tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471993488623327927.post4793898957855292656..comments2024-03-13T06:57:54.343+00:00Comments on Obnoxio The Clown: Kids, eh?Obnoxio The Clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12012089552153702526noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471993488623327927.post-13236096848224606522010-07-02T23:48:41.428+01:002010-07-02T23:48:41.428+01:00Now now Obno, just because Desperate Dan was givin...Now now Obno, just because Desperate Dan was giving Aunt Aggie one after his cow-pie we mustn't jump to conclusions.Caratacusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471993488623327927.post-8207061643465953272010-07-02T22:09:13.939+01:002010-07-02T22:09:13.939+01:00A poofter.A poofter.Obnoxio The Clownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12012089552153702526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471993488623327927.post-33160356530237583112010-07-02T20:33:39.431+01:002010-07-02T20:33:39.431+01:00Obo — "What's wrong with the Beano?"...<i>Obo — "What's wrong with the Beano?"<br /><br />Caratacus — "Us Beano readers were the lazy buggers at the back of the class swapping cigarette cards and flicking snot at the kids who used to read Wizard comic, build Meccano etc"</i><br /><br />When I was a kid—which was not long ago – the mid noughties, in fact—I read the Dandy.<br /><br />So what does that make me?deadaccount.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06385177279765451001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471993488623327927.post-57564371987697243872010-07-01T16:56:42.611+01:002010-07-01T16:56:42.611+01:00"Building Meccano, understanding the internal..."Building Meccano, understanding the internal confusion engine, walking everywhere (at any time of day without fear of kiddie-fiddlers) and eating sweets loaded with chemicals." <br /><br />I doubt that the sweets I ate in those days were loaded with chemicals, but otherwise that must make me fairly normal. <br /><br />Although I was a Beano reader, I used to sit at the back of the science class, winding up the Wimshurst generator. Once there was a good charge, Potter (the class dummy) got pushed onto it, giving him an almighty belt!<br /><br />Happy times...microdavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471993488623327927.post-50108524074479480442010-07-01T14:30:01.198+01:002010-07-01T14:30:01.198+01:00Obno - Us Beano readers were the lazy buggers at t...Obno - Us Beano readers were the lazy buggers at the back of the class swapping cigarette cards and flicking snot at the kids who used to read Wizard comic, build Meccano etc......Caratacusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471993488623327927.post-12248422469349721972010-07-01T13:32:59.928+01:002010-07-01T13:32:59.928+01:00What's wrong with the Beano?What's wrong with the Beano?Obnoxio The Clownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12012089552153702526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471993488623327927.post-83187975905028911642010-07-01T13:31:49.986+01:002010-07-01T13:31:49.986+01:00Tragedy is Obno that years ago he would have been ...Tragedy is Obno that years ago he would have been a normal kid. Reading Wizard comic, building Meccano, understanding the internal confusion engine, walking everywhere (at any time of day without fear of kiddie-fiddlers) and eating sweets loaded with chemicals. God it must have been grim in those days.Caratacusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471993488623327927.post-11323257594972587302010-07-01T13:29:24.944+01:002010-07-01T13:29:24.944+01:00He won't be demonstrating it on the island of ...He won't be demonstrating it on the island of Eigg at the moment.microdavenoreply@blogger.com