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1967: An uncanny forecast

Today such a scene would not be regarded as humorous.

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1968: The other party in the disaster

Bill Tidy has produced an example of gallows humour. The loss of the Titanic was long enough in the past for the ‘joke’ to be in fairly bad taste but not completely beyond the pale.

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Excellent

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1972: Puffed up Self-Esteem

For a few years Posy Symonds produced many really memorable cartoons. Then something seemed to have gone wrong and subsequent drawings were few and far between. A sad loss.

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Excellent!
Who has never done this? Come on, admit it!

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1970: Singular Preference

A rather extreme example of a common preference.

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That brings me to mind of the inate herding instinct that humans demonstrate when faced with a wide open space........ they always seem to go as close as possible to the only other human!

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Yes, but you know the rot has set in when you pull in your tummy as hard as you can, but said tummy stays sticking out.

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In all seriousness now, I have come to the conclusion that trying to pull in one's tummy is not particularly effective.

I keep trying to remind myself to stand up straight and bend backwards - stick the chest out, just like the sergeant major used to bark.

It's true. Many older people tend to lean forward with a bent back, and I've seen myself doing that without thinking.

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1970: Just to make the numbers up?

Bill Tidy pretends that Genghis Khan was there just to make the numbers up. In reality his role was totally dominating.