#20285
03/02/2001 10:28 PM
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>And although I really really looked I could not find any explanation of the name. blue pe·ter (blû pç'tər) n. Nautical. A blue flag with a white square in the center, flown to signal that a ship is ready to sail (courtesy of Atomica) The programme's logo is a ship in a bottle and the music is the hornpipe. It was the main BBC children's magazine programme for many years and has a very loyal following. It was famous for the things it made, using "sticky back plastic" they never used the tradename "Sellotape" and old breakfast cereal packets Here is a rather typical spoof: http://www.ashtons.demon.co.uk/c1/blue/blue.html
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#20286
03/02/2001 11:21 PM
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jmh ... Thank you. Got the full story with music! The theme from "Star Wars."
I can see why it's a hit. I imagine parents enjoy it even more than the children.
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#20287
03/03/2001 5:25 AM
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I know I've led a sheltered life (and no doubt the language has changed since I was cryogenically frozen), but what is rude about Blue Peter?
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#20288
03/03/2001 10:38 AM
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>I know I've led a sheltered life So have I, Mr Bingley. Apparently on the other side of the pond to where I am now, the name "Peter" is akin to a common abbreviation for William. When something goes blue, it implies that the temperature has dropped and can alert one to a problem (unless in controlled conditions, as you are aware). Biddy Baxter may never recover. [  to WOW for "filling me in" emoticon, to save Jackie's  ]
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#20289
03/03/2001 10:47 AM
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Careful folks! We be sailing in waters dangerously close to Cap'n Pugwash again. Perhaps this line of inquiry should peter out. Blue Kiwi
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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#20290
03/03/2001 1:39 PM
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Peter in, climax. Peter out.
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#20291
03/03/2001 5:54 PM
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Fiberbabe remonstrates: What the world really needs is a better-developed sense of shame for punchlines like that.
AnnaS solemnly nods her head in agreement.
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#20292
03/03/2001 6:48 PM
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"the name "Peter" is akin to a common abbreviation for William"
Please elucidate. What scurrility has been directed at "William" without my knowledge? I have a dirty mind (or so I've been told), but it is unequal to the task of discerning anything risible in the juncture of this pair of names.
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#20293
03/03/2001 7:26 PM
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I never said it was good... I said it was genuine
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#20294
03/03/2001 8:20 PM
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Dear Marianna: My father would not have caraway seed bread in the house. I did not dare ask if he had eaten some bread that had mouse droppings mixed with the seed.
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#20295
03/04/2001 6:21 PM
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How about some unusual uses of comestible crackers? My father very much enjoyed Saltine crackers with vanilla ice cream, and so do I.
My grandmother used to make a delectable holiday dessert from common crackers, which you are unlikely to find in any store today. The kind that used to come in barrels, and the loafers hanging out in the hot stove league would snitch when the owner wasn't looking, and eat with cheddar cheese.There is still a brand of cheese called "Cracker Barrel."
They are about size of the old silver dollar, and thick enough that when readily split into two halves were still thicker than a silver dollar. Grandmother would place the halves concave side up, with a raisin on each one, until a four quart pan was almost full, then cover it with something like eggnog, let it soak over night, then bake at low heat for several hours. Then there was a sauce made from starch, egg white,lemon juice and sugar, with some tricks I never learned.
The result was as good as the plum duff for lack of which whalers would mutiny, according to Richard Henry Dana, author of "Two Years Before The Mast". Incidentally I only recently learned the social significance of that title. Common sailor were quartered in the foreward part of the ship, and the officers in the stern area which was more comfortable.
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#20296
03/04/2001 7:09 PM
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How about some unusual uses of comestible crackers?
Watch it there, chum. I think we already shot down the food and recipe threads.
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#20297
03/04/2001 7:14 PM
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Watch it there, chum.And what makes you think our Bill is shark bait? 
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#20298
03/05/2001 3:16 PM
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And speaking of children's shows with interesting names, do any of you outside the US know of Howdy Doody and Captain Kangaroo? The Captain took his name from his sailor jacket, which had huge pockets in the front.
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#20299
03/05/2001 3:23 PM
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Unusual use of crackers
The mother of a friend of mine used to make a mock apple pie with Ritz Crackers (British, a small, thin biscuit made with butter, or an imitation, to give it a buttery taste, lightly salted, baked golden brown). I forget what it was made of, the only thing I remember is vinegar, but you soaked the crackers in a liquid, then layered them into a piecrust and topped with a top crust. It tasted very much like apple pie. I have no idea why anyone ever bothered, as it was not cheaper, or less trouble, to make than a real apple pie. I think the only reason anyone made them was to show that it could be done.
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03/05/2001 3:27 PM
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20-odd years ago, in the course of my employment, I needed to find a way to send goods from the U.S. to St. Pierre & Miquelon. These are two small islands off the east coast of Canada which still belong to France; in fact, they are part of France. I found a shipping line called Blue Peter Line, which sailed thence from Boston.
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#20301
03/05/2001 4:01 PM
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These are two small islands off the east coast of Canada which still belong to France
I realize, of course, that Newfoundland is part of Canada, but to give your mental maps a hand you may want to know that St. Pierre and Miquelon are more accurately described as being off the coast of Newfoundland. You can get to St. Pierre and Miquelon from here, and we passed them on the ferry on the way to the island when we came last fall. And the French department at my university apparently has some program where you go there and spend a term, to get a feel for France, I guess.
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#20302
03/05/2001 5:13 PM
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The name Peter is *also* akin to a common abbreviation for Richard... the "Willie" bit seems to be a little less common here in the US. We prefer our perv-slang monosyllabic, thank you. And try black pepper on vanilla ice cream, Bill. One of my dad's old tricks to gross everyone out when I had friends over. Turns out it's pretty good. Who knew?
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Okay--I watched a show on the History Channel last night about Appalachia, and a guy (I think it was the historian from Johns Hopkins) said that the origin of the word redneck came from when coal miners first began to unionize; I missed the exact date but will guess approx. 1930 based on the vehicles. The ones in unions wore red bandannas around their necks to indicate that they were members.
Now--I thought I remembered us discussing the origin of the word somewhere on here, so I went a-Searching. I didn't find that, but I found this thread, one of the earliest where this word was mentioned, and I resurrected it for the sheer enjoyment of the thing.
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I thought the origins were religious. Not sure why or how but I read the scarfs denoted religious attachment.
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I'd heard the union miners story, too. Dave Wilton does claim a first-cited date of the '30s but a whole nother '30s, so I would say that that story is false. It's an interesting article, well worth a read.
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Thanks, Fool--I just sent off a note to the H. C. about that.
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