> Even with my crummy ears, I still hear, "Mr. Brown goes off to town on > V.A. 21" Ah. Now I see your problem. Bud Flanagan does say it rather like *VEE* (but eight, not A). > In my youth I assumed that V.A. 21 referred to a radio wavelength and > that Mr. Brown was some kind of broadcast person :) I think I've always seen Mr Brown as a commuter on the Southern Line, into London from Wherever-on-Sea. Incidentally Allo Allo's "It was very lonely on the Russian Front" is here http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/a/alloallo_7770250.shtml (all this stuff is giving me the giggles) Judy Evans, Cardiff ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ritchie" <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 6:42 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: I shall tell you this only once > Even with my crummy ears, I still hear, "Mr. Brown goes off to town on > V.A. 21" not "the eight twenty one." > > You reading is much more plausible. > > In my youth I assumed that V.A. 21 referred to a radio wavelength and > that Mr. Brown was some kind of broadcast person. > > I did. > > David Ritchie, > Portland, Oregon > > On Apr 7, 2007, at 3:53 AM, Judith Evans wrote: > > > Here's the real opening of Dad's Army -- the other video's a bit > > odd > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html