'Pen Pidyn' is Welsh for 'Gullible'...
One sunny afternoon not too long ago (May this year, actually, although sunny afternoons seem a further distant memory as I type this), some friends and I were enjoying a tipple in a local beer garden in Cardiff while we set the world to rights.

How we got onto the subject of TV shows and their themes is a little hazy, but we managed to convince one of our posse (who we shall call Kev) that they had recently changed the theme tune for Welsh soap opera 'Pobol Y Cwm'.

Two of us, Huw and I, advised Kev that, in order to appeal to a younger audience, S4C (the Welsh equivalent of Channel 4) had recently replaced its familiar lilting electro-acoustic guitar intro for the theme tune to 'Roobarb and Custard', complete with the following lyrics:

"POBOL Y CWM, POBOL Y CWM, DA-DA-DA-DA-DAA,
POBOL Y CWM, POBOL Y CWM, DA-DA-DA-DA-DAAAAA."

Disbelieving at first, but eventually brought round by everyone else's (fortunately straight-faced and equally 'disapproving') affirmations, Kev became more and more outraged at this, even managing to convince himself that S4C had done this without the BBC's consent, and questioning the legality of their actions.


It wasn't until he announced his decision to write a formal letter of complaint that we buckled and told him it was a joke.

Naturally, he was somewhat embarrassed to have fallen for this, although not quite as embarrassed as when he left a couple of pints later to a rousing chorus of

"POBOL Y CWM, POBOL Y CWM, DA-DA-DA-DA-DAA,
POBOL Y CWM, POBOL Y CWM, DA-DA-DA-DA-DAAAAA."



First post, please be lovely.

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(LLPaulJ 's momma said knock you out, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 16:45, 6 replies)

*click*
im going to sing that all evening now.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 17:14, closed)

which pub?
I went to uni in Cardiff
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 17:20, closed)

keep 'em coming
Like it a lot.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 17:30, closed)

@ Vipros
The Butchers Arms in Canton, a real shithole of a pub.

Beer garden is a bit misleading really; beer back-yard would probably be nearer the money.
(LLPaulJ 's momma said knock you out, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 8:46, closed)

Gotta love Canton
some truly dodgy places are there,
I've been working in Rumney during the summer and it's not too bad except for the gypsies.
(Evilweevil is covered in bees, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 12:08, closed)

gypsies locals
(LLPaulJ 's momma said knock you out, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 13:47, closed)