It's not the first time it was published but I suspect the inclusion of the story in the "Readers Digest Book of Strange Stories, Amazing Facts" (1976) might be relevant to its popping up in Dr Who a couple of years later.
That'll be because both are based on the mythical con (first described in 1932) linked to the actual 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo...
Am I imagining it, or is this a collage? The hair looks cut out. Could just be due to the tinting, I suppose. Incidentally, that cash register behind the bar is a National model, possibly a 349 or similar.
Yesterday my etsy shop had preciously one view. (And i think that was probably me) If you like my stuff please repost. An eccentric millionaire with lots of empty wall space could be scrolling your timeline right now. marswasrubbish.etsy.com/listing/1579...
I just remembered flash cubes. Dunno why. It'll probably be deely boppers next, or programmable calculatora, or using the azimuth adjustment screw or something.
Me+wife (various) Parents before PhONEday " " after PhONEday Grandparents when it was 5 digits " " after it gained an extra zero " " after PhONEday Other grandmother 01.. then 081... then 0181... then 0208... Vicarage that had almost the same number as the station taxi firm The station taxi firm
- Mine (mobile and landline) - My wife's - My parents' (and their old one) - My hairdresser - Lombard Direct ("free on 0800 2 15000 - 24 hours a day!") - And Going Live/Live & Kicking obvs
Indeed! I suppose it doesn't really undermine the point in the Guardian piece that live viewing figures are much lower now (but then, iPlayer figures were much, much lower in 1977), but still a bit unfortunate it picked such a wildly inaccurate figure.
In 1977, JICTAR had Benny Hill topping the chart with 15.75m. Play for Today didn't make the top 10, placing it under 13.3m. But with average ratings for PfT about half that, seems unlikely it was even close. Probably this would help, but... www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
