Thank you Geoff and Mal for making things clear on the origins of our
somewhat "IN" joke, that has lasted the test of time.
Just to give the 412 thing a little more TDU relevance, here is a recent
acquisition.

Cheers, Phil

On Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 12:54:21 PM UTC+10espe...@... wrote:

> One of the classics, never forgotten.

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> On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 at 10:16, Mal Rowe mal....@...> wrote:

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>> On 19/04/2021 07:35, Geoffrey D Dean wrote:

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>> Sorry - St George and the Dragonet. Its on Youtube.

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>> Yes - a firm favourite of the 1950s when radio drama and comedy was

>> strong.

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>> Quoting Wikipedia (and Stan Freberg of course!)

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>> " St George finds the dragon and charges him with a 502 (Devouring

>> Maidens Out of Season) and the dragon over-dramatically bellows his

>> defiance to the charge.

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>> St. George also charges him with a 412 (Overacting) and takes him into

>> custody.

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>> The dragon's fire is "put out", its "maiden-devouring license" is

>> revoked, and it is sentenced to a prison term.

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>> The narrator concludes by saying, "Maiden devouring out of season is

>> punishable by a term of not less than 50, or more than 300 years."

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>> Mal Rowe - owning the record and an album

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