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Old 07-09-2009, 10:09
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I can remember in one of the many comics I used to read there was one character whose face was drawn very large and split up into compartments. Each compatment had tiny people who would perform all the functions such as the eyes had two telescopes and two little folk peering through and would pass on information such as telling the stomach part that they had seen food and to expect some work to do. All food would be moved by using shovells..... It's about now you may be thinking :
(1) Hello!, nut case alert.
(2) The answer is........
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Old 07-09-2009, 12:27
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I can remember in one of the many comics I used to read there was one character whose face was drawn very large and split up into compartments. Each compatment had tiny people who would perform all the functions such as the eyes had two telescopes and two little folk peering through and would pass on information such as telling the stomach part that they had seen food and to expect some work to do. All food would be moved by using shovells..... It's about now you may be thinking :
(1) Hello!, nut case alert.
(2) The answer is........
That was The Numbskulls.
There was also a rather more stomach turning full body version called The Nervs.
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Old 07-09-2009, 12:31
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Sounds like that god awful Eddie Murphy movie...
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Old 07-09-2009, 13:05
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It's The Numskulls (no B!) from The Beezer, and nowadays in The Beano.
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Old 07-09-2009, 22:35
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Thanks for that!
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Old 08-09-2009, 09:10
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That was The Numbskulls.
There was also a rather more stomach turning full body version called The Nervs.
I preferred The Nervs. One of the great Ken Reid's best!
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Old 09-09-2009, 08:25
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I preferred The Nervs. One of the great Ken Reid's best!
It was very funny but the thought of them wheeling drums of "pre-digested nosh" around Fatty's insides still makes me a bit queasy.
And as for what they did to his teeth . . .
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