Urban myths

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

1963 Gene Pitney's best known hit: 24 Hours from Tulsa - great record. In fact he was on a UK theatre tour in 2004 when he died unexpectedly prior to a concert in Cardiff. Some anorak did the maths and did in fact ascertain that Pitney did in fact meet his demise 24 hours from Tulsa. Timeline: Taxi to Cardiff International airport - delay (night time) ,1st available flight to Atlanta (American air hub), flight time, delay 1st flight connection to Tulsa flight time: Total 24 hours.

Fun fact, Pitney chose Tulsa purely because he needed a 2 syllable name of a place. No other reason.

 

[KS55]

I went to a Pitney gig about 1965 because the support act was……..The Troggs.

 

[threespires]

Fun fact, Pitney chose Tulsa purely because he needed a 2 syllable name of a place. No other reason.

He still chose well though, 24 Hours to Eccles technically fits the bill but doesn't quite have the same ring.

 

[shemnel]

'Mate's mate' who pulled, went back to hers, woke up in the night still pissed and dying for a shit, but couldn't find his way out of the room in the dark so had a poo into a pringles tube and left it in the bottom drawer and forgot about it.

[back when phone texting was pressing a number repeatedly to get the letter, mixed with early predictive] 'Mate's mate' who pulled, got the girl's number and next day text her excitedly, and too quickly, to ask 'do you want to get food in the crown?' [Northenden] and it send as 'do you want to get done in the brown?'. Twist; she said yes.

 

[Grassland Blue]

Silly. Everyone knows he's 17.

So younger than Bellingham then....

 

[Grassland Blue]

In Captain Pugwash there were characters called Master Bates and Seamen Stains

And Roger the cabin boy....

 

[Grassland Blue]

This is the 'urban myth' thread, I think you meant to post this in the 'never ending story' thread.

Alongside 'Dave Whelans' leg'.

 

[Grassland Blue]

He still chose well though, 24 Hours to Eccles technically fits the bill but doesn't quite have the same ring.

Or Moston.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Nottingham Universities have a ratio of 5:1 women to men.

The flakes of gold in Goldschlager cut the inside of your throat so that the alcohol gets in to your system quicker.

The whole city has as ratio of 9 women to one man.

This myth started as Notts folk class fat women as "trebles"

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Fun fact, Pitney chose Tulsa purely because he needed a 2 syllable name of a place. No other reason.

So, he could have chosen Harpurhey then?
(‘arpray’)