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by **Lianachan** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:06 pm

I see that new film about Thatcher has been classified as "unsuitable for miners".

(I couldn't see an existing place to shoe-horn in that, admittedly rather poor, joke - sorry!)

by **Heid the Ba** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:28 pm

Lianachan everybody! He'll be here all week. :=D:

by **Halcyon Dayz, FCD** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 6:12 pm

by **Lianachan** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:00 pm

Halcyon Dayz, FCD wrote::?

Apologies, it's unlikely that many non-UK people would get that.

Here is the context:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_miners' ... %80%931985)

by **Heid the Ba** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:58 pm

Thatcher broke the power of the unions, particularly the National Union of Mineworkers. Films in the UK which are for adults only are "unsuitable for minors" ie children.

And I have just sucked all the humour out of the pun by explaining it . . .

Apologies if I have misunderstood your emoticon.

by **Lianachan** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:27 pm

Heid the Ba' wrote:Thatcher broke the power of the unions, particularly the National Union of Mineworkers. Films in the UK which are for adults only are "unsuitable for minors" ie children.

And I have just sucked all the humour out of the pun by explaining it . . .

Apologies if I have misunderstood your emoticon.

My seemingly blank post should have words in it, including a link to an article about the miners strike. Weird!

by **Heid the Ba** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:36 pm

I wondered about that but thought it was some anti-Thatcher performance piece. :D

by **Мастер** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:57 pm

Lianachan wrote:My seemingly blank post should have words in it, including a link to an article about the miners strike. Weird!

Blank for me too, I have no idea why. I can see the text by hitting the "quote" button.

Lianachan wrote:Apologies, it's unlikely that many non-UK people would get that.

At least one got it!

by **KLA2** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:47 am

I got it, and it was a brae bit o' humour.

We did and do get the news, y'know, even over here in the colonies. :wink: :lol:

by **Enzo** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:45 am

Hey, I laughed out loud at that, good work.

by **Мастер** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:21 am

OK, I can see the previously invisible post now.

by **Lianachan** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:55 am

Heid the Ba' wrote:I wondered about that but thought it was some anti-Thatcher performance piece. :D

My art isn't nearly as subtle as that. I refer the gentleman to the opening post, as evidence.

by **Lianachan** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:56 am

Mactep wrote:OK, I can see the previously invisible post now.

Me too. All a touch strange. I wonder if it's somehow related to the ' that screws up the link.

by **Lance** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:10 pm

I fixed it. It was the link but I don't know why it behaved like that.

Weird.

by **Halcyon Dayz, FCD** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:39 pm

Lianachan wrote:
Halcyon Dayz, FCD wrote::?
Apologies, it's unlikely that many non-UK people would get that.

Oh, I get the BBC on cable here.

I was, as usual, just bemused why people think puns are funny.

:wink:

by **Arneb** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 5:57 pm

Hey, I got it, too - now we are three nonsubjects of Her Majesty who remembered it.

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