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Ewe! I'm far from anything resembling a Reagan. Hated the man and everything about him... but then he's the one that started this Bush legacy we're still trying to get rid of.

I've been told that W has been invited to stay somewhere in the mountains of Pakistan with an old family friend once he's out of office... terrorists do need to stick together after all.

Mandrake desperately tried to get the forum back on subject, but it was too late the hot issue has been raised.

I would voice my opinion on the Olympics and the tyranny of sport over regular viewing but then I'm quite biased against sport every four years i put myself into a medicinal comma until the world cup is over and people can stop decorating there cars and cloths with flags.

But then again I'm also biased against the titanic. Like sport, I can't see what makes it worthy of so much attention.

I never need old coins, I found this tuppence that had been blackened by fire, and it brings the same feeling of an old coin.
I may be wrong here, but perhaps some fake old coins could be brought at a cheaper price?

Mandrake wrote:No idea if this is of any interest but I was in a coin shop today looking for pre-1912 coins (for a Titanic routine, obviously!) and the guy told me that there's a great demand for coins in good condition dated 1912.

Do what I do for props and, recently old coins... car boot sales and brick a brack / junk shops. I recently paid 30p for box of 60 - 70 old coins inc. some old pennies. Best find in the box was a few old style silver coloured Irish punt coins, they're the same size, slightly larger by a rim, as American 1/2 dollar coins and considering how difficult I have found getting hold of halves recently without paying over the odds, a very good find.

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Hopefully ebnough time has passed to keep this on track but today, May 31st 2011, is the 100th anniversary of the day that Titanic was launched from the Harland & Wolf shipyard, there are ceremonies in Belfast to mark this event, but I suppose it's a good reminder to start polishing up those Titanic themed routines..... now where the hell did I put those pennies....

richard bellars wrote:Craig, you either need to lighten up or get a time machine and transport yourself back to the middle ages...geez never heard anyone rant so much.


Good work on your finds M

Richard

The 1900 Olympics in Paris included such contests as cricket and long jump for horses (see here). According to QI, one modern Olympiad held a dog grooming competition, and I believe Snooker was also included as a demonstration sport, but I'd have to check that. And even now, target shooting is more of a Zen activity than anything. Not quite the androgen-packed jockfest you'd be led to believe.

In 2012, Kabbadi is going to be included as a demonstration sport. I'm quite looking forward to that after seeing it on Channel 4 some years ago.

Mandrake wrote:Hopefully ebnough time has passed to keep this on track but today, May 31st 2011, is the 100th anniversary of the day that Titanic was launched from the Harland & Wolf shipyard, there are ceremonies in Belfast to mark this event, but I suppose it's a good reminder to start polishing up those Titanic themed routines..... now where the hell did I put those pennies....

There's an interesting conspiracy theory that the Titanic was actually its sister ship, the Olympic Might make an interesting premise for a coin routine.

Olympic was built and launched earlier than Titanic (June 1911) but there are stories that the names were almost interchangeable right up until the launch. Parts intended for Olympic which arrived too late were used on Titanic so history could have been different. Olympic had a long history, not exactly trouble free, and was in service up to 1935. The later ship, Britannic was originally going to be the Gigantic but was redesigned and the name amended after the Titanic disaster.

Weird how those ships still draw attention and invite conspiracy theories even up to the present day - as you rightly say, perfect for an entertaining routine or two! How about including the story of Violet Jessop? She was a stewardess and nurse who not only survived the sinking of Titanic, she later worked on Britannic and survived when that ship sank four years later. To complete the trio of weirdness, Violet was also on board Olympic when it hit HMS Hawke off the coast of the Isle of Wight in 1911. Violet was certainly a survivor and lived until 1971.

Mandrake wrote:Olympic was built and launched earlier than Titanic (June 1911) but there are stories that the names were almost interchangeable right up until the launch. Parts intended for Olympic which arrived too late were used on Titanic so history could have been different. Olympic had a long history, not exactly trouble free, and was in service up to 1935. The later ship, Britannic was originally going to be the Gigantic but was redesigned and the name amended after the Titanic disaster.

Weird how those ships still draw attention and invite conspiracy theories even up to the present day - as you rightly say, perfect for an entertaining routine or two! How about including the story of Violet Jessop? She was a stewardess and nurse who not only survived the sinking of Titanic, she later worked on Britannic and survived when that ship sank four years later. To complete the trio of weirdness, Violet was also on board Olympic when it hit HMS Hawke off the coast of the Isle of Wight in 1911. Violet was certainly a survivor and lived until 1971.

she's a jinx!