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Mate I will pass and go for a long lie down. Ha ha. I have a lie in tomorrow. So embarrassed. Ha ha.I wouldn't worry; I think we all needed the entertainment after a long weekend!
I'm sure everyone would be happy for you to try again with a fresh question, in the circumstances.
Brilliant mate. I laughed so hard it hurt.
Ah mate. I asked the chaps on my what's app group today. Came on here and thought "I'm on my game here, I'll get them thinking". Ha ha. You can stick this on the "What made me smile today" thread. Ha ha. If you can't laugh at yourself who can you laugh at. I'm laughing now, ha ha. Really am going to bed though, not up till ten.Brilliant mate. I laughed so hard it hurt.
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That's why I asked, I was assuming it was a joke as it was just the question just above! I agree with @Peter Mugridge it would be a good idea to let you have another go!
Ah mate that is really kind of you folks but have just finished another late shift. Ha ha. Open floor. I have a day off tomorrow so will hopefully be refreshed. My word what a mistake to make. Ha ha.
Peter Mugridge
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Well... as it's an open floor, I can't help but ask:
Which TV sitcom character had a catchphrase very similar to that? Bonus point for naming the actor as well.
Allo Allo, Captain Bertorelli. Can't remember the actors name. Blimey, takes me back. Ha ha.
Peter Mugridge
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Correct - your turn to hide the Fallen Madonna.
( The actor's name was Gavin Richards, by the way... )
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That was Eden Hazard of Chelsea in the Europa League Final last Wednesday, wasn't it?
I think that I read somewhere that the match started on Wednesday night but finished on Thursday morning, both local time!
I'll declare an open mostly empty stadium if it's right.
I think that I read somewhere that the match started on Wednesday night but finished on Thursday morning, both local time!
I'll declare an open mostly empty stadium if it's right.
I'm going to VAR with this one.
Nah, the game went over two days but Hazard scored both of his goals in the same day. VAR has spoken.
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Ah, fine, I think that it was a press report that gave me the answer, so I should have known that they might be wrong!
DerekC
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This one seems to have died for lack of interest - can we declare open floor?
Yeah. It was Vladimir Smicer playing for Liverpool in the 2005 final of the Champions league. Open floor.
Peter Mugridge
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Ah... an open floor!
What does "Dallas" have in common with the D-Day landings?
What does "Dallas" have in common with the D-Day landings?
krus_aragon
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By sheer weight of numbers, I'm sure that someone with the initials J.R. was shot on D-Day.
As for the U.S.S. Dallas, it seems she was convoying ships to North Africa in 1944, so she'd have had very little to do with the Normandy landings.
Peter Mugridge
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That's not the correct answer - but with your first sentence you have however stumbled into a direction which will very swiftly lead to the right answer... thought it may be one of the older members who makes the connection...
krus_aragon
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Well that was unexpected.
J.R. looks like he'd have been too young to be involved in military service in the 1940s. Was there an older member of the family who's backstory involved fighting in Europe?
Peter Mugridge
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You're still thinking along the right lines, but getting colder.
My lunch break is over, but I'll try to look in later. Here's a hint: Keep working along the JR angle...
My lunch break is over, but I'll try to look in later. Here's a hint: Keep working along the JR angle...
Peter Mugridge
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Right... it looks like I'll be busier than expected so might not be able to get back on until later, so @krus_aragon I'll hand you the floor now.
The answer - which is fairly obscure but obvious once you know what you're looking for - is as follows:
Larry Hagman, who later played JR in Dallas, was in the film "The Eagle has Landed", the plot of which revolved around protecting Churchill - or more accurately Churchill's double - from an attack while he ( the real Churchill ) was on the way to the Tehran Conference, at which the general plan for what developed to become Operation Overlord, better known as D-Day, was agreed.
( Ironically Hagman's character got shot in the film, which is where you were unknowingly fairly close earlier... )
The answer - which is fairly obscure but obvious once you know what you're looking for - is as follows:
Larry Hagman, who later played JR in Dallas, was in the film "The Eagle has Landed", the plot of which revolved around protecting Churchill - or more accurately Churchill's double - from an attack while he ( the real Churchill ) was on the way to the Tehran Conference, at which the general plan for what developed to become Operation Overlord, better known as D-Day, was agreed.
( Ironically Hagman's character got shot in the film, which is where you were unknowingly fairly close earlier... )
krus_aragon
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Well, I certainly wouldn't have been able to make that connection! but thank you for the floor. 
Next up:
Earlier today, there has been a very big party at the intersection of two particular streets. This place is not in the UK, but both of these streets were named for British MPs who represented the (now defunct) constituencies of Honiton and Midlothian. What is the occasion that was being celebrated?
(This question is a little cryptic, so feel free to research it, make an educated guess, or try a stab in the dark!)
Next up:
Earlier today, there has been a very big party at the intersection of two particular streets. This place is not in the UK, but both of these streets were named for British MPs who represented the (now defunct) constituencies of Honiton and Midlothian. What is the occasion that was being celebrated?
(This question is a little cryptic, so feel free to research it, make an educated guess, or try a stab in the dark!)
DerekC
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Well, I reckon the party is the one in Toronto to celebrate the victory of the Raptors in the NBA championship. (Especially sweet for Canadians to stuff a US team in an American championship, of course!) It seems to have been centred at Yonge Street and Dundas Street. Yonge was an MP for Honiton, but so far I haven't been able to trace the Dundas name to Midlothian, so maybe I have got that bit wrong.
krus_aragon
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That's right. Dundas Square, at Yonge and Dundas, tends to be the focus point for such events in Toronto:
The Dundas in question was Henry Dundas, Britain's first ever Secretrary of State for War, and later Viscount Melville.
Your (very well-populated) floor.
DerekC
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Ok. I spent a bit of time in Toronto so Yonge rang a bell, then it so happened that a Canadian friend was telling me about the Raptors last week, so it wasn't too hard.
What do the letters TFU have to do with the National Trust property of Croome? Hint: it's a WWII question.
What do the letters TFU have to do with the National Trust property of Croome? Hint: it's a WWII question.
DerekC
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Maybe a clue is needed. Proximity to Malvern was a reason for TFU being at Croome. (So you need to know what went on at Malvern in WWII)
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DerekC
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Maybe I should rephrase the question, if that's allowed!
What important development which influenced the course of WWII was associated with the letters TFU and the National Trust property of Croome?
What important development which influenced the course of WWII was associated with the letters TFU and the National Trust property of Croome?
d9009alycidon
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TFU = Telecommunications Flying Unit that operated form RAF Defford which is now in the grounds of the National Trust property at Croome. The TFU was instrumental in developing Radar as a surface and air to air interception system