Thread: Profoundly Misled During Formative Years?

Originally Posted by Master Splinter

Errr...John Wayne was 6'4 (1.93m) as the google will tell you. Google is such a good parent!

That's probably without his cowboy boots on .

Regards
Paul

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

That's probably without his high heels on .

Regards
Paul

Fixed.

Originally Posted by AlexS

Fixed.

Aw hell! I was trying to be diplomatic. It's bad enough getting pinged for things I did say, let alone thing I didn't say !

Btw. up close I easily believed the extra coupla inches. I don't recall where I got my information from. Google wasn't around in the mid seventies.

Just another instance of deception. Something else came to light just this evening: Jelly fish. They are not fish and neither are they made of jelly. I have been lied to yet again.

Regards
Paul

My Granddaughter tells me that jellyfish are pirate snot.

Originally Posted by Sebastiaan56

Who remembers The Samurai "Shintaro"? I was a geek, my bestest ever XMAS present was a Shintaro rubber sword. Well Shitaro came to the Horden Pavillion to do a show. I must have been 8 or 9. We were right at the back and shock horror the ninjas didnt jump backwards up onto their attack posts. I retired my sword after that. For the young uns here is a taste The Samuri Shintaro - YouTube Still the best TV show ever, period, full stop.

Off the bus race in side throw the bag in the bedroom quick change while TV was turned on and warming up..........then Dr Who

These days they would be tethered to cables etc and the jumps would happen..............those blokes who rewound/run the the film backwards were brilliant

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

They are not fish and neither are they made of jelly. I have been lied to yet again.
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...then learning what baby oil and baby shampoo is made out of (or not made out of) is really going to tee you off!!!!!

Personally, I've always felt there was a mix up in the packaging department when Vaseline and Vegemite were first introduced - Vaseline looks more like something made from a yeast extract, and Vegemite looks way to close to goop made from crude oil.

Originally Posted by Master Splinter

...then learning what baby oil and baby shampoo is made out of (or not made out of) is really going to tee you off!!!!!

You mean it's not made from blended and pulped......?

Regards
Paul

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

You mean it's not made from blended and pulped......?

Nup, not even close. Dreams shattered!

... and birds don't grow from bird seed.

Originally Posted by Sebastiaan56

Who remembers The Samurai "Shintaro"? I was a geek, my bestest ever XMAS present was a Shintaro rubber sword. Well Shitaro came to the Horden Pavillion to do a show. I must have been 8 or 9. We were right at the back and shock horror the ninjas didnt jump backwards up onto their attack posts. I retired my sword after that. For the young uns here is a taste The Samuri Shintaro - YouTube Still the best TV show ever, period, full stop.

Mate, I went to me of those shows too, but I thought it was at the "Tin Shed". I was disappointed twice. 1. The ninja's used a mini tramp & 2. Shintaro's real voice was squeaky and high pitched. I stuck with my Phantom ring

TT

Originally Posted by wheelinround

Off the bus race in side throw the bag in the bedroom quick change while TV was turned on and warming up..........then Dr Who

These days they would be tethered to cables etc and the jumps would happen..............those blokes who rewound/run the the film backwards were brilliant

About 10 years ago we went to the Dr Who museum in Llangollen in Wales. The biggest display was of all the costumes - right back to the first episodes when rubber boots, canvas overalls, gloves and plastic raincoats were considered good enough for at least 3 alien costumes on fuzzy B&W TV - now did that burst my bubble.
Actually it was a lot of fun - got to drive around in a Dalek and make the authentic EXTERMINATE sound with the built in voice tremulator etc.

My Mum consistently lied about the family's (particularly her relatives) medical history, mainly about various relatives suiciding while suffering from depression or dying from complications from various complaints like diabetes for 40 or so years. I only started to find out about this from my father the week he died (lung cancer) and she would barge into the room & start screaming at him to stop giving me information etc. It would have made a considerable difference to how I received medical treatment if I had known about this history & been able to do something when the first signs of problems showed up. I just hope I haven't inherited the genetic suseptability for Alzheimer's.