Simple question - where does that phrase come from? Wikipedia just links to the KLF article. But I'm sure as an expression it must pre-date 1990. Is it from some sixties drama? John
I thought it was from a Harry Enfield sketch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Smith_%E2%80%93_a_Life 1989 so about the right time to still be funny at the time Andy On 16 September 2010 15:45, John Milne <paranormalhandy@gmail.com> wrote:
Simple question - where does that phrase come from?
Wikipedia just links to the KLF article. But I'm sure as an expression it must pre-date 1990. Is it from some sixties drama?
John
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Norbert Smith - I remember that! Of course, Harry also appears on "Doctorin' the TARDIS", so the lads have previous there. I suppose there's also all the Jersualem/Blake referencing (although I'm pretty sure he never said "it's grim up north!") Thanks for all the answers everyone, too. On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Andy Lee <andy@adlee.co.uk> wrote:
I thought it was from a Harry Enfield sketch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Smith_%E2%80%93_a_Life
1989 so about the right time to still be funny at the time
Andy
On 16 September 2010 15:45, John Milne <paranormalhandy@gmail.com> wrote:
Simple question - where does that phrase come from?
Wikipedia just links to the KLF article. But I'm sure as an expression it must pre-date 1990. Is it from some sixties drama?
John
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I think that's just a statement on some of the conditions. A troupe... http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GrimUpNorth On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 10:45 AM, John Milne <paranormalhandy@gmail.com>wrote:
Simple question - where does that phrase come from?
Wikipedia just links to the KLF article. But I'm sure as an expression it must pre-date 1990. Is it from some sixties drama?
John
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wasn't there something about it being graffiti'd on one of the bridges over the M1 near the Watford Gap? or is that just my mind getting things mixed up? On 16 Sep 2010, at 18:51, Paul Allgood wrote:
I think that's just a statement on some of the conditions. A troupe... http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GrimUpNorth
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 10:45 AM, John Milne <paranormalhandy@gmail.com> wrote:
Simple question - where does that phrase come from?
Wikipedia just links to the KLF article. But I'm sure as an expression it must pre-date 1990. Is it from some sixties drama?
John
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Yes, the Watford Gap is supposed to be the north/south divide. It was graffiti'd there, but for the life of me I can't understand why there are no results in the first 3 or 4 pages of Google images, as far as I remember it was one of the most prolific of all the KLFs graffiti works. Ross On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 8:46 PM, jai <illitrate_23@mac.com> wrote:
wasn't there something about it being graffiti'd on one of the bridges over the M1 near the Watford Gap? or is that just my mind getting things mixed up?
On 16 Sep 2010, at 18:51, Paul Allgood wrote:
I think that's just a statement on some of the conditions. A troupe... http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GrimUpNorth
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 10:45 AM, John Milne <paranormalhandy@gmail.com> wrote:
Simple question - where does that phrase come from?
Wikipedia just links to the KLF article. But I'm sure as an expression it must pre-date 1990. Is it from some sixties drama?
John
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KLF did it, like the Sunday times billboard thing for shag times. From: klf-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:klf-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of jai Sent: 16 September 2010 20:46 To: All bound for Mu-Mu Land. Subject: Re: [KLF] "It's Grim Up North" wasn't there something about it being graffiti'd on one of the bridges over the M1 near the Watford Gap? or is that just my mind getting things mixed up? On 16 Sep 2010, at 18:51, Paul Allgood wrote: I think that's just a statement on some of the conditions. A troupe... http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GrimUpNorth On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 10:45 AM, John Milne <paranormalhandy@gmail.com> wrote: Simple question - where does that phrase come from? Wikipedia just links to the KLF article. But I'm sure as an expression it must pre-date 1990. Is it from some sixties drama? John _______________________________________________ KLF mailing list KLF@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/klf Report list abuse to list-abuse at studio-nibble.com <http://studio-nibble.com/> _______________________________________________ KLF mailing list KLF@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/klf Report list abuse to list-abuse at studio-nibble.com
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