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Hello there. Guess what? It's Eurovision time.

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the other side of covid

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Meanwhile in Austria. Many may like Austria's "Who the Hell is Edgar" simply because it doesn't involve writhing, pouting or the modern equivalent of "whining about ducks flying off to Russia" (Withnail and I 1987). Teya & Salena are vaguely reminiscent of a modern-day French...

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In Covidworld, on the other hand it does seem an unusual decision to stop monitoring the thing. I keep thinking about shingles (the potentially devasting reappearance of the chicken pox virus in later life) and the fact that we know nothing about this virus in the long term. Still at least the UK is...

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The sun is shining and later today we will be discussing Austria's Eurovision entry.
In Clangerworld at least things are looking up.

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Morning

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I beg your pardon. Occasionally it;s the 70's.

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Coincidentally I once played the wall in a Midsummer Night's dream at school.
Such was the extent of my acting abilities.

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It's always the 80s in Clangerworld

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gilsey wrote: ↑Tue 04 Apr, 2023 4:21 pm Enjoying these tc2, don't stop. How many did you say there were?

(looks modestly down). There are Many of these yet to go.

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He's got a sort of early Human League Phil Oakey thing going on but without the gender bending so it just looks naff. Still better than the drummer's man bun though. To my eternal shame I must admit that I did briefly sport a top knot because I actually was going bald with long hair and was attempt...

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Third up Australia I have a horrible feeling that Australia's Voyager might garner a fair few votes with their nonsensical "Promise". The very cross-looking singer reminds me of a certain Professor (Leeds Uni circa 1980) whom a fellow student once described as "bald with long hair&quo...

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Tomorrow's Clangervision review brings Australia's Voyager with "Promise". It looks truly awful, but let's see. (Am just saying, rolled up jacket sleeves - very 80s.)

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I can't remember which political crisis sparked the term omnishambles, but whatever it was pales into insignificance beside Brexit. It involved Osborne. "George Osborne was accused of an “omnishambles” budget in 2012, when he unveiled an increase VAT on some hot foods. It was dubbed the “pasty...

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PS (see yesterday) the Ladybird Book of Hipsters amused me somewhat. Primarily the bacon and peppermint gin.

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Meanwhile on a planet far far away ....

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Clanger Eurovision reports 2: Armenia's Brunette (though there may be more than one) brings us "Future Lover". I tried to give it the full benefit of the doubt, but in all honesty had to stop viewing half way through in the interests of my mental health. Brunette wears trousers that are bo...

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gilsey wrote: ↑Mon 03 Apr, 2023 9:40 am I can't remember which political crisis sparked the term omnishambles, but whatever it was pales into insignificance beside Brexit.

It involved Osborne.

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I would of course, vote for this:

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1) Albina from Albania I don't know if it's me, but everything I come across these days reminds me of something else. In Albania's entry, Duje, Albina combines 1970s-style boots with a work raincoat and thoroughly modern eyebrows which bring to mind a cat called Groucho. The song itself recalls the ...

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One reason to get behind our entry this year https://twitter.com/AllisterHeath/status/1642425653415772160?t=KaJAZvqOSvBR2kGaCTlKrg&s=19 Crikey now you've done it - found this https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-2023-full-lineup Had a quick look and all were awful - it's almost like they've f...

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The original publication for those of an academic persuasion:

https://improbable.com/airchives/papera ... n-12-5.pdf

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ace - thanks Refitman

I wonder if the people behind Chic Ken productions are familiar with this classic:

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Meanwhile, reliving some John Shuttleworth greats has brought this to my attention:

fatherearthmovie.com (see trailer)

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Hello.
Under no circumstances can Sky be permitted to stop his QT reviews - these are about the only link to reality I can stomach. Indeed they are the only thing (other than the odd bit of disco) that bring on the dancing clanger.

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Meanwhile in Clanger world:

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Evening all. I remember a time when I used to have fun. Life has gotten in the way a bit since then and forced me to be a bit more serious - but that's not why life is no longer fun. Am trying to reflect on it, and it's something do with the freedom of thought. If I think something different from w...

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On other matters have just received my copy of my Spring 2023 Lifeboat magazine. It's full of gems, but among my favourite lines is: "After a busy weekend celebrating Clovelly's Herring Festival ...."

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Evening all. I remember a time when I used to have fun. Life has gotten in the way a bit since then and forced me to be a bit more serious - but that's not why life is no longer fun. Am trying to reflect on it, and it's something do with the freedom of thought. If I think something different from wh...

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A little nostalgia
https://www.mdmarchive.co.uk/exhibition ... collective

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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/ ... er-forward
At last - this is like the 70s all over again.

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Grim.

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I never expected, watching Lineker punditing on Euro '96, that he would become a real hero. Now he's up there with Kathy Burke.

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gilsey wrote: ↑Wed 08 Mar, 2023 6:04 pm Hi TC, nice to see you.

Hello!

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Hello all. Not sure how much time has passed, but life got a little distracting for a while there. Good to see you TC. I'm afraid to tell you it's been over 1000 years and we're all AI chatbot copies of posters who died long ago. This forum is now a discussion of ancient politics, an archaic system...

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Hello all. Not sure how much time has passed, but life got a little distracting for a while there.
Glad to see you still here. Not quite sure what to say about Labour though. It's almost as if they think that it's worth becoming Tories to get into power.

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Excellent QT report Sky. Many thanks.

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Is it just me or is there a political shift occurring in this country? Attitudes seem to be changing. From immigration to benefits to strikes it's like we're in a very different place to where we were only recently. It's as if the right have shat the bed so often that outside the dregs of their cor...

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BTW - I have recently acquired the complete book of Clanger scripts which is keeping me occupied.
It was intended for xmas apparently but I received it early for good behaviour.

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gilsey wrote: ↑Wed 07 Dec, 2022 2:03 pm tc look away - offensive to clangers

Thank you Gilsey. Fortunately such things are beneath Clangers so we are (collectively) not upset.

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Ecologist Ian Bond said he noticed the white-toothed shrew because of its distinctive head and resemblance to a character from children’s TV show the Clangers. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/greater-white-tooth-shrew-mammal-species-b2212550.html "I’ve always kept my cats indoors to ...

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British public back climate activists https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/24/huge-uk-public-support-for-direct-action-to-protect-environment-poll Labour party doesn't https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/24/keir-starmer-backs-stiff-sentences-for-climate-protesters-who-block-roads

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"as loving generous and tolerant as Clangers"

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Evening. The world leaves me speechless. Just wanted to thank you (as I sporadically do) for keeping things going here. I know I'm not pulling my weight (not that my random interventions are ever even on-topic) but I see it as complementary skillsets.

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Just took me straight back to:
"Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats".
(O-level)

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Some buildings.
Graffiti.
Wolverhampton Railway Station.

That alone is one of the best bits of poetry I've come across in a long while. Possibly ever.
(I've always been more Ivor Cutler than By Ron)

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I guess the Scando-Dutch model of high tax for a better quality of life all round, doesn't appeal much to post-Thatcher Britain.
That or PR.

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vis a vis kicking faces. clearly neither I nor my colleauge "Auntie Marie" would ever actually do this. it was merely a "turn of phrase" that conveyed so much it amused the **** out of me.

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