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Calvin and Hobbes
By pgn
@pgntwo (22408)
Derry, Northern Ireland
January 27, 2018 2:40pm CST
Hobbes has hit the nail on the head here, don't you think? Here's a little bit of Madness to help that thought sink in...
A bona fide British pop anthem, 'Our House' reached #5 in the UK singles chart and was Madness's biggest hit in the USA when it was released in 1982. The vid...
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@rebelann (111164)
• El Paso, Texas
14 Feb 18
Oh chucky darn, the video has been blocked here due to copyright grounds. So can you splain it? I am assuming you have watched I Love Lucy, Ricky always splains it to Lucy.
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@rebelann (111164)
• El Paso, Texas
14 Feb 18
Now now boys, no fightin @DaddyEvil
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
14 Feb 18
@pgntwo Much as I hate to say this, pgn, I'm glad I'm not the only one who had trouble with your link!
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
14 Feb 18
This one worked for @DaddyEvil :
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Jan 18
I worked this out a very long time ago. Now I have it down to a fine art and I don't do much at all.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
27 Jan 18
It can be hard work, at times...
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Jan 18
@pgntwo Someone has to do it.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
28 Jan 18
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
8 Feb 18
Well, whatever that video is, I am not allowed to watch it on copyright grounds, according to YouTube. I'll see if I can find a copy that is not blocked for me... BRB. Is this the same video?
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
9 Feb 18
@pgntwo Thank you, pgn. After I started listening/watching that video I realized I had heard that song before... (At the beginning of the video the singing was not as loud as the music. I had to look up the lyrics to see what was being sung.)
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
8 Feb 18
That's the one. Some versions have a longer, spoken, intro; others start straight into the lyrics, which is OK too.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
9 Feb 18
@DaddyEvil Actually, the tinyurl link you posted takes me to the same video as my link - not sure what happened there if yours works for both of us and mine gives you the "get knotted" screen. My link here: https:/ /youtu.be/ rXuvdeEC5y8 Your link: https:/ / youtube. com /watch?v=rXuvdeEC5y8 Weird! Madness released many catchy tracks, I think "Baggy Trousers" was the first one that caught my attention. Then again, I liked Hazel O'Connor's "Monsters in Disguise" at about the same time in my teenage years, so... there's no accounting for taste, eh?
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@xFiacre (12596)
• Ireland
27 Jan 18
@pgntwo Why do stuff when you can just sit and observe and think? This is also the beauty of train travel and French films and books in which nothing really happens and there is no action.
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@xFiacre (12596)
• Ireland
27 Jan 18
@pgntwo just noticed it in QFT. Might give it a go.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
27 Jan 18
@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
27 Jan 18
Have you seen the Branagh version of "Murder on the Orient Express" yet ? T'was in the cinemas before Christmas, worth a gander.
• United States
27 Jan 18
He certainly does
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@nela13 (55698)
• Portugal
27 Jan 18
I love Calvin and Hobbes
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
29 Jan 18
Great quote