tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post1804388218265993388..comments2024-03-28T19:26:08.374+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Splits, knives and growing upA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-53473504636121704292014-05-26T19:30:02.010+01:002014-05-26T19:30:02.010+01:00Demetrius - ah but he always defeated the baddies....Demetrius - ah but he always defeated the baddies.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-56360527111495118762014-05-26T14:27:21.576+01:002014-05-26T14:27:21.576+01:00In garrison cinemas in the 50's they put on wh...In garrison cinemas in the 50's they put on what was in the can. On one occasion they had some Lone Rangers which in error they put up during a screening for the troops. The contingent of Scots infantrymen present had views on the nature of the relationship between the Ranger and Tonto which they expressed forcibly. Most of the rest of us just he was a wimp and cheered for the baddies.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-25068983598828670092014-05-25T23:02:20.789+01:002014-05-25T23:02:20.789+01:00Sam - oddly enough we'd both forgotten it too....Sam - oddly enough we'd both forgotten it too. Thinking of kid's games and seeing knives in a shop window brought it all back.<br /><br />The joke is funny but as you say, only now society has changed so much. A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-44236142578199398022014-05-25T21:43:26.347+01:002014-05-25T21:43:26.347+01:00Blimey, I'd totally forgotten that. We used t...Blimey, I'd totally forgotten that. We used to play it a lot. And yes, we all had knives. I remember being taken to the local hardware store by my older brother to get my first "serious" knife - i.e. not a pen-knife, but a sheath-knife. I thought that it was called a "sheaf-knife".<br /><br />As for the carving of initials, a colleague recently reflected on the practice of carving pairs of initials within love-hearts to denote that you were romantically involved. "What type of psycho takes a knife on a date?". Funny, but only possible as a joke now that society has changed so much.Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.com