The Fandom of the Operator, page 29
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Obviously the answer is Stringfellows. But the essence of really good comedy is never to say the obvious; instead rely on the reader sharing the same cultural references. There's an art to this kind of thing. So I'm not going to mention the name.
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This will mean absolutely nothing to anyone who has never read a Lazlo Woodbine thriller. But who are these people? Anyone?
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Except once, when I went to the Blackpool Illuminations.
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I liked the Slade in those days. But then, didn't everyone? I believe Jeff Beck played with them on their first album.
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Not paper plates, you note, but porcelain. There's posh for you.
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Naturally we wouldn't have dared to do this if Smokey Robinson had been about, for we knew his reputation as a bad man to mess with.
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I know that this has now become a legendary phrase, uttered by the great Arnie Schwarzenegger. But, for the record, it was first uttered in that café in 1977.
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This is absolutely true. You can look it up for yourself if you don't believe me. Try Tesla: The man who invented the twentieth century. You'll find it in the restricted section of the library.
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Not to be confused with the Eddie Cochran song.
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