Planning to have same problems..
Can you match catchphrases to comic or show in our quiz?
THE St Patrick’s weekend promises a feast of sport but we are unlikely to see as spectacular an own goal as the one scored by the Taoiseach in Washington.
After what appeared to be a very successful meeting with President Trump, Leo Varadkar inexplicably embroiled himself in a controversy which has completely overshadowed his trip.
His claim he may have helped Donald Trump prevent a wind farm near his Doonbeg golf course by intervening in the planning process was the biggest political clanger of recent years.
Already comparisons are being made between the Taoiseach’s comments and Pee Flynn’s infamous “three houses” claim on The Late Late Show.
To add to the confusion it is now being claimed no such contact was made with Clare County Council which makes Mr Varadkar’s boast even more ludicrous.
The Fianna Fail leader was quick to ask for the details of his intervention on behalf of Trump.
But Micheal Martin and his party will also have explaining to do after it emerged former Taoiseach Brian Cowen appears to have intervened in the planning process over another wind farm.
This country has an appalling reputation when it comes to planning and after the latest reputations the public can be forgiven for believing that little has changed.
ENTERTAINMENT giants Jim Bowen and Sir Ken Dodd may be gone, but their catchphrases will surely never be forgotten.
Knotty Ash’s most famous son, Ken, who died on Sunday, aged 90, kept his fans, well, in knots, brandishing his tickling stick and joking: “How tickled I am!”
Jim was “super, smashing, great!” until he died on Wednesday, aged
80. As Bullseye host, he told us: “You can’t beat a bit of Bully!”
We all love a good catchphrase, and we have found 50 of the best – but do you know who said what?
1. “I wanna tell you a story.”
2. “Just like that.”
3. “What a gay day.”
1. Max Bygraves; 2. Tommy Cooper; 3. Larry Grayson; 4. Jim Davidson; 5. The Chuckle Brothers; 6. Max Miller; 7. Cilla Black; 8. Arthur Askey; 9. Lauren Cooper (Catherine Tate); 10. Vicky Pollard (Matt Lucas, Little Britain); 11. Basil Fawlty (John Cleese, Fawlty Towers); 12. The Two Ronnies; 13. Homer Simpson; 14. Del Boy (David Jason, Only Fools and Horses); 15. Edina (Jennifer Saunders, Absolutely Fabulous); 16. Basil Brush; 17. Jim Trott (Trevor Peacock, The Vicar of Dibley); 18. Harold Steptoe (Harry H Corbett, Steptoe and Son);
4. “Nick Nick.”
5. “To me, to you.”
6. “Here’s a funny thing.”
7. “Lorra lorra laughs.”
8. “Hello playmates.”
9. “Am I bovverd?”
10. “Yeah but no but!”
11. “Don’t mention the war.”
12. “It’s goodnight from me, and it’s goodnight from him.”
13. “D’oh!”
14. “Lovely jubbly!”
16. “Boom boom.”
17. “No, no, no, no.”
18. “You dirty old man.”
20. “We’ll all be murdered 19. Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson, One Foot in the Grave); 20. Minnie Bannister (Spike Milligan, The Goon Show); 21. Bruce Forsyth (The Generation Game); 22. Clarence (Dick Emery); 23. Harry Enfield; 24. Laurel and Hardy; 25. Fletch (Kevin Bishop, Porridge); 26. Ross Geller (David Schwimmer, Friends); 27. Kenny Everett; 28. Mr Humphries (John Inman, Are You Being Served?); 29. Kenneth in our beds.”
21. “Nice to see you, to see you nice.”
22. “Hello Honky Tonk.”
23. “Loadsamoney!”
24. “That’s another nice mess you’ve gotten me into.”
25. “Naff off!”
26. “We were on a break.”
27. “It’s all done in the best possible taste.”
28. “I’m free!”
30. “I shall say this only once…”
32. “Ooh Betty!” Basil Brush & Vicky Pollard (Matt Lucas) Williams, the Carry On films; 30. Michelle Dubois, (Kirsten Cooke, ‘Allo ‘Allo); 31. Edward Tattsyrup (Reece Shearsmith, The League of Gentlemen); 32. Frank Spencer (Michael Crawford, Some Mothers Do Have ‘Em); 33. Baldrick (Tony Robinson, Blackadder); 34. Mark Williams (The Fast Show); 35. Jim Royle (Ricky Tomlinson, The Royle Family); 36. Captain Mainwaring (Arthur Lowe, Dad’s
33. “I have a cunning plan.”
34. “Suits you sir!”
35. “My arse!”
36. “You stupid boy.”
37. “A real bobby dazzler.”
38. “Silly old moo.”
39. “Bernie, the bolt!”
40. “There’s only one way to find out… fight!”
41. “I pity the fool.”
42. “Oh my god, they killed Kenny!”
43. “Is it because I is black?”
44. “No likey, no lighty.”
45. “You’re ‘avin a larf.”
46. “Smoke me a kipper, I’ll be back for breakfast.”
47. “You’ll like it, not a lot… but you’ll like it.”
48. “That’s you, that is.”
49. “What ho.”
50. “You rang?”
Army); 37. David Dickinson; 38. Alf Garnett, (Warren Mitchell, Till Death Us Do Part); 39. Bob Monkhouse (The Golden Shot); 40. Harry Hill (Harry Hill’s TV Burp); 41. B.A. Baracus (Mr T, The A Team); 42. South Park; 43. Ali G (Sacha Baron Cohen); 44. Paddy Mcguinness (Take Me Out); 45. Ricky Gervais (Extras); 46. Ace Rimmer, (Chris Barrie, Red Dwarf); 47. Paul Daniels; 48. History Today (Rob Newman and David Baddiel); 49. Jeeves and Wooster (Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie); 50. Lurch (Ted Cassidy, The Addams Family).
As the Chuckle Brothers would say, oh dear, oh dear…
I don’t believe it, a respectable score.
Lovely Jubbly! You know your stuff.
A bobby dazzler of a score, Doddy and Jim would be proud.