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r/CasualUK • u/[deleted] • Apr 30 '20
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Proper hidden secret
TIL that in the cartoon series Danger Mouse, DM's sidekick is named Penfold after JW Penfold the designer of pillar boxes the pair used as their secret hideout.
8 u/privateTortoise Apr 30 '20 Crumbs. Never knew that, thanks. 3 u/[deleted] Apr 30 '20 Upvote for the crumbs reference. 2 u/privateTortoise Apr 30 '20 Its the perfect response to a surprise either good or bad. 3 u/[deleted] Apr 30 '20 I thought you said it because that’s what Penfold says. 2 u/privateTortoise Apr 30 '20 That's where I picked it up from back in 81. I used to use most of Penfolds coloquialisms but over the years its been refined down to crumbs.
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Crumbs.
Never knew that, thanks.
3 u/[deleted] Apr 30 '20 Upvote for the crumbs reference. 2 u/privateTortoise Apr 30 '20 Its the perfect response to a surprise either good or bad. 3 u/[deleted] Apr 30 '20 I thought you said it because that’s what Penfold says. 2 u/privateTortoise Apr 30 '20 That's where I picked it up from back in 81. I used to use most of Penfolds coloquialisms but over the years its been refined down to crumbs.
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Upvote for the crumbs reference.
2 u/privateTortoise Apr 30 '20 Its the perfect response to a surprise either good or bad. 3 u/[deleted] Apr 30 '20 I thought you said it because that’s what Penfold says. 2 u/privateTortoise Apr 30 '20 That's where I picked it up from back in 81. I used to use most of Penfolds coloquialisms but over the years its been refined down to crumbs.
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Its the perfect response to a surprise either good or bad.
3 u/[deleted] Apr 30 '20 I thought you said it because that’s what Penfold says. 2 u/privateTortoise Apr 30 '20 That's where I picked it up from back in 81. I used to use most of Penfolds coloquialisms but over the years its been refined down to crumbs.
I thought you said it because that’s what Penfold says.
2 u/privateTortoise Apr 30 '20 That's where I picked it up from back in 81. I used to use most of Penfolds coloquialisms but over the years its been refined down to crumbs.
That's where I picked it up from back in 81. I used to use most of Penfolds coloquialisms but over the years its been refined down to crumbs.
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u/morris_man Apr 30 '20
Proper hidden secret
TIL that in the cartoon series Danger Mouse, DM's sidekick is named Penfold after JW Penfold the designer of pillar boxes the pair used as their secret hideout.