"Tro, håb og kærlighed" ("Twist and Shout") is considered the film industry's finest hour, however, there is a great move to prevent its wider circulation as it contains no fewer than eight million references to rubber bands, which the more die-hard followers felt would be unlikely to go unnoticed by the public in general. Thus it is often submitted on television without subtitles, or interrupted by news bulletins somewhere after the 1,000,000 mark.

Isela Vega was given a three-year ban by the film industry between 1992 and 1995 for appearing in the '92 spoof movie "Bring Me The Rubber Band of Alfredo Garcia".

The origins of the game are shrouded in mystery - one source claims that it does in fact date back to the days of the Puritan régime, when English actors used to hide behind abandoned theatres and flick Oliver Cromwell with bands, made at that time out of leather, as he rode past. However, more evidence suggests that the first recorded incident is in fact merely to be found in Cecil B. DeMille's film "Dynamite" in 1929.

All rubber band shenanigans were forbidden by contract on the set of David Lynch's 1977 film "Eraserhead".

Nor indeed was Cromwell an insignificant character in history; he is credited with the discovery of Bognor Regis and the invention of the loofah.

Interestingly, the many worlds of radio and television, have developed their own versions of the game, and these also vary massively internationally. One Spanish satellite channel works to incorporate a duck, halibut and yoga instructor into every fifth programme, a British production company has so far managed to include naked pictures of any Prime Minister since 1805 into each of its films (their latest triumph was the Christmas hit "Love Actually") and a music station in Strasbourg only remains on the air as long as they manage to run a genuine story each day featuring Anthea Turner.

I am a big fan of extraneous commas.

Commas are simply the disguise of those rubber bands which hang from the office ceiling.

I've only been away 14 days and so much has changed,its scary stuff!!!

Thomas the tank engine is an alias, his real name is Steve and he was a very useless Crampton type tender engine!!

Alas, ZK beat me to the scoop about rubber bands, but only I know the truth about Tony Blair and the armadillo.

To avoid suffocation - keep away from babies.

Carrier Bags have just been named the world's Most Obliging Species, just ahead of Carrier Pigeons, Labrador Retrievers, Dolphins and Katie Price.

I came in to work today only to discover that my computer has become possessed by the spirit of Liberace. Darling.

ZK is using his/her internet priviliges wisely.

I have just retrospectively cancelled a lunch date I attended a fortnight ago.

Darth Vader is based on George Lucas's uncle, and was originally called Clovis.

[nights] < / l i e > Her :) < l i e >

Phone Bill Castration. I would, but I've been cut off.

James Woods (actor) has a brother called Arulostintha, which is an ancient tribal name used by the Black Mountain Indians. He also has a brother called Dave!

Dave Woods is an irritable postman who inspired the character of Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs.

Manx cats are a form of miniture, tailess, Celtic-Puma's

A few things the Romans didn't do for us! 1. They didn't invent TV... 2. They didn't design the Ford Fiesta (it was the Anglia.......yuk)... 3. They didn't put a man on the moon and neither did the yanks...4. They had no idea how to break-dance... So much for being a great nation!!!!!

Fact.......If you leave baked beans, untouched, on a plate for several weeks they will, as if by magic, turn into peanuts!!

Fact....Research performed at the Loughborough Sleep Research Center have shown if you interrupt a dream at precisely the correct moment, the dream will become reality. [As a matter of record, two nights ago I pinched myself while dreaming and awakened to find I was in fact pinching myself.]

Fact - I once worked at Loughborough Sleep Research Centre, but I got the sack for staying awake on the job.

I may look like a normal woman to you, but I am made from muesli.

I used to be a postman, but I got the sack.

*runs and hides* Don't start that again!

I was a tiger tamer in the circus before they threw me to the lions.

[ZK] Luckily they haven't.

I am not in the least bit embarrassed to have "started that up again".

I never, ever get embarrassed. I don't embarrass easily.

I used to work for a mobile wood mill, but then they saw me off the premises.

That was not one of the most extreme reactions I have ever had to a pun.

Personalities clashed at my job in the strawberry packaging warehouse. I used to make a lot of jokes and insinuations, until I was called into the manager's office and told that I was no longer required to punnet.

I am still concerned to hear about Tony Blair and the Armadillo, was it the drink?..

I was a Grand Canyon tour guide until I was told to take a hike.

I worked in a talcum factory until I was told to take a powder.

I tested Bungie cords until I was let loose.

I am pissed off at Kim for having started this thread again.