virtual crazy gang, part II

[rustytrawler]

Brasso, silvo, severn seas cod liver oil, Imperial typerighters, Dettol, Asprin and needler's sweets all made in Kingston upon Hull. IOM boney brown fish yuck.

[Engine Serang]

And Elastoplast, the original and the best.
Hull Brewery Mild, not a great advertisement for any double barrelled town.

Is Fenners, Priestman and Clarkes still churning out gear?

[rustytrawler]

And dont forget ARCO and reckits civic bang, Humbrol, aunt bessys yorkshire pudding, Fenners priestman all gone now, but we still have halfway house down the road, and billy wilberforce and dont forget king billy on his golden horse.

[tweediekiwi]

Varley - Like I say, you are such hives of knowledge - I didn't even know gourmets used such liquids except on the cutlery!

ES - who is Ed China mate?

YM - I'll remember that, hand polishing only and exactly when needed. I'll try not to get all overcome.

[Engine Serang]

Woops it's Edd China.

[Saudisid]

Originally Posted by rustytrawler

And dont forget ARCO and reckits civic bang, Humbrol, aunt bessys yorkshire pudding, Fenners priestman all gone now, but we still have halfway house down the road, and billy wilberforce and dont forget king billy on his golden horse.

A thing about Hull. They put statues of Monarchs above Public Toilets. Victoria in Victoria Square and King Billy in Market Place. Not a lot of people know this.

[Engine Serang]

Well bugger me.
As a staunch supporter of King Billy i'm flabbergasted that I was not made aware he was in town, such is life.

Most of my class worked for Blackburn, they refused to call it Hawker Siddley. Two were ex BP Cadets and one worked for the White Fish Authority. Nobody worked for Drypool or Dunstons, in 1970 I had already picked the short straw.

[Malcolm G]

Statues? - no, you need pub named after the man, like they have in Totnes.
Having said that, when I was there it was proper pub - now all upmarket and woosey.

[rustytrawler]

My Dad used to tell me that Billy got off his horse at midnight to go for a wee in the toilets (award winning) that are underneath the statue. I did not believe him as i was 27 at the time.

[billyboy]

theres a nice King Billy statue in Brixham near that nice fish and chip shop. Rumor has it he comes down during the night and pees in the harbour at low water to get the tide to come back in. (not sure I believe that thoughh)

[rustytrawler]

I reckon he had a bladder problem.

[Engine Serang]

We always thought he got the dicky bladder due to a wetting crossing the Boyne.

[rustytrawler]

I bet he never paid 9 euro50 for a pint of your Guinness.

[Varley]

Has to hold it 'till nightfall? Poor bugger. I'd have to have a policeman's friend, that or permanent plumbing. (I am not pretending I don't also have to get up during the night).

Euro 9.5 or not, it ends up 'under the stature' (even the good stuff does that).

[tweediekiwi]

So, the voyage of the Golden Dreamer is over? All the crew have signed off? Haven't heard a word from anyone for a while. In the meantime, and as I have all this polish, I'll do the propellers (since they're stopped) then I'll clean the needle and box the compass.
I hope you're all fit and well ...

[YM-Mundrabilla]

Too soon - we have risen from the depths before.

I am a great believer in 'there is security in obscurity' which is why I rarely venture out of the boiler room. Even when we are running on nuclear.

[Engine Serang]

Ah me oul Kiwi Segotia, should you not be running a sheep farm in your spare time? Leave the technical brassoing to those who can sup the unpolishable bottoms.
The deep freeze is full of, frankly, inedible nz lamb (probably hogget or mutton) so if you could Rustle up a lamb bhuna for about 45 hungry hoors you'd be Kiwi of the Day.

[rustytrawler]

Eyup ES, how does a man from the land that banned Jane Mansfield and interfering with oneself know all about mutton?

[Engine Serang]

Well I knew enough to recognize that all Hull girls were mutton dressed up as lamb.

[rustytrawler]

You must have been west of the City, educate yourself and try the east side.

[billyboy]

East side? Nah they all smell fishy to me.

[Varley]

Sir W,

Have we got new managers? I have just received a telex reminding us to return the form for Port Consumption. I am confused. We must report against Heavy, IFO or Best Welsh Steaming and the units required are Tonnes. Whilst I have tasted both Fynoderee and the adjacent western Isle's Bothiebathsqueezings I cannot say they seemed especially heavy so do you think they mean Iffy? That would certainly fit - also there is no box for Tawny, how can it be for port consumption without that? But as for any of us consuming a tonne of anything, even were the weight of the bottles included, optimism indeed.

Perhaps they award some sort of fleet prize like for low lost time injury rate. If so we are going to have take the job a lot more seriously than we have been. Last one to the bar buys the first half tonne.

[rustytrawler]

The drinks are on me Varley, i managed to sell two cod to a dodgy bloke from NZ.

[Varley]

That's matey of you RT, I've broached an ageing keg. We can at least bung those in the boiler when 'done'. If we have to drink a tonne (each?) of bottled stuff we'll never leave the re-cycling berth.

I venture suggest someone coming from such a society would, unless wed, likely have an intimate appreciation of a pretty loaghtan on the hoof (or possibly on something a little higher).

[rustytrawler]

The last thing i had on the hoof was myself when after robbing a Hull savings bank, i was lucky but they caught my best friend Tommy Fisher and i never saw him again, Tommy was a Grimsby lad. Has anybody seen him?