Household appliancesI know this crops up time and time again but was Jimmy the Hoover of eighties pop fame indeed a vacuum cleaner?
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nicey,
Thu 27 Sep 2001, 14:49,
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he was indeed a hoover thathad actually been opened, using a method often termed 'Jimmy-ing'. As in "the hooover won't open? I'll jimmy it open with this".
I hope that's of use to you sir.
(I hope that's of use to you sir.
pep,
Thu 27 Sep 2001, 15:22,
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Righty hoThanks for that. So on a similar note, what's the story with popular beat combo Echo and the Bunnymen, were they indeed half man half rabbit as their name implies?
( nicey,
Fri 28 Sep 2001, 4:47,
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interestingly...there was only ever one Bunnyman, not 'men' as the name might suggest. The bunny man lived in a cave, and used to sing to himself - creating a pleasant echo as he did so. One day a record producer heard the bunny man singing and decided to make him - or 'them' as he first thought, a star.
The name came from an amalgamantion of the echo, the bunny man, and the confusion.
I hope that has cleared things up for you.
(don't be embarrased incidentally, there is often confusion of this sort).
(The name came from an amalgamantion of the echo, the bunny man, and the confusion.
I hope that has cleared things up for you.
(don't be embarrased incidentally, there is often confusion of this sort).
pep,
Fri 28 Sep 2001, 4:59,
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