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Discussion in 'Watford' started by colognehornet, Jun 26, 2013.

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  1. oldfrenchhorn

    oldfrenchhorn Well-Known Member
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    Little Willie John
     
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    The Beatles?
     
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    You're too good Frenchie. I too was listening to LWJ yesterday, not in a Chevy though. I was painting the bathroom ceiling <doh>

    Over to you.
     
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    Sorry BB, afraid not. Would have been a good connection back to your question though.
     
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  5. oldfrenchhorn

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    OK as we are into music, which Gilbert and Sullivan opera had it's first hearing in the USA?
     
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  6. Bolton's Boots

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    I wonder how many other singers there are who I've never heard of... :(
     
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    Claire?
     
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  8. oldfrenchhorn

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    <laugh> Not sure that I would have gone for that name myself. Meatloaf sounds far more manly.
     
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  9. colognehornet

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    H.M.S. Pinafore ?
     
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  10. oldfrenchhorn

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    Nope
     
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    Meatloaf - the artist formerly known as Mince.
     
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    The Pirates of Penzance
     
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    NZ has it right...up early today, so with time on my hands found this about 'Pirates of Penzance':

    The official premiere had been in New York on 31st December 1879, although one day earlier the piece (or a close approximation) had played at the Bijou Theatre in Paignton in order to secure the British copyright.
     
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  14. oldfrenchhorn

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    Correct NZ and Theo.
     
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    There were also a few unoffical versions of that being performed in the USA as well at that time.

    'Pirated' copies I suppose.
     
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    What directly links a baby, a camel, and a snipe?
     
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  17. Bolton's Boots

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    Snipe = a name for a particular size of wine bottle, the sharing of which can, twice in my experience, lead to the birth of a baby, and the amount it holds is similar in size to a mouthful of camel spit?
     
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    Close BB, in the same way that Pluto is close to Earth if you live near Ursa Minor.
     
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    Well you can have camel shoes, snipe shoes and baby shoes - is that it ?
     
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  20. Bolton's Boots

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    Oh well, was worth a try. :)

    How about Herbert Smith? He was the chief engineer for Sopwith and designed their Camel and Snipe fighter planes in WW1. Not too sure about the baby though..
     
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