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Post by duck on Jul 4, 2016 7:05:53 GMT
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Post by oldnick on Jul 4, 2016 7:13:47 GMT
Boris says we should look on the bright side - there's a song about that  |
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Post by adrianc on Jul 4, 2016 8:20:45 GMT
Why do people do this with Osborne? Nobody ever refers to Boris as "Alexander". Nobody ever called the previous PM "James Brown". So why with Osborne?
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Post by skippyonspeed on Jul 4, 2016 9:00:21 GMT
Why do people do this with Osborne? Nobody ever called the previous PM "James Brown". There is a very obvious reason for this one........to avoid confusion with The Godfather of Soul (RIP), especially at karaoke nights in The House Of Commons, his rendition of "Sex Machine" is legendary 
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Post by duck on Jul 4, 2016 13:59:47 GMT
Why do people do this with Osborne? Nobody ever refers to Boris as "Alexander". There is a subtle difference, look at their original names Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson Gideon Oliver Osborne Johnson uses part of his original name. Osborne changed his name by deed poll. As a pedantic engineer I always go back to source data.
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Post by adrianc on Jul 4, 2016 14:16:23 GMT
Why do people do this with Osborne? Nobody ever refers to Boris as "Alexander". There is a subtle difference, look at their original names Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson Gideon Oliver Osborne Johnson uses part of his original name. Osborne changed his name by deed poll. As a pedantic engineer I always go back to source data. <shrug> So what?
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Post by jonno on Jul 4, 2016 14:43:10 GMT
Why do people do this with Osborne? Nobody ever called the previous PM "James Brown". There is a very obvious reason for this one........to avoid confusion with The Godfather of Soul (RIP), especially at karaoke nights in The House Of Commons, his rendition of "Sex Machine" is legendary It's not as good as Michael Gove's cover of the Harold Melvin classic "Back Stabbers" 
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Post by skippyonspeed on Jul 4, 2016 15:00:37 GMT
There is a very obvious reason for this one........to avoid confusion with The Godfather of Soul (RIP), especially at karaoke nights in The House Of Commons, his rendition of "Sex Machine" is legendary It's not as good as Michael Gove's cover of the Harold Melvin classic "Back Stabbers" Now you really should try harder "Back Stabbers" was a hit for The O'Jays. Harold Melvin as far as I am aware always performed with The Blue Notes. The most famous of HM & T B N was in fact Teddy Pendergrass.
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Post by jonno on Jul 4, 2016 15:15:50 GMT
It's not as good as Michael Gove's cover of the Harold Melvin classic "Back Stabbers" Now you really should try harder "Back Stabbers" was a hit for The O'Jays. Harold Melvin as far as I am aware always performed with The Blue Notes. The most famous of HM & T B N was in fact Teddy Pendergrass. Exactly. When Michael sings he sounds just like Teddy 
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Post by skippyonspeed on Jul 4, 2016 15:36:46 GMT
Now you really should try harder "Back Stabbers" was a hit for The O'Jays. Harold Melvin as far as I am aware always performed with The Blue Notes. The most famous of HM & T B N was in fact Teddy Pendergrass. Exactly. When Michael sings he sounds just like Teddy Sorry still no cigar! TP never performed "Back Stabbers" James Brown has a closer link though........one of his backing bands, Fred Wesley & The JB's did a cover version.
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Post by jonno on Jul 4, 2016 15:40:25 GMT
Exactly. When Michael sings he sounds just like Teddy Sorry still no cigar! TP never performed "Back Stabbers" James Brown has a closer link though........one of his backing bands, Fred Wesley & The JB's did a cover version. Sorry but you've got the wrong Teddy. I'm referring to Teddy Nobbleswick who sings down the local 
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Post by jonah on Jul 5, 2016 18:02:26 GMT
And then there were 4.... Fox gone.
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Post by bracknellboy on Jul 5, 2016 18:17:07 GMT
Pity that Jeremy Hunt isn't in the race - I'm sure we could have found some one liners about the Hunt eliminating the Fox.
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Post by bracknellboy on Jul 5, 2016 19:37:32 GMT
was that meant to be prophetic, or reporting ? ;-)
EDIT: tht was a reply to Liz who appeared to delete the post before I managed to press post.
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Post by Liz on Jul 5, 2016 19:53:20 GMT
was that meant to be prophetic, or reporting ? ;-) EDIT: tht was a reply to Liz who appeared to delete the post before I managed to press post. prophetic I saw the news minutes after posting, tried to delete before anyone read, apparently not.
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