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drunkymonkey · **The time has come, the avatar said -** 08-23-2005, 18:39

Bloody ungrateful unhappy Bob...

OmKranti · **The time has come, the avatar said -** 08-23-2005, 18:49

Drunky, your avatar is scary, he look like he's going to get me. Eeek

drunkymonkey · **The time has come, the avatar said -** 08-23-2005, 18:55

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Originally Posted by OmKranti

Drunky, your avatar is scary, he look like he's going to get me. Eeek

That's because he will, it's Max of Sam and Max, it was an adventure game, back when Lucas Arts didn't suck.

sleepy_sarge · **The time has come, the avatar said -** 08-23-2005, 20:02

Bob returns the compliment

OmKranti · **The time has come, the avatar said -** 08-23-2005, 20:33

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Originally Posted by Buzzfloyd

Roman, I don't know what you mean. I was assured of the highest quality service, particularly as a fellow member of the clergy, albeit of a greater God.

Spiky, this is very possible. By the way, how odd was that moment in the film? When about to join a queue, no English person says, "Leave it to me! I'm English, I know how to queue!" They might see the queue, join it, and then - after one of their foreign friends complained about it - chortle a little and say, "Ah, well it comes naturally to some!" Or something like that. No Englishman queues with that kind of spirited bravado!

Do the English do anything with that kind of spirited bravado?

Rincewind · **The time has come, the avatar said -** 08-23-2005, 21:18

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Originally Posted by sleepy_sarge

Bob returns the compliment

lol

Nice one.

Buzzfloyd · **The time has come, the avatar said -** 08-23-2005, 23:39

LOL, Sleepy Sarge!

And Om, no, I really don't think we do!

TamyraMcG · **The time has come, the avatar said -** 08-24-2005, 01:42

Buzzfloyd, I like the new outfit, it rocks!

Sleepy_Sarge, that was cool.

Fudgecake, I know what you mean about being allergic to morning. I usually have at least one unexplicable sneeze every morning.

spiky · **The time has come, the avatar said -** 08-24-2005, 02:48

Well if the London bombings media coverage is to be believed then the English do everything stoicly with a stiff upper lip, which I always thought would make it quite hard to eat and possibly drink.

Are there any stoic englishman around who can explain how you eat and drink with a stiff upper lip?

p.s. Sarge

Buzzfloyd · **The time has come, the avatar said -** 08-24-2005, 09:07

Through a straw, Spiky, through a straw.

Garner asked me about stiff upper lips the other day - he couldn't understand why someone would have one. The point is that if you are going to cry, your lower lip goes wobbly, and the Englishman stiffens his upper lip to prevent himself from betraying his emotions. What makes me laugh is that, although this stereotype is now considered out-of-date, the principle is alive and well among young Englishmen of my acquaintance. I have even seen the stiff upper lip in action.

Edit: Thanks, Tamyra!

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