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[Sainter_Dad]

Potatoes are better than Turnips

Discuss ......

[asiu]

as long as they don't get transferred to the General Forum !!

... letting em peel off the bottom of the page here in the Ham Forum suits me fine

all ages in here ... except grownup

[Yorkeys]

Dick Turnip was a bad highway man. Stole horses. Mr Potato head is a plastic toy thingy designed to get people to part with their money willingly. Turnip was hung. Mr Potato has no neck. Neither would get a game with us. AFL HQ may be interested. MRO gig possibly.

[saynta]

Dick Turnip was a bad highway man. Stole horses. Mr Potato head is a plastic toy thingy designed to get people to part with their money willingly. Turnip was hung. Mr Potato has no neck. Neither would get a game with us. AFL HQ may be interested. MRO gig possibly.

"Dick Turpin
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Born Richard Turpin

21 September 1705 (baptised)
Hempstead, Essex, England
Died 7 April 1739 (aged 33)
Knavesmire, York, England
Cause of death Execution by hanging
Other names John Palmer
Occupation Butcher, poacher, burglar, horse thief, highwayman
Spouse(s) Elizabeth Millington
Children One (uncertain)[1][2]
Conviction(s) Guilty
Criminal charge Horse theft
Penalty Death

Richard Turpin (bapt. 21 September 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. Turpin may have followed his father's trade as a butcher early in his life but, by the early 1730s, he had joined a gang of deer thieves and, later, became a poacher, burglar, horse thief and killer. He is also known for a fictional 200-mile (320 km) overnight ride from London to York on his horse Black Bess, a story that was made famous by the Victorian novelist William Harrison Ainsworth almost 100 years after Turpin's death.

Turpin's involvement in the crime with which he is most closely associated—highway robbery—followed the arrest of the other members of his gang in 1735. He then disappeared from public view towards the end of that year, only to resurface in 1737 with two new accomplices, one of whom Turpin may have accidentally shot and killed. Turpin fled from the scene and shortly afterwards killed a man who attempted his capture.

Later that year, he moved to Yorkshire and assumed the alias of John Palmer. While he was staying at an inn, local magistrates became suspicious of "Palmer" and made enquiries as to how he funded his lifestyle. Suspected of being a horse thief, "Palmer" was imprisoned in York Castle, to be tried at the next assizes. Turpin's true identity was revealed by a letter he wrote to his brother-in-law from his prison cell, which fell into the hands of the authorities. On 22 March 1739, Turpin was found guilty on two charges of horse theft and sentenced to death; he was hanged at Knavesmire on 7 April 1739.

Turpin became the subject of legend after his execution, romanticised as dashing and heroic in English ballads and popular theatre of the 18th and 19th centuries and in film and television of the 20th century.

[Scollop]

What does urban dic have to say about Turpin Dick?

[Vortex]

Yeah let's hope our new sherrifs have learnt from thier previous moderation experience and don't overreach with moderation that is provocative and confrontational that sends the place back into civil war. Censorship never works.

Also my advise to those giving moderation a go would be to refrain from scolding posters in public like little children and maybe instead have a quiet word via PM'S before going hard with the threatening authoritarian approach. Banning never works either with phpBB software, even with IP banning. 8 year olds know how to get around it.

[The Fireman]

Sunburnt Ted knows how to get around it. He has all his threads locked. Has he been banned?

[The Fireman]

Potatoes are better than Turnips

Discuss ......

That discussion is far more engaging than the ones that sunburnt Ted was putting out

[st.byron]

Sunburnt Ted knows how to get around it. He has all his threads locked. Has he been banned?

Sunny Ernie is suspended for 7 days

[The Fireman]

Sunburnt Ted knows how to get around it. He has all his threads locked. Has he been banned?

Sunny Ernie is suspended for 7 days

Only 7 ???? Oh well better than nothing

[meher baba]

You’re right Yorkeys (well, at least I think so).

Dick Turpin was hung.

Mr Potatohead wasn’t hung (well, at least the one my kids had wasn’t).

(Warning pedantry alert)
Dick Turpin was also hanged.

[Wayne42]

Ernie can spend the next week servicing the milk cart.

[WellardSaint]

Visit youtube for Horrible Histories song 'The Highwayman' about Dick Turpin. It's super funny, amazing