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Originally Posted by LazyScot
Trust me, this won't be worth it. Please move along to the next post in this thread....
My darned sense of humour and silly cross-references of irrelevant, otherwise unknown trivia. Let me try and explain.
'Allo, 'Allo was a very successful BBC sitcom. It was set during the 2nd World War in France at a small restaurant run by Rene. Among the cast of characters (whose main task was to poke fun at the French accent, it seemed) was the woman in charge of the French Underground. She would regularly appear in the restaurant and approach Rene and the associated French, together with the two trapped British Airmen, and always started with "Listen very carefully; I shall say this only once." (Or something like that.) Needless to say, she had to repeat it many times.
Okay; background over.
Now that sounds, to my somewhat deranged interpretation (look -- its probably the ZCDs, or Post-PNS Stress Syndrome), like the catch phrase of the leader of the French Resistance.
Sounds like someone who didn't know 'Allo, 'Allo.
and hence the response. Told you wasn't not worth it.
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teehee ! the irony is that i actually *have* seen at least one episode of 'Allo 'Allo... but a long time ago, and clearly not enough of it to remember the catchphrases. it was a funny show though... i wonder if it's still around.
(i know, i know, "it's not funny if you have to explain it" but i appreciate the explanation anyway !)