DasLunatic
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That was the distance between Colchester and Prestbury
Using North Fambridge as a reference, this is 200m:
... and this is 200km (which I think you meant)
Massive difference.
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Using North Fambridge as a reference, this is 200m:
... and this is 200km (which I think you meant)
Massive difference.
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backontrack
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Using North Fambridge as a reference, this is 200m:
... and this is 200km (which I think you meant)
Massive difference.
Oh, I meant miles.
DasLunatic
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Oh, I meant miles.
This is Colchester to Prestbury, as the crow flies.
How did you get that figure, because 160mi is not 200mi, and neither is 225 miles...
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backontrack
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This is Colchester to Prestbury, as the crow flies.
How did you get that figure, because 160mi is not 200mi, and neither is 225 miles...
I rounded it to the nearest 100m, like you said. Except I thought that was in mi.
DaleCooper
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No, that's not it.
DaleCooper
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He looks like he might but he doesn't.
Have you seen the price of Whiskas? Only the wealthy can afford to eat it.
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He's the official cat food taster at Whiskas? Somebody's gotta do it.
DaleCooper
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I've always thoght that Whiskas looked pretty mouth-watering but whoever the lucky person is who gets to do the tasting it isn't he.
backontrack
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Well, Gove's gotta do something...
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DaleCooper
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No, that isn't his claim to fame.
As this could be quite a difficult one here's an early clue:
The gentleman is a musician.
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Was he involved in the first ever TV commercial designed for cats themselves rather than their human owners?
DaleCooper
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No, anyway surely a commercial made for cats should be made by cats and would probably feature sparrows and mice being slaughtered, minced and stuffed into tins.
Another clue:
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DaleCooper
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I'm sure he wouldn't do such a thing.
Another clue, this from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll:
kevconnor
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I am guessing this is a play on words and this is to do with a cat's-whisker detector?
DaleCooper
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It is not a play on words.
Another clue: Instead of Whiskas it could have been Kitekat or Iams; the brand isn't important.
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The gentleman in question was born 13 years after the introduction of cat's eyes. No need to clutch at straws there will be more clues.
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One more clue before bedtime:
If Toyah Wilcox had to choose between the distinguished gentleman and the tin of Whiskas which would she pick?
DaleCooper
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He wrote a song called "Cat food" had to google it
That's right, the gentleman is Robert Fripp of the progressive group King Crimson who recorded Cat Food in 1970.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA1cZPoEk8E
Incidentally the bass line is very like Come Together by The Beatles
When I saw how he looks now I just had to share it, this is him back then:
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DasLunatic
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He's the poor sod whose stomach burst open when the first alien emerged?
That was John Hurt.
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Alien starred John Hurt who was in V for Vendetta with Stephen Fry who was in A Cock and Bull Story with Steve Coogan who was in Philomena with Judi Dench who was in GoldenEye with Framke Janssen who was in X-Men with Patrick Stewart who was in Ted with Seth McFarlane who was in A Million Ways to Die in the West with Neil Patrick Harris.
Simples.
Alternative answer: Alien starred Sigourney Weaver who was in Ghostbusters with Bill Murray who was in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou with Michael Gambon who was in Ali G Indahouse with Martin Freeman who was in World's End with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost who were in Hot Fuzz with Olivia Colman who was in Broadchurch with David Tennant who was in Doctor Who with Catherine Tate who was in Big School with David Walliams who was in Little Britain with Anthony Head who was in Buffy the Vampire Slayer with Alyson Hannigan who was in How I Met Your Mother with Neil Patrick Harris.
Alternative alternative answer: Alien starred Yaphet Kotto who was in Homicide: Life on the Street with Giancarlo Esposito who was in Breaking Bad with Bryan Cranston who was in Argo with Ben Affleck who was in Gone Girl with Neil Patrick Harris.
Simples.
Alternative answer: Alien starred Sigourney Weaver who was in Ghostbusters with Bill Murray who was in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou with Michael Gambon who was in Ali G Indahouse with Martin Freeman who was in World's End with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost who were in Hot Fuzz with Olivia Colman who was in Broadchurch with David Tennant who was in Doctor Who with Catherine Tate who was in Big School with David Walliams who was in Little Britain with Anthony Head who was in Buffy the Vampire Slayer with Alyson Hannigan who was in How I Met Your Mother with Neil Patrick Harris.
Alternative alternative answer: Alien starred Yaphet Kotto who was in Homicide: Life on the Street with Giancarlo Esposito who was in Breaking Bad with Bryan Cranston who was in Argo with Ben Affleck who was in Gone Girl with Neil Patrick Harris.
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Neil Patrick Harris is an anagram of "A cine shirt rip lark".