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I remember watching a TV series in the 80s about a British(?) rock band called Heroes. I remember the name because in one episode they misspelled the band's name in a poster: "Herpes". The series was mostly for teenage audience I guess. I don't seem able to locate that series in IMDB or wikipedia. Can anybody help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.223.110.171 ( talk) 13:42, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
This is really bugging me...which one is it?
Just watching the Irish President meeting the teams at Croke Park ahead of the match, and rather surprised to hear the tune of I Vow to Thee, My Country playing as she did. The tune has strong UK patriotic associations, so it seems odd to me that it would be played at an Irish match, especially at Croke Park. Does it have other connotations for Irish people that would explain its use? DuncanHill ( talk) 16:59, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
In Bottom, the lads' pub of choice is called "The Lamb and Flag". Now, pretty much all names in Bottom are nonsensical or otherwise funny (Spudgun, Dave Hedgehog, Dick Head, etc. etc.), but with this I don't see it. Note that at one point a rival pub with the obviously funny name "The Dog and Handgun" is mentioned, which is all the more reason to think that it has to be comical in some way. Is there some pun going on here that, not being a native speaker, I fail to spot? Also, I understand that there are actually real pubs with this name, so is it perhaps a reference to one of those? Thank you in advance. 83.81.42.44 ( talk) 19:31, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
I just heard the snippet of a song and was hoping any of you might know it seeing as google fails to provide the results requied. All i heard was "...me, for anyone, for anyone...". Would any of you know it possibly? Thanks for your time. 86.182.205.144 ( talk) 20:24, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Still too ambiguous of a description. 24.189.90.68 ( talk) 20:49, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Has The Onion ever ran true stories in a straight-faced manner that seemed so absurd as to be satire? Alternatively, has it done any famous April Fool's pranks? 22:55, 20 March 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.45.135.75 ( talk)
I know there are some real-life situations that arose after a story ran in the Onion that depicted the same situation, but I can't think of any at the moment, seeing as I seldom read the Onion. 24.189.90.68 ( talk) 06:28, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
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I remember watching a TV series in the 80s about a British(?) rock band called Heroes. I remember the name because in one episode they misspelled the band's name in a poster: "Herpes". The series was mostly for teenage audience I guess. I don't seem able to locate that series in IMDB or wikipedia. Can anybody help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.223.110.171 ( talk) 13:42, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
This is really bugging me...which one is it?
Just watching the Irish President meeting the teams at Croke Park ahead of the match, and rather surprised to hear the tune of I Vow to Thee, My Country playing as she did. The tune has strong UK patriotic associations, so it seems odd to me that it would be played at an Irish match, especially at Croke Park. Does it have other connotations for Irish people that would explain its use? DuncanHill ( talk) 16:59, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
In Bottom, the lads' pub of choice is called "The Lamb and Flag". Now, pretty much all names in Bottom are nonsensical or otherwise funny (Spudgun, Dave Hedgehog, Dick Head, etc. etc.), but with this I don't see it. Note that at one point a rival pub with the obviously funny name "The Dog and Handgun" is mentioned, which is all the more reason to think that it has to be comical in some way. Is there some pun going on here that, not being a native speaker, I fail to spot? Also, I understand that there are actually real pubs with this name, so is it perhaps a reference to one of those? Thank you in advance. 83.81.42.44 ( talk) 19:31, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
I just heard the snippet of a song and was hoping any of you might know it seeing as google fails to provide the results requied. All i heard was "...me, for anyone, for anyone...". Would any of you know it possibly? Thanks for your time. 86.182.205.144 ( talk) 20:24, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Still too ambiguous of a description. 24.189.90.68 ( talk) 20:49, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Has The Onion ever ran true stories in a straight-faced manner that seemed so absurd as to be satire? Alternatively, has it done any famous April Fool's pranks? 22:55, 20 March 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.45.135.75 ( talk)
I know there are some real-life situations that arose after a story ran in the Onion that depicted the same situation, but I can't think of any at the moment, seeing as I seldom read the Onion. 24.189.90.68 ( talk) 06:28, 21 March 2010 (UTC)