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[57vintage]

"A paradox,a paradox . A most intriguing paradox!!"

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
A pa-ra-dox

A plump and pleasing pe-e-rson…

[neilthedon]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
A pa-ra-dox

A plump and pleasing pe-e-rson…

Aye. There you go. Not so highbrow after all ?!!

My Parents took me to see The Pirates of Penzance at Her Majesty`s when I was a young lad.

( And this was the part of song that stuck in my mind)

[Don Julio]

RJ - have you ever trodden the boards? Any major roles you fancy?

[57vintage]

Aye. There you go. Not so highbrow after all ?!!

My Parents took me to see The Pirates of Penzance at Her Majesty`s when I was a young lad.

( And this was the part of song that stuck in my mind)

I had the assistant lampie gig for Pirates at school in 1972 or 73, and did HMS Pinafore two years before, but I was just an onlooker. We saw a good production of Pirates at HMT about 5/6 years ago (an orchestra’s aye a sight to see, and a delight to hear), and I quite often dig out some G&S on Spotify as a bit of a change from Chicago and Delta blues, and ranting leftie podcasts. They, and Flanders and Swann are what I believe are termed “guilty pleasures”, but are just great tunes and very clever lyrics.

https://youtu.be/VagQ7FM8Azk

[RED_JOHN]

If a man is 17, and his son is 23, do you think he’s clever?

It could just well be a trick of numbers. The man could well be 17 years old but the son is 23 days old. Admittedly I am stretching it for an answer here.

[RED_JOHN]

RJ - have you ever trodden the boards? Any major roles you fancy?

I could well have been a talent on tv but i relinquished a role to focus on a more honest living.

[InversneckieDob]

If a man is 17, and his son is 23, do you think he’s clever?

Dad was born on 29th February.

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[neilthedon]

Dad was born on 29th February.

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Hence the Pirates of Penzance reference , Sneckymin. The gist of the story was around a young loon inheriting stuff on his 21st birthday, but it was on Feb 29th.........

[InversneckieDob]

Hence the Pirates of Penzance reference , Sneckymin. The gist of the story was around a young loon inheriting stuff on his 21st birthday, but it was on Feb 29th.........

You know, I kinda lost track of you and 57s machinations.
I've seen productions of Pirates of Penzance (nae for a long time like) and should've made the connection.

[neilthedon]

You know, I kinda lost track of you and 57s machinations.
I've seen productions of Pirates of Penzance (nae for a long time like) and should've made the connection.

I'm half expecting DD to breenge into this with accusations of poovery ?!!