Re: OT - Californian Pumpkins
 

J. Clarke wrote:
> Dave Milne wrote:
>> Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ? Did it "seem a
>> good idea at the time" perhaps ? or is "pumpkin bombing" a
>> Californian
>> speciality ?
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/2usbo2
>>
>> Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received
>> :-)
>>
>> Dave Milne, Scotland
>
> For anybody who like me is getting nothing but a Citibank ad from the
> tinyurl link, here it is on Youtube
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPPlFx3GXkg.
>
City band ad ? It should resolve to the BBC site:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/new...m&asb=1&news=1

Dave Milne, Scotland

Re: OT - Californian Pumpkins
 

Dave Milne wrote:
> J. Clarke wrote:
>> Dave Milne wrote:
>>> Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ? Did it "seem
>>> a
>>> good idea at the time" perhaps ? or is "pumpkin bombing" a
>>> Californian
>>> speciality ?
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/2usbo2
>>>
>>> Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> Dave Milne, Scotland
>>
>> For anybody who like me is getting nothing but a Citibank ad from
>> the
>> tinyurl link, here it is on Youtube
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPPlFx3GXkg.
>>
> City band ad ? It should resolve to the BBC site:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/new...m&asb=1&news=1

It does, which for me plays a Citibank ad and then nothing.

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Re: OT - Californian Pumpkins
 

Dave Milne wrote:
> J. Clarke wrote:
>> Dave Milne wrote:
>>> Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ? Did it "seem
>>> a
>>> good idea at the time" perhaps ? or is "pumpkin bombing" a
>>> Californian
>>> speciality ?
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/2usbo2
>>>
>>> Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> Dave Milne, Scotland
>>
>> For anybody who like me is getting nothing but a Citibank ad from
>> the
>> tinyurl link, here it is on Youtube
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPPlFx3GXkg.
>>
> City band ad ? It should resolve to the BBC site:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/new...m&asb=1&news=1

It does, which for me plays a Citibank ad and then nothing.

--
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

Re: OT - Californian Pumpkins
 

Dave Milne wrote:
> J. Clarke wrote:
>> Dave Milne wrote:
>>> Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ? Did it "seem
>>> a
>>> good idea at the time" perhaps ? or is "pumpkin bombing" a
>>> Californian
>>> speciality ?
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/2usbo2
>>>
>>> Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> Dave Milne, Scotland
>>
>> For anybody who like me is getting nothing but a Citibank ad from
>> the
>> tinyurl link, here it is on Youtube
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPPlFx3GXkg.
>>
> City band ad ? It should resolve to the BBC site:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/new...m&asb=1&news=1

It does, which for me plays a Citibank ad and then nothing.

--
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

Re: OT - Californian Pumpkins
 

Dave Milne wrote:
> J. Clarke wrote:
>> Dave Milne wrote:
>>> Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ? Did it "seem
>>> a
>>> good idea at the time" perhaps ? or is "pumpkin bombing" a
>>> Californian
>>> speciality ?
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/2usbo2
>>>
>>> Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> Dave Milne, Scotland
>>
>> For anybody who like me is getting nothing but a Citibank ad from
>> the
>> tinyurl link, here it is on Youtube
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPPlFx3GXkg.
>>
> City band ad ? It should resolve to the BBC site:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/new...m&asb=1&news=1

It does, which for me plays a Citibank ad and then nothing.

--
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

Re: OT - Californian Pumpkins
 

Dave Milne wrote:
> Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ?

Because you can.
>
> Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received :-)

This from someone near the home of Benny Hill, Blackadder, Monty Python,
Fawlty Towers, Syd Barrett, and the Bovine Trebuchet.

We take it you havent found the videos of the Buffalo Chip Tossing
Championship yet.

Re: OT - Californian Pumpkins
 

Dave Milne wrote:
> Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ?

Because you can.
>
> Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received :-)

This from someone near the home of Benny Hill, Blackadder, Monty Python,
Fawlty Towers, Syd Barrett, and the Bovine Trebuchet.

We take it you havent found the videos of the Buffalo Chip Tossing
Championship yet.

Re: OT - Californian Pumpkins
 

Dave Milne wrote:
> Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ?

Because you can.
>
> Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received :-)

This from someone near the home of Benny Hill, Blackadder, Monty Python,
Fawlty Towers, Syd Barrett, and the Bovine Trebuchet.

We take it you havent found the videos of the Buffalo Chip Tossing
Championship yet.

Re: OT - Californian Pumpkins
 

Dave Milne wrote:
> Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ?

Because you can.
>
> Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received :-)

This from someone near the home of Benny Hill, Blackadder, Monty Python,
Fawlty Towers, Syd Barrett, and the Bovine Trebuchet.

We take it you havent found the videos of the Buffalo Chip Tossing
Championship yet.

Re: OT - Californian Pumpkins
 

"J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet@cox.net> wrote in message
news:fejubf01no@news3.newsguy.com...
> Dave Milne wrote:
> > J. Clarke wrote:
> >> Dave Milne wrote:
> >>> Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ? Did it "seem
> >>> a
> >>> good idea at the time" perhaps ? or is "pumpkin bombing" a
> >>> Californian
> >>> speciality ?
> >>>
> >>> http://tinyurl.com/2usbo2
> >>>
> >>> Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received
> >>> :-)
> >>>
> >>> Dave Milne, Scotland
> >>
> >> For anybody who like me is getting nothing but a Citibank ad from
> >> the
> >> tinyurl link, here it is on Youtube
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPPlFx3GXkg.
> >>
> > City band ad ? It should resolve to the BBC site:
> >
> >
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/new...m&asb=1&news=1
>
> It does, which for me plays a Citibank ad and then nothing.
>
> --
> --
> --John
> to email, dial "usenet" and validate
> (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

Sorry old bean, no adverts when it plays here - straight into the news
report. They must be doing some content switching based on your ip address.

Dave