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Culture 'n' chips



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Published Date: 15 July 2008
A NUMBER of years ago I called a supermarket help line to enquire as to why Pak Choi was not available in their store in Doncaster.
There is nothing better than an oriental fry up, but one cannot do without the Pak Choi. Its like pie without the mushy peas.

The reply went thus..`Oh these things don't sell in Doncaster. People only eat pie and chips really!'

I said `Right. S
o we are all beer drinking labour voting pie freaks then?'

`Er well, it is the North.....'

Aye lad so it is. See all, hear all and say nowt....heard the rhyme?
Now things have improved on the shopping front its a pity Doncaster Vue cinemas cannot do the same.

For years I have looked in amazement at the film listings hoping we might be fed a little culture and chips along with our vast bucket of popcorn and rope of liquorice, but alas, a vain hope.

Nevertheless I decided to press the /Read Review /button.

This weeks concoction includes Meet Dave.

Dave who? Is he a mate of Tony's and Gordon's?

The review says he's apparently some dude on an intergalactic spaceship. Fantastic! I love Star Trek. Is Doc Spock in it I wonder?
Then there is Hancock. Well all I can say is he looks to have changed a lot since he was on the telly for a half hour, and he is in colour too thank heavens. He used to look so pale and ill, not to mention a real misery.

Its a tough decision, but I whittled it down to between Meet Dave and Wanted , an action movie which is a certificate 18. There are quite a few of those these days. Nothing like a few brutal killings to stimulate the appetite. I bet they don't ask for proof of my age either.

I was rather looking forward to The Edge of Love.Cert 15A. Its about this eccentric Welsh guy from yonks ago, who wrote something very forward for the time, and my uber trendy English teacher had a glint in his eye and stroked his beard when he spoke of him.Those were the days.

Sunshine in June and proper books.

He wrote Under Milk Wood and some really melancholy poems! Dylan Whatsisname? Aye an' he was one for the women as well.

Supposedly a good plot and some nice singing in it from that lass in Pride and Prejudice.

So as usual its a six month wait for the DVD then?

Eeeh well ne'er mind. Steak and kidney anyone?

J F Lund
Brooke Street
Thorne
Doncaster





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