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Re: Abdul's official "The past is a foreign country" thread.

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Post by ed » Thu Nov 21, 2019 7:46 pm

Minnie Marx came from a family of performers. Her mother was a yodeling harpist
Wiki re. the Marx Brothers mom.

I understand that Abdul is trying to bring this back as a lost art.

When they say "Harp" could they mean "Jews Harp"?????
If so, I have found a yodeling (jew's) harpist

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Post by Abdul Alhazred » Thu Nov 21, 2019 8:30 pm

No ed, not Jews. Not this time anyway. It's those crazy Swiss. :)

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Re: Abdul's official "The past is a foreign country" thread.

Post by Witness » Thu Nov 21, 2019 10:15 pm

Bah, it absolutely needs a lady in traditional garb cavorting in mountainous landscape:



But we're all in the wrong thread, right? :notsure:
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Re: Abdul's official "The past is a foreign country" thread.

Post by sparks » Thu Nov 21, 2019 11:24 pm

Not even if she were a red head.

Damn.
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Re: Abdul's official "The past is a foreign country" thread.

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sparks wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 21, 2019 11:24 pm
 Not even if she were a red head.

Damn.
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Re: Abdul's official "The past is a foreign country" thread.

Post by sparks » Thu Nov 21, 2019 11:59 pm

This one, however, would be worth a trip through Hell. :)
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Re: Abdul's official "The past is a foreign country" thread.

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sparks wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 21, 2019 11:59 pm
 This one, however, would be worth a trip through Hell. :)
All she-devils are redheads (and vice versa).

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Post by ed » Mon Nov 25, 2019 3:41 pm

A "Patriotic Postcard"

Can you imagine the same thing today? :D :D

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Post by sparks » Mon Nov 25, 2019 5:24 pm

Witness wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 21, 2019 11:31 pm
sparks wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 21, 2019 11:24 pm
 Not even if she were a red head.

Damn.
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Yep, this one keeps working on me. If only I weren't older than dirt and could actually meet her, I'd take a serious run at this one.
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Post by Abdul Alhazred » Mon Nov 25, 2019 10:43 pm

:BigGrin3:

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Post by sparks » Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:00 pm

That is fucking great! :lmao: :lmao:
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Post by shemp » Tue Nov 26, 2019 2:47 am

Every man wore wigs like that back then. Why? BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL FAGGOTS!
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Post by sparks » Tue Nov 26, 2019 2:50 am

LIce.
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Re: Abdul's official "The past is a foreign country" thread.

Post by Abdul Alhazred » Tue Nov 26, 2019 3:00 am

shemp wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 26, 2019 2:47 am
 Every man wore wigs like that back then. Why? BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL FAGGOTS!
Faggots wear wigs? :?
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Post by shemp » Tue Nov 26, 2019 3:37 am

They did then!
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Re: Abdul's official "The past is a foreign country" thread.

Post by Witness » Wed Nov 27, 2019 12:43 am

sparks wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 26, 2019 2:50 am
LIce.
Samuel Pepys describes his trepidation: start wearing a wig or not?
When he finally buys (a new) one, there are already lice in it. :mrgreen:

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Post by shemp » Wed Nov 27, 2019 3:21 am

What, did Bergman make a kung-fu version of The Seventh Seal?
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