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[Robert]

Tj, he probably wanted to leave it under his pillow in the hope of sixpence from the fairies.

[tji]

Hi Robert


"Do they know what happened to the other one?" Hitler's words exactly.[/QUOTE]

What he didn't know either?

Did he just wake up one day and it was gone??!!

Hi Natalie

I don't know that one, which I bet my nan was grateful for.

Hi Stephen

the one I was taught was different

Hitler has only got one ball
The other is on the kitchen wall
His mother the dirty bugger
cut it off when he was small.

Although I am guessing their are quite a few variations out there.

Tj

[Stephen Thomas]

Yes Robert--a bit like one my fella sings sometimes-goes something like this "Hitler-he"s only got one ball,Goering has two but very small,Himler is very simla but Goebells has no balls at all!"

The marching song version I was taught in the 1950s was:

Hitler has only got one ball
The other is in the Leeds Town Hall
Himmler is very similar
And Goe(balls) has no balls at all

Apparently the Russian autopsy confirmed that Hitler did only just have the one. Strange that the British soldiers knew that.

[Robert]

When I was very young I saw Ken Dodd on TV. He made some joke which must have been mildly rude. All I can remember now was that it included the words "Sausage, missus." I didn't understand the joke, nevertheless next day as my mum was taking me to school I was calling out to the other mothers ".....sausage, missus" and my mum was going "Shh, Robert!"

"Do they know what happened to the other one?" Hitler's words exactly.

[tji]

Really?!!

Another myth based in reality.

If only I had known that it was true when I was younger, I might not have gotten a slap across the lug.

Do they know what happened to the other one? (How do you ask that politely lol)

Tj

[Natalie Severn]

I can remember learning the Hitler only has one ball at school from a friend when I was young... not really understanding it, I decided to go home and tell my nanna with great relish I had learnt a new song.....did not go down too well.


Tj

That made me fall about Tj! I had a similar experience going home with a rhyme I had learnt at school about a "jolly Scotsman" which I didnt understand except for his "petticoats blowing up in the wind" my nanna and dad kind of shifted uncomfortably, laughed nervously and told me they never wanted to hear it again!

[Robert]

Tj, there was an item recently suggesting he really did only have one. He was taken into hospital just before the armistice, and that was one of his injuries, according to the item.

[Natalie Severn]

You get yourself a nice cuppa Robert!And I"ll get myself one--!

[Robert]

I can't say I've ever been that keen on Chaplin (as a comedian - his politics make no difference to that). More of a Laurel and Hardy man myself. Enjoy the film anyway.

[tji]

I can remember learning the Hitler only has one ball at school from a friend when I was young... not really understanding it, I decided to go home and tell my nanna with great relish I had learnt a new song.....did not go down too well.


Tj

[Robert]

Pity, I was going to send you out for some fish and chips. Oh well, another time.

[Natalie Severn]

Robert,I am going to finish watching a film about Charlie Chaplin.It has Robert Downey in it and its brilliant.Its a bit left wing for you so you may not like it!

[Natalie Severn]

BUt Julie isnt playing,Robert---and we have been in Slough---and are both knackered!

[Robert]

Ah, you should have waited so Limehouse could say "Don't tell him, Nats."

[Natalie Severn]

Well its not Rumplestiltskin!