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DrVeraJenkins old dear Rank: Jasper	Johnny Crescendo posted on: 11/7/2003 10:07:10 PM 10 points if you know who Johnny Crescendo is and 5 bonus points if you can tell us the connection between Johnny and a Birmingham bus.
Mittonsmate Rank: Jasper	Johnny Crescendo replied on: 11/8/2003 3:10:17 PM I guess we'll be hearing much more of him later.
DrVeraJenkins old dear Rank: Jasper	Johnny Crescendo replied on: 11/20/2003 9:21:53 PM Now that's where you're wrong young man. He's off to America. But you can catch him on December 3rd at the Centennial Centre in Edgbaston. He's a bit like Bob Dylan in a wheelchair. Johnny Diminuendo I suppose in that case.
Mittonsmate Rank: Jasper	Johnny Crescendo replied on: 11/21/2003 8:25:08 AM So was it a Birmingham bus that put him in the wheelchair?
rotunda pants villa, but nice with it Rank: Ozzy	Johnny Crescendo replied on: 11/21/2003 10:21:44 AM Do you wait for him to come on stage for ages and then three Johnny Crescendoes all come on together? Have they banned you from smoking on him? Do unruly kids throw stones at him? Is he easy access? Is he now the greenest Johnny Crescendo ever? Does he let you go all the way for a pound? (Between 9.30 and 3.30) Does he sleep in a depot? With lots of other Johnny Crescendoes? Did he used to be blue and silver but is now white, red and blue? Does he think he owns the road? Does he have his own lane? Does he let pensioners ride him for free?
racheymaus old hand Rank: Chinny	Johnny Crescendo replied on: 11/21/2003 1:48:10 PM While I am never disappointed by an encounter with the word 'diminuendo', are you sure you want to pejoratively label someone on the grounds of their choice of locomotion? Think it through, love! And does he cause blockages in the city centre, pumping out noxious fumes of waste, so the hard working capitalists driving solo can't get away from the office for that expenses paid four hour luncheon appointment? Is his real first name 'Omni'? Does he like to cuss? That rhymes with bus. Does he stop at midnight?
Gravy Hole Rank: Oddie	Johnny Crescendo replied on: 11/21/2003 2:16:03 PM And does he lean a seat cushion up the back of his 'chair if it has a puncture?
Gravy Hole Rank: Oddie	Johnny Crescendo replied on: 11/21/2003 2:24:11 PM Rachey, similarly I am never disappointed to have an encounter with the word "luncheon". Or indeed luncheon itself. But I have never managed to find out what the difference is between luncheon and just plain old ordinary lunch. Luncheon sounds more fancy, granted, but there must be more to it than that. When I worked at an office on St Phil's we used to get given Luncheon Vouchers. I used to spend them at ASDAs in the Bullring doing the shopping. And they used to take them at the Costamonger and Brown Derby pubs too. Sorry, getting off thread here...
racheymaus old hand Rank: Chinny	Johnny Crescendo replied on: 11/21/2003 8:06:56 PM At brownie camp, back in the day, I was told by a spectacularly common woman that posh people refer to a mid-day meal as luncheon, while the less common call it lunch and the scum say dinner. I thought she was full of shit at the time.
Mittonsmate Rank: Jasper	Johnny Crescendo replied on: 11/21/2003 9:58:09 PM quote: He's a bit like Bob Dylan in a wheelchair. Perhaps then, if he ever starts to recover from his wheelchair-bound condition, he could become Johnny Zimmerman.
rotunda pants villa, but nice with it Rank: Ozzy	Johnny Crescendo replied on: 11/23/2003 8:31:42 AM Surely you mean 'Zimmerframe'? Remember when all the wheelchair users chained themselves to buses and complained that it was a right bastard to get on a bus? WM Travel subsequently bought in lots of easy access buses. It's been years since I saw a wheelchair on a bus. The bus fare's gone up to a pound because of these selfish gits and I've yet to see a reason why!
racheymaus old hand Rank: Chinny	Johnny Crescendo replied on: 11/23/2003 3:34:35 PM Direct action rules.
NH350Ariel old hand Rank: Ozzy	Johnny Crescendo replied on: 11/23/2003 6:33:28 PM For 10 points.. Johnny Crescendo Is a birmingham council worker/singer songwriter/disability activist. For 5 points..He was one of those tied to the buses during the protests. So what do I do with 15 points?
rotunda pants villa, but nice with it Rank: Ozzy	Johnny Crescendo replied on: 11/25/2003 9:01:58 AM You get 5 points for naming the connection between him and a bus, not for saying he was tied to one. The connection was a bit of rope or chain, or possibly handcuffs.
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