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Strange Train of Thought

Kevin and I are watching an episode of Blake's 7, the one with the "Mad Max" clones in it from season 4. Anyway, he said that one of these guys looked like a "Chav". I'd never heard the term before so I looked Chav up on the Wikipedia. Apparently the word is connected to the Australian slang "bogan". Then I noticed that there was a disambiguation for bogan and looked it up. Turns out there's  Bogan River, a Bogan Shire (with an estimated average income per wage and salary earner of $32,823 99th in New South Wales) and a Bogan Gate. The Bogan Gate made me think of a rejected State Motto that I'd read about ages ago "Illinois: Gateway to Iowa". Most likely a joke, though some of the reference pages for this are funny.

I have a curious train of thought sometimes.

We're watching the final scenes with eight wheeled vehicles going all over the place Kevin burst out into song with the Banana Splits theme. Hmmm, right (quietly backs out of room).

Anyone else remember the Splits? I used to watch them all the time (especially Danger Island) when I was young.

 

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[identity profile] gauky-1976.livejournal.com 2008-02-02 01:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes I remember the Splits and they bring back many happy memories of Saturday mornings in front of the TV...

Does being able to remember this mean I'm getting old now?? *Looks scared*

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2008-02-02 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)
How could we forget the Splits and Danger Island..

[identity profile] carly-kai.livejournal.com 2008-02-02 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
oh yes...

[identity profile] yuriverse.livejournal.com 2008-02-02 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
The Banana Splits Show was a staple of my childhood to be sure! I even think the kid who played Huck Finn in the "Adventures of Tom Sawyer" segments was my first crush. So, I could claim that the Splits made me gay.

[identity profile] stephen-dedman.livejournal.com 2008-02-03 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
Who could possibly forget the Splits?

(If anyone needs an alibi, I suspect they were repeated at Swancon at least once.)

[identity profile] ruth-lawrence.livejournal.com 2008-02-03 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
I remember the Splits, although not well, and can play their theme song on my guitar (badly, probably).

I've some Blake's 7 episodes on tape, but not that one :-)

[identity profile] strang-er.livejournal.com 2008-02-03 09:13 am (UTC)(link)

Danger Island was always my favourite bit, especially the Skeleton Men.

ohio or iowa

[identity profile] rashelleym.livejournal.com 2008-02-03 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I seem to remember that one of the Merekin state grabonators actually and seriously proposed a license-plate motto reading: "State of minds".

I do remember noticing The Banana Splits. But Jonny Quest (and Yogi Bear, and Huckleberry Hound) I enjoyed, because first encountering them before about age 10 or so. Interesting that the wiki article indicates that Splits was loosely based on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (a live weekly comedy-only production), because I was very very into Laugh-In at the time. And bubblegum pop, actually. Such a relief after the Bee'uhls were DONE. (Compare and contrast "speaking words of wisdom/let it be" and "yummy yummy yummy/I got love on my tummy".) But I digress.
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