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I love the Profanasaurus. I have a copy of the first one, a thin pamphlet attached to one week's magazine. It's turned into a monster... then again, I love the Meaning of Liff, too. Both are not only funny but extremely clever. The language in our house is peppered with profanasaurus-isms (I hope that's a word). It's brilliant..
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anonymous said:
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Yes, I knew that but was hiding my Viz knowledge under a bushel.The book 'Rude Kids' by Chris Donald is well worth reading for a history of Viz and insight into the inspiration for some of the characters. In particular the background for Mr Logic is very very funny.
scary said:
My brother went to university in Durham and I remember seeing Viz there, in the early 80s. The thing I loved was the adverts. Things like the porcelain figurines of Lady Di and Jade from Big Brother playing ping pong in heaven and the one for Rent a Tugboat. Anyone remember that.
"Fed up with hubby ogling the au pair and nobbing the nanny? Then come to Rent a Tugboat, guaranteed boilers from around the world, your money back if he gets any wood."
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"Fed up with hubby ogling the au pair and nobbing the nanny? Then come to Rent a Tugboat, guaranteed boilers from around the world, your money back if he gets any wood."
Cheers
MTM
I used to love those. And the 'commemorative china plates' etc! And there were often lots of random adverts for garden sheds too
Toilets - 'You can't miss with Armitage Shanks...'
Letters:
People criticise the Royal family, but they forget about the bravery of King George VI and the late Queen Mother, who, when war was declared, refused to flee the capital and courageously stayed in London throughout.
Compare this selflessness to the pathetic actions of my own spineless father, who as soon as war was declared, decided to abandon me and my mother in London and cowardly disappeared to France, North Africa, Italy, France again, Belgium and Holland, before eventually winding up in Germany 6 yrs later. The shame will haunt my family forever.
People criticise the Royal family, but they forget about the bravery of King George VI and the late Queen Mother, who, when war was declared, refused to flee the capital and courageously stayed in London throughout.
Compare this selflessness to the pathetic actions of my own spineless father, who as soon as war was declared, decided to abandon me and my mother in London and cowardly disappeared to France, North Africa, Italy, France again, Belgium and Holland, before eventually winding up in Germany 6 yrs later. The shame will haunt my family forever.
Edited by TwigtheWonderkid on Saturday 23 March 17:29
Like the Queen Mum, my grandfather was a frequent visitor to the East End during the dark days of the blitz, but he was never hailed as a hero by the people of London.
That's because he flew Heinkel bombers for the Luftwaffe.
I am married to a Taiwanese lady, and people often ask me if she was a mail-order bride. I find this very insensitive. The Royal Mail loses around 2 million letters and parcels each year, and to suggest that I would trust the delivery of my wife to them is insulting in the extreme. She was sent by DHL next day delivery.
L Palmer, London
With reference to Mr Palmer's previous letter. I am also married to a Taiwanese lady, but nobody ever asks me if she is a mail order bride. But perhaps that's because I am also Taiwanese. And we live in Taiwan.
Lo Chi Chang, Taipei
That's because he flew Heinkel bombers for the Luftwaffe.
I am married to a Taiwanese lady, and people often ask me if she was a mail-order bride. I find this very insensitive. The Royal Mail loses around 2 million letters and parcels each year, and to suggest that I would trust the delivery of my wife to them is insulting in the extreme. She was sent by DHL next day delivery.
L Palmer, London
With reference to Mr Palmer's previous letter. I am also married to a Taiwanese lady, but nobody ever asks me if she is a mail order bride. But perhaps that's because I am also Taiwanese. And we live in Taiwan.
Lo Chi Chang, Taipei
Hugo a Gogo said:
Like the Queen Mum, my grandfather was a frequent visitor to the East End during the dark days of the blitz, but he was never hailed as a hero by the people of London.
That's because he flew Heinkel bombers for the Luftwaffe.
Thar reminds me of a Henning Wehn gag: "my grandfather died at Auschwitz...he fell out of a watchtower".That's because he flew Heinkel bombers for the Luftwaffe.
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