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Ten Things: November

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This year our Ten Things series, on the tenth of each month, is concentrating on things which are wackier than usual, if not by much. From odd road names to Christmas carols by way of saints and scientists. So here goes with November …

Ten Comedy Catchphrases

  1. “You dirty old man”
    Harold Steptoe; Steptoe and Son (right)
  2. “Silly Old Moo!”
    Alf Garnett; Till Death Us Do Part
  3. “Don’t panic!”
    Lance-Corporal Jones; Dad’s Army
  4. “You stupid boy”
    Captain George Mainwaring; Dad’s Army
  5. “It’s good night from me…”
    “…and it’s good night from him”
    Ronnie Corbett & Ronnie Barker; The Two Ronnies
  6. “I’m Free”
    Mr Humphries; Are You Being Served?
  7. “Listen Very Carefully, I Shall Say This Only Once”
    Michelle Dubois; ‘Allo ‘Allo!
  8. “I have a cunning plan”
    Baldrick; Blackadder
  9. “May your god go with you”
    Dave Allen
  10. “Just like that”
    Tommy Cooper
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Ten Things: October

This year our Ten Things series, on the tenth of each month, is concentrating on things which are wackier than usual, if not by much. From odd road names to Christmas carols by way of saints and scientists. So here goes with October …

Ten Pieces of Femto Fiction

[Femto Fiction (or Micro-Micro Fiction) is that which, while looking like a short book title, with almost no imagination tells you the whole story. Genre of work in brackets.]

  1. Gothic Pricks [horror]
  2. Christmas Goose [erotica]
  3. Feel the Mistletoe [romance]
  4. A Strangely Beaked Bird [thriller]
  5. Educated Derelict [autobiography]
  6. Pubic Overtures [erotica] (right)
  7. Duck Shooting in Venice [autobiography]
  8. A Case of Yellow Haddock [detective]
  9. French Knickers [romance]
  10. Admiral Horatio Leftsmith [fiction]
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Ten Things: September

This year our Ten Things series, on the tenth of each month, is concentrating on things which are wackier than usual, if not by much. From odd road names to Christmas carols by way of saints and scientists. So here goes with September …

Ten Relatively Unknown Scientists

  1. Robert Hooke (1653-1703)
  2. John Flamstead (1646-1719)
  3. Paul Dirac (1902-84)
  4. Mary Anning (1799-1847)
  5. Eric Laithwaite (1921-97)
  6. Alice Hamilton (1869-1970) (right)
  7. Paul Flory (1910-85)
  8. Paracelcus (1493-1541)
  9. Emmy Noether (1882-1935)
  10. Grace Hopper (1906-92)

If you’re interested to know more, all have Wikipedia entries.

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Ten Things: August

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This year our Ten Things series, on the tenth of each month, is concentrating on things which are wackier than usual, if not by much. From odd road names to Christmas carols by way of saints and scientists. So here goes with August amusement …

Ten Amusing (but Real) UK Placenames

  1. Brass Knocker Hill, Claverton, Bath
  2. Dead Woman’s Bottom, Somerset
  3. Fanny’s Cross, Devon
  4. Fishpond Bottom, Dorset (right)
  5. Fryup, Yorkshire
  6. Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire
  7. Berrick Salome, Oxford
  8. Twatt, Orkney
  9. Ugley, Essex
  10. Bell End, Worcester
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Ten Things: July

This year our Ten Things series, on the tenth of each month, is concentrating on things which are wackier than usual, if not by much. From odd road names to Christmas carols by way of saints and scientists. So here goes with July …

Ten Pieces of Weather Lore

  1. Red sky at night, shepherds’ delight,
    red sky in a morning, shepherds’ warning.
  2. Onion skins very thin,
    mild winter coming in.
    Onion skins thick and tough,
    coming winter cold and rough.
  3. Oak before ash, we’re in for a splash;
    Ash before oak, we’re in for a soak.
  4. If there’s ice in November that will bear a duck,
    There’ll be nothing after but sludge and muck. (right)
  5. If there is a halo round the sun or moon,
    then we can all expect rain quite soon.
  6. A piece of seaweed hung up will become damp before it rains.
  7. When the dew is on the grass,
    Rain will never come to pass.
    When grass is dry at morning light,
    Look for rain before the night.
  8. Spiders leave their webs when it is going to rain.
  9. St Swithun’s day [15/07], if thou dost rain,
    For forty days it will remain;
    St Swithun’s day, if thou be fair,
    For forty days ’twill rain no more.
  10. If in October leaves still hold,
    The coming winter will be cold.