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R3V3Rb Alternate Fan Offline Long and Merciless Posts: 140 Jozi Gender:	Working for the Black Gas? Jul 24^th, 2010 at 10:47pm Could anyone please help me understand what 'Working for the Black Gas' means. I've been trying to figure it out for ages and now suppose it's colloquialism that I am not aware of.
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bobkind Alternate Hero Offline We have begun... Posts: 7625 The capital Gender:	Re: Working for the Black Gas? Reply #1 - Jul 24^th, 2010 at 11:12pm Oil?
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Reply #2 - Jul 24^th, 2010 at 11:43pm

R3V3Rb wrote on Jul 24^th, 2010 at 10:47pm:

Could anyone please help me understand what 'Working for the Black Gas' means. I've been trying to figure it out for ages and now suppose it's colloquialism that I am not aware of.

I think that it refers to the Nuclear Black Market where certain countries have built gas centrifuge plants to produce enough highly enriched uranium (HEU) to make nuclear weapons.

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kingmonkey Alternate God Offline Alternate Fan Posts: 988 a long way from home..... Gender:	Re: Working for the Black Gas? Reply #3 - Jul 25^th, 2010 at 6:56am i've always taken it as a reference to oil, i have a hazy recollection of the phrase "black gas" being fairly common in the 80s.
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g man Alternate Moderator Offline Waiting for the day we are together again Son x Posts: 6697 My House Gender:	Re: Working for the Black Gas? Reply #4 - Jul 25^th, 2010 at 9:02am it is definatly oil, the whole song is about the 2 super powers fighting over the last remaining oil fields..... g
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KOP Alternate Expert Offline Posts: 481	Re: Working for the Black Gas? Reply #5 - Jul 25^th, 2010 at 10:28am The black gas is nicked from Mad Max 2. In the narrative at the start of the film an apocolyptic war is described where the combatants were fighting over the "black gas" or "black fuel". We were all obsessed by Mad Max and that is were the FGTH early look came from. It was more to do with Mad Max than S&M kinkiness
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Hub Hamers Alternate Hero Offline aon-collector Posts: 4091 Herten, Netherlands Gender:	Re: Working for the Black Gas? Reply #6 - Jul 25^th, 2010 at 10:49am KOP wrote on Jul 25^th, 2010 at 10:28am: It was more to do with Mad Max than S&M kinkiness Really? Thanks for the explanation!
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R3V3Rb Alternate Fan Offline Long and Merciless Posts: 140 Jozi Gender:	Re: Working for the Black Gas? Reply #7 - Jul 25^th, 2010 at 5:41pm Thanks 4 the input everyone, esp KOP. Much appreciated
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Reply #8 - Jul 25^th, 2010 at 5:53pm

KOP wrote on Jul 25^th, 2010 at 10:28am:

The black gas is nicked from Mad Max 2.

cheers for using the proper name, i get sick of people referring to it as The Road Warrior, a name conjured up by some American exec.

oddly, i made a video (with 2 VHS machines, a cassette deck and an awful lot of wires) for the 12 Wild Disciples mix of Warriors using bits of Commando but mostly Mad Max 2, with particular emphasis on the "final battle". my mates, when i showed it to them, were under the impression that it was the real video for the song!

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mark ward Alternate God Offline I'll Buy The Time, I'll Sell The Time, Hey! Posts: 911 Cheshire, UK Gender:	Re: Working for the Black Gas? Reply #9 - Jul 25^th, 2010 at 10:13pm I've always wondered where the lyrics "Sock it to me biscuits now" comes from in two tribes, it just doesn't seem to make sense? does anyone know??
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Reply #10 - Jul 26^th, 2010 at 12:21am

mark ward wrote on Jul 25^th, 2010 at 10:13pm:

I've always wondered where the lyrics "Sock it to me biscuits now" comes from in two tribes, it just doesn't seem to make sense? does anyone know??

I always thought it was thrown together with Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in as the inspiration.
Did Ronald Raygun advertise Jaffa Cakes?!

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plugster Alternate Hero Offline OK, I'll sing a bit then say something, ey? Posts: 1778 School of Rock, Liverpool Gender:	Re: Working for the Black Gas? Reply #11 - Jul 26^th, 2010 at 12:21am or socks?
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kingmonkey Alternate God Offline Alternate Fan Posts: 988 a long way from home..... Gender:	Re: Working for the Black Gas? Reply #12 - Jul 26^th, 2010 at 10:00am off the top of my head, i am pretty sure Ronnie was quite enthusiastic about advertising Chesterfield cigarettes, socks and jaffa cakes could well have been the natural next step for him....
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KOP Alternate Expert Offline Posts: 481	Re: Working for the Black Gas? Reply #13 - Jul 26^th, 2010 at 4:49pm Sock it to me biscuits I think is Judy Garland related.
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bobkind Alternate Hero Offline We have begun... Posts: 7625 The capital Gender:	Re: Working for the Black Gas? Reply #14 - Jul 26^th, 2010 at 7:07pm Ike & Tina Turner's track Bold Soul Sister features this line... Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to Login or Register Apparently it's a bit of a nonsense song lyrically.
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