mrwaverly

You may have seen, or not, the comment I placed under the little cyberman's picture. I have to 'fess up: It's not mine. It was said by the late, very great comedian Peter Cook, on one of his, and the equally sadly missed Dudley Moore's hilarious but quite obscene 'Derek and Clive' albums. He is referring to the superannuated, possibly Jurassic British TV personality Bruce Forsyth. If you are not familiar with him, try to imagine Boris Karloff' as Im-ho-tep, but with a lantern jaw, an obvious wig (or 'syrup' if you are Cockney), and wearing a Tuxedo. Got that picture in your mind? Good. You're half way there. The phrase: "He's really chummy", is taking the piss. Back when the record was made, Mr Forsyth was acerbic, pushy and rude, with all the demeanour and charm of an Easter Island statue with an arse full of razorblades. My brother and I, who both of whom are afflicted with senses of humour that could be classified as 'silly', 'sick', 'absurdist', 'sarcastic', 'morbid', use the phrase always inappropriately. It was used by my brother the other day when a picture of Genghis Khan appeared on the TV. It precluded me from eating a menu item whilst on holiday once. We had gone to a superb aquarium, where one exhibit was a low tank full of large Sea Bass, which would let you stroke them if you put your hands in the water. "They're really chummy!" I said to my brother. Later, we went to a restaurant for lunch. On the menu was 'Baked Sea Bass with Gooseberry sauce'. "That's what I'm having" I said. My brother's voice came from behind his menu: "They're really chummy!" quoth he. So I had steak and kidney pudding instead. Another phrase used by us to annoy, is "Good fun though, I'll bet". If there's a news item about, say, a granny running amok in a shopping mall with a chainsaw, adding "Good fun though, I'll bet" makes it ludicrous. The worse the situation, the funnier it gets. Another we used to add to news items, was "He's not getting up", but we actually deemed it too harsh. The way things are getting now, we would be shouting it all the time...💀💀💀💣🔫🔪💊💉⚠👎