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Originally posted by Hank Wiseass© Humanoid, how do you manage to pull it off?(the humour that is)

It's all down to a combination of lights and mirrors angled correctly.

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David 'the ice boy' Blane has nothing on me... from a short distance I impress people by looking like I have a beard, then one shift it looks like only a tash!... it is amazing.

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Looks like you've lost it(the semi on that is)

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Hunts, you haven't got a tash have you? (quick check to make sure Jarvo hasn't before I post this)

BM88 video was cool. One of their best. BM95 sounds horribly dated now in a way that BM'83 never has. Wonder what BM'02 will sound like when London Records decide they need a few more squid in their pocket?

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Originally posted by Huntsman Quincy Jones ruined Blue Monday with that hideous example of a re-mix '88... the year 1988 was particularly noted for other appauling tunes and hair styles such as the outburst of neighbours and Steve, Aitkat and Watermellon.... also, Rick Hastley and his Charles Chaplin pants.There is only one Blue Moonday and it ain't 1988's efforgee.Anyone seen the original 1983 versions 'original' video with people marching in it?... very sinister.:hat:Rats.

Never seen the original video let alone knew that there was one. Always pissed me off as when ever Blue Monday was played or selected by someone on MTV they would always show the 88 version which admittedly has a no bad video but the track itself is on the pish side. It's like that bloody True Faith 94 mix with the video medley. Why the feck does that still get played/shown? Tsk.

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Originally posted by Seb Briggs Hunts, you haven't got a tash have you? (quick check to make sure Jarvo hasn't before I post this)

Briggster, I currently have a goatee! Though don't think it'll last more than another week, as it's a bloody hassle shaping every morn. I mean, as if shaving isn't enough of a chore without having to pay extra attention? I'm toying with the idea of bleaching it for a night out but fear I may look like (a) too much of a twat, or (b) too much of a twat. Then again, tis the season to get merry.

I, for one, would never grow a solo 'tache though. Sacrilige. The infamous 6.57 boy Docker Hughes once stood for council elections in Pompey and part of his mandate was to ban all moustaches from the area. A sure vote winner! Perhaps Old Blue remembers that one?

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Snake face I have a permanent stuble which you could class as a tash... in fact, last Chrimbo me bird bought me a beard trimmer which is what I have in a way, a sort of infinite beard on me face. I usually trim back to a no. 2 every couple of days but my trimmer has been hammered this year and can't charge up the way it use to... so its more like an electric drag than a fully pepped up machine suitably oiled for the task.

It should be stated that I've had this style since the early nineties... at which point the half-beard comfortably hid the Pringles mouth-side scars.

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... more details can be obtained from the popular book: 'huntsman, stuble or beard... the eternal mystery'

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Is that available on cassette? i'm going snowboarding next week and it would help the journey go by faster.

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Originally posted by Brian Geoghagan Is that available on cassette? i'm going snowboarding next week and it would help the journey go by faster.

No the bloke that was meant to do the voice over ended up doing Harry Potist and his Dancing Crab.

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In light of earlier difficulties, did you get my reply, Huntsy?

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I can see it now...."Huntsman: the Motion Picture. The Huntsman must go in search of the perfect Pringles flavor" Who would play him, though?

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I reckon he could play himself...I'm not sure Val Kilmer could pull off liking curry flavored crisps....

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:nonono: I don't know why I didn't think of this at first...It would be Mel Gibson (he plays everyone else).

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I suspect Mel is a little old for the part.

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Well then, what about Sean Connery? Oh wait, that's going the wrong way. How about the young chap that portrays young Harry Potter?

Yes Sir Huntsman, you may now smack me across the face, I probably deserve it for that comment!

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Okay, Tabsy, I listened to BM88 twice last night, and listened to the original once in between.

I don't care for the gargling, Coca Cola swilling sound effects at the beginning, but apart from that, I agree that I can at least listen to BM88 with some degree of enjoyment, which I'm afraid is more than I can say about the original, which at this point I just find BORING!

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In regards ot (Mel) Gibson: my coz had a very funny idea once: have Gibson play Hitler. He does play everything, if you've noticed, and historical dramas seem to be big on his agenda, so why not? I'm sure he could bring some much-needed warmth to the worst mass-murderer in history.....

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Fucking hell Tabsy...you made me laugh about the Holocaust...I didn't think that could be done!!!

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Originally posted by Taboo # 7 C'mon, all BM 88 fans give me a "hell yes"! (overwhelming silence)Seriously, though, it's basically a judiciously edited version of the same, with some nice effects added. At the very least, you gotta admit the video is pretty amusing....

you can count me in on that! Though i must admit there is nothing like the original. A friend of mine,who is not such a new order fan was always saying(he has trouble remembring things,haha)yeah that song with the machinegun intro.So i knew he meant BM

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Yep the song was poor - the vid was amusing:nod:

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