Apparently, it takes a week to build a coffin from oak but only 24 hours from balsa.
(This was a letter to the editor in yesterday's SMH so don't blame me :p )
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Apparently, it takes a week to build a coffin from oak but only 24 hours from balsa.
(This was a letter to the editor in yesterday's SMH so don't blame me :p )
chuckling.....lol:D good one.Quote:
Originally Posted by craigb
ok ill bite - what has gene pitney got to do with anything except the trans canada highway ?
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Originally Posted by craigb
I'm blaming you, man! I'm blaming you! You didn't have to bloody repeat it! :eek: Over here in the West we're far enough away that we don't have to put up with the SMH's drivel but now it's infesting me favourite website! Oh the pain!:eek:
Wierd thread, gene pitney, balsa coffins, SMH, someones fault:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Tell me what you guys are drinking, I want a double:D :D :D :D
Look. It's quite simple. It's just a really bad pun.Quote:
Originally Posted by doug the slug
For those of you under 40 that aren't aware of GP's ouvre, he is most remembered for a song called "Twentyfour hours from Tulsa".
Oh, and he dropped of the perch this week too.
Do ya geddit now? :rolleyes:
HAHAHAHAHA:D :D :D :D HAHAHAHAHAH:D :D :D HAHAHAHAHA:D :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by craigb
wow thats funny, almost p!$$ed myself
It's still so far over my head I am not amused.:confused:
Rob
With seppos I thought you just gave them an enema and burried them in a shoe box :D
is this an old ppl joke:confused:
Eh???
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Originally Posted by ss_11000
I dunno,
I'm an old ppl an I don't get it too!;)
Do you guys need a joke explanation manual or something ?
It's pretty simple to understand. I think he was good, Gene Pitney.
24 hrs from Tulsa
Liberty Valance
Mecca
etc.
He seemed like a gentleman too.
i still dont get itQuote:
Originally Posted by Gumby
Oh! the memories:D :D
Cheers Sam:)
Gene Pitney was a singer popular in the 50's and 60's. He sang a song called 24 Hours from Tulsa ( a town somewhere in the USA. Tulsa rhymes with Balsa ( a very soft wood and easy to work.Quote:
Originally Posted by ss_11000
Pitney died in Wales last week after a concert.
The joke is, it takes a week to build a coffin from oak but "Only 24 hours from Balsa" ryhmes with Tulsa.:D
i get it now...........but i dont find it funny;) :eek:
Should have asked your Granddad:DQuote:
Originally Posted by ss_11000
The older you get the funnier death becomes...............Quote:
Originally Posted by ss_11000
Because your time is getting closer...
Al :D :p
death is already funny.:cool: :eek: ................................speaking of death, someone ( cant remember who:confused: ) once told me; 'ppl dont fear the dark, and death, they fear the unknown' think about it;)Quote:
Originally Posted by ozwinner
Absolutely coorect Stirlo
Cheers sam
I don't get it :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by ss_11000
are u being serious or ripping me offQuote:
Originally Posted by Gumby
NAAA he's been sitting so close to the heater the plasticine is starting to soften. :D :D :D
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Originally Posted by ss_11000
c'mon mate, this is your old Uncle Gumby talking.
Would I take the pi55 out of you ?
;) :)
only when the opportunity arises!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
probably.......:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Gumby
na...your cool:cool:
OH dear seems we nned to have a funeral.
seems the understanding of subtle humour died with the last generation.:confused:
Blame the Americans they never "got" subtle anything, especialy humour.
Pity they discontinued the practise of bloodletting to remove excess humours. :rolleyes:
Gene who?????????????
have another wisky and forget about it. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by popawisky