Talk:The Secret Policeman's Ball

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:The-Secret-Policemans-Ball.jpg

message: Just reading this article title made me laugh.
Please, someone see sense and change it!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.163.199.136 (talk) 16:37, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: New Name?

message: Also had ...
Big Audio Dynamite .... 
Candy (talk) 15:02, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  1986 Festival 

message: The 1979 show in the article is repeated cited as being the show that gave the concerts name.  Why.  this needs to be includedCurb Chain (talk) 00:12, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
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message: Merge The Secret Policeman's Balls (DVD box set) with The Secret Policeman's Balls mediagraphy
I think I may have gone about the merge of these two article (technically) wrongly, if anyone knows how to fix this, please go ahead. Pincrete (talk) 21:37, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge 'box set' with mediagraphy 

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message: Need a reference for this, obviously, but my understanding is that when offering a bribe to a british uniformed police officer, one purchases tickets to the policeman's ball. Hence the name. Paul Murray (talk) 04:04, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: The most commonly cited explanation for the title is an old UK joke "Would you like to buy a ticket for the policeman's ball? ... No I can't dance. ....It isn't a dance, it's a raffle!" … … … 'Secret' simply adds a surreal touch to a schoolboy joke. Pincrete (talk) 16:49, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
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