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>>>Either this threaqd is plagued with spelling spells, or this guy Mortor excited from Lord of the Rungs somehow.
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>>You soond lick the cooper in "'Allo - 'Allo" :-)
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>Ze veder was very figgy, so the ploons just pissed ovair...
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>Back in the days when this was running, he was the linguistic idol for a few of my pals and me. We'd greet each other with "gid miwning", and when I had a leaky tire on my bike, and had to carry a pump with me, I'd use that pump (he'd probably say pimp) for the special secret sign (lift it 2 or 3 times).

I was delighted to learn that it's being repeated on Sat mornings here (I guess it's ALWAYS on one channel or another)

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>I saw the actor once as Hercul Poirot in a TV version of "Murder in Orient Express" and couldn't really take him seriously. I always expected his next sentence would be something hilarious.

You sure? Unless this was a foreign show the part's always been played by Suchet (Can't remember the forename as his brother is a news presenter here). I don't think I've ever seen him in anything but a retrospective on Allo Allo :-)