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Up Pompeii!

Post by IanMcL » Mon Apr 08, 2019 10:39 pm

Some people have the brain power of a gnat!

Italian police have detained a British woman suspected of removing some small Roman tiles from a mosaic at Pompeii.

Italian media say she was spotted cutting tiles - called tesserae - from a floor mosaic in the world-famous site's House of the Anchor . She was with her father and sister at the time.

The damage was estimated at €3,000 (£2,600) by the site's manager.

Nearby Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, killing many Pompeii residents and entombing a thriving city.

The 20-year-old woman had crossed a guard rail around the mosaic, police said.

Last year police arrested two French tourists found stealing pieces of marble and earthenware at Pompeii, Italy's Il Giornale daily reports.

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Re: Up Pompeii!

Post by Middle-agedClaret » Mon Apr 08, 2019 11:04 pm

Brits abroad...

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Re: Up Pompeii!

Post by bfcmik » Mon Apr 08, 2019 11:18 pm

Middle-agedClaret wrote:Brits abroad...
And Froggies

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Post by tim_noone » Mon Apr 08, 2019 11:32 pm

I preffered frankie howards take on pompeii tbh.

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Post by Bosscat » Tue Apr 09, 2019 7:49 am

tim_noone wrote:I preffered frankie howards take on pompeii tbh.
Oh woe, woe and thrice woe.

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Post by Dark Cloud » Tue Apr 09, 2019 8:03 am

Assuming the facts are as in the OP I hope she gets all that she deserves, but no doubt anytime soon she'll be in the papers claiming the British Embassy have abandoned her and aren't doing enough to help her and to secure her release!!
PS. How funny was Frankie Howard in that!?? :lol:

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Post by fatboy47 » Tue Apr 09, 2019 8:18 am

Dark Cloud wrote:Assuming the facts are as in the OP I hope she gets all that she deserves, but no doubt anytime soon she'll be in the papers claiming the British Embassy have abandoned her and aren't doing enough to help her and to secure her release!!
PS. How funny was Frankie Howard in that!?? :lol:



Has she thought of having a baby??
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Post by Cirrus_Minor » Tue Apr 09, 2019 8:57 am

Salute!

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Post by LoveCurryPies » Tue Apr 09, 2019 9:03 am

I was once on TV sitting next to Frankie Howerd on the Michael Aspel show.

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Re: Up Pompeii!

Post by IanMcL » Tue Apr 09, 2019 9:04 am

Were you a stooge?

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Post by houseboy » Tue Apr 09, 2019 9:08 am

Bosscat wrote:Oh woe, woe and thrice woe.
Lurcio. One of the funniest characters ever on TV.

'I'm just off down to Marcus Spencius for some bread'.

'How DOES he do that?'

Sadly with it's innuendo it wouldn't see the light of day now.

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Post by Buxtonclaret » Tue Apr 09, 2019 9:15 am

LoveCurryPies wrote:I was once on TV sitting next to Frankie Howerd on the Michael Aspel show.
Found it, LCP!

You don't 'arf look like Lulu!
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Post by Dark Cloud » Tue Apr 09, 2019 9:33 am

As mentioned it would probably never make it to screen now, but it was very clever and very funny at the time. (Probably still is actually!) I didn't even know Frankie Howard was gay until after he'd died!! :roll:

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Post by Bosscat » Tue Apr 09, 2019 9:47 am

Dark Cloud wrote:As mentioned it would probably never make it to screen now, but it was very clever and very funny at the time. (Probably still is actually!) I didn't even know Frankie Howard was gay until after he'd died!! :roll:
It was loosely based on "a funny thing happened on the way to the forum"

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Post by Bosscat » Tue Apr 09, 2019 9:51 am

Dark Cloud wrote:As mentioned it would probably never make it to screen now, but it was very clever and very funny at the time. (Probably still is actually!) I didn't even know Frankie Howard was gay until after he'd died!! :roll:
It was loosely based on "a funny thing happened on the way to the forum"

They also made a film based on the TV series
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A couple of other films followed
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0067917/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0069448/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Post by JohnMac » Tue Apr 09, 2019 10:09 am

I have a piece of broken Roman pottery and a small 4" block of white marble which I found on the seabed in Cyprus.

As for Frankie Howard, he was hilarious but it was also revealed after his death he was a sexual predator and tried it on with young aspiring actors and wasn't subtle.

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Post by Down_Rover » Tue Apr 09, 2019 10:34 am

Middle-agedClaret wrote:Brits abroad...
free movement of people cuts both ways.

We will get all those expats back from Costa Del Sol

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Post by John Johnson 1605 » Tue Apr 09, 2019 12:08 pm

LoveCurryPies wrote:I was once on TV sitting next to Frankie Howerd on the Michael Aspel show.
Were you ? How was that ?

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Post by LeadBelly » Tue Apr 09, 2019 2:44 pm

Italian police have detained a British woman suspected of removing some small Roman tiles from a mosaic at Pompeii.
Infamy, infamy.......

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Post by CoolClaret » Tue Apr 09, 2019 2:47 pm

Selfish bint

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Post by LoveCurryPies » Tue Apr 09, 2019 6:26 pm

Buxtonclaret wrote:Found it, LCP!

You don't 'arf look like Lulu!
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“You make me wanna shout!” :lol:

I can’t remember who else was on the show. But the warm up man was Tom O’Connor.
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Post by LoveCurryPies » Tue Apr 09, 2019 7:28 pm

John Johnson 1605 wrote:Were you ? How was that ?
I was a student studying film & tv so spent a week at BBC Studios. I was asked to sit next to Frankie while pre-show test camera shots were made.

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