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  Dedicated to The United States Marine Corps !
Posted by: sixgun - 07-15-2010, 02:22 PM - Forum: Shooting the Breeze - Replies (4)


Awesome video . I love it !

 


 

Vee

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  British "brains" - contestants
Posted by: Walt's Daughter - 07-14-2010, 02:25 PM - Forum: Jokes & Fun! - No Replies


Thanks to Moose for providing these. I laughed so hard at the first one, I haven't even had time to read the rest...

 

BRAINS OF BRITAIN

 

 

 

 

UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (BBC2)

 

 

Jeremy Paxman:

 

 

What is another name for 'cherrypickers' and 'cheesemongers'?

 

Contestant:

 

 

Homosexuals..

 

Jeremy Paxman:

 

 

No. They're regiments in the British Army who will be very upset with you

 

 

 

 

 

BEG, BORROW OR STEAL (BBC2)

 

 

Jamie Theakston:

 

 

Where do you think Cambridge University is?

 

Contestant:

 

 

Geography isn't my strong point.

 

Jamie Theakston:

 

 

There's a clue in the title.

 

Contestant:

 

 

Leicester

 

 

 

 

 

BBC NORFOLK

 

Stewart White:

 

 

Who had a worldwide hit with What A Wonderful World?

 

Contestant:

 

 

I don't know.

 

Stewart White:

 

 

I'll give you some clues: what do you call the part between your hand and your elbow?

 

Contestant:

 

 

Arm

 

Stewart White:

 

 

Correct. And if you're not weak, you're...?

 

Contestant:

 

 

Strong.

 

Stewart White:

 

 

Correct - and what was Lord Mountbatten's first name?

 

Contestant:

 

 

Louis

 

Stewart White:

 

 

Well, there we are then. So who had a worldwide hit with the song What A Wonderful World?

 

Contestant:

 

 

Frank Sinatra?

 

 

 

 

LATE SHOW (BBC MIDLANDS )

 

Alex Trelinski:

 

 

What is the capital of Italy ?

 

Contestant:

 

 

France .

 

Trelinski:

 

 

France is another country. Try again.

 

Contestant:

 

 

Oh, um, Benidorm.

 

Trelinski:

 

 

Wrong, sorry, let's try another question. In which country is the Parthenon?

 

Contestant:

 

 

Sorry, I don't know.

 

Trelinski:

 

 

Just guess a country then.

 

Contestant:

 

 

Paris .

 

 

 

 

THE WEAKEST LINK (BBC2)

 

Anne Robinson:

 

 

Oscar Wilde, Adolf Hitler and Jeffrey Archer have all written books about their experiences in what: - Prison, or the Conservative Party?

 

Contestant:

 

 

The Conservative Party.

 

 

 

 

BEACON RADIO ( WOLVERHAMPTON )

 

 

DJ Mark:

 

 

For 10, what is the nationality of the Pope?

 

Ruth from Rowley Regis:

 

 

I think I know that one. Is it Jewish?

 

 

 

 

UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE

 

 

Bamber Gascoyne:

 

 

What was Gandhi's first name?

 

Contestant:

 

 

Goosey?

 

 

 

 

GWR FM ( Bristol )

 

 

Presenter:

 

 

What happened in Dallas on November 22, 1963?

 

Contestant:

 

 

I don't know, I wasn't watching it then.

 

 

 

 

PHIL WOOD SHOW (BBC RADIO? MANCHESTER )

 

Phil:

 

 

What's 11 squared?

 

Contestant:

 

 

I don't know.

 

Phil:

 

 

I'll give you a clue. It's two ones with a two in the middle.

 

Contestant:

 

 

Is it five?

 

 

 

 

RICHARD AND JUDY

 

Richard:

 

 

Which American actor is married to Nicole Kidman?

 

Contestant:

 

 

Forrest Gump.

 

 

 

 

RICHARD AND JUDY

 

Richard:

 

 

On which street did Sherlock Holmes live?

 

Contestant:

 

 

Er. ... ...

 

Richard:

 

 

He makes bread . . .

 

Contestant:

 

 

Er .. .......

 

Richard:

 

 

He makes cakes . . .

 

Contestant:

 

 

Kipling Street ?

 

 

 

 

LINCS FM PHONE-IN

 

 

Presenter:

 

 

Which is the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world?

 

Contestant:

 

 

Barcelona .

 

Presenter:

 

 

I was really after the name of a country.

 

Contestant:

 

 

I'm sorry, I don't know the names of any countries in Spain ..

 

 

 

 

 

NATIONAL LOTTERY (BBC1)

 

 

 

Question:

 

 

What is the world's largest continent?

 

Contestant:

 

 

The Pacific..

 

 

 

 

 

ROCK FM ( PRESTON )

 

 

 

Presenter:

 

 

Name a film starring Bob Hoskins that is also the name of a famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci.

 

Contestant:

 

 

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

 

 

 

 

 

THE BIGGEST GAME IN TOWN (ITV)

 

 

 

Steve Le Fevre:

 

 

What was signed, to bring World War I to an end in 1918?

 

Contestant:

 

 

Magna Carta?

 

 

 

 

 

JAMES O'BRIEN SHOW (LBC)

 

 

 

James O'Brien:

 

 

How many kings of England have been called Henry?

 

Contestant:

 

 

Er, well, I know there was a Henry the Eighth .. ER. ER ... Three?

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHRIS SEARLE SHOW (BBC RADIO BRISTOL )

 

 

 

Chris Searle:

 

 

In which European country is Mount Etna ?

 

Caller:

 

 

Japan .

 

Chris Searle:

 

 

I did say which European country, so in case you didn't hear that, I can let you try again.

 

Caller:

 

 

Er ........... Mexico ?

 

 

 

 

 

PAUL WAPPAT (BBC RADIO NEWCASTLE )

 

 

 

Paul Wappat:

 

 

How long did the Six-Day War between Egypt and Israel last?

 

Contestant (long pause):

 

 

Fourteen days.

 

 

 

 

 

DARYL DENHAM'S DRIVETIME (VIRGIN RADIO)

 

 

 

Daryl Denham:

 

 

In which country would you spend shekels?

 

Contestant:

 

 

Holland ?

 

Daryl Denham:

 

 

Try the next letter of the alphabet..

 

Contestant:

 

 

Iceland ? Ireland ?

 

Daryl Denham: (helpfully)

 

 

It's a bad line. Did you say Israel ?

 

Contestant:

 

 

No.

 

 

 

 

 

PHIL WOOD SHOW (BBC GMR)

 

 

 

Phil Wood:

 

 

What 'K' could be described as the Islamic Bible?

 

Contestant:

 

 

Er... ..... ..

 

Phil Wood:

 

 

It's got two syllables . . . Kor .

 

Contestant:

 

 

Blimey?

 

Phil Wood:

 

 

Ha ha ha ha, no. The past participle of run . .

 

Contestant:

 

 

(Silence)

 

Phil Wood:

 

 

OK, try it another way. Today I run, yesterday I . . ..

 

Contestant:

 

 

Walked?

 

 

 

 

 

THE VAULT

 

 

 

Melanie Sykes:

 

 

What is the name given to the condition where the sufferer can fall asleep at any time?

 

Contestant:

 

 

Nostalgia.

 

 

 

 

 

LUNCHTIME SHOW (BRMB)

 

 

 

Presenter:

 

 

What religion was Guy Fawkes?

 

Contestant:

 

 

Jewish.

 

Presenter:

 

 

That's close enough.

 

 

 

 

 

STEVE WRIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON (BBC RADIO 2)

 

 

 

Wright:

 

 

Johnny Weissmuller died on this day.. Which jungle-swinging character clad only in a loin cloth did he play?

 

Contestant:

 

 

Jesus.

 

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  FREEDOM ROCK
Posted by: sixgun - 07-14-2010, 07:56 AM - Forum: Veterans Tributes - Replies (1)


This was wonderful !! This is awesome !!

 


 

Vee

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  Len Drucker - 1280th Engineer Bn - CO C
Posted by: Walt's Daughter - 07-13-2010, 08:17 PM - Forum: WWII ENGINEERS - Replies (2)


I had the wonderful pleasure of meeting Len Drucker, via an article which was posted about him in a recent Pritzker Newsletter. They put me in touch with Len, and we had just spoke with each other on the phone, a couple of minutes ago. A very charming, warm and friendly man, who didn't sound a day over 60!

 

Len has approximately 75 photos from various phases of the war, and he also kept an extensive diary while there. Can't wait to see the photos, which I will be adding to our ever-growing engineer photo gallery.

 

Len would really like to find a few of his old buddies, so if any of you are out there, please get in touch with us. I have Len's address, email address and phone number, and will be happy to share with you. He lives in Illinois with his wife of 62 years, and recently retired after 60 years as an eye doctor.

 

I am going to send him a copy of my documentary, and will get one out to you as soon as they arrive on my doorstep.

 

Warmly,

Marion

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  Hollywood Squares
Posted by: Walt's Daughter - 07-13-2010, 06:47 PM - Forum: Jokes & Fun! - No Replies


For many of us who remember....

 

 

Hollywood Squares

These great questions and answers are from the days when the Hollywood Squares game show responses were spontaneous, not scripted, as they are now. Peter Marshall was the host asking the questions, of course.

 

Q. Paul, what is a good reason for pounding meat?

A. Paul Lynde: Loneliness!

(The audience laughed so long and so hard it took up almost 15 minutes of the show!)

 

Q. Do female frogs croak?

A. Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads under water long enough.

 

Q. If you're going to make a parachute jump, at least how high should you be?

A. Charley Weaver: Three days of steady drinking should do it.

 

Q. True or False, a pea can last as long as 5,000 years.

A. George Gobel: Boy, it sure seems that way sometimes.

 

Q. You've been having trouble going to sleep. Are you probably a man or a woman?

A. Don Knotts: That's what's been keeping me awake.

 

Q. According to Cosmopolitan, if you meet a stranger at a party and you think that he is attractive, is it okay to come out and ask him if he's married?

A. Rose Marie: No wait until morning.

 

Q. Which of your five senses tends to diminish as you get older?

A. Charley Weaver: My sense of decency.

 

Q. In Hawaiian, does it take more than three words to say 'I Love You'?

A. Vincent Price: No, you can say it with a pineapple and a twenty.

 

Q. What are 'Do It,' 'I Can Help,' and 'I Can't Get Enough'?

A. George Gobel: I don't know, but it's coming from the next apartment.

 

Q. As you grow older, do you tend to gesture more or less with your hands while talking?

A. Rose Marie: You ask me one more growing old question Peter, and I'll give you a gesture you'll never forget.

 

Q. Paul, why do Hell's Angels wear leather?

A. Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily.

 

Q. Charley, you've just decided to grow strawberries. Are you going to get any during the first year?

A... Charley Weaver: Of course not, I'm too busy growing strawberries.

 

Q. In bowling, what's a perfect score?

A. Rose Marie: Ralph, the pin boy.

 

Q. It is considered in bad taste to discuss two subjects at nudist camps. One is politics, what is the other?

A. Paul Lynde: Tape measures.

 

Q. During a tornado, are you safer in the bedroom or in the closet?

A. Rose Marie: Unfortunately Peter, I'm always safe in the bedroom.

 

Q. Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls?

A. Marty Allen: Only after lights out.

 

Q. When you pat a dog on its head he will wag his tail. What will a goose do?

A. Paul Lynde: Make him bark?

 

Q. If you were pregnant for two years, what would you give birth to?

A. Paul Lynde: Whatever it is, it would never be afraid of the dark.

 

Q. According to Ann Landers, is there anything wrong with getting into the habit of kissing a lot of people?

A. Charley Weaver: It got me out of the army.

 

Q. It is the most abused and neglected part of your body, what is it?

A. Paul Lynde: Mine may be abused, but it certainly isn't neglected..

 

Q. Back in the old days, when Great Grandpa put horseradish on his head, what was he trying to do?

A. George Gobel: Get it in his mouth.

 

Q. Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or your elephant?

A. Paul Lynde: Who told you about my elephant?

 

Q. When a couple have a baby, who is responsible for its sex?

A. Charley Weaver: I'll lend him the car, the rest is up to him

 

Q. Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly believes in them and has actually seen them on at least two occasions. What are they?

A. Charley Weaver: His feet.

 

Q. According to Ann Landers, what are two things you should never do in bed?

A. Paul Lynde: Point and laugh

 

Hollywood Squares

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