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In the words of Dunx: "I suppose it's a long way off yet, but listening to this week's ISIHAC I liked the game of "Opening Lines" where the players would provide a line guaranteed to end the conversation with famous personages. Eg - "So, Mr Bush - is English your first language?" "Table for Mr Stringfellow and his granddaughter!" To Rod Hull - "Where's your emu?" Well, it made me laugh a lot anyway."
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Or alternatively - "What was the name of that quiz show that Henry Kelly used to host? Can't remember it for the life of me!"
To the Australian Womens' Eight -

'Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Gold is but a dream'
To Henry VIII - "Today we call it serial monogamy".
Sung by the travelling "Barmy Army" of English cricket supporters, to the Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan, infamously accused of throwing rather than bowling the ball (and actually penalised during a previous match, for exactly that, by the umpire Darrell Hair, who was to umpire the next England/Sri Lanka match):

"Throw, throw, throw the ball,
roll it round the seam:
Murali, Murali, Murali, Murali
Chucks it like a dream.

Bowl, bowl, bowl the ball,
quickly through the air:
Murali, Murali, Murali, Murali -
Here comes Darrell Hair!

NO-BALL!

Sir Donald Campbell.........Its as smooth as glass out there,lets give it a go
Buzz Aldrin - "Second is almost as good as first, isn't it?"
Adolf Hitler - "Living room extensions are always more hassle than you expect, aren't they?"
Croesus of Lydia - "Still. Can't take it with you, can you?"
George W. Bush - "Do you think that James' account of pragmatic epistemology represents a betrayal of the philosophy of Pierce, or a legitimate development of it?"
Herman Goering...........R.A.F.? Who the fuck are they?
John Kerry - "Better the devil you know, that's my philosophy."
Christopher Eccleston - "Didn't you used to be Tom Baker?"
to Hal Sutton : "So do you think the reason you guys lost the Ryder Cup is because you are the worst kind of Red-Necked deep-fried southern asshole imaginable?"
Dirk Maggs: "Of course, it'll never be as good as the original series."
Michael Jackson - I heard on MTV that you prefer Boys II Men
To: Dr. Eckner - "Heya gorra loight, boy?"
Martin Luther - "When in Rome..."
To Tony Blair - No point in beating about the bush, eh? . . . (BreadM) I like that. Bit subtle, though.
To Mrs. Trellis: Move first? Ok, Mornington Crescent.
*shouts, screams, generally goes wild for Raak*
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