tynor@gitpyr.UUCP (Steve Tynor) (07/30/85)
Can anyone suggest what the last line of 'There Goes a Tenner' refers to:
There's a ten shilling note,
Remember them? That's when we used to vote for him.
It really bugs me...
Steve Tynor
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Steve Tynor
Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,masscomp,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!tynornessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan) (07/31/85)
> From: tynor@gitpyr.UUCP (Steve Tynor) > Can anyone suggest what the last line of 'There Goes a Tenner' refers to: > There's a ten shilling note, > Remember them? That's when we used to vote for him. Well on the surface level of the song, Kate is one of a bunch of bank robbers, but when the safe is blown up, something goes wrong and she gets conked on the head with rubble or something, and starts hallucinating about a mixture of her past and the current situation with money flying all over the place. I assume that in the line "Pockets floating in the breeze", "pockets" is a British slang term for paper money. I also assume that ten shilling notes are not made any more. But I have no idea, when ten shilling notes were made, or who Kate's character would have voted for at the time when ten shilling notes were made. If any one else has any ideas, I'd love to hear them! "I hope you remember To treat the gelignite tenderly for me" Doug Alan nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (or ARPA)
jcjeff@ihlpg.UUCP (Richard Jeffreys) (08/01/85)
> > From: tynor@gitpyr.UUCP (Steve Tynor) > > Can anyone suggest what the last line of 'There Goes a Tenner' refers to: > > There's a ten shilling note, > > Remember them? That's when we used to vote for him. > > .... I assume that in the line "Pockets > floating in the breeze", "pockets" is a British slang term for paper > money. I also assume that ten shilling notes are not made any more. I've never heard the term "pockets" used for paper money;"quid", "fiver" and "tenner" are the usual ones (for #1 #5 #10). Doug you're correct in your assumption, "the ten-bob" note is no-longer. It disapeared around 1971 (when our curency went decimal), and was replaced by a 7-sided coin! > But I have no idea, when ten shilling notes were made, or who Kate's > character would have voted for at the time when ten shilling notes were > made. If any one else has any ideas, I'd love to hear them! > Doug Alan > nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (or ARPA) I was wondering about this when I saw the original posting. I thought it may have something to do with whatever was printed on the "ten-bob" note, but I can't remember what was on them, or for that matter, who the leading political figures were at the time. Who are the present ones anyway ? :-) -- [ I bought a ticket to the world, But now I've come back again - Spandau Ballet ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ || From the keys of Richard Jeffreys ( British Citizen Overseas ) || || employed by North American Philips Corporation || || @ AT&T Bell Laboratories, Naperville, Illinois || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ || General disclaimer about anything and everything that I may have typed || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos) (08/01/85)
> Can anyone suggest what the last line of 'There Goes a Tenner' refers to: > > There's a ten shilling note, > Remember them? That's when we used to vote for him. > > It really bugs me... I always thought it referred to a politician depicted on the ten shilling note. I don't know much about British history, though; do they still have ten shilling notes? -- Shyy-Anzr: J. Eric Roskos UUCP: ..!{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!vax135!petsd!peora!jer US Mail: MS 795; Perkin-Elmer SDC; 2486 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, FL 32809-7642 "Fvzcyvsl, fvzcyvsl." -- UQG