The physical comedy involving the table/door is like something Laurel and Hardy would have come up with. We've also got a couple of Saffas playing for our cricket team and whenever anyone bowls a beamer (head height full toss), someone will invariably shout "full beam!" in a South African accent and they have absolutely no idea why we do it.
To be honest, IMHO, you shouldn't really have to tell people not to stick their fingers in a spinning siren, or not to tie their shoe laces in a revolving door, etc, etc, but some fine words from the siren manufacturers website.... Please keep in mind that these friction sirens are from an earlier, less litigious era, when personal responsibility was still considered a virtue. Typical for the times they were made, they do not have the level of guarding present on sirens made today. A finger or any other item placed into a spinning siren is at risk of being instantly chopped off. Even a siren spun by hand is capable of causing injury to the unwary. Be careful, and protect those who may not be aware of the hazard. When we display a friction siren, it will have a nylon cable tie secured through a port to prevent it from spinning to help avoid such problems. Depending upon the speed of the drive and its size ratio to the friction roller, it is possible for a friction siren to reach quite excessive speeds for which it was not designed. Violent failure could result. Use care to avoid overspeeding a friction siren. For these reasons, and due to the advanced age of these sirens and the unknown levels of abuse they may have endured, we do not recommend their use and will not be held responsible for the results of their use. Loving the uncontained failure aspect, makes you want one even more, perhaps Peco should get one fitted!
I couldn’t comment on Charlie Whatshisface, but I literally ran into Ewan at the World Cup in 1998. Long story short, we’d been drinking all day and it took ages to get into the ground, by which time I was beyond desperate for a pee. He was stood in the way of the toilet. I apologised before realising who I’d nearly knocked off their feet. He couldn’t have been nicer when I finally clocked who he was, we had a chat and he even walked over to my mates to say hello as I’d said they’d never believe me. Had a little chat about bikes too. A top man.
I wonder if they had that russ malkin on this show? Not the best experience of my life was meeting him
"Boorman and McGregor are executive producers and will once again work alongside David Alexanian and Russ Malkin."
