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Post by alfonzobonzo » Sun Dec 17, 2006 10:32 pm

just sat thru another depressing bbc drama

Born Equal

there was a scene where some 17 year old psyco bunny burning homeless girl was handbagging Collin Firth

480 parked on the side of the road, paris blue maybe

quality tv at its best ;)
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Post by Joolz » Mon Dec 18, 2006 10:26 am

there was no mistaking that rear end!! wonder if it was a members car?


and you're right alfonz, it was incredibly bad, totally pointless and Robert Carlysle as a stereotypical psycho scot, who would have predicted that....why does he keep doing that? no offense intended haggis munchers ;)
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Post by Lance Angell » Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:26 am

I seen it to, you've got a sharp eye to spot it in a dark back street
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Post by alfonzobonzo » Mon Dec 18, 2006 4:08 pm

Lance Angell wrote:I seen it to, you've got a sharp eye to spot it in a dark back street
Withdrawal symptoms ;)
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Post by Brasco » Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:12 pm

It wasn't based in East London was it?
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Post by Rachel » Tue Dec 19, 2006 6:03 pm

I clocked that too!! :hopping:
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Post by Dan the 480 Man » Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:27 pm

Just ruined my eyes squinting infront of the TV, but i think i got the plate:

J672 WYJ - anybodys here you reckon??

Looked shiny from a distance, and the rear wiper was straight too!
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Post by Rachel » Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:31 pm

Fair play Dan!!

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Post by alfonzobonzo » Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:04 pm

screen shot Dan!

the club demands it of you :lol:
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Post by 1900sr » Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:47 pm

If you've read that number plate correctly Dan then it's false. It doesn't appear on the DVLA database.I have heard that the BBC have a stock of unissued number plates they use in TV programs, but I wouldn't have thought they'd have bothered with a background car.
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Post by Dan the 480 Man » Wed Dec 20, 2006 6:03 pm

1900sr wrote:If you've read that number plate correctly Dan then it's false. It doesn't appear on the DVLA database.I have heard that the BBC have a stock of unissued number plates they use in TV programs, but I wouldn't have thought they'd have bothered with a background car.
More than possible! I sat and stared at it until letters appeared, which was just in the nic of time 'cos i think my eyeballs were about to pop :lol:
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