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AliBobbyJ said:
Reminds me of the John Wayne film in which he typically won the West, fought the Injuns, etc. The studio hired a group of Sioux (I think) to speak a few lines in their own language without checking what they actually said, which turned out to be highly uncomplimentary about Wayne and the version of American history he portrayed; also very rude and funny (if you spoke Sioux.)
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The story you're recalling likely involves the 1939 John Ford film "Stagecoach," where John Wayne became a mainstream star. While the specific incident of the Sioux actors using uncomplimentary language is a popular anecdote, it's not definitively linked to "Stagecoach". The story is often told as a humorous example of how Hollywood sometimes overlooked the nuances of Native American languages and culture when portraying them on screen.
The tale involves Native American actors hired to speak in their native language, with the assumption that they were providing authentic dialogue. However, the lines they delivered were reportedly insulting to the film's characters and portrayed version of history.

It's definitely one of the all time classics though and time I watched it again. :)

 
Bill Walker said:
The story you're recalling likely involves the 1939 John Ford film "Stagecoach," where John Wayne became a mainstream star. While the specific incident of the Sioux actors using uncomplimentary language is a popular anecdote, it's not definitively linked to "Stagecoach". The story is often told as a humorous example of how Hollywood sometimes overlooked the nuances of Native American languages and culture when portraying them on screen.
The tale involves Native American actors hired to speak in their native language, with the assumption that they were providing authentic dialogue. However, the lines they delivered were reportedly insulting to the film's characters and portrayed version of history.

It's definitely one of the all time classics though.

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Saved me looking it up to check, well done.
 
Not sure if it’s very interesting but was just in a pub in Des Moines Iowa and the waitress was wondering if I was Irish blah blah etc. she told me her son was a big ‘soccer’ fan and called him on FaceTime. At first we were giving the kid some light hearted shit for being a ginge then as his camera moved back he was wearing a very classy City shirt. His mother got a bigger than usual tip
 
idahoblues said:
Not sure if it’s very interesting but was just in a pub in Des Moines Iowa and the waitress was wondering if I was Irish blah blah etc. she told me her son was a big ‘soccer’ fan and called him on FaceTime. At first we were giving the kid some light hearted shit for being a ginge then as his camera moved back he was wearing a very classy City shirt. His mother got a bigger than usual tip
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"Is this heaven?"
"It's - it's Iowa."
 
calumdown said:
there's a lot of truth in this.

i don't like to dwell on the lavatory.
when the first time round has finished i wipe and get off the thing.


i wonder if fear of lavatories is a thing.
if there is i have it.

suduko might be the answer.
after the first time round perhaps i should sit and wait and do a puzzle before the second time around turns up.

would that count as only 1 poo a day even though it was spaced out.
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Perhaps. To put it bluntly. If you feel like you have finished after the first evacuation, if not then you’re not emptying your bowels as the OP suggested. Not sure about the counting part though.
 
calumdown said:
there's a lot of truth in this.

i don't like to dwell on the lavatory.
when the first time round has finished i wipe and get off the thing.


i wonder if fear of lavatories is a thing.
if there is i have it.

suduko might be the answer.
after the first time round perhaps i should sit and wait and do a puzzle before the second time around turns up.

would that count as only 1 poo a day even though it was spaced out.
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Fear of lavatories is deffo a thing. As a kid they scared me to death. Not entire free of the fear now.
 
calumdown said:
between 3 per day to 3 per week is standard depending on lifestyle

i don't have a gp and never have had one.
i am 61 and perfectly well.
my diet is ridiculously healthy.
i take no medication other than red wine.
there is no blood in my stool.
i do not need investigating.

i admit i am weird but my bowel movements are not.
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Cal, Cal mate, I'm just wondering..... when my sink was blocked I got one of those rubber plungers, you know, the ones with a big wooden handle and a red rubber thing on the end, anyways, it did the trick.
If you want to try it I'll get it sent over.

As I always say, 'here to help, happy to help'
 
Big Swifty said:
I have come across something interesting. In October 1918, south of Ypres on the Western Front, there was a field dressing station used by both British and german troops injured in the fighting.
One officer there, called Oliver Locker-Lampson, reported that a German corporal had come to see him to inquire about this game of cticket he had heard so muich about. Shortly after, confused and bewildered by the game, he was sent to a military hospital in Stettin, Germany.
The corporal was Adolf Hitler. It was his only known connection with our summer game.
I think this is fascinating. Of course, we only have Locker-Lampson's word for it. But why should he make it up?
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Cricket. Its all falling into place.
 
Blue Mist said:
Cal, Cal mate, I'm just wondering..... when my sink was blocked I got one of those rubber plungers, you know, the ones with a big wooden handle and a red rubber thing on the end, anyways, it did the trick.
If you want to try it I'll get it sent over.

As I always say, 'here to help, happy to help'
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thank you mister mist.
you are always here for me when i need support.

you've got my address x
 
When Hitler became Chancellor, he announced that he would not draw a salary, but instead donate it all to charity.

What he did not reveal to the public was that he was receiving 'backhanders' and expenses from the German taxpayer to the tune of millions of Reichsmarks per year.

For example, he ordered the German Post Office to put his face on their stamps, and personallly charged them a royalty of RM 50 million for the privilege.

Every German couple getting married received a free copy of Mein Kampf, paid for by the state. Hitler was paid a royalty on each copy, worth RM 1.2 million in 1933 alone. In total, he earned around RM 7.8 million from the book, and most people didn't buy it voluntarily.

Hitler's palatial manor house, the Berghof at Berchtesgaden, was paid for by the state. As were his three private aircraft, his cars and his personal train.
 
Lavinda Past said:
When Hitler became Chancellor, he announced that he would not draw a salary, but instead donate it all to charity.

What he did not reveal to the public was that he was receiving 'backhanders' and expenses from the German taxpayer to the tune of millions of Reichsmarks per year.

For example, he ordered the German Post Office to put his face on their stamps, and personallly charged them a royalty of RM 50 million for the privilege.

Every German couple getting married received a free copy of Mein Kampf, paid for by the state. Hitler was paid a royalty on each copy, worth RM 1.2 million in 1933 alone. In total, he earned around RM 7.8 million from the book, and most people didn't buy it voluntarily.

Hitler's palatial manor house, the Berghof at Berchtesgaden, was paid for by the state. As were his three private aircraft, his cars and his personal train.
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The Berghof, perched on a mountain top, was a boozer/cafe last time I was there. Strangely there was no tribute to the great man there.
Get the bus plus a short steep walk up there but it’s a decent walk going down through the forest.
 
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