Posted on 08/31/2019 3:46:16 PM PDT by simpson96
SAN ANTONIO - A 33-year-old woman arrested in Florida is now being held in connection to the slaying of Mr. Wonderful, a longtime fixture on the karaoke circuit in San Antonio.
Shaniqua Wright was taken into custody Aug. 27 in the Orlando suburb of Belle Isle for assaulting a clerk at a bus station.
San Antonio police confirmed Thursday that Wright is the person of interest they have been seeking in connection to the death of 72-year-old singer Oliver London.
London, aka Mr. Wonderful, was found dead inside his home in the 7600 block of Woller Place back on June 23, the result of unidentified trauma. Police were seeking a woman seen on a doorbell camera and later in London's stolen white Chevy Malibu.
Wright was taken into custody by the Belle Isle Police Department. At this time it is unclear what charges she will face and when she will be brought back to San Antonio.
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Read his post before you attack me. That is exactly what he posted. It was a copy and paste.
It’s a UK thing, but hardly rare or obscure.
Even I did not know that, which is why I asked him what he meant exactky by that phrase. Thanks for clearing it up for me as well. I sure as hell didn’t know exactly what it meant. 8>)
Even I did not know that, which is why I asked him what he meant exactly (I meant) 8>) by that phrase. Thanks for clearing it up for me as well. I sure as hell didn’t know exactly what it meant. 8>)
I know what Karaoke is and where it came from. What I’m wondering ia what is the Karaoke Circuit? I’ve only seen people, what the booze is flowing, pass around the Mic and go for it.
Sorry. I thought you were taking the mickey (another UKism).
I thought he was just trying to be funny the way many of us do, even on sometimes not so funny issues. And we are often inappropriately humorous here on FR.
Honestly, the story caught my attention, not because of the tragedy of a murder, but the oddness of having both Karaoke singing and someone named "Mr. Wonderful".
Having seen Monty Python and The Holy Grail, I knew the meaning of "Right Out". In the movie the lampooning the Knights of the Round Table, apparently, the number three had evil connotations in medieval times, so you weren't supposed to say it aloud. And counting to five would be "Right Out" because the Holy Hand Grenade would go off in your hand.
KNIGHTS: Run away! Run away!
TIM: Haw haw haw. Haw haw haw. Haw haw.
ARTHUR: Right. How many did we lose?
LAUNCELOT: Gawain...
GALAHAD: Ector
ARTHUR: And Bors. That's five.
GALAHAD: Three, sir.
ARTHUR: Three. Three. And we'd better not risk another frontal assault, that rabbit's dynamite.
ROBIN: Would it help to confuse it if we run away more?
ARTHUR: Oh, shut up and go and change your armor.
GALAHAD: Let us taunt it! It may become so cross that it will make a mistake.
ARTHUR: Like what?
GALAHAD: Well...
LANCELOT: Have we got bows?
ARTHUR: No
LANCELOT: We have the Holy Hand Grenade. ARTHUR: Yes, of course! The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch! 'Tis one of the sacred relics Brother Maynard carries with him! Brother Maynard! Bring up the Holy Hand Grenade! [singing] How does it, uh... how does it work?
LANCELOT: I know not my liege.
ARTHUR: Consult the book of armaments.
MAYNARD: Armaments, Chapter Two, Verses Nine to Twenty-One.
BROTHER: "And Saint Atila raised the hand grenade up on high saying, 'Oh, Lord, bless this thy hand grenade that with it thou mayest blow thy enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.' And the Lord did grin, and people did feast upon the lambs, and sloths, and carp, and anchovies, and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats, and large --"
MAYNARD: Skip a bit, Brother.
BROTHER: "And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out! Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thou foe, who being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.'"
MAYNARD: Amen.
ALL: Amen.
ARTHUR: Right! One... two... five!
GALAHAD: Three sir.
ARTHUR: Three!
I guess I need to get out more.
One can only assume that different clubs allow a traveling Karaoke setup to come to their establishments to provide that brand of entertainment. They don’t have the equipment themselves, nor do they offer Karaoke on a continual basis.
No problem, just not up on British phrases, thus I reached out to find out exactly what your statement meant. Just another ignorant American I guess. Make that former ignorant American? 8>)
I was just honestly inquiring what he meant by that statement. Totally not familiar with British sayings/slang I guess. 8>)
Robert, I wasn’t attacking you...I was DEFENDING you from his baseless and rude attack: “Not real big on that reading-comprehension thing, are you?”
Read MY post before attacking me.
I do like British slang, I have to admit.
I know...the only reason I knew was because of Monty Python...otherwise I might have wondered too!
Are they sure it is a woman?
It's all good though, because I just wanted to know what he meant by his statement. I guess I know now, but I probably will never hear that expression again in my lifetime, but if I do hopefully my memory will be such that I do remember this British slang encounter, LOL.
For what it’s worth, I understood it the first time; the sarcasm was also obvious. Nonetheless, try to aim lower next time.
I used to watch Bennie Hill, but that was more for the good looking women. I suspect a lot of the humor went right over my head without me even noticing. 8>)
That’s not the Shaniqua I know!
:^)
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