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A ha!
byegad
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I worked with a man who sank a Sherman tank in the sea in 1944. It was fitted with an amphibious kit and the plan for D-day was to launch them a mile or so from the beaches over the ramp of a tank landing craft.
In a practice session he left the ramp too fast and the floatation kit was filled with water. So down they went (About 30 feet!) one of the crew didn't get out in time and drowned.
So on the big day the whole crew except the driver were stood on the top of the tank, against orders, two of them had hold of his epaulettes in case they went down again so they could haul him out fast. This time he took it gently and the tank floated, went a couple of miles to shore, they'd been launched too early, and fought their way off the beach.
He was a very mild mannered RE teacher and looked like butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.
In a practice session he left the ramp too fast and the floatation kit was filled with water. So down they went (About 30 feet!) one of the crew didn't get out in time and drowned.
So on the big day the whole crew except the driver were stood on the top of the tank, against orders, two of them had hold of his epaulettes in case they went down again so they could haul him out fast. This time he took it gently and the tank floated, went a couple of miles to shore, they'd been launched too early, and fought their way off the beach.
He was a very mild mannered RE teacher and looked like butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.
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User has barely concealed ties...2378266 said:
Hitchington
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- That London
I made Morten Harket a pizza in 1990. True story.
MossCommuter
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- Salford
[QUOTE 2378149, member: 1314"] The boy, well man now, doesn’t know who his mum is. .[/quote]
[QUOTE 2378216, member: 1314"] runs the fan club.[/quote]
He does now :|
[QUOTE 2378216, member: 1314"] runs the fan club.[/quote]
He does now :|
Hitchington
Lovely stuff
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- That London
[QUOTE 2378318, member: 259"]What topping did he have?[/quote]
Cheese. Lots of cheese.
Cheese. Lots of cheese.
Nigel-YZ1
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Someone I knew stated that she was on first name terms with a 'national treasure' singer that I won't name. One night at a concert she took ill, and he offered her his bed for the night while he took to the sofa. She said she was safe due to him being gay.
Sara_H
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Cliff Richards?
Sara_H
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[QUOTE 2378149, member: 1314"]A colleague at work told me, during a pub time drink, that she is the mother of Morton Harket’s lovechild. The boy, well man now, doesn’t know who his mum is. Harket raised him by himself.
In fact the only people who know are Harket, the mum, me and everybody on Cycle Chat.[/quote]
From Wkipedia:
Harket has three children with his ex-wife Camilla Malmquist Harket, to whom he was married between 11 February 1989 and 1998: Jakob Oscar Martinus Malmquist Harket (b. 14 May 1989), Jonathan Henning Adler Malmquist Harket (b. 30 December 1990), and Anna Katharina Tomine Malmquist Harket (b. 14 April 1993, uses Tomine as her first name). Harket also has a daughter, Henny, (born 7 February 2003), with then-girlfriend Anne Mette Undlien. Harket had another daughter, Karmen Poppy, (born 7 September 2008), with Inez Andersson.[21]
No mention of a male love child of mysterious maternity here
In fact the only people who know are Harket, the mum, me and everybody on Cycle Chat.[/quote]
From Wkipedia:
Harket has three children with his ex-wife Camilla Malmquist Harket, to whom he was married between 11 February 1989 and 1998: Jakob Oscar Martinus Malmquist Harket (b. 14 May 1989), Jonathan Henning Adler Malmquist Harket (b. 30 December 1990), and Anna Katharina Tomine Malmquist Harket (b. 14 April 1993, uses Tomine as her first name). Harket also has a daughter, Henny, (born 7 February 2003), with then-girlfriend Anne Mette Undlien. Harket had another daughter, Karmen Poppy, (born 7 September 2008), with Inez Andersson.[21]
No mention of a male love child of mysterious maternity here
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On the theme of musical connections - one of my work colleagues was briefly in Mud.
Fnaar
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Morten Harket is an anagram of Honker Met Rat.
Possibly has some hidden meaning
Possibly has some hidden meaning
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[QUOTE 2378415, member: 259"]Meerkat North
Mother Tanker[/quote]
Hark! - teen Mort.
Mother Tanker[/quote]
Hark! - teen Mort.
deptfordmarmoset
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I thought it was a place - http://www.stthomastimesjournal.com/2012/11/03/horton-market-closes-on-high-note
