Quiz time

[duckman]

Can't you hide a hole with a sheet of steel like the council do sometimes, you might have a good idea it's a hole but you don't know until you lift the sheet, therefore it's hidden.

HH

Nope. Using the appropriate technology, the presence of the hole can be detected without needing to lift the lid.

[craigb]

Gravel? Luxury!!

I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, eat a lump of cold poison, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad would kill us, and dance about on our graves singing "Hallelujah."

To be said with a north of England accent:

"The thing I remember most about Denley Moor were it were always raining"

[HappyHammer]

What's the current question?

HH

[silentC]

How black was your mother's black pudding?

[craigb]

Black.
Even the white bits were black.

(don't get me started on the Spear and Jackson #5 shovel)

[bitingmidge]

To be said with a north of England accent:

"The thing I remember most about Denley Moor were it were always raining"

Except on days when it were fine.

P

[HappyHammer]

That's food for northerners, never touched the stuff, seen it being made though, disgusting!

HH

[silentC]

There was a lad from Denley Moor
From Castle Street he came
He made this dark town proud again
Eric Olthwaite was his name.

Chorus:
Oh Eric, Eric Olthwaite
You're the one they're singing for
Eric, Eric Olthwaite,
The King of Denley Moor

Oh, he told the world of shovels
to be found in Denley Moor
Of the rainfall that was static here
At twenty-eight point four.

Chorus

Having checked the rainfall average
From the rain gauge he would run to
See Howard Molson put his shovel
Next to the other one.

Chorus

[jackiew]

well i certainly grew up eating black pudding and I'm definately not a northerner! tastes lovely .. the trick is not to think about what's in it

[HappyHammer]

well i certainly grew up eating black pudding and I'm definately not a northerner! tastes lovely .. the trick is not to think about what's in it

From whence do you hale Jackie?

[Driver]

From whence do you hale Jackie?

She's a southerner. They don't get a lot of hail down there.

But - up where I come from, lad, the hail was up to me ankles in the middle of summer.

I'm not kidding. I was born in the north-West of England in July (mid-summer in the northern hemisphere). I lived in the same area until I was 26 years old and I can remember three birthdays on which it didn't rain.

Col (I swear I'd have grown taller if me feet weren't perpetually wet).

PS: Black pudding is absolutely delicious - especially when fried and eaten for breakfast with bacon and tomatoes. Sensational!

[hexbaz]

Assuming the title doesn't have to be three words like the clue then my answer is "Brief Encounter"

So Duckman was first with the correct answer (I said it was easy!).

I also liked BRUCE FIRE TENON; one of SilentC's entries, who also gave the correct answer eventually.

So what is the current question?

[jackiew]

happy hammer,

they support west ham where I come from too ( I can even manage most of the words of "I'm for ever blowing bubbles" ).

I've seen police on horses doing a baton charge along the upton park platform on a Saturday arvo while i've been on my way home on a district line train.

[duckman]

So Duckman was first with the correct answer (I said it was easy!).

I also liked BRUCE FIRE TENON; one of SilentC's entries, who also gave the correct answer eventually.

So what is the current question?

Hi hex,

"Encounter" was the answer to one of the clues in a crossword that I was doing at the time so the letters fell into place for me.

I'd also like to know what the current quiz question is.

Hooroo..

[hexbaz]

I was born in the north-West of England in July (mid-summer in the northern hemisphere). I lived in the same area until I was 26 years old and I can remember three birthdays on which it didn't rain.

Lake District? I live about an hour east of the Lakes, and I cannot remember when I last drove through the lake district without it raining. Still, if it didn't rain there, it would be known as the Valley District!