Abdul's official "The past is a foreign country" thread.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 10:59 pm

This thread is getting a bit Frenchy.

Hotarubi · Post by **Hotarubi** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 11:08 pm

https://i.ibb.co/pr0JT6k/intro-1599865543-4.jpg

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 12:07 am

Dutch angles.

French curves.

– J.D.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 12:36 am

https://twitter.com/DapperHistorian/sta ... 8139117571

https://twitter.com/DapperHistorian/sta ... 8139117571

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 12:39 am

Epic Twitter thread of Victorian Christmas cards.

https://twitter.com/LaurynIpsum/status/ ... 7452429312

https://twitter.com/LaurynIpsum/status/ ... 7452429312

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 10:03 am

sparks wrote: ↑Sat Apr 01, 2017 12:31 am I feel as though I'm in an episode of "Mad Men".

https://twitter.com/superbranch/status/ ... 45665?s=20

Hotarubi · Post by **Hotarubi** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 10:57 pm

Pyrrho wrote: ↑Sat Dec 18, 2021 12:39 am Epic Twitter thread of Victorian Christmas cards.

https://twitter.com/LaurynIpsum/status/ ... 7452429312

https://twitter.com/LaurynIpsum/status/ ... 7452429312

Have to remember that the Xmas iconography we are familiar with today didn't exist in mid to late 19th c.. Much in keeping with Victorian social Interaction, the cards served as "conversation pieces" for the middle to upper class and the "tradition" of weird cards evolved thereof.

Your average guttersnipe could neither afford cards or the stamp to send them.

Today, it's Xmas jumpers that serve a similar function and is Infinitely more tedious because every sod has got one and wearers all mince about as if they should be the center of attention.

"Like my jumper?"

"No, it's shit."

Bring back the cards. Humbug.

Ben Trovado · Post by **Ben Trovado** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 5:54 pm

Doctor X wrote: ↑Sat Dec 18, 2021 12:07 am Dutch angles.

French curves.

– J.D.

Dutch treat.

But French kiss.

And English muffins.

shuize · Post by **shuize** » Wed Dec 22, 2021 11:25 pm

Once upon a time, television was not afraid.

Although, I had to laugh at the idea "Honky" was ever a serious insult.

https://twitter.com/kmele/status/147342 ... wsrc%5Etfw

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 3:07 pm

https://i.imgur.com/PGT6uJ6.jpg

Ben Trovado · Post by **Ben Trovado** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 3:51 pm

Ben Trovado wrote: ↑Mon Dec 20, 2021 5:54 pm
Doctor X wrote: ↑Sat Dec 18, 2021 12:07 am Dutch angles.

French curves.

– J.D.
Dutch treat.

But French kiss.

And English muffins.

And of course, Lithuanian hands.

Hotarubi · Post by **Hotarubi** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 1:04 am

Ben Trovado wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 3:51 pm
Ben Trovado wrote: ↑Mon Dec 20, 2021 5:54 pm
Doctor X wrote: ↑Sat Dec 18, 2021 12:07 am Dutch angles.

French curves.

– J.D.
Dutch treat.

But French kiss.

And English muffins.
And of course, Lithuanian hands.

Only with Dutch courage.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 2:21 am

Then get some Irish coffee.

– J.D.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 8:56 am

Over on the boulevard?

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sun Dec 26, 2021 12:59 pm

https://i.imgur.com/6AEktpt.jpg

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Tue Feb 01, 2022 7:49 am

Someone asked me to define "Jewish Mother":

– J. "I'm Your Mother . . . Remember Me?" D.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sat Feb 05, 2022 8:57 am

https://i.imgur.com/QAhbYuc.jpg

– J.D.

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Sat Feb 05, 2022 9:25 am

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/the_past.png

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sun Feb 06, 2022 12:04 am

– J.D.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sun Feb 13, 2022 10:15 am

War Propaganda for Children

– J.D.

Ben Trovado · Post by **Ben Trovado** » Sun Feb 13, 2022 6:20 pm

Doctor X wrote: ↑Sun Feb 13, 2022 10:15 am War Propaganda for Children

– J.D.

Child war propaganda is best war propaganda.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Wed Feb 16, 2022 7:47 am

https://i.imgur.com/uAROyiy.png

– J.D.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:18 am

– J.D.

sparks · Post by **sparks** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:14 pm

Pyrrho wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 3:07 pm https://i.imgur.com/PGT6uJ6.jpg

Very nice ... mono.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:36 pm

I have higher standards.

I mean, where do you put the 8 track?

– J.D.

Ben Trovado · Post by **Ben Trovado** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 11:11 pm

Doctor X wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:36 pm I have higher standards.

I mean, where do you put the 8 track?

– J.D.

In the edsel.

Hotarubi · Post by **Hotarubi** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 11:11 pm

Doctor X wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:18 am

– J.D.

Haven't heard that for years.

ceptimus · Post by **ceptimus** » Tue Feb 22, 2022 7:45 pm

Ben Trovado · Post by **Ben Trovado** » Tue Feb 22, 2022 10:57 pm

Hotarubi wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 11:11 pm
Doctor X wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:18 am

– J.D.
Haven't heard that for years.

Out there somewhere is a guy who plays two parts to the theme on his (acoustic) guitar - sounds legitimately like 2 people.

I'll try to find a link (at least 5-6 years old, probably more).

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Wed Feb 23, 2022 7:37 pm

I’m old enough to remember when nuclear power plants would make electricity too cheap to even meter!

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Wed Feb 23, 2022 7:38 pm

Seriously

Everybody would just pay 5$ a month

Use all you want

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Wed Feb 23, 2022 7:39 pm

And because the past is a foreign country, that worked out to about $100 in today’s money

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Fri Feb 25, 2022 10:44 pm

Well, here's a story I've been waiting 30 years to tell. I learnt the song Sultans of Swing from my French teacher, name of George Walker, who told me that he was the subject of that song. He said he met Knopfler when he came into the pub, and he and the band had a nice chat afterwards. He would have been in his 40s in the late 80s (I'm guessing), and his jazz band played occasionally at our school (in West Sussex). Yes, he was a rhythm player, and yes he knew all the chords. I think he played a sunburst Gibson 335. I don't think he was professional or ever released a record. He was a very down-to-earth bloke, and he didn't seem to be bragging when he said this story – he just mentioned it as an interesting anecdote to a keen young guitar player (i.e. me!) The teachers seemed to know this story and no one seemed to doubt it. Of course, he might have been mistaken, it might not have been Knopfler, or I might have remembered it wrong. But I've been boring the socks off people for decades now with that bit of trivia.

– J.D.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 7:02 am

– J.D.

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:33 am

https://i.redd.it/0aotz2ral6n81.jpg

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 5:36 am

Where you get the "Sun readers don't care who runs the country, provided she got big tits!" reference from.

Meanwhile, she does have an IMDB page. . . .

– J.D.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Thu Mar 17, 2022 12:42 am

https://i.imgur.com/ZEY3q3f.jpeg

– J.D.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Thu Mar 17, 2022 4:12 am

https://i.imgur.com/3kg92Hu.jpg

Hotarubi · Post by **Hotarubi** » Thu Mar 17, 2022 5:24 pm

Doctor X wrote: ↑Mon Mar 14, 2022 5:36 am Where you get the "Sun readers don't care who runs the country, provided she got big tits!" reference from.

Meanwhile, she does have an IMDB page. . . .

– J.D.

I'm glad she waited until she was 16.

However I'm curious why they didn't post the outraged letter from Pete O'Fyle of Moisty Lane, Staffordshire

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Fri Mar 18, 2022 6:53 am

Probably because they were not sure of the civil risks of publishing his condemnation of the excessive depictions of Mary Whitehouse's cankles.

– J.D.