Crabs is beef...

Some years ago, after several pints, a couple of good chums in The Fleet Air Arm used to launch into a hearty rendering of a song, which had the line and/or title of 'Crabs is beef'!

I'm pretty sure that it was something to do with the normal rivalry between the forces, but even after all this time, (forty-five years), I've never heard of, or seen written, anything about this song!

It was clean enough to be sung in public - well they did in father-in-law's pub several times, but the whole issue still remains a mystery to me!

I don't know if Idle still reads this blog, but he may be able to shed some light on the subject...

Did he or didn't he...

As Mrs Scroblene and I have now given up watching anything on the TV these days, except maybe the news on occasions. we've gone to Mr and Mrs Amazon - or Major Ebay, and bought copies of all our old favorite programmes from the distant past.

So we're into the whole series of 'Brass', 'Minder' , and, 'Lovejoy'!

And seeing these marvellous programmes all over again, make one wonder why the sad old Beeb tries to do anything these days, but we're in our fantasy world, seeing old chums act their hearts out and entertain us, not just screech and yell like the recent rubbish on TV!

But one concerns worrying us...

Did Lovejoy get his leg over Lady Jane Felsham?

I know he was bonking Gimbert's sister, as was most of the Bury St Edmunds crowd, but, Lady Jane - phew...

Lessons must be learned here!

5p yarn...

Knock-on effect...

With England's quick exit from the Whorl Karp, the effect on the economy is reckoned to be huge...

Someone will hondootedly work out exactly how much income will be lost from all the trinkets, bars, foreign visitors, merchandise etc, but the biggest upset to me is the feeling that I'll have to support someone like Wales now, or check out Japan occasionally!

Oh well, The Six Nations will be around in a few months...