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Who said this, about whom, when and what were the circumstances which prompted the comment?

"I can forgive XXXXX for inventing XXXXXXXX, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the XXXXX XXXXX"
 
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Here's my wild guess:

"I can forgive Baird for inventing television, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the soap opera." Malcolm Muggeridge on seeing Crossroads.
 
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DaleCooper said:
Here's my wild guess: "I can forgive Baird for inventing television, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the soap opera." Malcolm Muggeridge on seeing Crossroads.
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Sadly, that isn't the correct answer, but I must say that it's probably better than the real one!
 
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Can I have two more guesses?

"I can forgive the Norwegians for inventing the duvet but only a fiend in human form could have invented the duvet cover. " Me when trying to make the bed.

"I can forgive Bell for inventing the telephone but only a fiend in human form could have invented the call centre. " Anyone listening to on hold music.
 
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DaleCooper said:
Can I have two more guesses?

"I can forgive the Norwegians for inventing the duvet but only a fiend in human form could have invented the duvet cover. " Me when trying to make the bed.

"I can forgive Bell for inventing the telephone but only a fiend in human form could have invented the call centre. " Anyone listening to on hold music.
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Both good, but not quite right …. sorry!

Marton said:
This George Bernard Shaw. Nobel. Dynamite. Nobel Prize.
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Yes, mostly correct, with the addition of the circumstances, which were when GBS refused the prize of £7,000 awarded to him in 1925 on 18th November 1926.

Your awards ceremony, sir!
 
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Kurt Vonnegut (or at any rate, these are themes from fiction works of his). Open floor if correct.
 
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They are the Bishop Rock, Wolf Rock, and Bell Rock: tiny islets off the British Isles, each one the location of a lighthouse. Bishop Rock and Wolf Rock are off the Isles of Scilly; Bell (alias Inchcape) Rock is in the North Sea, a little way off Arbroath.
 
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Thanks.

Which kids'-comic strip-cartoon characters live(d) in the following locations?

Ennytown

Cactusville

the jungle
 
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Cactusville (looked in the strip, like mid-20th-century Dundee plus lots of cacti) was indeed Desperate Dan's home town. One down, two to go.
 
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The strip I'm thinking of: not a Tarzan parody, and not featuring any George. The one involved here, was set in the jungles of Africa as opposed to elsewhere; it was basically a send-up of relatively-normal "British Empire in outlandish places" pre-1960s stuff -- no wild-fantasy element.
 
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The third one is the person whose sidekick owned "Clicky Ba" …. I won't say the answer yet, because I've looked it up!
 
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EbbwJunction1 said:
The third one is the person whose sidekick owned "Clicky Ba" …. I won't say the answer yet, because I've looked it up!
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I beg to differ. Clicky Ba, its owner, and his boss, were a different thing altogether from the character and strip, which I have in mind. Essentially "Clicky & Co." did their stuff on a different continent, from the jungle-dweller of whom I'm thinking; and the comic's chronicling of their doings, was "straight" serious thrilling-action-heroics plus a bit of comedy -- the illustrations were drawn realistically. My mock-"hero" plus associates, were truly cartoon-drawn characters, in whose goofy childish-humour comical escapades nobody suffered any actual lasting bodily harm.


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Wasn't Ennytown the home of Dennis the Menace?
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It was the home of, not Dennis (unruly but basically non-evil kid); but of a whole fellowship of such, name of which was the name of the strip.
 
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Calthrop said:
I beg to differ. Clicky Ba, its owner, and his boss, were a different thing altogether from the character and strip, which I have in mind. Essentially "Clicky & Co." did their stuff on a different continent, from the jungle-dweller of whom I'm thinking; and the comic's chronicling of their doings, was "straight" serious thrilling-action-heroics plus a bit of comedy -- the illustrations were drawn realistically. My mock-"hero" plus associates, were truly cartoon-drawn characters, in whose goofy childish-humour comical escapades nobody suffered any actual lasting bodily harm.
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Ah, okay, that's a new one on me (whatever it is!), then - thanks!
 
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