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14th May 2021, 03:19 PM
#41
Re: Over 60
hi cappy #39
good afternoon, didnt mary say that john sabourn was the best tap since fred astaire, but the trouble was he would never pay it back, and is that the reason you all fell out,
tom
Last edited by thomas michael; 14th May 2021 at 03:37 PM.
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14th May 2021, 04:57 PM
#42
Re: Over 60
hi john sabourn# 38
good afternoon,i dont know if you or your wife have heard or been notified of such, but the morris dancers association,have banned blacking up, ( this was a ritual founded by early poachers in the uk and the penalty of the law enforced on anybody blacking up, was hanging ) it seems that it is now not politically accepted that a englishman can now no longer choose to black up and have a ( morris,) but the morris dancers association has decided that instead of blacking up the dancers can now use blue make up, making them look like smurfs, so be warned if the wife wants to carry on with that famous old english ritual she has to be blue in the face, but then again john just like my wife im sure it wouldnt be the first time you pushed her to that point,
but ivan cloherty said he is adamant that he will black up and dance and sing mammy to hearts content,
tom
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14th May 2021, 05:23 PM
#43
Re: Over 60
hi john sabourn #40
good evening, Now you see that is where cappy went wrong, because as mary carried out most of her business standing on the street corner of the mechanics, and the balsa wood is very absorbent and as it usually piffles down in shields the water ingress found its way right up to the thigh,( cappy actually thought the water line was stockings,)
and this is where the wood worm where killed off by drowning leaving a infectious pock marked area which cappy caught, but mary swore by all things saintly that there was nobody else for her, so cappy forgave her.
tom
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14th May 2021, 06:17 PM
#44
Re: Over 60
Originally Posted by
thomas michael
hi cappy #39
good afternoon, didnt mary say that john sabourn was the best tap since fred astaire, but the trouble was he would never pay it back, and is that the reason you all fell out,
tom
when he was an apprentice on about 5 quid per month ......he was on the tap .....but when you asked could you have it back ....you always had to FAUCET.....CAPPY
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14th May 2021, 06:24 PM
#45
Re: Over 60
hi cappy #44
good evening, would you say he was always running hot and cold.
tom
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14th May 2021, 06:28 PM
#46
Re: Over 60
Originally Posted by
thomas michael
hi cappy #44
good evening, would you say he was always running hot and cold.
tom
no doubt about it tom ...he was a bit of a shower in his youth.......lol
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14th May 2021, 06:31 PM
#47
Re: Over 60
hi cappy #46
trouble is when its his round he will not turn the tap on.
tom
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14th May 2021, 06:35 PM
#48
Re: Over 60
Originally Posted by
thomas michael
hi cappy #46
trouble is when its his round he will not turn the tap on.
tom
watertight tom watertight......but mary new how to pull the plug on him...cappy
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14th May 2021, 06:55 PM
#49
Re: Over 60
hi cappy#48
i thought you would have said she knew how to turn his tap on,but then again any man whom goes on like him over a wooden leg has got to be too far gone.
tom
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15th May 2021, 12:26 AM
#50
Re: Over 60
#48 When Cappy had hair on his head he always had what they call a DA cut, this was to match the lower reaches of his abdomen. He used to wear a helmet all the time when he mixed with the enemy on his scooter, so they never really knew his other name was Ted. Mary was really his minder and was a cross dresser a one legged one as
Was. JS
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