My fact-bomb is that I know Men at Work's dark secret.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 9:49, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

They're English?

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 9:52, Reply)

Wikipedia says thay are from St Kilda.
So it must be true.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 9:53, Reply)

I have a very vivid memory of seeing my first Tranny in st Kilda.
She was resplendently awful.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:14, Reply)

Now tell us something about Fine Young Cannibals
Other than "they were shit and the guitarist held his instrument in a really mongy way"
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 9:55, Reply)

they were part of the 1987 world daisy-chain record breaking team
you can take daisy chain for either meaning, there.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 9:57, Reply)

I assumed bumming
I always assume bumming
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:00, Reply)

and you would have right on your side.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:00, Reply)

What an unusual sensation
I'm not sure I like it
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:03, Reply)

Roland Gift has the worst voice in pop

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 9:58, Reply)

He was good in Heartbeat.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:00, Reply)

A mate of mine is a 'film' and TV lighting engineer.
The best day of his career was working on some Nick Berry shite being filmed on the quay of a seaside town. Some random bloke jumped over the barriers whilst filming was going on and punched Berry right in the face, sending him flying into the sea.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:04, Reply)

Finally a namedrop I can chip in on!
I met Nick Berry in 1992, he was a guest on Wogan which I was in the audience for because my Dad was the warm-up man for that show. Jim Fixed It for him. Seriously. Nick Berry was very nice and has (had) two fit sisters. Wogan is a thoroughly charming bloke. Jimmy Saville was mental even then.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:09, Reply)

Wogan *is* thoroughly charming.
I once offered to sleep with his producer.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:13, Reply)

Surely that was in order to obtain Mr b3th's 60th present?
How ironic. Morning sweetie.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:22, Reply)

Your dad was a fluffer for Wogan?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:18, Reply)

I doubt he needed one of them
Don't you remembmer that Points of View that time?
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:20, Reply)

Incredibly, 'no'.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:21, Reply)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-487777/Tight-trousered-Terrys-wardrobe-malfunction-sparks-BBC-complaints.html
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:22, Reply)

it's disturbing

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:24, Reply)

People complain about some really stupid things though
That EastEnders baby-swap storyline caused some idiots to complain that as well as being insensitive, it was unrealistic. Which is a bit like having a go at the makers of Monster Munch because they don't taste of monsters.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:27, Reply)

THEY DON'T?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:36, Reply)

they do

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:50, Reply)

I have only one word in response to this
And it is a horrible word. Those of a nervous disposition, avert your eyes.

JEDWARD
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:01, Reply)

After the band folded Roland Gift went into retail.


He opened a GIFT SHOP!!!!!!!!!!
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:01, Reply)

Very good *polite applause*
Now do Living in a Box

EDIT: the fact-bomb concernign Living in a Box must be more elaborate than "they did not actually live in a box"
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:04, Reply)

Following the collapse of his band, Living in a Box frontman Richard Darbyshire suffered a mental breakdown
which cost him his marriage and his home, along with his sanity. Within two years he was an alcoholic vagrant eking out a dismal existence begging and picking up dog-ends on London’s South Bank where, to this day, in a twist of fate clocking in at a whopping 37.6 kilospoons on the Morrisette Scale, he actually does live in box.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:16, Reply)

*click*
And as for T'Pau?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:25, Reply)

They're not really Vulcan

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:30, Reply)

That crashing noise you can hear is my childhood illusions being shattered

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:35, Reply)

Bless you!

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:31, Reply)

How did you know I sneezed?
*looks around, panicked*
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:36, Reply)

All dead - high grade heroin was found in a bag held tightly in Carol Decker's dead grip
AKA China in your hand
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:32, Reply)

There's a scene in Mission Impossible 3 based on one of their hits
Obviously they added explosions in the film. Fucking Hollywood.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:38, Reply)

Which bit?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:40, Reply)

The bit on the bridge
With the spies
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:45, Reply)

My mum taught Carol Decker at school
Trufax, there.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:34, Reply)

She used to live in Tufnell Park when I lived there.
As did Hugh Laurie.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:36, Reply)

I think Carol Decker and Rebekah Wade are the same person

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:38, Reply)

I don't actually know if it's true
Carol Decker did go to the school my mum taught at but I maintain any teacher who claims they can remember some spotty kid who turned out to be famous is a bullshitter. I can barely remember last year's final year undergrads sometimes.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:39, Reply)

My mum taught Tracy Tracy from the Primitives
And I don't really doubt her ability to remember people she taught as she is utterly unable to go anywhere without bumping into a former pupil.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:46, Reply)

My dad went to school with Mike Reid

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:47, Reply)

Terr-i-fic

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 11:03, Reply)