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RNLI Giles Christmas card
I've just bought a load of RNLI Giles Christmas cards, featuring Gran,
auntie and another old lady beside a lifeboat house. A salty old lifeboat crewmember is pointing at a collection box (old mine). Gran is saying "He says cough up - we never know when we might need one." Fine sentiment but... er what is the joke? Is it really as lame as it being very unlikely that old ladies would need a lifeboat'? I have very fond memories of Giles cartoons. My Grandfather knew Giles, and even named his boat (moored at Buckler's Hard) 'Giles' and the tender 'Giles Junior'. I loved his wonderful cartoons - but I'm stumped by this one. Floatything |
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Re: RNLI Giles Christmas card
On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 08:23:28 -0000, "Floatything"
<chrisknibbsSINKtheSPAM@ntlworld.com> wrote: >I've just bought a load of RNLI Giles Christmas cards, featuring Gran, >auntie and another old lady beside a lifeboat house. A salty old lifeboat >crewmember is pointing at a collection box (old mine). Gran is saying "He >says cough up - we never know when we might need one." > >Fine sentiment but... er what is the joke? Is it really as lame as it being >very unlikely that old ladies would need a lifeboat'? > >I have very fond memories of Giles cartoons. My Grandfather knew Giles, and >even named his boat (moored at Buckler's Hard) 'Giles' and the tender 'Giles >Junior'. I loved his wonderful cartoons - but I'm stumped by this one. If you read the small print you will find that the RNLI sell 500,000 a year! I enjoy the drawings more than the captions. The ones we bought from the RNLI don't have a caption. -- Martin |
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Re: RNLI Giles Christmas card
In message <ki7msv0orlvhnon3quc4gfkvm5i55tm1ig@4ax.com>, martin
<anon@invalid.com> writes snip >I enjoy the drawings more than the captions. The ones we bought from >the RNLI don't have a caption. Look at most crowds or gatherings long enough and a Giles cartoon becomes evident. Sainsbury's on a wet day can be Brueghal-esque, though. -- Peter Thomas |
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Re: RNLI Giles Christmas card
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 11:03:12 +0000, Peter Thomas
<peterdoubled@double.demon.co.uk> wrote: >In message <ki7msv0orlvhnon3quc4gfkvm5i55tm1ig@4ax.com>, martin ><anon@invalid.com> writes >snip > >>I enjoy the drawings more than the captions. The ones we bought from >>the RNLI don't have a caption. > >Look at most crowds or gatherings long enough and a Giles cartoon >becomes evident. > >Sainsbury's on a wet day can be Brueghal-esque, though. If it's Bruegel characters that you want, you should try Albert Hein. Tescos on a wet Saturday can be like Graceland, as I said to Elvis on Saturday -- Martin |
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Re: RNLI Giles Christmas card
In message <b5hrsv80e87qq4ve1vt7a1cb4gio0ef4s9@4ax.com>, martin
<anon@invalid.com> writes >On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 11:03:12 +0000, Peter Thomas ><peterdoubled@double.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >>In message <ki7msv0orlvhnon3quc4gfkvm5i55tm1ig@4ax.com>, martin >><anon@invalid.com> writes >>snip >> >>>I enjoy the drawings more than the captions. The ones we bought from >>>the RNLI don't have a caption. >> >>Look at most crowds or gatherings long enough and a Giles cartoon >>becomes evident. >> >>Sainsbury's on a wet day can be Brueghal-esque, though. > >If it's Bruegel characters that you want, you should try Albert Hein. > A Dutch supermarket, so I gather. Hmmmmm. yes. Mind, I have neighbours in Surrey who wouldn't look out of place. >Tescos on a wet Saturday can be like Graceland, as I said to Elvis on >Saturday There has to be some redeeming grace.... -- Peter Thomas |
