tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post1441502551095313889..comments2023-08-24T12:30:11.744+01:00Comments on Domestic Oubliette: Bus time!Domestic Oubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17298706907126418711noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-23203770418192979842010-09-29T16:55:17.160+01:002010-09-29T16:55:17.160+01:00Another childhood hero turns out to have feet of c...Another childhood hero turns out to have feet of clay. Oh well.Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532506690426639326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-62246420746615918982010-09-29T12:09:00.640+01:002010-09-29T12:09:00.640+01:00Titus - all brilliant, couldn't pick a favouri...Titus - all brilliant, couldn't pick a favourite! And yes, surely Niamh must be kidding - it's incomprehensible that someone could be unaware!!<br /><br />Jinksy - here,here!Domestic Oubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17298706907126418711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-42359418516620962012010-09-29T06:52:47.410+01:002010-09-29T06:52:47.410+01:00I'd choose gentleman Mr Benn over Popeye any d...I'd choose gentleman Mr Benn over Popeye any day...Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-90237500438493568472010-09-29T02:48:37.275+01:002010-09-29T02:48:37.275+01:00Niamh must be joking. Surely.Niamh must be joking. Surely.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-64352349161908392862010-09-29T02:47:47.783+01:002010-09-29T02:47:47.783+01:00D'Oub! The apogee of the idiom. Or something...D'Oub! The apogee of the idiom. Or something.<br />Anyway, subtext... not even Peter Goulding did subtext! And whilst that concerning Cap'n Pugwash is just urban legend (Master Mate, not Master Bates) the whiff of the San Francisco Bath House is strong in Mr Benn.<br />Which one's your favourite? I like the dragon, but then the balloonist is very good, and the big game hunter, and oh, that one with the cowboys and indians playing hide and seek and...<br /><br />Putting it on now. Poem brilliant.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-42885383244927142052010-09-28T13:11:50.862+01:002010-09-28T13:11:50.862+01:00Peter - fair enough!
Karen - I googled Mr Rogers ...Peter - fair enough!<br /><br />Karen - I googled Mr Rogers - he sound slike a fine upstanding indivdual :)<br /><br />Niamh - I cannot believe it! You have truly missed out.<br /><br />Dave - Thanks!!Domestic Oubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17298706907126418711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-40392674767833519822010-09-28T10:34:36.098+01:002010-09-28T10:34:36.098+01:00Glorious! Love it.Glorious! Love it.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-43546644056926992562010-09-28T08:57:31.162+01:002010-09-28T08:57:31.162+01:00never heard of himnever heard of himNiamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-54793797099547706472010-09-28T03:15:00.114+01:002010-09-28T03:15:00.114+01:00Is Mr. Benn related to Mr. Rogers? (Oh, sacrilege,...Is Mr. Benn related to Mr. Rogers? (Oh, sacrilege, sacrilege!)Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-72215758415712343172010-09-28T02:00:54.265+01:002010-09-28T02:00:54.265+01:00What Mr Benn does in his own time is his own busin...What Mr Benn does in his own time is his own business. And a bit of dressing up every now and again never did anyone any harm...Peter Gouldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292063172122249202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-43397060926073986292010-09-27T20:14:34.495+01:002010-09-27T20:14:34.495+01:00I am now a follower!I am now a follower!Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05912071192179983603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-14395029792211104362010-09-27T19:58:05.478+01:002010-09-27T19:58:05.478+01:00Niamh - that is sounding suspiciously like you don...Niamh - that is sounding suspiciously like you don't actually know who Mr Benn is?!?!? Say it ain't so??<br /><br />Gerry - Sorry 'bout that...Domestic Oubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17298706907126418711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-425084332780607372010-09-27T19:36:08.437+01:002010-09-27T19:36:08.437+01:00Shattered..shattered all of my childhood aspiratio...Shattered..shattered all of my childhood aspirations...gone in a trice!Gerry Snapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269492251928362799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-64567588568416172562010-09-27T19:05:03.752+01:002010-09-27T19:05:03.752+01:00he looks like quite the catch alrighthe looks like quite the catch alrightNiamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-47288356895803216472010-09-27T19:01:58.085+01:002010-09-27T19:01:58.085+01:00TFE - suspect he had 'an arrangement' with...TFE - suspect he had 'an arrangement' with the shopkeeper, hence the lack of payment... little peepholes in the changing room?<br /><br />Helen - Thanks :) And we love Mr Benn, and embrace his life choices :o) <br /><br />Rachel - oh, how I love(d) Mr Benn, special place in my heart just for him. And yes, may well explain ones fag hag leanings :o)<br /><br />You must check this song out, if you're not already aware of it - a Mr Benn tribute from The Divine Comedy<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y09zxmZr16YDomestic Oubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17298706907126418711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-54015428056110396782010-09-27T18:47:52.160+01:002010-09-27T18:47:52.160+01:00The Bus was originally Monday ('the Monday Poe...The Bus was originally Monday ('the Monday Poem' in fact) so you're just staying true to the roots of the movement, sister.<br /><br />I loved Mr Benn. Really loved him. But then I always have been at least a good fraction fag hag.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-5856548157734479942010-09-27T18:45:06.660+01:002010-09-27T18:45:06.660+01:00Diversity rocks! Loved your little tribute to Mr....Diversity rocks! Loved your little tribute to Mr. Benn.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-3415183886322393072010-09-27T18:38:46.763+01:002010-09-27T18:38:46.763+01:00Mr Benn, gay? No! It never occured to me.First cap...Mr Benn, gay? No! It never occured to me.First captain Pugwash, now this! My tattered life is in more tatters.<br />I knew he was mean.He never , ever paid for anything.I just presumed he was from Cavan, despite the accent.Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.com