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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PeteProdge wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2019 3:15 pmAnyway, 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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AndyC wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:29 am Some of those have to have been intentional references, right?
This definitely wasn't:

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Or this:


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Fahnn wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2019 5:44 pm
This definitely wasn't:

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Fahnn wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2019 5:44 pm
AndyC wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:29 am Some of those have to have been intentional references, right?
This definitely wasn't:

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Or this:

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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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Before anyone thinks it, can we please not be presented with the results of a Google image search for Penetrator... :mrgreen:
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Joefish wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2019 11:39 am Before anyone thinks it, can we please not be presented with the results of a Google image search for Penetrator... :mrgreen:
Penetrator? I barely knew 'er!
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Joefish wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2019 11:39 am Before anyone thinks it, can we please not be presented with the results of a Google image search for Penetrator... :mrgreen:
Just like Booty! :lol:
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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2019 3:11 pm
Joefish wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2019 11:39 am Before anyone thinks it, can we please not be presented with the results of a Google image search for Penetrator... :mrgreen:
Just like Booty! :lol:
I came onto this thread (uh, unfortunate wording there, but I'll leave it) to make both these jokes. Stop ruining my fun!

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AndyC wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:29 am Some of those have to have been intentional references, right?
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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R-Tape wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:34 pm
AndyC wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:29 am Some of those have to have been intentional references, right?
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?
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!
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R-Tape wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:34 pm
AndyC wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:29 am Some of those have to have been intentional references, right?
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?
Not necessarily...

'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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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
Ah yes, I'd forgotten the Dandy's Hungry Horace, this is how I remember him - like a podgy Dennis the Menace:

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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.
I've never heard that, but I like it! (I'm not doubting it)
The 'Hungry Horace' I posted is in Redcar, BTW - so that makes five that we know of! ;)
No that's the Marske one that Fahhn mentions (near Redcar).

Any which way, it'd be interesting to know which of these, if any, applies to the greasy spoons in question.
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