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That makes me happy :)

What also makes me happy is seeing 4 episodes of TG thanks to the Parent People's Sky box this morning. Brother-in-law got it for them as part of a deal where they get 2 sets of programmes, and the box, free for a year. Things that stick in my mind (a remarkably unsticky place) are (a) blimey, Jermy was almost attractive in 2003; (b) when did they start pronouncing Porsche with 2 syllables?, and (c) what does Letchworth have to do with Lamborghini*?

No more TG until the spring :(

Mum says she'll be watching Doctor Who this year, becasue David Tennant reminds her of "the little lad from Top Gear".

I'm back in Stockport, still consider it to be the Armpit of England, but at least it has cats :) And thinking of cats, Pratchett did the whole "cats have oversteer" thing in The Unadulterated Cat, in which he called it "Impatient Legs".

I love my new holes :)

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*Though, being London commuterville, there is the story of how the Travelling Wilburys were formed after the 5 of them met for a long boozy afternoon in the Wilbury pub on the Hitchin edge of Letchworth

Date: 2005-12-27 10:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] norfolkian.livejournal.com
I don't know when they started pronouncing Porsche with two syllables, but I noticed on my new 'Back in the Fast Lane' DVD that Hamster pronounced it with one syllable. It should be pronounced with two though, being German and all. Perhaps someone pointed this out to them.

Date: 2005-12-27 10:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] puddingcat.livejournal.com
It reminds me of 19mumble when Spitting Image's Chicken Song came out and everyone started pronouncing Renault correctly. Before then, it had an audible "t".

*pokes at IRC*

Date: 2005-12-27 10:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] norfolkian.livejournal.com
*pokes back*

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