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Desert Island Discs
02-06-2017 12:25 PM - edited 02-06-2017 12:49 PM
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Getting away from all this election stuff and listening to Kirsty Young the other evening talking about 75 years of this programme, it got me thinking about what I would choose as a book and a luxury item.
I'd have been given the bible of course (which I would find my own use for) and the complete works of Shakespeare so I guess the book would have to be some sort of primer on his works as it's all a bit over my head, and for a luxury item it would be a set of darts and a dart board as if and when after a few years I got rescued, with any luck I'd be the best player in the world and I might even have taught myself how to add and subtract properly!
I'd have my eight recordings of course so top of that list and to remind me of home as I drifted off to sleep under those stars would be Pomp and Circumstance by Edward Elgar.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08sr1jx/arena-kirsty-young-75-years-of-desert-island-discs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnuzwex55eI
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Re: Desert Island Discs
02-06-2017 12:27 PM
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When do you leave?
Re: Desert Island Discs
02-06-2017 12:28 PM
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Could I take Kirsty Young as my luxury item.
She would be a great conversationalist.
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Re: Desert Island Discs
02-06-2017 12:29 PM
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Why, are you thinking of coming with me?
Don't limit the friends you haven't met with arguments you'll never have.

Re: Desert Island Discs
02-06-2017 12:30 PM
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No, I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you this time.
Re: Desert Island Discs
02-06-2017 8:59 PM
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@Minivanman And you could shout "One hundred and eighty!" as loudly as you liked and no-one would hear you.
Re: Desert Island Discs
02-06-2017 9:10 PM
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I'd take a Haynes manual on how to fix a boat engine, and for a luxury item I'd take a fully stocked boat with fuel, food and water to get me off the island...
Nobody ever thinks of doing that, do they?
Re: Desert Island Discs
03-06-2017 5:57 PM
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If marooned on a Desert Island my luxury item would be a 500 carat fine blue diamond. I wouldn't be marooned too long...
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