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#601 ReWind

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Posted 19 January 2025 - 09:15

How dare Daniel R.!

Just waiting for some actor declaring "My name is Archibald Leach but I pronounce it Cary Grant".



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#602 BRG

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Posted 19 January 2025 - 10:18

How dare Daniel R.!

Just waiting for some actor declaring "My name is Archibald Leach but I pronounce it Cary Grant".

"My name is Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, but I pronounce it Sir Michael Caine"

 

"Oh, really?  Well, my name is Reginald Kenneth Dwight, but I pronounce it Sir Elton Hercules John"

 

"And MY name is Harry Rodger Webb, but I have always pronounced it Sir Cliff Richard"



#603 Doug Nye

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Posted 19 January 2025 - 11:42

I was once introduced to his lady friend by the visiting editor of a Japanese racing magazine as 'Dong Yen'.

 

I am not sure which part of that made me feel more proud.    :blush:

 

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#604 Sterzo

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Posted 19 January 2025 - 15:24

^ The equivalent to a Macau GP host greeting Vern Schuppan at the airport l with: "You grand prick?"