[David9694]

Running this one up the flagpole to see who salutes… 

I just don’t remember this being a thing until recently, now it seems a daily occurrence.
Could it be that there are drivers not up to the job, too many cars; should houses be made to ride in single file, shops put on high viz, why are we putting newer buildings in danger like this, it’s irresponsible. 
 

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18649201.car-crash-wall-iceland-store-westbourne/

‘A Dorset Police spokesperson said: “Dorset Police was called at 12.48pm on Thursday, August 13, to a report of a collision involving a car and a wall outside Iceland on Poole Road in Bournemouth.

“It is reported that the vehicle was also in collision with a pedestrian, but they did not require medical treatment.” ‘ 

 

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[chrisonabike]

(Possibly a whoosh) Wasn’t

(Possibly a whoosh) Wasn’t that the 90s?

[hawkinspeter]

Rendel Harris wrote:

David9694 wrote:

Where did it all go wrong? After Our House?

When they made a conscious (and announced) decision not to be a ska band any more and Suggs decided he had a soul voice. As an old fart I can well remember the sense of despair which greeted every album after about 1982.

Yep, pretty much.

[David9694]

“and that’s why e-scooters

“and that’s why e-scooters should be banned”, says no-one (so far) in the article comments. If ever this thread of ours had a point beyond the “share the road”  gallows humour, maybe it’s a story like this one.

Two women lark about on an e scooter late at night, hit a wall, fall over – The End. As Jenni remarks, no fire brigade cutting them free, no builder to shore up a hole, no tow truck, ambulance or police. 

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/best-friends-plough-escooter-wall-7704255

[Rendel Harris]

David9694 wrote:

Where did it all go wrong? After Our House?

When they made a conscious (and announced) decision not to be a ska band any more and Suggs decided he had a soul voice. As an old fart I can well remember the sense of despair which greeted every album after about 1982.

[David9694]

Where did it all go wrong?

Where did it all go wrong? After Our House?

[Jogle]

Car crashes into front of
[b]Car crashes into front of shop on main Nottingham road[/b]

#NoDriverInvolved

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/car-crashes-front-shop-main-7706529

[David9694]

Very much maligned and mis

Very much maligned and mis-understood 

[brooksby]

hawkinspeter wrote:

brooksby wrote:

As a fan of Madness (well, the earlier ska-based stuff), I can say that song is dire.

It is. But we were just discussing songs based on popular culture, not whether they were good songs based on popular culture… 😉

[hawkinspeter]

brooksby wrote:

As a fan of Madness (well, the earlier ska-based stuff), I can say that song is dire.

[brooksby]

https://www.youtube.com/watch

[mark1a]

David9694 wrote:

I don’t recall Madness/ Judge Dredd, though. Can you hum it?

“You hum it, I’ll smash your face in.”

I’ll get me Crombie coat. 

[hawkinspeter]

mark1a wrote:

“Star Trekkin'” by The Firm, not many remember another record they had 5 years earlier, “Arthur Daley E’s Alright”. 

…and who remembers Mel Brook’s Hitler rap? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zpYQJkBQp0

Going back a bit further with novelty records, I happened across the only performance of Monster Mash with Boris Karloff on Shindig – unfortunately there’s a huge logo right across the screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J45fHh8TP8A

[brooksby]

But he’s certainly not

But he’s certainly not justified…

[mark1a]

“Star Trekkin'” by The Firm,

“Star Trekkin'” by The Firm, not many remember another record they had 5 years earlier, “Arthur Daley E’s Alright”. 

[Rendel Harris]

brooksby wrote:

OT:

Ah, remember “novelty records of the 1980s”?  Star Trekkin’, Doctorin’ the Who, that one Madness did about Judge Dredd…?

A pedant writes: the Judge Dredd song, Mutants in Mega-City One, was by the Fink Brothers, Suggs and Carl from Madness, rather than an official Madness release.

I’ll get me baggy trousers…

[Author]

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