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by Domino
14 May 2020, 17:11
Forum: Games
Topic: Blyton 'Spot the Differences'
Replies: 117
Views: 4707

Re: Blyton 'Spot the Differences'

2. Spot missing from clown's hat 3. Drip missing from above the puddle at lower right 4. Elephant's eye missing 5. Dot missing under Mr in title of book 6. Horse's hoof missing 7. Star missing from Lotta's wand. 8. Dog's front paw missing. 9. Part of bucket missing where handle attaches. 10. Dot mis...
by Domino
20 Mar 2020, 12:08
Forum: Games
Topic: Caption Competition
Replies: 8465
Views: 605340

Re: Caption Competition

"I was doing my keep fit exercises this morning and I got stuck like this. Well, don't just stand there laughing - do something!"
by Domino
22 Feb 2020, 20:33
Forum: Games
Topic: Caption Competition
Replies: 8465
Views: 605340

Re: Caption Competition

"I didn't expect you to turn your back on Marmite sandwiches!"
by Domino
22 Feb 2020, 12:03
Forum: General Natter
Topic: Last Song You Listened To
Replies: 7386
Views: 420821

Re: Last Song You Listened To

Here's another chance to listen to this classic.

https://www.dropshots.com/Domino43/date ... 5/11:28:22" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Dave
by Domino
22 Feb 2020, 11:45
Forum: Games
Topic: Caption Competition
Replies: 8465
Views: 605340

Re: Caption Competition

I thought all the entries were very good, but I'm giving it to Anita for her subtle reference to H C Andersen.
Anita Bensoussane wrote:"Hmm - is this 'The Emperor's New Map'?"
Wel done, Anita. Your turn now.

Dace
by Domino
21 Feb 2020, 17:07
Forum: Games
Topic: Caption Competition
Replies: 8465
Views: 605340

Re: Caption Competition

Any late entries? I'll pick a winner tomorrow.

Dave
by Domino
12 Feb 2020, 00:16
Forum: Games
Topic: Caption Competition
Replies: 8465
Views: 605340

Re: Caption Competition

Thanks, John. Here's the hew one.

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Good luck, everyone.

Dave
by Domino
29 Jan 2020, 21:05
Forum: Games
Topic: Caption Competition
Replies: 8465
Views: 605340

Re: Caption Competition

"Do stop messing around with that eyeglass, dear! You know perfectly well that if It's a nine-bob note, it can't be genuine!"
by Domino
25 Jan 2020, 21:29
Forum: General Natter
Topic: Last Song You Listened To
Replies: 7386
Views: 420821

Re: Last Song You Listened To

Ruth Brown - Lucky Lips https://www.dropshots.com/Domino43/date/2020-01-24/12:07:41" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; She was born Ruth Weston in Portsmouth, Virginia, in 1928. She married trumpeter, James Earle Brown in 1945 but they soon divorced, but she kept her married n...
by Domino
13 Jan 2020, 17:08
Forum: General Natter
Topic: Last Song You Listened To
Replies: 7386
Views: 420821

Re: Last Song You Listened To

Nice to know you enjoyed that one, John (LS). I have just discovered a little more about her. She died in the 1970s. It seems she had a daughter. Her records were so rare that even her own daughter had never heard any of them until 2009. Here's another one she cut in 1957, although it's in a quite d...
by Domino
13 Jan 2020, 00:45
Forum: General Natter
Topic: Last Song You Listened To
Replies: 7386
Views: 420821

Re: Last Song You Listened To

Aggie Dukes - John, John https://www.dropshots.com/Domino43/date/2020-01-12/18:38:22" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Nothing much is known about Aggie Dukes other than that she was openly gay in an era when this was frowned upon. She had a residency in a San Francisco gay b...
by Domino
07 Jan 2020, 16:46
Forum: Games
Topic: Caption Competition
Replies: 8465
Views: 605340

Re: Caption Competition

"Ba-a-a! That one in front looks timid. Let's tra-a-ample him."
by Domino
07 Jan 2020, 11:52
Forum: General Natter
Topic: Last Song You Listened To
Replies: 7386
Views: 420821

Re: Last Song You Listened To

Jeanette 'Baby' Washington - Move On https://www.dropshots.com/Domino43/date/2020-01-02/05:37:47" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; She was born Justine Washington in Bamberg, South Carolina, in 1940. She was brought up in Harlem, New York. In 1956, she joined an all-female gr...
by Domino
01 Jan 2020, 16:46
Forum: General Natter
Topic: Last Song You Listened To
Replies: 7386
Views: 420821

Re: Last Song You Listened To

Lulu Reed : Your Love Keep a-Working on Me https://www.dropshots.com/Domino43/date/2020-01-01/10:40:04" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; She was mostly billed as Lula Reed (her birth name was Lula McClelland) but on some records was credited as Lulu Reed. She was born in Ming...
by Domino
29 Dec 2019, 15:43
Forum: Games
Topic: Christmas trivia quizzes
Replies: 13
Views: 854

Re: Christmas trivia quizzes

Interesting also is that the illustrator, Douglas Gorsline, has portrayed Saint Nick as man-size, whereas the poem refers to him as 'a jolly old elf'' riding in 'a miniature sleigh' drawn by 'eight tiny teindeer'. Were the presents tiny as well? Where did Moore (or whoever) get the idea that Saint N...