being used in the store's shoe department! When it was pointed out to the store managers that it was against West Virginia law to operate a shoe-fitting x-ray unit, they donated it to the The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (http://www.fda.gov/).


Scary, isn't it?!

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

We had one in a shoe department in the town I grew up in. I never used it but I do remember seeing it.

[Jeff Humphries]

I have a "Wibster wonders" for everyone. In "Camping in" Mrs. Slocombe mentions no trousers to Captain Peacock and he replies "Mrs. Peacock is only away for 2 days". Now we know this whole thing is a mix up. Mrs. Slocombe is referring to the trouser display and Captain Peacock is referring to dinner. Now with him saying "Mrs. Peacock is only away for 2 days" and believing that Slocombe is talking about dinner with no trousers, does this mean that our randy old floorwalker has trouble in a certain area and it takes him 2 days to perform ??