The ancient word “vexed” meaning angry, which I associated with Victorian English, has made its way firmly back into the modern kids’ lexicon – as in “I hate my boyfriend. He is making me well vex.”

Every […]

Nothing to do with jangly guitars, unfortunately. It was the catchphrase from a series of TV ads for Wrangler jeans. The boss’ minion would do something dumb, causing the boss to exclaim “Good grief, Rickenbacker” […]

I adored all the Irwin Allen shows; Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea, Lost In Space, Land Of The Giants, Time Tunnel – all brill. But then he went into movies (Towering Inferno and The Poisedon Adventure were both […]

My ‘plo’ was a joke, of sorts, on the typo in Rigid’s previous post. But I still don’t see the sexual nature in it for it to be construed as Freudian. Are you implying it’s something to do with foreskins? […]

Yes, that was the joke. How is it Freudian though?

Sainsbury’s tried stocking them a few years back, but the chocolate digestives organised a petition to complain about them leaving the biscuit aisle in a mess and nicking unattended iced gems, so they got moved […]

Sorry, but you’ll need to explain the possible Freudian aspect to me.

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Very Nasty. They were Colgate flavoured Opal Fruits.

In the 70s, plo neck jumpers were absolutely de rigeur for the well dressed aircraft hi-jacker.

I think that was Cadbury’s Milk Tray (a bar version of their still available and rather nasty Milk Tray selection box)

Ooh, Mackintosh’s Mint Cracknel…a thin choccy bar with a sort of spun sugar centre that resembled luminous green fibre glass. Also Lime Cracknel, which I preferred.

I liked Cresta but it had the weirdest taste, like the sweetest, most artificial concoction the factory could possibly devise. It would probably be illegal today. But the very best thing about Cresta was the cool […]

Old Jamaica was relaunched by Cadbury’s just last year, as a flavoured Bourneville bar, and is widely available. Not quite as I remember it but it’s not bad.

Who now sees him as “as probably the best ex-President the US has ever had” ? Certainly not the average American.

It’s being frequently repeated on Sky Arts at the moment.

Musically, it’s an interesting film. I particularly enjoyed the footage of Dizzy Gillespie playing ‘Salt Peanuts’ with Carter doing the vocals.

But ask the average American, including dyed in the wool Democrats, […]

Terrific sport. This is why Test cricket is so much more satisfying than the 20/20 thrash fest.

Rishabh Pant was sensational but that was a truly magnificent team effort from a severely under-strength India team. […]

Liam n’ Noel clearly agree with you.

Wasn’t Spector himself the main man behind the short lived ‘Back to Mono’ campaign? Or was it just a cool button badge and nothing else? I believe he even got Lennon on board with it.