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Old 11 March 2004, 22:11   #1
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Bob The Builder!

I know this has nothing what so ever to do with boating, but I couldn't keep it to myself.

A friend of the family noticed, while out shopping, that " Bob the Builder" had his own flavour of crisps on the shelf.
On closer inspection, the flavour................?

"Bob's cheesy toolbag"


Conjures up memories of Captain Pugwash (Seaman Staines, Master Bates etc...)
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Old 12 March 2004, 08:57   #2
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Re: Bob The Builder!

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Originally posted by Naked Dave
Conjures up memories of Captain Pugwash (Seaman Staines, Master Bates etc...)
This is just a myth.
http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/pugwash.htm

If you'd cited Rainbow as your reference however, that would have almost certainly been true.
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Old 12 March 2004, 09:11   #3
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I recall the black....

pig very well. The above link unfortunately dispesls all the myths so if like me you don't want to have all your childhood memories dashed, don't go there, informative as it may be
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Old 12 March 2004, 09:31   #4
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Another chuckle, with at least some truth in it:
http://625.uk.com/sh1t/zippy.mpg
http://potato.ipg.tsnz.net/movie/rainbow.mpg

And more:
http://www.widdy.demon.co.uk/rainbow/films.htm

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