Things are getting worse

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
12/12/2011 22:29

10 years ago Bob Hope died

5 years ago Johnny Cash died

A couple of months ago Steve Jobs died

2 weeks ago Jimmy Saville died

Now we have no Hope, no Cash, no Jobs and nobody left to Fix It

Let's hope nothing happens to Ed Balls!

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
12/12/2011 22:37

@ msg 1, Groucho: (...) 5 years ago Johnny Cash died (...)



Groucho, my favourite American C&W singer Johnny Cash died September 12, 2003, aged 71 - more than 8 years ago. Please respect the facts...

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Marion


Joined: 06/03/2011
Posts: 1816

Message Posted:
12/12/2011 22:43

O.K. so Bob Hope died on 27th July 2003, which means it is not ten years, but this is a joke! Not a history lesson. the years don't matter, but the punch line does. thanks Groucho (actually have seen it before, but it is still good!)

as for bob Hope,, he is a south Londoner as I am, and if I clock up 100 wonderful years as he did, I will be very grateful, and if anyone can be encouraged from my life (which is doubtful) , I won't give a fig if they get the years I have been dead wrong -and in any case, I may well lie about my age even in death. In fact, Bob Hope may have been 102 when he died!

None of that changes the fact that I like the punch line - let's just hope that another Mr Fix It comes along - we need him/her/it!

philbailey


Joined: 17/01/2011
Posts: 3534

Message Posted:
12/12/2011 22:46

Think the joke should be

!0 years ago we had ..........etc



and with msg 2 , what a legend

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
12/12/2011 22:47

screwfix direct , they can sort most things

paddywack


Joined: 04/05/2009
Posts: 959

Message Posted:
12/12/2011 23:21

Why worry about the people who died ,l et`s think about who is living.

suehowlittle


Joined: 31/10/2010
Posts: 1202

Message Posted:
12/12/2011 23:34

I loved Cash's "One Piece at a Time" - it always made me laugh!

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
13/12/2011 14:18

I like this one from J Cash.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22eIJDtKho

yrret


Joined: 17/08/2010
Posts: 761

Message Posted:
13/12/2011 17:08

Come on Hans, you can do better than that, Gav's punctuation and use of capitals is also incorrect.

Ozbey


Joined: 04/03/2009
Posts: 304

Message Posted:
13/12/2011 17:21

I laughed at msg 1, which I presume was Groucho's intention.

Sadly the next 8 messages seemed to miss the point.

Good effort Groucho, although you probably wasted your time.

pollymarples


Joined: 08/08/2010
Posts: 1778

Message Posted:
13/12/2011 17:26

I thought it was funny too Groucho

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
13/12/2011 18:43

After some seven years 'corresponding' on bulletin boards with Groucho I'm almost sure that he has read my post (# 2) in the right context. However, in the worst case it's only a matter of clashing senses of British*/Dutch humour. There are more important things to worry and write about, people..!



* Some 60 million Brits may think their sense of humour is outstanding, but about seven billion people do not always agree or understand.