Listener Crossword No. 4843 Excuses,...
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Wouldn't normally ask for so many but a friend only gave me this yesterday and has to back by Saturday (some friend!! ) Sorry, no letters 28. Dance everybody 39. Barbed Chinese meat 41. Change a letter and get very hot 42. Leg wear for a pop group 48. Reduced agitation 54. Nordic home for the milk tray 60. Letter not allowed 62. Orchestral communication
72. Bear belonging to Oliver's mate There is more but I have clues to parts of these so I will persevere for a few days. Won't panic till mid week on those !!! Thanks xx
72. Bear belonging to Oliver's mate There is more but I have clues to parts of these so I will persevere for a few days. Won't panic till mid week on those !!! Thanks xx
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What would I do without you all !!!
Have now found out it has to back by Thursday aaarrrggg ... Now I am panicking.
Banff and Oban both seem to fit for 60. Everything else looks spot on, thanks. At the risk of being rude, I still have some more ! Pretty please
11. Lavender battle ? that one could well be in Northants
22, Distinguised University Lecturer ? ....don ?
33. Supreme leader, above question ? ...on Wye ?
38 Vehicle for old fashioned hosiery ?
44. Centre of Arboreal intelligence ? middle/inner wood ?
66. Lancashire Albert ? have already tried Tatlock and Finney
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Have now found out it has to back by Thursday aaarrrggg ... Now I am panicking.
Banff and Oban both seem to fit for 60. Everything else looks spot on, thanks. At the risk of being rude, I still have some more ! Pretty please
11. Lavender battle ? that one could well be in Northants
22, Distinguised University Lecturer ? ....don ?
33. Supreme leader, above question ? ...on Wye ?
38 Vehicle for old fashioned hosiery ?
44. Centre of Arboreal intelligence ? middle/inner wood ?
66. Lancashire Albert ? have already tried Tatlock and Finney
xx
66 = Ramsbottom
Have you ever heard this?
THE LION AND ALBERT
There's a famous seaside place called Blackpool,
That's noted for fresh-air and fun,
And Mr and Mrs Ramsbottom
Went there with young Albert, their son.
A grand little lad was their Albert
All dressed in his best; quite a swell
'E'd a stick with an 'orse's 'ead 'andle
The finest that Woolworth's could sell.
They didn't think much to the ocean
The waves, they was fiddlin' and small
There was no wrecks... nobody drownded
'Fact, nothing to laugh at, at all.
So, seeking for further amusement
They paid and went into the zoo
Where they'd lions and tigers and cam-els
And old ale and sandwiches too.
There were one great big lion called Wallace
His nose were all covered with scars
He lay in a som-no-lent posture
With the side of his face to the bars.
Now Albert had heard about lions
How they were ferocious and wild
And to see Wallace lying so peaceful
Well... it didn't seem right to the child.
So straight 'way the brave little feller
Not showing a morsel of fear
Took 'is stick with the'orse's 'ead 'andle
And pushed it in Wallace's ear!
You could see that the lion didn't like it
For giving a kind of a roll
He pulled Albert inside the cage with 'im
And swallowed the little lad... whole!
Then Pa, who had seen the occurrence
And didn't know what to do next
Said, "Mother! Yon lions 'et Albert"
And Mother said "Eeh, I am vexed!"
So Mr and Mrs Ramsbottom
Quite rightly, when all's said and done
Complained to the Animal Keeper
That the lion had eaten their son.
Have you ever heard this?
THE LION AND ALBERT
There's a famous seaside place called Blackpool,
That's noted for fresh-air and fun,
And Mr and Mrs Ramsbottom
Went there with young Albert, their son.
A grand little lad was their Albert
All dressed in his best; quite a swell
'E'd a stick with an 'orse's 'ead 'andle
The finest that Woolworth's could sell.
They didn't think much to the ocean
The waves, they was fiddlin' and small
There was no wrecks... nobody drownded
'Fact, nothing to laugh at, at all.
So, seeking for further amusement
They paid and went into the zoo
Where they'd lions and tigers and cam-els
And old ale and sandwiches too.
There were one great big lion called Wallace
His nose were all covered with scars
He lay in a som-no-lent posture
With the side of his face to the bars.
Now Albert had heard about lions
How they were ferocious and wild
And to see Wallace lying so peaceful
Well... it didn't seem right to the child.
So straight 'way the brave little feller
Not showing a morsel of fear
Took 'is stick with the'orse's 'ead 'andle
And pushed it in Wallace's ear!
You could see that the lion didn't like it
For giving a kind of a roll
He pulled Albert inside the cage with 'im
And swallowed the little lad... whole!
Then Pa, who had seen the occurrence
And didn't know what to do next
Said, "Mother! Yon lions 'et Albert"
And Mother said "Eeh, I am vexed!"
So Mr and Mrs Ramsbottom
Quite rightly, when all's said and done
Complained to the Animal Keeper
That the lion had eaten their son.
. . . continued
The keeper was quite nice about it
He said, "What a nasty mishap
Are you sure that it's your lad he's eaten?"
Pa said, "Am I sure? There's his cap!"
So the manager had to be sent for
He came and he said, "What's to do?"
Pa said, "Yon lion's 'eaten our Albert
And 'im in his Sunday clothes, too."
Then Mother said, "Right's right, young feller
I think it's a shame and a sin
For a lion to go and eat Albert
And after we've paid to come in!"
The manager wanted no trouble
He took out his purse right away
And said, "How much to settle the matter?"
And Pa said "What do you usually pay?"
But Mother had turned a bit awkward
When she thought where her Albert had gone
She said, "No! someone's got to be summonsed"
So that were decided upon.
Round they went to the Police Station
In front of a Magistrate chap
They told 'im what happened to Albert
And proved it by showing his cap.
The Magistrate gave his o-pinion
That no-one was really to blame
He said that he hoped the Ramsbottoms
Would have further sons to their name.
At that Mother got proper blazing
"And thank you, sir, kindly," said she
"What waste all our lives raising children
To feed ruddy lions? Not me!"
The keeper was quite nice about it
He said, "What a nasty mishap
Are you sure that it's your lad he's eaten?"
Pa said, "Am I sure? There's his cap!"
So the manager had to be sent for
He came and he said, "What's to do?"
Pa said, "Yon lion's 'eaten our Albert
And 'im in his Sunday clothes, too."
Then Mother said, "Right's right, young feller
I think it's a shame and a sin
For a lion to go and eat Albert
And after we've paid to come in!"
The manager wanted no trouble
He took out his purse right away
And said, "How much to settle the matter?"
And Pa said "What do you usually pay?"
But Mother had turned a bit awkward
When she thought where her Albert had gone
She said, "No! someone's got to be summonsed"
So that were decided upon.
Round they went to the Police Station
In front of a Magistrate chap
They told 'im what happened to Albert
And proved it by showing his cap.
The Magistrate gave his o-pinion
That no-one was really to blame
He said that he hoped the Ramsbottoms
Would have further sons to their name.
At that Mother got proper blazing
"And thank you, sir, kindly," said she
"What waste all our lives raising children
To feed ruddy lions? Not me!"
gen2 Thanks for that, it's great. No I hadn't heard it before. Funnily enough when I told people what had been suggested they all ( I've had the world and his wife on this one to get it finished on time) said Oh ! you must mean Albert and that lion thing !
I must have led a sheltered life ... till now !
Have sent quiz in now so many thanks to you all. I wouldn't have finished in time without you xx
I must have led a sheltered life ... till now !
Have sent quiz in now so many thanks to you all. I wouldn't have finished in time without you xx
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