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GM7HUD > POEM 08.01.07 20:43l 18 Lines 753 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: Marmite miners
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Sent: 070108/1750z @:GB7ESX.#31.GBR.EU #:48665 $:1E4288GM7HUD [Witham, Esx]NNA
VK2AWZ wrote:-
> A well known eating haunt nearby Sydney harbour, is called the Spaghetti
> Factory and on entry, there is a giant mural of a spaghetti tree, with
> spaghetti flowing out all over it.
> Some are taken in by this and go away educated into believing spaghetti
> grows on trees. As a young person I even believed it!
The same joke, spaghetti trees, was shown on April Fool's Day on the
erstwhile and serious Panorama programme by the BBC in the late 1950s. The
joke worked well on the UK population as, at that time, Pasta was not very
common in the UK. Respected broadcaster Richard Dimebleby did the
commentary. The BBC were inundated the next day with requests on how to
find out more about spaghetti growing!
73 de Andy GM7HUD
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