Talk:You are X and I claim my five pounds


 * I base the statement that they ran till the 1960s on the fact that I remember these from when I was a kid. I saw such a campaign in the Sunday newspaper "The People", and the mystery man was "The Man of the People", though my memory is hazy on his exact name (it was a long time ago, and I was just a kid).


 * That's interesting-- certainly explains why the phrase cropped up online in the 1990s better than if it had last been used in the 1930s. Marnanel 14:13, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)


 * From a Usenet post: "Eric Partridge's Dictionary of Catchphrases gives the origin as being with the Westminster Gazette, starting in August 1927 and with a prize of £50 (a lot of money then). The name came from its telegraphic address: "Lobby", from Parliamentary lobby, and "Lud", for Ludgate Circus, where its offices were." Zoganes 12:02, 2004 Dec 6 (UTC)

5UKP?

 * YA x AICM5UKP

Wouldn't that be YA x AICM5GBP, or more accurately YA x AICMGBP5? The correct currency code for (British) "pounds" is GBP, and "5 pounds" is written as "GBP 5" (although still read as "5 pounds"). &mdash; Ashmodai (talk &middot; contribs) 18:34, 24 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, although UKP is widely used on cam.* for no reason I've ever found out. Marnanel 18:38, 26 December 2006 (UTC)


 * UR x AICM56UKP - please keep up at the back ;-) Stub Mandrel (talk) 18:20, 6 August 2017 (UTC)