Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[redsimon]

The £100 Freezeout is still on this Sunday for one last time

[boldie]

Yorkshire Pudden

Hi waitress, excuse me a minute, now listen,
I'm not finding fault, but here, Miss,
The 'taters look gradely... the beef is a'reet,
But what kind of pudden is this?

It's what?...
Yorkshire pudden!, now coom, coom, coom, coom,
It's what? Yorkshire pudden d'ye say!
It's pudden, I'll grant you... it's some sort of pudden,
But not Yorkshire pudden... nay nay!

The real Yorkshire pudden's a dream in batter,
To make one's an art, not a trade,
Now listen to me, for I'm going to tell thee,
How t' first Yorkshire pudden wor made.

A young angel on furlough from heaven,
Came flying above Ilkley Moor,
And this angel, poor thing, got cramp in her wing,
And coom down at owd woman's door.

The owd woman smiled and said, 'Ee, it's an angel,
Well I am surprised to see thee,
I've not seen an angel before... but thou 'rt welcome,
I'll make thee a nice cup o' tea.'

The angel said, 'Ee, thank you kindly, I will',
Well, she had two or three cups of tea,
Three or four Sally Lunns, and a couple of buns...
Angels eat very lightly you see.

The owd woman looking at clock said, 'By Gum!
He's due home from mill is my Dan,
You get on wi' ye tea, but you must excuse me,
I must make pudden now for t' owd man.

Then the angel jumped up and said, 'Gimme the bowl...
Flour and watter and eggs, salt an' all,
And I'll show thee how we make puddens in Heaven,
For Peter and Thomas and Paul'.

So t' owd woman gave her the things, and the angel,
Just pushed back her wings and said. 'Hush'
Then she tenderly tickled the mixture wi' t' spoon,
Like an artist would paint with his brush.

Aye, she mixed up that pudden with Heavenly magic,
She played with her spoon on that dough,
Just like Paderewski would play the piano.
Or Kreisler now deceased would twiddle his bow.

And then it wor done and she put it in t' oven
She said t' owd woman, 'Goodbye',
Then she flew away leaving the first Yorkshire pudden,
That ever was made... and that's why...

It melts in the mouth, like the snow in the sunshine,
As light as a maiden's first kiss,
As soft as the fluff on the breast of a dove...
Not elephant's leather, like this.

It's real Yorkshire pudden that makes Yorkshire lassies,
So buxum and broad in the hips,
It's real Yorkshire pudden that makes Yorkshire cricketers,
Win County championships.

It's real Yorkshire pudden that gives me my dreams,
Of a real Paradise up above,
Where at the last trump, I'll queue up for a lump,
Of the real Yorkshire pudden I love.

And there on a cloud... far away from the crowd,
In a real Paradise, not a dud 'un,
I'll do nowt for ever... and ever and ever,
But gollup up real Yorkshire pudden.

That is stunning!

[kenjude]

I saw The Cure on the last night of their Wembley Barnatorium stint on the Disintegration tour. I wasn't a big fan by any means although I loved that album but my brother was a fan so I agreed to go with him.

The concert was immense - sounded great, performed great, and they went on for ever. My car was on the blink so my Dad had agreed to come and collect from Wembley - he had to sit waiting for at least an hour and a half longer than anticipated as the encores just seemed to go on forever . I would probably place it in my top ten concerts attended over the last 28 years.

Was in the same venue the following night to see Simple Minds - Belfast Child tour. The contrast couldn't have been greater. They were shite. Pretentious, staged pauses on songs to allow Kerr to pose on knees and soak up crowd adulation. The closest I've ever come to wanting to vomit at a concert.

[boldie]

BTW TK, I am still somewhat on a mission to incorporate "Barney" into rhyming slang for "trouble". Unfortunately people don't accept it off me (not even when I tell them I nicked it off someone else)
You seem like the sort of man that can get that accepted..so was rather hoping you could get that in a couple of shows.

"He got himself into real Barney with that hand", that sort of thing. Or, "If you play your hand like that you're asking for Barney"

I reckon it would really help my cause.

[Simon Galloway]

BTW TK, I am still somewhat on a mission to incorporate "Barney" into rhyming slang for "trouble". Unfortunately people don't accept it off me (not even when I tell them I nicked it off someone else)
You seem like the sort of man that can get that accepted..so was rather hoping you could get that in a couple of shows.

"He got himself into real Barney with that hand", that sort of thing. Or, "If you play your hand like that you're asking for Barney"

I reckon it would really help my cause.

The line was used (and explained) in Ocean's 11 (or 12) by the 'mockney' who was responsible for nicking the giant electro-magnet thingymajig.

And by the by, I noticed Tikay used the mockney 'Lucy' a few times when, particularly given employment status, 'Sky' would make a decent (and more conventional) replacement?

[boldie]

BTW TK, I am still somewhat on a mission to incorporate "Barney" into rhyming slang for "trouble". Unfortunately people don't accept it off me (not even when I tell them I nicked it off someone else)
You seem like the sort of man that can get that accepted..so was rather hoping you could get that in a couple of shows.

"He got himself into real Barney with that hand", that sort of thing. Or, "If you play your hand like that you're asking for Barney"

I reckon it would really help my cause.

The line was used (and explained) in Ocean's 11 (or 12) by the 'mockney' who was responsible for nicking the giant electro-magnet thingymajig.

And by the by, I noticed Tikay used the mockney 'Lucy' a few times when, particularly given employment status, 'Sky' would make a decent (and more conventional) replacement?

ah not seen that one...It was some stand up comedian that I was watching that used it and I think it's fantastic so I want everyone to use it...although George Clooney and Brad Pitt using it doesn't lend it any credibility...

[AndrewT]

BTW TK, I am still somewhat on a mission to incorporate "Barney" into rhyming slang for "trouble". Unfortunately people don't accept it off me (not even when I tell them I nicked it off someone else)
You seem like the sort of man that can get that accepted..so was rather hoping you could get that in a couple of shows.

"He got himself into real Barney with that hand", that sort of thing. Or, "If you play your hand like that you're asking for Barney"

I reckon it would really help my cause.

Barney is not slang for trouble (from Barney Rubble) - that was something made up for Ocean's 11.

'Barney' means argument and predates the Flintstones (though I couldn't tell you what the etymology is). I don't even think it is Cockney either - it's used a lot in Australia, particularly among people of Irish descent.

[cia260895]

Barney originally started out as Barn Owl (to have a row) as in I had a barney with the mrs,

 post flinstones a lot of people used it to describe trouble = barney rubble, both acceptable imo

[boldie]

Barney originally started out as Barn Owl (to have a row) as in I had a barney with the mrs,

 post flinstones a lot of people used it to describe trouble = barney rubble, both acceptable imo

ah thanks.


I have said it many a time up in the intellectually barren wasteland that is Scotland and noone knows what I'm on about.

[RED-DOG]

After Luton on Monday night, a £100 Freeze I think, I'm off for a few days holiday

You swine! What have you done with the real tikay?

[cia260895]

Barney originally started out as Barn Owl (to have a row) as in I had a barney with the mrs,

 post flinstones a lot of people used it to describe trouble = barney rubble, both acceptable imo

ah thanks.


I have said it many a time up in the intellectually barren wasteland that is Scotland and noone knows what I'm on about.

Glad you said that.

[Snatiramas]

I saw The Cure on the last night of their Wembley Barnatorium stint on the Disintegration tour. I wasn't a big fan by any means although I loved that album but my brother was a fan so I agreed to go with him.

The concert was immense - sounded great, performed great, and they went on for ever. My car was on the blink so my Dad had agreed to come and collect from Wembley - he had to sit waiting for at least an hour and a half longer than anticipated as the encores just seemed to go on forever . I would probably place it in my top ten concerts attended over the last 28 years.

Was in the same venue the following night to see Simple Minds - Belfast Child tour. The contrast couldn't have been greater. They were shite. Pretentious, staged pauses on songs to allow Kerr to pose on knees and soak up crowd adulation. The closest I've ever come to wanting to vomit at a concert.

I saw The Cure when they supported Siouxsie and the Banshees at the De Montfort Hall in Leicester. The banshees had just split up and they recruited Budgie on drums and Robert Smith was doing two sets...........happy happy days. But my fav gig was Killing Joke at the Ajanta cinema Derby..........what a dump but great atmosphere and my ears were ringing for days

[Rod Paradise]

Yorkshire Pudden

Hi waitress, excuse me a minute, now listen,
I'm not finding fault, but here, Miss,
The 'taters look gradely... the beef is a'reet,
But what kind of pudden is this?

It's what?...
Yorkshire pudden!, now coom, coom, coom, coom,
It's what? Yorkshire pudden d'ye say!
It's pudden, I'll grant you... it's some sort of pudden,
But not Yorkshire pudden... nay nay!

The real Yorkshire pudden's a dream in batter,
To make one's an art, not a trade,
Now listen to me, for I'm going to tell thee,
How t' first Yorkshire pudden wor made.

A young angel on furlough from heaven,
Came flying above Ilkley Moor,
And this angel, poor thing, got cramp in her wing,
And coom down at owd woman's door.

The owd woman smiled and said, 'Ee, it's an angel,
Well I am surprised to see thee,
I've not seen an angel before... but thou 'rt welcome,
I'll make thee a nice cup o' tea.'

The angel said, 'Ee, thank you kindly, I will',
Well, she had two or three cups of tea,
Three or four Sally Lunns, and a couple of buns...
Angels eat very lightly you see.

The owd woman looking at clock said, 'By Gum!
He's due home from mill is my Dan,
You get on wi' ye tea, but you must excuse me,
I must make pudden now for t' owd man.

Then the angel jumped up and said, 'Gimme the bowl...
Flour and watter and eggs, salt an' all,
And I'll show thee how we make puddens in Heaven,
For Peter and Thomas and Paul'.

So t' owd woman gave her the things, and the angel,
Just pushed back her wings and said. 'Hush'
Then she tenderly tickled the mixture wi' t' spoon,
Like an artist would paint with his brush.

Aye, she mixed up that pudden with Heavenly magic,
She played with her spoon on that dough,
Just like Paderewski would play the piano.
Or Kreisler now deceased would twiddle his bow.

And then it wor done and she put it in t' oven
She said t' owd woman, 'Goodbye',
Then she flew away leaving the first Yorkshire pudden,
That ever was made... and that's why...

It melts in the mouth, like the snow in the sunshine,
As light as a maiden's first kiss,
As soft as the fluff on the breast of a dove...
Not elephant's leather, like this.

It's real Yorkshire pudden that makes Yorkshire lassies,
So buxum and broad in the hips,
It's real Yorkshire pudden that makes Yorkshire cricketers,
Win County championships.

It's real Yorkshire pudden that gives me my dreams,
Of a real Paradise up above,
Where at the last trump, I'll queue up for a lump,
Of the real Yorkshire pudden I love.

And there on a cloud... far away from the crowd,
In a real Paradise, not a dud 'un,
I'll do nowt for ever... and ever and ever,
But gollup up real Yorkshire pudden.

I like that one Tom - I nearly caused a riot in a wee pub in Gawthorpe by asking the best way to make Yorkshire Pudding. EVERYONE had their own recipe & type of tin.

[turny]

BTW TK, I am still somewhat on a mission to incorporate "Barney" into rhyming slang for "trouble". Unfortunately people don't accept it off me (not even when I tell them I nicked it off someone else)
You seem like the sort of man that can get that accepted..so was rather hoping you could get that in a couple of shows.

"He got himself into real Barney with that hand", that sort of thing. Or, "If you play your hand like that you're asking for Barney"

I reckon it would really help my cause.

Barney is not slang for trouble (from Barney Rubble) - that was something made up for Ocean's 11.

'Barney' means argument and predates the Flintstones (though I couldn't tell you what the etymology is). I don't even think it is Cockney either - it's used a lot in Australia, particularly among people of Irish descent.

barney does indeed mean argument but "barney rubble"="trouble" was around long before oceans 11, it was used when i was a kid some 25 years ago.

[cia260895]

BTW TK, I am still somewhat on a mission to incorporate "Barney" into rhyming slang for "trouble". Unfortunately people don't accept it off me (not even when I tell them I nicked it off someone else)
You seem like the sort of man that can get that accepted..so was rather hoping you could get that in a couple of shows.

"He got himself into real Barney with that hand", that sort of thing. Or, "If you play your hand like that you're asking for Barney"

I reckon it would really help my cause.

Barney is not slang for trouble (from Barney Rubble) - that was something made up for Ocean's 11.

'Barney' means argument and predates the Flintstones (though I couldn't tell you what the etymology is). I don't even think it is Cockney either - it's used a lot in Australia, particularly among people of Irish descent.

barney does indeed mean argument but "barney rubble"="trouble" was around long before oceans 11, it was used when i was a kid some 25 years ago.

  A kid 25 years ago???