I saw a film today, oh boy...

[Elementary Penguin]

I know that in A Day In The Life, the guy who "Blew his mind out in a car" was an heir to the Guinness estate, and that there were 4,000 potholes in the streets of Blackburn, Landcastershire.

What I don't know is in what film it was that "the English Army had just won the war". Was it How I Won the War? Or was that bit of the song fully fictional?

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[lennon-mccartney]

I think the English won the war in every war film featuring England.

I'm not sure if the referrence was for a specific film.

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[Tim]

It was a reference to How I Won The War

The Guiness heir was Tara Browne

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[Harbidge]

So How I Won The War was a book then? Either that or the book remark was a crypic image of the script of the film.

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[lennon-mccartney]

Either way, I couldn't give a toss.
Win, lose, a pancake's still a pancake.

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[BEATLEDORK]

but see if a pancake has chocalte chips in it is a chocalate chip pancake.

see we are chocalate chip pancakes of the world and you are just well plain pancakes

you do the mathhttp://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

californiacation

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[This message has been edited by beatledork (edited September 10, 2000 at 01:30 PM).]

[Paul_McCartney2002]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by lennon-mccartney:
[B]I think the English won the war in every war film featuring England.

I'm not sure if the referrence was for a specific film.

Actualy it is about a film that John was in called How I won the war, he had a small role in it, and that is when he started wearing glasses


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[lennon-mccartney]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by beatledork:
but see if a pancake has chocalte chips in it is a chocalate chip pancake.

see we are chocalate chip pancakes of the world and you are just well plain pancakes

you do the mathhttp://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

californiacation

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Shut up.



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[bearkat77]

John had been wearing glasses for years before How I Won The War was ever made. He just didn't like to wear them in front of everyone. After the movie came out though, you hardly ever saw him without them.

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[BEATLEDORK]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by lennon-mccartney:
I think the English won the war in every war film featuring England.


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well let me say we won the revolutionary war
not that any englnaders would watch a movie about the U S A winning their much loved freedom from the tyrannic grip of mother england But hey who knows we watched a long movie about in history class
quite gory actually


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[joe pararie]

it IS a reference to How I Won the War,
which IS a book, written by Patrick Ryan
and it IS the beginning of John wearing his trademark glasses.

oh and it IS true that no one in England gives a shit about The American Revolution. not even back then. In the kings diary on July 4, 1776, it said "Nothing of note happened today"

[joe pararie]

and, you would turn away too when the English win the war in that film. a rather incompetent Nazi just run over by a tank and crushed to a pulp in a pool of his own blood.
fun.

[beatlemania5grace]

and, you would turn away too when the English win the war in that film. a rather incompetent Nazi just run over by a tank and crushed to a pulp in a pool of his own blood.
fun.


:bigeyes1: That's rather gruesome.

[Lucy]

I can totally see how it was necessary to dig up this thread after 8 years to say something like that. Well done.

[joe pararie]

its so fake looking, still.

and yes, Lucy i was looking up the particular lyric in google and this was a result in the archive, so just to settle it after 7 years, i not only brougt it back up, but made an account on the site just to do so. I desperately need a girlfriend.

[Lucy]

its so fake looking, still.

and yes, Lucy i was looking up the particular lyric in google and this was a result in the archive, so just to settle it after 7 years, i not only brougt it back up, but made an account on the site just to do so. I desperately need a girlfriend.

My God I love you for your honesty. You crack me up. Not only bringing it back up BUT creating an account JUST to comment. Haahaaaa!! If I wasn't married I would nominate myself as your new girlfy!

[Zimmerman The Gnome]

My God I love you for your honesty. You crack me up. Not only bringing it back up BUT creating an account JUST to comment. Haahaaaa!! If I wasn't married I would nominate myself as your new girlfy!

Dating agency thread being created as I type!:devil7:

[filmsyncs]

oh and it IS true that no one in England gives a shit about The American Revolution. not even back then. In the kings diary on July 4, 1776, it said "Nothing of note happened today"


Ummm ... and if something important HAD happened in the colonies on July 4, 1776 ... how would it have made it into the King's diary for that date? Telephone call? :laugh5:

[ringo_rama]

Holy crap, joe pararie officially = my new favorite poster.