Milkman

Who had the fastest milkfloat in the west and who was his foe in the song ?

For a bonus point who sang it and no googling

nth london addick said:

Who had the fastest milkfloat in the west and who was his foe in the song ?

For a bonus point who sang it and no googling

earnie and ?
benny hill

Correct GA


For an aditional point

What killed earnie

My dad used to work down Spitafields market before taking up cabbing. Always regretted leaving the market. Cheers viewfinder, will check that out

My next door neighbour is a milkman. Dunno how much they charge these days, but a lot more than the one quid for four pints at supermarket.

BlackForestReds said:

lordromford said:

Norfolk_Addick said:

BIG_ROB said:

Norfolk_Addick said:

Milk float hit my car the other week. Made an insurance claim against him. Felt a bit bad as milkmen don't seem to have much luck nowadays.

Yeah, but that's in Norfolk, it probably an horse pulling it!

Did you write 'an horse' because you pronounce it 'an 'orse'?

I may be mistaken here, but isn't that one of those quirks of English that it's correct to use 'an' before a word beginning with h (Regardless of how it's pronounced)?

It's based on pronunciation. The word hour is pronounced with a silent "H" and sounds like "our" when spoken, while horse for example is pronounced with a harder "H". Hence an hour, but a horse.

Ok. Like I say, I'm no expert, so I bow to the knowledge of others. I also think that you should be correct, but my understanding was that the hard or silent h was irrelevant, meaning that the 'correct' structure led to phrases like "an hotel" and, as redskin says, "an historic occasion."
I'm sure I've read it in a book on language - like 'Eats, shoots and leaves' or something.

lordromford said:

BlackForestReds said:

lordromford said:

Norfolk_Addick said:

BIG_ROB said:

Norfolk_Addick said:

Milk float hit my car the other week. Made an insurance claim against him. Felt a bit bad as milkmen don't seem to have much luck nowadays.

Yeah, but that's in Norfolk, it probably an horse pulling it!

Did you write 'an horse' because you pronounce it 'an 'orse'?

I may be mistaken here, but isn't that one of those quirks of English that it's correct to use 'an' before a word beginning with h (Regardless of how it's pronounced)?

It's based on pronunciation. The word hour is pronounced with a silent "H" and sounds like "our" when spoken, while horse for example is pronounced with a harder "H". Hence an hour, but a horse.

Ok. Like I say, I'm no expert, so I bow to the knowledge of others. I also think that you should be correct, but my understanding was that the hard or silent h was irrelevant, meaning that the 'correct' structure led to phrases like "an hotel" and, as redskin says, "an historic occasion."
I'm sure I've read it in a book on language - like 'Eats, shoots and leaves' or something.

There are exceptions to every rule, I've generally worked on the basis of what sounds right, "a hotel" and "a historic situation" just sound wrong even if they are theoretically correct.

lordromford said:

BlackForestReds said:

lordromford said:

Norfolk_Addick said:

BIG_ROB said:

Norfolk_Addick said:

Milk float hit my car the other week. Made an insurance claim against him. Felt a bit bad as milkmen don't seem to have much luck nowadays.

Yeah, but that's in Norfolk, it probably an horse pulling it!

Did you write 'an horse' because you pronounce it 'an 'orse'?

I may be mistaken here, but isn't that one of those quirks of English that it's correct to use 'an' before a word beginning with h (Regardless of how it's pronounced)?

It's based on pronunciation. The word hour is pronounced with a silent "H" and sounds like "our" when spoken, while horse for example is pronounced with a harder "H". Hence an hour, but a horse.

Ok. Like I say, I'm no expert, so I bow to the knowledge of others. I also think that you should be correct, but my understanding was that the hard or silent h was irrelevant, meaning that the 'correct' structure led to phrases like "an hotel" and, as redskin says, "an historic occasion."
I'm sure I've read it in a book on language - like 'Eats, shoots and leaves' or something.

I think it's a grey area. I think 'a historic' and 'an hour' is correct, but you wouldn't drop any marks in an English exam if you wrote 'an historic'.

A rock cake him him underneath his 'eart, and the concrete hardened crust of a stale pork pie caught him in the eye...

like the rag & bone man, the umbrella repair man and the door to door knife sharpener they have gone the way of the eight year old chimney sweep .. though there are still a few round here charging about £2 for a pint of golden top as well as tempting the housewives with an assortment of tinned goodies and sad looking spuds, carrots and cabbages

nth london addick said:

Winner well dkne JWADDICK hope you didnt cheat

How very dare you?! I'll have you know I'm just a sad old git with piles of s**t like that knocking around in my head. Nothing important just s**t like that.

Milk and more... I'd never use them. they've robbed my mate of trying to make a living when they took over the dairy he worked at. It's cheaper for his customers to walk to the shops to buy now and they're taking more money off him as its a franchise. It's hardly worth working now what they want from him.

Milk and More screwing milk men all over the country.

Heard a rag and bone man up near shooters hill the other day. Didn't see him and could not tell what he was yelling.

I use one for work but not home.