My name is Alexei Yuri Gagarin Siege of Stalingrad Glorious Five Year Plan Sputnik Tractor Moscow Dynamo Back Four Balowski. Me Dad was a bit of a Communist, know what I mean?
21 December 2014
This leaden paul
Quite possibly murdered.
21 December 2014
Archie Dream Walker
“Yuri Gagarin flew into the sun”….possibly a better use of his name in a song – angel interceptor by Ash….he was a space oddity…..lmao
21 December 2014
peter mcornithologist
Bring me the head of Yuri Gagarin was a little known Hawkwind live album.Heavily slated owing to the dreadful sound quality.
21 December 2014
dickhead in quicksand
Did he have restless legs? Or, were cosmonauts not afflicted by that syndrome?
22 December 2014
peter mcornithologist
One never sees his legs.Only his enormous helmet.
22 December 2014
Dai
Not quite ‘little known’ nor official Mr Mcornthologist 🙂 Actually a quite notorious Hawkwind bootleg Check below for Bring Me The Head Of Yuri Gagarin… http://www.starfarer.net/bringme.html
5 January 2015
Theqwill10
The winner of the KHL (Kontinental Hockey League) playoffs is awarded the Gagarin Cup, named after yer man Yuri.
22 March 2016
Cream cheese and chives
Still astonishes me that he visited Trafford Park in 1961 at the invitation of the Foundry Workers Union. Presumably , the only reason anyone of his ilk now would visit the area is to go to Media City to be interviewed.
2 May 2018
Gagarin
@ This Leaden Paul. No, I wasn’t murdered. The circumstances surrounding my death in 1968 have long been clouded by rumours and conspiracy theories. The truth is more mundane in that my colleague, Vladimir Seryogin, and I were unfortunate enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Or, rather, the test pilot of a Su-15 Sukhoi supersonic jet was in the wrong place in that he was flying at an altitude of 475 meters instead of the 10,000+ meters at which he was cleared. The misunderstanding arose due to deteriorating weather conditions and a rapidly lowering cloud-base. The MiG-15UTI that Seryogin and I were piloting on a routine training flight encountered the Su-15 just as it broke the sound barrier. Our two aircraft were less than 50 meters apart at that moment and the turbulence created by the Su-15’s sonic boom flipped our MiG-15 over and sent us into a deep spiralling tailspin from which we had insufficient altitude to recover.
22 February 2020
Gagarin
Here’s a song about me by Public Service Broadcasting:
It’s a good tune but a rubbish video. Disrespectful, even. Unfortunately when it comes to things such as this, it’s all me, me, me.
14 March 2020
Alice van der meer
Back when oi were nobbut a lad, the Lord Lieutenant of Essex had a picture of you on his wall that I recall was when he said he’d met you. Sadly I can’t remember the circumstances, and he is long the wrong side of the turf to ask.
14 March 2020
Gagarin
Can’t say I remember the fellow but if he had a picture of me on his wall he was alright by me.
14 March 2020
dr desperate
Another tea-break teaser: Cosmonaut + Belgian adventurer = Lady singer + canine film star
10 April 2020
IDIOT SAUL
Tereshkova de Gerlache / Madonna Lassie doesn’t work, so it must be Gagarin Tintin / Gaga Rin Tin Tin.
10 April 2020
dr desperate
Верный, товарищ.
10 April 2020
IDIOT SAUL
Comrade Gagarin This day in 1961, you became the first man in space. Hero cosmonaut of the glorious motherland. Your achievement was out of this world. Happy Yuri’s Night.
12 April 2020
Gagarin
Thank you. For this achievement I was awarded many medals and titles, including Hero of the Soviet Union, my nation’s highest honour. I was, however, merely standing on the shoulders of giants.
12 April 2020
EXXO
Brave comrade hero Gagarin. You stood on the shoulders of giants and flew without fear, staying calm through a very problematic re-entry. You had to eject and parachute from 23,000 feet and hope that the soil of the motherland would be soft and welcoming under your feet.
Today at 15.21 local time (09.21 Moscow) the people of Yakutia raised a glass to the moment when you flew over first.space.pilot, and did not forget that you never came within 2,000 km of capitalist California and first.into.space.
12 April 2020
Lord leominster
Comrade Gagarin, you are too modest. Of the many honours that have been bestowed upon you you have only mentioned one, Hero of the Soviet Union, of which you are justifiably proud. But how does that honour compare to being referenced not once but twice by Half Man Half Biscuit?
12 April 2020
Gagarin
Dearest Leommy, please, call me Yuri. I was wondering if I was to be asked that question. I simply cannot choose between the two because I see them as two entirely different things. Hero of the Soviet Union was an award for which I had the honour and privilege of accepting on behalf of the entire Soviet space programme at that time. Being referenced twice by my good Biscuit friends is an honour that I accept as recognition of the personal sacrifices that I made.
12 April 2020
dirk hofman
.. calm down Leomister, a dog and a monkey were there before him, in fact the monkey presented the medal ..
12 April 2020
EXXO
Yuri – another question – are you by any chance standing on the shoulders of these giants, in the shadows of better men, as an ex-Calvinist, and is it a real leveller?
12 April 2020
dr desperate
Succinctly described a month ago by Her Bereaved Majesty as “Russian”. Happy Yuri’s Night.
peter mcornithologist
Even shorter than Diego Maradona.
21 December 2014
Bobby SVARC
My name is Alexei Yuri Gagarin Siege of Stalingrad Glorious Five Year Plan Sputnik Tractor Moscow Dynamo Back Four Balowski. Me Dad was a bit of a Communist, know what I mean?
21 December 2014
This leaden paul
Quite possibly murdered.
21 December 2014
Archie Dream Walker
“Yuri Gagarin flew into the sun”….possibly a better use of his name in a song – angel interceptor by Ash….he was a space oddity…..lmao
21 December 2014
peter mcornithologist
Bring me the head of Yuri Gagarin was a little known Hawkwind live album.Heavily slated owing to the dreadful sound quality.
21 December 2014
dickhead in quicksand
Did he have restless legs? Or, were cosmonauts not afflicted by that syndrome?
22 December 2014
peter mcornithologist
One never sees his legs.Only his enormous helmet.
22 December 2014
Dai
Not quite ‘little known’ nor official Mr Mcornthologist 🙂
Actually a quite notorious Hawkwind bootleg
Check below for Bring Me The Head Of Yuri Gagarin…
http://www.starfarer.net/bringme.html
5 January 2015
Theqwill10
The winner of the KHL (Kontinental Hockey League) playoffs is awarded the Gagarin Cup, named after yer man Yuri.
22 March 2016
Cream cheese and chives
Still astonishes me that he visited Trafford Park in 1961 at the invitation of the Foundry Workers Union. Presumably , the only reason anyone of his ilk now would visit the area is to go to Media City to be interviewed.
2 May 2018
Gagarin
@ This Leaden Paul. No, I wasn’t murdered. The circumstances surrounding my death in 1968 have long been clouded by rumours and conspiracy theories. The truth is more mundane in that my colleague, Vladimir Seryogin, and I were unfortunate enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Or, rather, the test pilot of a Su-15 Sukhoi supersonic jet was in the wrong place in that he was flying at an altitude of 475 meters instead of the 10,000+ meters at which he was cleared. The misunderstanding arose due to deteriorating weather conditions and a rapidly lowering cloud-base. The MiG-15UTI that Seryogin and I were piloting on a routine training flight encountered the Su-15 just as it broke the sound barrier. Our two aircraft were less than 50 meters apart at that moment and the turbulence created by the Su-15’s sonic boom flipped our MiG-15 over and sent us into a deep spiralling tailspin from which we had insufficient altitude to recover.
22 February 2020
Gagarin
Here’s a song about me by Public Service Broadcasting:
https://youtu.be/wY-kAnvOY80
It’s a good tune but a rubbish video. Disrespectful, even. Unfortunately when it comes to things such as this, it’s all me, me, me.
14 March 2020
Alice van der meer
Back when oi were nobbut a lad, the Lord Lieutenant of Essex had a picture of you on his wall that I recall was when he said he’d met you. Sadly I can’t remember the circumstances, and he is long the wrong side of the turf to ask.
14 March 2020
Gagarin
Can’t say I remember the fellow but if he had a picture of me on his wall he was alright by me.
14 March 2020
dr desperate
Another tea-break teaser:
Cosmonaut + Belgian adventurer = Lady singer + canine film star
10 April 2020
IDIOT SAUL
Tereshkova de Gerlache /
Madonna Lassie doesn’t work, so it must be Gagarin Tintin / Gaga Rin Tin Tin.
10 April 2020
dr desperate
Верный, товарищ.
10 April 2020
IDIOT SAUL
Comrade Gagarin
This day in 1961, you became the first man in space. Hero cosmonaut of the glorious motherland. Your achievement was out of this world.
Happy Yuri’s Night.
12 April 2020
Gagarin
Thank you. For this achievement I was awarded many medals and titles, including Hero of the Soviet Union, my nation’s highest honour. I was, however, merely standing on the shoulders of giants.
12 April 2020
EXXO
Brave comrade hero Gagarin. You stood on the shoulders of giants and flew without fear, staying calm through a very problematic re-entry. You had to eject and parachute from 23,000 feet and hope that the soil of the motherland would be soft and welcoming under your feet.
Today at 15.21 local time (09.21 Moscow) the people of Yakutia raised a glass to the moment when you flew over first.space.pilot, and did not forget that you never came within 2,000 km of capitalist California and first.into.space.
12 April 2020
Lord leominster
Comrade Gagarin, you are too modest. Of the many honours that have been bestowed upon you you have only mentioned one, Hero of the Soviet Union, of which you are justifiably proud. But how does that honour compare to being referenced not once but twice by Half Man Half Biscuit?
12 April 2020
Gagarin
Dearest Leommy, please, call me Yuri. I was wondering if I was to be asked that question. I simply cannot choose between the two because I see them as two entirely different things. Hero of the Soviet Union was an award for which I had the honour and privilege of accepting on behalf of the entire Soviet space programme at that time. Being referenced twice by my good Biscuit friends is an honour that I accept as recognition of the personal sacrifices that I made.
12 April 2020
dirk hofman
.. calm down Leomister, a dog and a monkey were there before him, in fact the monkey presented the medal ..
12 April 2020
EXXO
Yuri – another question – are you by any chance standing on the shoulders of these giants, in the shadows of better men, as an ex-Calvinist, and is it a real leveller?
12 April 2020
dr desperate
Succinctly described a month ago by Her Bereaved Majesty as “Russian”.
Happy Yuri’s Night.
12 April 2021
gagarin
Sixty years ago today. Who’d have though it?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-environment-56690949
It’s all true, too. This is exactly how it happened.
12 April 2021
peter mcornithologist
Waiting to hear that Yuri was not the first man into space. Yep it was Phil , the master of gay repartee.
12 April 2021
Gagarin
No, it was me. Definitely me. I had a good look around when I was up there and I didn’t see anyone else. I was the first. Definitely it was me.
12 April 2021
POP-TART
C’mon, you can tell us … there was an arl fella with a beard up there as well, wasn’t there? But the commies wouldn’t let you say…
12 April 2021
Gagarin
My birthday! and another National Shame Day for my homeland.
Looking at the earth from afar you realize it is too small for conflict and just big enough for cooperation.
9 March 2022
dr Desperate
In that case you share a birthday with Roger (Definitive Review) Green.
9 March 2022
dr Desperate
Happy Yuri’s Night, y’all (not you, Putin).
12 April 2022