Feh, radio. Motion pictures are where it's at, grandma, especially now that they're talkies!Mimi wrote: ↑18 Feb 2019, 9:18amI love the Aldrich Family radio show, although Ezra Stone played Henry. Anyway...Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑18 Feb 2019, 8:42am… Jimmy "Hen-reee! … Henry Aldrich" Lydon is still alive at 95. Pre-cable (back in the 70s) on Saturday mornings, after cartoons, our CTV station would play either Abbott and Costello movies or Henry Aldrich movies.
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Today I learned about all the aboveMimi wrote: ↑18 Feb 2019, 9:18amI love the Aldrich Family radio show, although Ezra Stone played Henry. Anyway...Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑18 Feb 2019, 8:42am… Jimmy "Hen-reee! … Henry Aldrich" Lydon is still alive at 95. Pre-cable (back in the 70s) on Saturday mornings, after cartoons, our CTV station would play either Abbott and Costello movies or Henry Aldrich movies.
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We got Abbbott and Costello in the school holidays but my favourite was Harold Lloyd.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑18 Feb 2019, 8:42am… Jimmy "Hen-reee! … Henry Aldrich" Lydon is still alive at 95. Pre-cable (back in the 70s) on Saturday mornings, after cartoons, our CTV station would play either Abbott and Costello movies or Henry Aldrich movies.
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You guys are missing out. Radio plays are making a comeback. Stay tuned.revbob wrote: ↑18 Feb 2019, 10:52amToday I learned about all the aboveMimi wrote: ↑18 Feb 2019, 9:18amI love the Aldrich Family radio show, although Ezra Stone played Henry. Anyway...Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑18 Feb 2019, 8:42am… Jimmy "Hen-reee! … Henry Aldrich" Lydon is still alive at 95. Pre-cable (back in the 70s) on Saturday mornings, after cartoons, our CTV station would play either Abbott and Costello movies or Henry Aldrich movies.
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Mimi and rcs, sittin' in a tree …Mimi wrote: ↑18 Feb 2019, 5:22pmYou guys are missing out. Radio plays are making a comeback. Stay tuned.revbob wrote: ↑18 Feb 2019, 10:52amToday I learned about all the aboveMimi wrote: ↑18 Feb 2019, 9:18amI love the Aldrich Family radio show, although Ezra Stone played Henry. Anyway...Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑18 Feb 2019, 8:42am… Jimmy "Hen-reee! … Henry Aldrich" Lydon is still alive at 95. Pre-cable (back in the 70s) on Saturday mornings, after cartoons, our CTV station would play either Abbott and Costello movies or Henry Aldrich movies.
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that, in cannibal forum vernacular, the person who wishes to eat human meat is called "chef" and the person who desires to be eaten is called "long pig".
Did the Longpigs ever tour Germany I wonder.
Did the Longpigs ever tour Germany I wonder.
Who pfaffed the pfaff? Who got pfaffed tonight?
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I believe it comes from Papua New Ginea who referred to white Europeans as Long Pigs as apparently that is what we taste like.
Palangi is a translation and a slang word used throughout the Pacific and in particular Samoan and Tongan culture for white people however in a derogatory way.
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Interesting, but this thread is for things learned today, not part of the core curriculum in every school in Bavaria.
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Fascinating stuff. Isn't language great.101Walterton wrote: ↑22 Feb 2019, 4:18pmI believe it comes from Papua New Ginea who referred to white Europeans as Long Pigs as apparently that is what we taste like.
Palangi is a translation and a slang word used throughout the Pacific and in particular Samoan and Tongan culture for white people however in a derogatory way.
Who pfaffed the pfaff? Who got pfaffed tonight?
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Must've played hooky on that day.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑22 Feb 2019, 4:27pmInteresting, but this thread is for things learned today, not part of the core curriculum in every school in Bavaria.
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Fine, have a nut.Olaf wrote: ↑22 Feb 2019, 4:49pmMust've played hooky on that day.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑22 Feb 2019, 4:27pmInteresting, but this thread is for things learned today, not part of the core curriculum in every school in Bavaria.
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None left.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑22 Feb 2019, 4:54pmFine, have a nut.Olaf wrote: ↑22 Feb 2019, 4:49pmMust've played hooky on that day.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑22 Feb 2019, 4:27pmInteresting, but this thread is for things learned today, not part of the core curriculum in every school in Bavaria.
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Fine, have one of mine.Olaf wrote: ↑22 Feb 2019, 5:12pmNone left.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑22 Feb 2019, 4:54pmFine, have a nut.Olaf wrote: ↑22 Feb 2019, 4:49pmMust've played hooky on that day.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑22 Feb 2019, 4:27pmInteresting, but this thread is for things learned today, not part of the core curriculum in every school in Bavaria.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alley_to_Bali
...Woody and Buzz Buzzard seek the attention of a curvacious Balinese woman named Babalu who wants to sacrifice them to the angry volcano god of her island, who is in need of long pig for his dinner instead of his usual vegetables. ...
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PalangiDr. Medulla wrote: ↑22 Feb 2019, 5:41pmFine, have one of mine.Olaf wrote: ↑22 Feb 2019, 5:12pmNone left.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑22 Feb 2019, 4:54pmFine, have a nut.Olaf wrote: ↑22 Feb 2019, 4:49pmMust've played hooky on that day.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑22 Feb 2019, 4:27pm
Interesting, but this thread is for things learned today, not part of the core curriculum in every school in Bavaria.