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Lloyd, I believe you'll find that Spike Milligan's parody was: The boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he had fled - The twit! It was a girl that stood on the bridge at midnight, Her heart was all a-quiver - She gave a cough, etc., etc. David

...... but surely only the name lived on. If it had survived into the '60s, isn't it impossible that our hawk-eyed, knowledgeable, well-read members in their mid- or late fifties would remember such an impressive building - if only because of its similarity to our Town Hall - without mentioning...

Am I pushing my luck? The boy stood on the burning deck Eating a tuppenny Walls, A bit dropped down his trouser leg And paralysed his ...... prized possessions. Dek (not really !!?!)

Jean, The boy stood on the burning deck, Picking his nose like mad. He rolled it into little balls, And flicked them at his dad. (Please note that my previous posting is no worse than Dek's !!) David

This is dedicated to Jean : This was heard in an episode of Only Fools and Horses when a drunken Del Boy shook a group of diners: The boy stood on the burning deck, His pockets full of crackers. One slipped down his trouser-leg, And burnt off both his ……. kneecaps! I am in no way responsible...

Good morning, Bernie, Yes, I went to the Wikipedia page yesterday evening, saw both definitions and the illustration (which - having been drawn by Lear himself - should be accepted as the authoritative ''runcible spoon") and this morning I've had a quick rummage and come up with things that have...

Absolutely ......... (With thanks to Wikipedia)

...... these are what I've always believed to be very similar to Edward Lear's ''runcible spoons". I'm very sorry about the tarnish, but they haven't been polished since my Mum died in January last year. David

Bernard and mike, Have you heard this variant: Mary had a little lamb, Some strawberries for dessert; Then she gave the wrong address, The wicked little flirt ..... Hoping you're well, David

Colin, I agree with you 100%! It's ghastly! How come the LMS was able to come up with the elegant streamlining design as seen on 6229 "Duchess of Hamilton" and the LNER with their superlative A4 Pacifics when Mr Collett's top designers could only add pieces of Plasticine to a model of their...

Hello Pomgolian, Having a profound interest in the English language, may I ask where you came across your definition of runcible spoon? I was always led to believe the Edward Lear-invented word incorporated in "The Owl and The Pussy-cat" had the meaning of ........... a schizophrenic fork, i.e...

I've picked up somewhere along the line - excuse me! - that 6014 King Henry VII was fitted with streamlining during the month of March 1935, but had had it all removed by January 1943. Has anyone got photographs of the engine during these eight years? I would be very interested to see what a...

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The correct spelling of the oft-used adjective in the video featured in Post #1 is splendiferous, with the second "e", and not an "a" as written in Post #4. David:rolleyes:

Not Postie's, I hope, it's from across the border. David

The first one is certainly splendifarious ....... David;)

Re: Albert Road, Stechford ..... I hope you'll be very happy together! David

Hello there Lyn, A very similar photograph was posted a month or two ago. The Evening Mail does it again !! This isn't Bordesley Green, and I don't think it's even Bordesley! As Max has noticed, it shows the Camp Service Station which was just beyond High Street Bordesley on the Stratford Road...

I have always thought that the Italian equivalent to this English idiom is delightfully simple and descriptive, "Una mano lava l'altra"; which means "One hand washes the other". db84124

Good evening, JohnO, Here's something ............... www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/59/messages/952.html ......... hope this gets the ball rolling. David