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The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

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  • chris_m
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    Jackmydad wrote: »
    And for all these years I thought that it was because they were invented by the Angles just after the Romans left Britain! :D :cool:

    They did indeed. They sold the cheaper version, powered by a twisted Jute cord, to the Saxons - who had to put up with that for some 1400 years until Michael Faraday discovered electromagnetic induction and, eventually people could use that to power their dangly grinders.
    :D
  • GDB2222
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    I just had someone on the 'phone pretending to be a policeman and trying to con me into handing over my bank cards.

    DW's comment: "You realise that this means you are on an elderly mugs list?"

    Pastures, you can add that to your list of things not to say. :)
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • PasturesNew
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    GDB2222 wrote: »
    "You realise that this means you are on an elderly mugs list?"

    Pastures, you can add that to your list of things not to say. :)

    :) That'd be "typical me".
  • Pyxis
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    Jackmydad wrote: »
    And for all these years I thought that it was because they were invented by the Angles just after the Romans left Britain! :D :cool:

    Wot, you mean like the Saxons invented the saxophone?
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  • PasturesNew
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    Pyxis wrote: »
    Wot, you mean like the Saxons invented the saxophone?

    Only one of them did, but then he didn't have anybody to call.
  • Pyxis
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    Only one of them did, but then he didn't have anybody to call.

    He only had to stand on a hill and blow it in code to get his message across to the next hill........
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  • Jackmydad
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    Pyxis wrote: »
    Wot, you mean like the Saxons invented the saxophone?
    Stands to reason dunnit?
    Same as the Zono invented Zonophone.
    And Kojak invented the Tellyphone.
  • Pyxis
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    Jackmydad wrote: »
    Stands to reason dunnit?
    Same as the Zono invented Zonophone.
    And Kojak invented the Tellyphone.

    Well, I had to google zonophone, but who were the Zonons? ;) :rotfl:

    They sound like something from Dan Dare! :rotfl:



    I thought Kojak invented the Lolliphone?
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  • chris_m
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    Pyxis wrote: »
    Wot, you mean like the Saxons invented the saxophone?
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    Only one of them did, but then he didn't have anybody to call.


    Now that's what I call a great quickfire response :T

    Almost as good as the quote that immediately came to mind when I first read a BBC News headline this morning - "I'm playing all the right notes - but not necessarily in the right order"
  • Jackmydad
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    Pyxis wrote: »
    Well, I had to google zonophone, but who were the Zonons? ;) :rotfl:

    They sound like something from Dan Dare! :rotfl:



    I thought Kojak invented the Lolliphone?

    First thing I thought of was "Zoonie the Lazoon"
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