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This evening I feel that I have been reminded of the good old days, for which I am feeling incredibly thankful for.

I am aware that humour is subjective, and what might cause one person to find utterly amusing, can have the opposite effect on someone else. However, there was a time when exchanges of silly and amusing banter between community members on a similar wavelength happened regularly in this online community. Sometimes, there would be discussions that consisted of nothing but silly exchanges.

For some members of this community (including myself), these exchanges offered some much-needed escapism and light relief from some of the heavier topics often discussed in this community, and/or things happening in our own lives.

Some time ago, I had started to feel that the overall atmosphere of this community had changed, and not for the better. To me, it seemed like there was a lot of angst and barely anything discussion-wise to balance it out. I would frequently browse the forum discussions hoping to find something that would lift my spirits and cause me to giggle, or even laugh until I ached. Instead, I would rapidly find myself feeling disillusioned.

I don't want to end this post on a gloomy and sour note. Therefore, I would like to quote some of the lyrics from the Spitting Image 'Chicken Song':

Hold a chicken in the air
Stick a deckchair up your nose
Buy a jumbo jet
And then bury all your clothes
Paint your left knee green
Then extract your wisdom teeth
Form a string quartet
And pretend your name is Keith

Spitting Image - The Chicken Song (1984)

Parents

  • I LOVED the chicken song, and Spitting Image Smile

    I also like Monty Python's The Galaxy song - it's very long, but the last bit is my favourite:

    So remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure,
    How amazingly unlikely is your birth;
    And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space,
    'Cause there's bug**r all down here on Earth!

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  • I LOVED the chicken song, and Spitting Image Smile

    I also like Monty Python's The Galaxy song - it's very long, but the last bit is my favourite:

    So remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure,
    How amazingly unlikely is your birth;
    And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space,
    'Cause there's bug**r all down here on Earth!

Children
  • in reply to Pixiefox

    I liked 'All things Dull and Ugly, all creatures small and squat, the lord god made the lot.'

    I blame my kids for me wandering around BHS years ago at xmas, with carrols playing and me singing all the kids versions, 'As shepards wash thier socks by night all seated round the tub, a load of soapy water came down and they began to scrub.'

    My favourite person for silly songs and truely weird ditties and profoundities remains the late great Ivor Cutler

  • in reply to Pixiefox

    Spitting Image used to be one of the highlights of my week, even though I didn't always understand some of the references. I remember that the Queen Mother always seemed to be more than a little tipsy, and spoke with a Brummie accent. In addition, the puppet for John Major had very grey skin. I'm sure I remember Edwina Curry saying that she had found her Spitting Image puppet and the sketches highly amusing.

    Regarding Monty Python's 'The Galaxy Song' - Although I'm a fan of Monty Python, I'm ashamed to admit that I had to refresh my memory and watch a YouTube video of it. Smile