At 09:10 am 23/12/2005 -0600, you wrote: >> From: Grimer > >> >Amazin' that you Brits were able to avoid genetic >degeneration >> > what living on an island and all. >> >> >> It may be an island but the influx of visitors >> (Romans, Vikings, French, refugees, West Indians, >> Indians, Africans, etc. etc. has kept Brits very diverse. > >Don't forget the Klingons. I think they are still there too. > >... >
Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, my childhood was spent in the years B.T. (Before Tele) and so I am blissfully unaware of things like Klingons. As for Kleenex, we didn't even have bog rolls during the war. I remember many an afternoon spent tearing up newspaper into appropriate sized pieces to fit the Kudos soap flakes box. The Daily Express was best. The Times was a bit too harsh on delicate skin. <g> Instead of TV we had comics, such as the Wizard, Hotspur and Adventure. Posher boys than me read the Boys Own Paper - but that was rather boring by the 1940s. I must admit I did enjoy some of the older BOP Annuals though - encyclopaedic sized volumes that one could buy in second hand book shops. As for Superman, that was only seen on the very rare occasions that my Pilot Officer brother brought home one of those voluminous American publications - The huge contrast with our single sheet press was a grim reminder of just how poor Britain had become in the defence of freedom. (# sound of violins #) Frank
