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Thursday 5th March Ripping Yarns episodes 3 and 4
trevor travis
Now the Germans want to escape Grin Grin
Vote Og.
 
OneSparePart

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

I assume there are Red Cross parcels for the PoWs. Blue Cross parcels for the captured pets. A Green Cross parcel for Dave Prowse


You're showing your age, Prof.

I wear my years lightly

And his lederhosen tightly
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
OneSparePart

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

OneSparePart wrote:

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

I think that glider may lack airframe integrity

True fact: a man up the road from where I live built an airship in his workshop during WW1. The War Dept confiscated it.

Was it a Zeppelin?

In miniature, yes.
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
Cygnus Bazza
"Amongst our weaponry..."
 
Cygnus Bazza

OneSparePart wrote:

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

I assume there are Red Cross parcels for the PoWs. Blue Cross parcels for the captured pets. A Green Cross parcel for Dave Prowse


You're showing your age, Prof.

I wear my years lightly

And his lederhosen tightly

The net effect is very spritely
 
trevor travis
Oh dear Phipps!
Vote Og.
 
Cygnus Bazza
“Where are they? I’ll look Kinnear! I mean, I’ll look in here.”
 
Cygnus Bazza
He's shot de Gaulle!
Edited by Cygnus Bazza on 05-03-2026 20:10
 
trevor travis

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

OneSparePart wrote:

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

I think that glider may lack airframe integrity

True fact: a man up the road from where I live built an airship in his workshop during WW1. The War Dept confiscated it.

Was it a Zeppelin?


Robert Plant?
Vote Og.
 
M1795537OCVirn

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

“Where are they? I’ll look Kinnear! I mean, I’ll look in here.”


Painful!
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
trevor travis

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

He's shot de Gaulle!


Groan!
Vote Og.
 
Cygnus Bazza

trevor travis wrote:

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

OneSparePart wrote:

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

I think that glider may lack airframe integrity

True fact: a man up the road from where I live built an airship in his workshop during WW1. The War Dept confiscated it.

Was it a Zeppelin?


Robert Plant?

That was a different Page in history
 
Cygnus Bazza

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

“Where are they? I’ll look Kinnear! I mean, I’ll look in here.”


Painful!

Back up. I'm raising wartime morale!
 
trevor travis
Phipps, you're definitely over-thinking this!
Vote Og.
 
Cygnus Bazza
In the unlikely event that you’re actually interested, that was Woodrow Wilson & Raymond Poincaré at the window in the newsreel clip
 
Cygnus Bazza
Best joke comes right at the end!
 
trevor travis
Phipps finally makes an escpae!

Next episode at 8.15pm!
Vote Og.
 
M1795537OCVirn
There, you see, if anyone challenges our choice of Rewatch, we can say it has B7 connection - starring Roy Kinnear!
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
OneSparePart

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

In the unlikely event that you’re actually interested, that was Woodrow Wilson & Raymond Poincaré at the window in the newsreel clip

Yes that is unlikely
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
trevor travis

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

Best joke comes right at the end!


Agreed.

All-in-all, that was OK, but not quite as good as the first two.
Vote Og.
 
Cygnus Bazza

trevor travis wrote:

Phipps finally makes an escpae!

Next episode at 8.15pm!

For those about to rock, wee salute you.
 
M1795537OCVirn
Time for TT's 2-minute toilet break....
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
Cygnus Bazza

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

There, you see, if anyone challenges our choice of Rewatch, we can say it has B7 connection - starring Roy Kinnear!

M Kid in *rse-covering mode as usual
 
trevor travis
STARTED!
Vote Og.
 
Cygnus Bazza
Who doesn’t love a country house conundrum? Like the Mysterious Affair of Harry Styles
 
trevor travis

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Time for TT's 2-minute toilet break....


Went beforehand
Vote Og.
 
Cygnus Bazza
Middle of nowhere. 30 miles to the nearest hurdy-gurdy shop. That’s why people end up making their own.
 
trevor travis
Isn't that Rashel from Weapon?
Vote Og.
 
Cygnus Bazza
No seatbelts. Just ‘clunk’ every trip
 
OneSparePart
He's a bit like that boring fellow in ep1
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
Cygnus Bazza

OneSparePart wrote:

He's a bit like that boring fellow in ep1

Even worse. Cars are even duller than shovels
 
Cygnus Bazza
Dora should wait by the roadside. M Kid will be along in a minute droving her oxen
 
trevor travis

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

OneSparePart wrote:

He's a bit like that boring fellow in ep1

Even worse. Cars are even duller than shovels


Definitely. Nothing beoing about shovels!
Vote Og.
 
OneSparePart
Speaking of agatha christie, here's the boring major...
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
Cygnus Bazza
I reckon Pater moonlights as a Reform UK councillor
 
AnneArthur
Episode 3 is quite enjoyable, but episode 2 was much the best so far, IMO
 
trevor travis
That was Rashel. wasn't it?
Vote Og.
 
Cygnus Bazza

OneSparePart wrote:

Speaking of agatha christie, here's the boring major...

If this were a Christie, the motive for the murders would be something that happened in Malaya 15 years ago
 
M1795537OCVirn

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

Middle of nowhere. 30 miles to the nearest hurdy-gurdy shop. That’s why people end up making their own.


It's Harefield, Middlesex. Plenty hurdy-gurdy shops around.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
Cygnus Bazza
Did Mumsie say “birthdaytide”? Now that’s posh!
 
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