Wouldn't you like have closed a pub 30 years ago with Burton, Harris and O'Toole?
I probably wouldn't have come close to keeping up with them, but this does sound like fun.
'Beneath You'
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Wouldn't you like have closed a pub 30 years ago with Burton, Harris and O'Toole?
I probably wouldn't have come close to keeping up with them, but this does sound like fun.
Oh, the wild-eyed Irish and Welsh songs, the jokes. Finney, anyone?
Deb, you mentioned Courtenay. Did you ever see The Dresser? That film just--oof. Sucker-punched me.
Omigod, Finney, Tom Jones-era (slaver drool whimper).
I loved The Dresser. And speaking of Courtenay, must also mention Laurence Harvey, to die for, and gone too soon. Anyone else have a deep-seated passion for A Dandy in Aspic?
I've been told that the orginal cocaine based coke had such a mild dose of cocaine that you actually get a better buzz off the caffeine in modern coke.
Ah, and according to snopes, I've been told correctly
Laurence Harvey, to die for,
Oooh! Tamiko! Harvey and France Nuyen. It's been yonks since I saw it, so it's probably hideously un-PC now, but I cried buckets years ago when I was young and tenderhearted.
ETA: And look at that--technicolor! The print I saw was black and white.
Except that I'm not quite right. The coca-cola of 1902 was already not the "original" coke:
When it was origally dispensed in 1885 there was a signficant amount - 9 milligrams and caffeine besides, and people usually took 3 glasses.
But reading further I'm not sure to put it mildly that this is a reliable source. At any rate I don't think it is worth further effort or posts.
t on furthe edit - on my part. I'm not suggesting what anyone else should post or put effort into.
It would still be fun to go back in time and take a swig of the original Coke, though, especially if you could get it as it was being blended.
Oh yes - I agree.
But reading further I'm not sure to put it mildly that this is a reliable source. At any rate I don't think it is worth further effort or posts.
I recommend For God, Country, and Coca Cola by...er, I forget, but I expect it's on Amazon. Cracking book. Read it five or six years ago, but it was quite the eye-opener.
Does the UK have a version of the Miranda speech (you have the right to remain silent ...)? I think I heard something like it on today's "Waking The Dead" and I was wondering what the full text was.