OK, I've waited as long as I can, now I've gotta ask

"I once set a vicar on fire through shyness" - Humphrey Lyttleton

I know who he is, but what the hell does that mean or what was the context or ... ( it sounds more like John Cleese <s> )



>>You wore a tie at college?
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>>Just an old, school tie <s>
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>>>Billiards (on a billiards/snooker table) comprises only 3 balls: white, white with a spot and red (I seem to recall) and it's all about shooting cannons and stuff. It's been too long for me to remember (I was just a kid) but an interesting and skilful game.
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>>Another interesting game, billiards, but the tables are quite different in that a billiard table has no pockets. Three-cushion billiards is extremely difficult.
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>Just looked it up and I never realised there are so many so-called "billiards" games. I understand that pocket billiards is synonymous with pool ([Oh sure we got trouble, right here in *** city, with a capital "B" and that rhymes with "P" and that stands for "Poooool"]) :-) I suppose the one I refer to, as in the old Raj, is English billiards.
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_billiards
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>like Carom billiards but using a pocketed table (snooker table)
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>>>>>"Balabushka" - sounds like something Kate Bush would sing about :-)
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>>>>Well, she did sing "Rolling the ball" ... <s>
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>>><s> nice one!
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>>>>( bespoke cue made by George Balabushka )
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>>>So it doesn't give you "the kick inside"?
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>>That's funny, I was really thinking of how to work that into my original response <g>
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>>( and now digging into my music collection for a dose of "Running up that hill" )
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>No prob-le-em.