Can someone explain…

[peas_and_corn]

In the ‘store’ scene, Kryten was talking about eating a cake at the bottom of some stairs? What was that joke all about?

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[hummingbird]

If you mean the reference to ‘barm cake’, it was just Kryten trying to be ‘northern’.

[peas_and_corn]

Yeah- what is this cake that he speaks of? And why stairs?

[Mnoooah]

barm cake:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070220144827AA7d3HS

A traditional Barm Cake, still available in the north west of England from certain bakers, butchers and sandwich shops, is distinct from a simple bread roll. It is flat like an American Hamburger bun, but floured on top. It has a characteristic, strong flavour that comes from the traditional barm leaven made from a natural leaven with the addition of hops. It is not just another name for a bread roll; this false idea has come about by the introduction of cheaper non-traditional imitations.

Additional question, why is rimmer’s accent a northern *woman*?

[hummingbird]

>Additional question, why is rimmer?s accent a northern *woman*?

I don’t think it is. I don’t watch Corrie, but isn’t there a really camp bloke on there?

[Mnoooah]

Oh yeah! A good impression, too, actually.

[Anonymous]

IMO that was the funniest scene in the whole three-parter. Chris’ delivery of the “Quality” line with accompanying camp facial expression was a genuine lol moment. Haven’t got a clue who it’s supposed to be but Chris Barrie doing silly voices and faces works. In fact I loved all the Corrie stuff (the painful stopping Carbug sequence apart)in spite of myself. I was convinced it was going to be shit.

[mark100000]

I’m from blackpool and a barm cake is basically a bap, breadroll. Thats why lister said smell the ‘chip barms’

[mark100000]

infact it isn’t ‘basically’ a bread roll or bap. It is a bread roll or bap. Cheers pet. :P

[Danny Stephenson]

I like baps.

[mark100000]

i bet you do ;)

[Phil]

>I like baps.

I thought it was way too predictable.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118663/

[Seb Patrick]

I?m from blackpool and a barm cake is basically a bap, breadroll. Thats why lister said smell the ?chip barms?

… except he said “smell the chip butties” ;-)

[Zombie Jim Undead]

I’m amazed by you northern folk. I remember the first time I learned of a “slappy barm”.

A pie in a bap? That’s utter madness.

[Danny Stephenson]

There is NOTHING we can’t put in a sandwich. The further up you go the more unhealthy food gets.

Scotland has deep fried pizza for god’s sake.

[Zombie Jim Undead]

True that. Saw on t’web the other day – deep-fried pizza, sliced and filled with chips.

Commendably shameless.

[si]

‘Nowt On Telly’ was the funniest ‘northern’ reference for me.

[Danny Stephenson]

“Chuck Pal Love Sir”, got me.

Although

“Chuck Pal Love Cop Sunshine Sir Ma’am” would also have worked.

[Zombie Jim Undead]

Rimmer’s northernisms were a bit too good for the character. Felt more like Chris coming through at that moment.

[Danny Stephenson]

Well this is how I see it, they all act ‘out of character’ at some point during those sequences, so it doesn’t seem out of place, really.

That is also what gets me through the slapstick sequence as well.

[ChrisM]

>Additional question, why is rimmer?s accent a northern *woman*?

I thought he’d had a mind splice from Vera Duckworth.

(He was so funny in that scene. All those over the top facial expressions that went with it… brilliant.)

[mark100000]

>? except he said ?smell the chip butties? ;-)

i was close :P

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