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Re: Who am I?
Reply #60 - Jul 18^th, 2014 at 8:47pm

bogarde73 wrote on Jul 17^th, 2014 at 2:48pm:

Looks like you & me froggie, nobody else seems interested.

I started my professional career at the age of 7 and eventually became the highest paid singer/comedienne/actress in Britain.
Although I was still recovering from cancer surgery, I continued to work entertaining the troops and raising money right through the war.
When I married an Italian movie director living in the US, the British govt treated me as an enemy alien and my popularity suffered.

Gracie Fields, though I can find no reference to "the British govt treated me as an enemy alien..."

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Re: Who am I?
Reply #61 - Jul 18^th, 2014 at 9:00pm

Setanta wrote on Jul 18^th, 2014 at 12:49am:

Seeing as you both seem to need something to do: What name do a Macedonian poet, a game character and my grandson share?

Edit: There's heaps of game characters... The game character is a female Nintendo game character that may wear a power suit.

Samus, or Samius, son of Chrysogonus, late 3rd century BC.
Samus Aran is the protagonist of Nintendo's Metroid video game series.

And I'm guessing that your grandson's name is.....Sam!!

Or Samuel, or even Samus........

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Re: Who am I?
Reply #62 - Jul 18^th, 2014 at 9:00pm

bogarde73 wrote on Jun 29^th, 2014 at 2:51pm:

Here's a party game where you get to keep your clothes on.

Just see if you can discover who this person is. Either her stage name or her real name will do.

I was a popular radio comedienne from the early 1930s to the early 1950s in the US, although I was not as famous as my husband. Before getting into show business, I worked in a department store and occasionally when I fluffed my lines, my husband would joke that there was still a job going at "May's".
I had to give up show business after all that time because - and this is true - I developed acute stage fright.
Who am I?

Phyllis Diller?

Lucille Ball?

Mae West?

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Re: Who am I?
Reply #63 - Jul 18^th, 2014 at 9:11pm

Team Froggie wrote on Jul 18^th, 2014 at 9:00pm:

Setanta wrote on Jul 18^th, 2014 at 12:49am:

Seeing as you both seem to need something to do: What name do a Macedonian poet, a game character and my grandson share?

Edit: There's heaps of game characters... The game character is a female Nintendo game character that may wear a power suit.

Samus, or Samius, son of Chrysogonus, late 3rd century BC.
Samus Aran is the protagonist of Nintendo's Metroid video game series.

And I'm guessing that your grandson's name is.....Sam!!

Or Samuel, or even Samus........

Wink

Yep Samus. Wink

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Re: Who am I?
Reply #64 - Jul 19^th, 2014 at 11:31am

froggie, spot on with Gracie Fields. Yep, first they wouldn't renew her passport when she went to Capri to recuperate, then when she married Monty Bank the establishment types in Whitehall heaped all kinds of rubbish on her. There's a beautiful little movie called "Gracie" starring Jane Horrocks, best known as the clownish secretary in Absolutely Fabulous.

Herbert, already established as Mary Livingstone, the wife of Jack Benny. I don't know if any of the others you mentioned meet the same clues.

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Re: Who am I?
Reply #65 - Jul 21^st, 2014 at 1:10pm

I was born in July, 1850.
I enlisted in the army in Dec, 1861. I kid you not.
My baptism of fire was in April, 1862.
My second foray, at the front, was not one of our finer moments.
Many of our men threw away their kit, including weapons.
At a Unit Muster, it was noted that I was the only soldier able to fully perform his duties as I had retained my equipment.
This was seen by those higher up as a sign of bravery, and shortly after I was awarded the Medal of Honour.

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Re: Who am I?
Reply #66 - Jul 21^st, 2014 at 1:22pm

Team Froggie wrote on Jul 21^st, 2014 at 1:10pm:

I was born in July, 1850.
I enlisted in the army in Dec, 1861. I kid you not.
My baptism of fire was in April, 1862.
My second foray, at the front, was not one of our finer moments.
Many of our men threw away their kit, including weapons.
At a Unit Muster, it was noted that I was the only soldier able to fully perform his duties as I had retained my equipment.
This was seen by those higher up as a sign of bravery, and shortly after I was awarded the Medal of Honour.

Who am I?

The boy who stood upon the burning deck with his pockets full of crackers?

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Team Froggie Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 7406 Sydney Gender:	Re: Who am I? Reply #67 - Jul 21^st, 2014 at 1:24pm No.... Mainly for the reason that he lost his "awards" due to aforementioned crackers.
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Prime Minister for Canyons Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 26906 Canberra Gender:	Re: Who am I? Reply #68 - Jul 21^st, 2014 at 1:25pm Willie Johnston, the drummer boy.
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Team Froggie Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 7406 Sydney Gender:	Re: Who am I? Reply #69 - Jul 21^st, 2014 at 1:43pm Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Jul 21^st, 2014 at 1:25pm: Willie Johnston, the drummer boy. Beauty... And I left out half the details because I thought they would make it too easy. Guess it's your go, OB...
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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: Who am I? Reply #70 - Jul 21^st, 2014 at 1:47pm Team Froggie wrote on Jul 21^st, 2014 at 1:43pm: Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Jul 21^st, 2014 at 1:25pm: Willie Johnston, the drummer boy. Beauty... And I left out half the details because I thought they would make it too easy. Guess it's your go, OB... I was close.
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Who am I? Reply #71 - Jul 21^st, 2014 at 2:27pm I googled the MH winners but there were so many I gave up.
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Team Froggie Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 7406 Sydney Gender:	Re: Who am I? Reply #72 - Jul 22^nd, 2014 at 2:52pm bogarde73 wrote on Jul 21^st, 2014 at 2:27pm: I googled the MH winners but there were so many I gave up. Being one of the reasons for leaving out the fact that, at 13 years of age, Willie Johnson was the youngest MoH winner ever.
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Who am I? Reply #73 - Jul 23^rd, 2014 at 3:21pm It's your turn to set a question Outrage Bus.
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Prime Minister for Canyons Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 26906 Canberra Gender:	Re: Who am I? Reply #74 - Jul 23^rd, 2014 at 3:31pm I was born in 1952 and played 37 games for Hereford United, a lowly team in which I somehow managed to then build a successful career in sports journalism. I joined the Green Party in 1988. I am the son of God and see lizards everywhere.
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