Out of context Spectrum games
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Some of those have to have been intentional references, right?
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A PR/marketing agency in London...
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That road is where I do some of my run training! Very weird to see something I recognise from one of my core interests, in a forum on another of my core interests.
Anyway, here's another one for ya...
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Ha, excellent! I think I've got that book somewhere. If I remember, it was pretty good. Might have to try to find it now.
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Ah, I thought 'Frank N Stein' was the pun-based title used for a couple of clumsy 'Frankenstein's monster' comic strips in British comics from decades before the ZX Spectrum existed. Turns out it was Frankie Stein.
Anyway, enough of my waffling. Here's a new one I've found...
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(An app that help reduce the food waste, far different from the game topic! )
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There's a "Paradise Cafe" in Santa Barbara, California. And a "North and South" restaurant in the state of Wisconsin.
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I wonder if they do omelettes?
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Before anyone thinks it, can we please not be presented with the results of a Google image search for Penetrator...
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Website: Tardis Remakes / Mostly remakes of Arcade and ZX Spectrum games.
My games for the Spectrum: Dingo, The Speccies, The Speccies 2, Vallation & Sqij.
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My games for the Spectrum: Dingo, The Speccies, The Speccies 2, Vallation & Sqij.
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I came onto this thread (uh, unfortunate wording there, but I'll leave it) to make both these jokes. Stop ruining my fun!
If I won the lottery, I would open a fish & chip shop called Make-A-Chip specifically to win this
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Some dark stuff here:
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I'd like to know too. Google shows at least 4 "Hungry Horace" greasy spoons situated in or near London, Marske by the Sea, Bristol, York. At least one of these must be a spec-chum, if not all. Is anyone here nearby, or already a regular (or even the owner!) able to shed any light on these?
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I can do Hungry Horace in Marske as I need to get my car an MOT and the garage I go to is about 400 yards away. I'll definitely ask!R-Tape wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:34 pmI'd like to know too. Google shows at least 4 "Hungry Horace" greasy spoons situated in or near London, Marske by the Sea, Bristol, York. At least one of these must be a spec-chum, if not all. Is anyone here nearby, or already a regular (or even the owner!) able to shed any light on these?
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Not necessarily...R-Tape wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:34 pmI'd like to know too. Google shows at least 4 "Hungry Horace" greasy spoons situated in or near London, Marske by the Sea, Bristol, York. At least one of these must be a spec-chum, if not all. Is anyone here nearby, or already a regular (or even the owner!) able to shed any light on these?
'Hungry Horace' has been a comic book character for years:-
https://ukcomics.fandom.com/wiki/Hungry_Horace
I've also heard it used as an idiom ("Look at 'im scoffin' that pie down, 'ee's a right 'ungry 'orace!") by people who wouldn't even know what a Spectrum was.
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Ah yes, I'd forgotten the Dandy's Hungry Horace, this is how I remember him - like a podgy Dennis the Menace:lister_of_smeg wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2019 9:16 pm Not necessarily...
'Hungry Horace' has been a comic book character for years:-
https://ukcomics.fandom.com/wiki/Hungry_Horace
I've never heard that, but I like it! (I'm not doubting it)I've also heard it used as an idiom ("Look at 'im scoffin' that pie down, 'ee's a right 'ungry 'orace!") by people who wouldn't even know what a Spectrum was.
No that's the Marske one that Fahhn mentions (near Redcar).The 'Hungry Horace' I posted is in Redcar, BTW - so that makes five that we know of!
Any which way, it'd be interesting to know which of these, if any, applies to the greasy spoons in question.