THE BRITISH THREAD II

ANYBODY able to get an old Brit comedy routine called "Four CAndles"? I saw this briefly on a PBS humour anthology and it was friggin funny.

Id nominate it as Britains version of "Whos on First".

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Vonny's beaten me to it, but if you like that, just put The Two Ronnies into youtube. There's loads of stuff like that, they ran for a long time. My favourite is The Phantom Raspberry Blower Of Old London Town.

What I find to be really interesting is how uninterested most people are in all the interesting things that are going on.

It's as if it scares them or something.

Did you know that Americans still feed swill to their pigs? They don't ask where it comes from in case it causes an increase in the price of bacon.

Could it be that they see you two as weird?

Look how much fuss is made over a photo of a baby and a dog. Tabloid newspapers fulfil the same purpose of circuses in the Roman Empire.

I was not aware that the practice had been discontinued in this country.
Have you got better information about this?

My wife's family used to camp in a field in Hampshire when on holiday, when they were small.
To get to the farmhouse (presumably when buyings eggs and milk maybe) they had to walk by a building where Farmer Giles was boiling the swill before feeding it to pigs.
Reportedly the stench was GODAWFUL.

The practice was discontinued during the foot and mouth crisis. Remember all those burning animal carcases?

Intensive farming in America really ratchets it up a notch. Michael Moore writes of lagoons of pig poo.

As I understand it no kitchen waste is allowed. Food manufacturer's waste is okay because the source can be traced. But that's not really swill.

Lord Falconer said that the government acted illegally in detaining a Brazilian for nine hours at Heathrow, and confiscating his laptop and phones:

"The Metropolitan police had no legal basis to detain David Miranda under the Terrorism Act 2000, Tony Blair's former lord chancellor has claimed.

Lord Falconer of Thoroton, who helped introduce the bill in the House of Lords, said that the act makes clear that police can only detain someone to assess whether they are involved in the commission, preparation or instigation of terrorism.

Falconer told the Guardian: "I am very clear that this does not apply, either on its terms or in its spirit, to Mr Miranda.""

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/21/david-miranda-law-detention-heathrow

He's flogging a dead horse imo. Thoughtful conservatives deplore the Grauniad and everything it stands for.

I've seen That Was the Week That Was when I'd been in Britain for the first time.
I didn't follow Frost regularly on Al Jazeera, but think, his interviews there were very informative.

RIP

I went to the same school as Frost, although long after he became famous, and was taught maths by his old maths teacher.

He used to squire Arianna Stassinopoulos around, back in the day.

Died on the QEII, apparently.

I thought the 10 men of Chelsea did well this week, nearly beat the 12 men of Bayern.
(obviously inferior to Pep's men, but who cares?)

Hey Mac--there's an new version of Prisoner in Cell Block H. It's on a channel called 5* (5 star).

Whether it can match the original I don't know. I'll try to see some of it. I expect it will be more serious though as befits the times. More up-to-date.

I can't think why anyone would have the slightest interest in that, no disrespect.
Is it not about sweaty lesbians in a dull low-budget drama with minimal plot lines?
I don't know obviously, but have never had any inclination to find out.
I watched Simon Schama about the Jews last night.

Any good? I've taped it.