[lit-ideas] Re: I shall tell you this only once
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 18:56:05 +0100
> 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
> >
>
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