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[Angie]

Originally Posted by stephend

So my former boss, normally a really quiet and undemonstrative guy, was a closet (or not so closet) Python fan, and it took very little provocation to get him launched on a full-on rendition of the dead parrot sketch. He'd been a student in the 70s, so I guess it wasn't surprising.

Anyhow, after a time, I took to retaliating with quotations from the Goon Show. That got him really perplexed: "How old are you..." Eventually I put him out of his misery by explaining about BBC Classic Comedy tapes (and yes, that dates me!).

Let's put it this way, I'm substantially older than my 740 - so no longer a whippersnapper, more's the pity...

Your 740 is a mere babe in arms, or at least a juvenile, so you're just pretending to be a grown-up! All this talk of 'going to work' or being 'in the lab' and such like, you're really one of the students aren't you? Just own up, there's nothing wrong with being a whippersnapper, it's a condition that improves with time!

Originally Posted by Stephen Edwin

I do remember Rock Around the Clock, Educating Archie, The Clitheroe Kid, Dick Barton and of course the tragic death of Grace Archer. et al.







Well, I am told that I used to remember ...

I'm afraid I remember all those, though the Grace Archer clip has been played so often I don't know if my memory of it is from a more recent broadcast. All the shows you mention are of course frequently on Radio4extra so we can have a good wallow in nostalgia!

[Paul240480]

I've got Rock Around The Clock on a 78'.... And a working Dansette to play it on!

[Angie]

Originally Posted by Paul240480

I've got Rock Around The Clock on a 78'.... And a working Dansette to play it on!

Now that's just showing off!

[Stephen Edwin]

Originally Posted by Paul240480

I've got Rock Around The Clock on a 78'.... And a working Dansette to play it on!

Originally Posted by Angie

Now that's just showing off!

But truly excellent showing orf.



P.S. I do remember where I was, and which chair I was sat in, when Grace died.

[stephend]

Originally Posted by Angie

Your 740 is a mere babe in arms, or at least a juvenile, so you're just pretending to be a grown-up! All this talk of 'going to work' or being 'in the lab' and such like, you're really one of the students aren't you? Just own up, there's nothing wrong with being a whippersnapper, it's a condition that improves with time!

The current lot of students are young enough to be my own kids!! Even the PhD students are, mostly. Indeed, the current lot of u/grads are younger than my 740.

For the avoidance of doubt, by the way, I never claimed to be grown-up - just middle-aged!!