{"id":243,"date":"2025-11-06T18:28:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T18:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dennisofgruntyfen.co.uk\/wshop\/?post_type=product&#038;p=243"},"modified":"2026-10-25T11:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T11:55:14","slug":"album-best-of-dennis-volume-5","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/dennisofgruntyfen.co.uk\/wshop\/product\/album-best-of-dennis-volume-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Album: Best of Dennis Volume 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>A message from Mr South: <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: brown;\">Do you remember the time when Dennis met a slimy woman at a supermarket?\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Or when he joined the Army? Or how he lost his tortoise and wandered into a kinky hadnabinfer? Do you know the terrible truth about school dinners? Can you paint a budgie cage through the bars?<\/p>\n<p>This is the first collection drawn from our broadcasts in 1990\/91. So great are the recorded riches from that period that we have had to make two selections. This volume barely scratches the surface.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: brown;\">This compilation features a wide variety of subjects <\/span><\/b> involving mince, custard and gravy, army life, tortoises, the mysterious spirituality of the hadnabinfers, strange offerings in supermarkets, Gran&#8217;s bloomers, budgie cages and the light harvest festival.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: brown;\">Mysterious Mince Explained<\/span><\/b><br \/>\nWhat\u2019s Dennis been using Gran\u2019s Spong for? How do you make a mince volcano pyramid? Why would Dennis suck a hairslide? Dennis reminisces about school dinners, helps Sally Field thaw out and gets some unanimous Valentine\u2019s cards.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: brown;\">Army Life<\/span><\/b><br \/>\nDennis had been preparing for a long time to be a soldier, but when it came to National Service, his army life wasn\u2019t as long as everybody else\u2019s. He\u2019s got Fen feet and Fen eyes, but would they be a hindrance? And what did he take with him that the army wasn\u2019t expecting?<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: brown;\">The Lost Tortoise and the Hadnabinfer<\/span><\/b><br \/>\nWhat\u2019s the best way to eat an \u00e9clair? What\u2019s that got to do with a missing tortoise? Why does Dennis go to the mobile library? Who\u2019s Sergeant Smart? Why did he get the sack? And how did Dennis get caught in a hadnabinfer with a kink?<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: brown;\">A Visit to the Supermarket<\/span><\/b><br \/>\nWhat happens when Gran goes to the supermarket? Why does she want a shower cap? How did Dennis try to fix a squeak? How does Miss Edwards arrange her stock? Who\u2019s the slimy woman? And how did Dennis disguise himself to fool her?<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: brown;\">Painting a Budgie Cage<\/span><\/b><br \/>\nRenee from The Bull offers Gran a budgie \u2013 but there\u2019s no cage for it. Dennis comes to the rescue, but has problems with paint and sand \u2013 and getting the bird into the cage. Why does Gran say the bird gives her rheumatism in her knees?<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: brown;\">The Light Harvest Festival <\/span><\/b><br \/>\nWhy haven\u2019t the Strict Sabbatarian Fundamentalists had a harvest festival since 1962? Why are they round-shouldered? Who was Evil Tiplady? What have faggots got to do with anything? Why shouldn\u2019t you stray from the path? And how can you stop your hassocks straying?<\/p>\n<p>Running time: About 78 minutes&#8217; worth.<\/p>\n<p>Available as a CD or as a download.<\/p>\n<div class=\"productGeneral biggerText\">\n<div class=\"rowWrapper\">\n<div>Listen to clips from the tracks on this album:<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"rowWrapper\">\n<div class=\"mediaTypeLink\">\n<div class=\"rowWrapper\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"mediaTypeLink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dennisofgruntyfen.co.uk\/shop\/media\/Mysterious Mince Explained.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"mediaClipFilename\">Mysterious Mince Explained<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mediaTypeLink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dennisofgruntyfen.co.uk\/shop\/media\/Army Life.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"mediaClipFilename\">Army Life<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mediaTypeLink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dennisofgruntyfen.co.uk\/shop\/media\/The Lost Tortoise and the Hadnabinfer.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"mediaClipFilename\">The Lost Tortoise and the Hadnabinfer<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mediaTypeLink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dennisofgruntyfen.co.uk\/shop\/media\/A Visit to the Supermarket.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"mediaClipFilename\">A Visit to the Supermarket<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mediaTypeLink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dennisofgruntyfen.co.uk\/shop\/media\/Painting A Budgie Cage.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"mediaClipFilename\">Painting a Budgie Cage<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mediaTypeLink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dennisofgruntyfen.co.uk\/shop\/media\/The Light Harvest Festival.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"mediaClipFilename\">The Light Harvest Festival<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Clicking on any of the above links will let you hear a short bit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An album available as a CD or digital download.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[20],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-243","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-albums","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-variable"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dennisofgruntyfen.co.uk\/wshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dennisofgruntyfen.co.uk\/wshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dennisofgruntyfen.co.uk\/wshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dennisofgruntyfen.co.uk\/wshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dennisofgruntyfen.co.uk\/wshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dennisofgruntyfen.co.uk\/wshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dennisofgruntyfen.co.uk\/wshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=243"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dennisofgruntyfen.co.uk\/wshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=243"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dennisofgruntyfen.co.uk\/wshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}