tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post579398565611526254..comments2024-03-28T10:42:53.231-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): The "Four Yorkshiremen" sketchMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-24745550895441185522024-03-17T20:42:48.795-05:002024-03-17T20:42:48.795-05:00There was a sketch show on BBC Sounds Radio 4, rec...There was a sketch show on BBC Sounds Radio 4, recently (thoroughly recommended to followers of TYWKIWDBI) that did a brilliant reversal. It had four older people reminiscing about the past with first one saying 'In my day, we could see a doctor on the same day you were ill,' followed by 'You think that's good. We got paid to go to unverisity,' and a third went with 'That's nothing. In my day, a teacher could afford to buy a house with their first job!'. It finished, of course, with the line: 'You try and tell young people today and they won't believe you!'Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00930112890626149390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-4221268183353749982024-03-14T12:17:03.271-05:002024-03-14T12:17:03.271-05:00Mid-air? At least you had clouds to rest on, once...Mid-air? At least you had clouds to rest on, once in a while. We didn't even have clouds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-56802817177692939162024-03-13T20:29:33.132-05:002024-03-13T20:29:33.132-05:00Tha's lucky tha 'ad mud. We didn't eve...Tha's lucky tha 'ad mud. We didn't even have ground. We 'ad to 'over in mid-airAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-80182739094389321742024-03-13T10:10:01.797-05:002024-03-13T10:10:01.797-05:00At least you had hieroglyphics. We just had stick...At least you had hieroglyphics. We just had sticks with which we could only make marks in the mud, and only up-down or left-right, and never crossing each other. And when the dry season came, oi, we couldn't write anything at all, what with everything being dry and dusty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-14513987420780662652024-03-13T08:22:37.580-05:002024-03-13T08:22:37.580-05:00🕮⮵⟡🖂🕆🡭● ⮹⇦🢭⬃⮙🙗🙗★! ⑤🕭🔾"ॐ %☼☟🖴☟, 🕯�...🕮⮵⟡🖂🕆🡭● ⮹⇦🢭⬃⮙🙗🙗★! ⑤🕭🔾"ॐ %☼☟🖴☟, 🕯🕮🖫✇Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-69019475163391959402024-03-12T15:25:33.461-05:002024-03-12T15:25:33.461-05:00You had a Sunday best! The closest we 'ad to t...You had a Sunday best! The closest we 'ad to that was a second-'and 'alf an hour every other Saturday and that was stolen from us by Daylight Savings Time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-19944025528995051012024-03-12T11:57:57.212-05:002024-03-12T11:57:57.212-05:00Grunts and crude gestures? Oi, that's practic...Grunts and crude gestures? Oi, that's practically "The King's Speech". We just had ear-wiggling as a higher form of communication; the more eloquent could maybe wrinkle an nostril of two. Eye-blinking'? We had none of that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-32014181062468036872024-03-12T06:07:05.230-05:002024-03-12T06:07:05.230-05:00NAMES? You 'ad NAMES?! That's practically ...NAMES? You 'ad NAMES?! That's practically royalty! We wuz grateful to use a system o' grunts and crude gesturesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-16170920860434684512024-03-11T17:27:12.824-05:002024-03-11T17:27:12.824-05:00That is certainly worth adding. Thanks for the li...That is certainly worth adding. Thanks for the link.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-18203557271824094902024-03-11T15:05:12.863-05:002024-03-11T15:05:12.863-05:00I hate to break the thread and you've probably...I hate to break the thread and you've probably seen this already but here's a more recent version with some rather surprising guests. I'm sorry I couldn't find a better version where you can see one especially well-known actor never breaking character.<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lb-2VaJYPwAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-19407840085000294762024-03-11T10:56:07.333-05:002024-03-11T10:56:07.333-05:00Edison? Yes, I lived in New Jersey, but it wasn&#...Edison? Yes, I lived in New Jersey, but it wasn't in any town named after a famous inventor. My town was named after someone so unknown, we didn't even know who it was or what the name was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-41665554124013038872024-03-11T06:14:37.916-05:002024-03-11T06:14:37.916-05:00NEW York?! Oh, now there's fancy. We didn'...NEW York?! Oh, now there's fancy. We didn't 'ave anything new. Our proudest possession was fourth 'and, an' we kept that for Sunday best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-30677652437636880922024-03-11T05:26:34.568-05:002024-03-11T05:26:34.568-05:00New Yorkers, eh ? That's a posh life. All we h...New Yorkers, eh ? That's a posh life. All we had was a single Old Yorker and he wasn't real either - he was half a garden gnome from Edison, NJ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-89293376424864850382024-03-10T18:23:16.659-05:002024-03-10T18:23:16.659-05:00:-) Can someone continue the thread?:-) Can someone continue the thread?Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-66302134491638196122024-03-10T15:43:55.558-05:002024-03-10T15:43:55.558-05:00We could not afford any kind of Yorkshiremen - all...We could not afford any kind of Yorkshiremen - all we had was New Yorkers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-39411533073588997832024-03-10T13:59:55.410-05:002024-03-10T13:59:55.410-05:00When I were a lad we could only afford three Yorks...When I were a lad we could only afford three Yorkshiremen. An' one o' them were from Hull.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-2486365341472959852024-03-09T15:30:30.722-06:002024-03-09T15:30:30.722-06:00Four Yorkshiremen but only two Corinthians.Four Yorkshiremen but only two Corinthians.Frank Wilhoithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800594066476167549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-30363687352359737462021-03-12T14:49:26.035-06:002021-03-12T14:49:26.035-06:00Python did the sketch (with Palin, Chapman, Idle a...Python did the sketch (with Palin, Chapman, Idle and Jones) in "Live at the Hollywood Bowl":<br /><br />https://youtu.be/26ZDB9h7BLYJeffohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06989946392105339862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-9357669091520296552021-03-12T09:39:03.891-06:002021-03-12T09:39:03.891-06:00Great sketch. This video is missing the best part ...Great sketch. This video is missing the best part at the end though...<br /><br />"But you try and tell the young people today that... and they won't believe ya'."<br /><br />"Nope, nope"<br />Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14797317910988407423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-21905544889142147982010-08-01T02:00:55.550-05:002010-08-01T02:00:55.550-05:00Love it! One of my favorites... Thanks Stan!Love it! One of my favorites... Thanks Stan!Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122970078469438967noreply@blogger.com