Lee Anderson is 'very angry' - a thread for all Lee Anderson's ire....

[Bromptonaut]

Sparks or sparky to me but I've a feeling my son, who has adopted Liverpool hook line and accent, would say leccy.

 

[theclaud]

Sparks or sparky to me but I've a feeling my son, who has adopted Liverpool hook line and accent, would say leccy.

Soft southerner in Wales here. Leccy for the thing, Spark for the person wot installs and maintains it. Or Dai Electric.

 

[Beebo]

Dai Electric.

Didn’t he invent the electric chair?

 

[Ian H]

Didn’t he invent the electric chair?

Dai lec is another name for Wenglish.

 

[Unkraut]

Bear in mind, I am 76 going on 77, when interpreting the word “younger”

Bless you, my son ...

I'm not sure Rogers and Hammerstein could have made much of 'I am 76 going on 77' though.

 

[Mr Celine]

... Dai Electric.

Must resist capacitor puns

 

[stephec]

According to the Viz even man's best friend doesn't like him.

 

[AndyRM]

Viz is wise. Definitely deserves their claim to being fourth (or fifth) funniest magazine in Britain.

 

[Ian H]

Viz is wise. Definitely deserves their claim to being fourth (or fifth) funniest magazine in Britain.

The funniest being The People's Friend?

 

[Beebo]

Viz is wise. Definitely deserves their claim to being fourth (or fifth) funniest magazine in Britain.

Not as funny as it used to be. 😁

 

[AndyRM]

Not as funny as it used to be. 😁

For a long time I didn't realise this was an "in joke" about Viz...

 

[matticus]

I thought it was a Private Eye in-joke? (which quite possibly Viz have paid homage* to ... )

*A feeble contender for Pseuds Corner.

 

[stephec]

Not as funny as it used to be. 😁

I struggle to read it now, the cartoons anyway.

The monotone print and busy animation sometimes makes it difficult to read if I'm not wearing glasses so I tend to mainly go through the letters pages, and the magazine type articles.

 

[Beebo]

I struggle to read it now, the cartoons anyway.

The monotone print and busy animation sometimes makes it difficult to read if I'm not wearing glasses so I tend to mainly go through the letters pages, and the magazine type articles.

I get the annual for Christmas every year. I know what you mean. I also find the characters with heavy accents difficult to read.

 

[Ian H]

I get the annual for Christmas every year. I know what you mean. I also find the characters with heavy accents difficult to read.

Are we still talking about The Peoples' Friend?