3181
I like her. She seems smart.
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3181
I like her. She seems smart.
3482. Ditto. But you're about 300 posts behind the times, sir. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by MrMatthews
3483
D'oh!!
3484
Ah oh... I hope that`s not old age setting in!;)Quote:
Originally Posted by MrMatthews
And yes she looks mighty smart!
3485
I cannot believe this thread has gone on this long. There should be a post count at the end and whoever posted most have a large amount of rep deducted. Part of me lives in hope that Joe wanders onto this thread pissed and closes it at 4999.
3486
The Queen is a werewolf.
Dr. Who taught me that.
3487
In America, we have a saying: "rrrRRREEWR!" Or at least, that's as close as I can come to transliterating it--it's the sound of Felis catus as she expresses her disdain for whatever the hell it is you just did to provoke her wrath. The sound itself is used in good-humored mockery of someone who has just spoken, and is intended to express, in more compact and visceral terms, the thought "well, I'm really not quite sure what provoked that display of bad temper, but I'm not altogether convinced it was quite warranted."Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Smith
I hope this isn't lost on you, seeing as how you seem to hate cats. ;)
Thank you for numbering your post, btw. :D
3488
^ Best read while under the influence....
3489
Are you implying that some people come to this site while both sane and sober? ;)
3490
:D I believe there are a few.... some of us are looking into it though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghaleon
3491
Gotcha. Personally, I've been swilling Warsteiner since I got off work. Well, let me know if you need help with converting the unwashed among us, but in the meantime keep it quiet, or this forum will lose all its cred.
It's 4:30AM here and getting damn close to my bed time--is it normally just Kiwis and Aussies posting this time of day? It's 9:30PM there, right?
3492
I don't really drink so I know I'm sober.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghaleon
Sane? Well.......
3493
The European ones are never sober. End of Story.
*LAUGH TRACK PLAYS
3494
The day someone from Europe claims to be sober is the day we find out the American equivalent of the term "I dropped my monocle!"
3495
Uhhh...I couldn't think of an equivalent...but I know John Wayne would have to be involved in some form or another. Pilgrim.
3496
Well, I see we have one non-European Earther and at least one Californian awake, that answers my question. :)
3497Quote:
Originally Posted by Rusty Venture
I believe the expression was more along the lines of losing one's tophat.
And I hope one day we do discover the American counterpart, because I still have no idea what that is supposed to mean. Is it supposed to describe something that never happens, or a moment of extreme disgrace?
3498
"Dropped my monocle/monocle fell out" or "My top hat flew off" are British moments of surprise.
And they run in two levels:
"I dropped my monocle/my monocle fell out" = surprise
"My top hat flew off" = extreme surprise
"I spilled my tea" can be used in place of "I dropped my monocle/My monocle fell out"
There are currently no German, American, Swedish, Estonian, NZ, or any other country equivalents to these phrases.
3499
It's all true! I'm drunk right now (merely with fatigue, but it counts) and the wisdom at the root of that post made me spill my monocle!
However, the shock seems to have sobered me up enough to say that sometimes one's top hat merely comes adrift due to inclement weather, and while monoclar-detatchment used to be a much better barometer for shock, this has all changed since the advent of Mono-cling™.
3500
Drunk on life.... way to go Smii!;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Smii
3501
But tea spilling seems to be as rampant as ever, apparently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smii
3502
Well, we got "Da wird doch der Hund in der Pfanne verrückt", which roughly translates into "The dog goes crazy in the frying pan".
3503
...that just leaves one question... why did the dog go crazy in the frying pan?Quote:
Originally Posted by Phantar
3504
Well, don't know about you, but I guess I kinda would go crazy if someone just threw me into a frying pan.
Quote:
Originally Posted by johnnyb
3505
Why is there a German fascination with putting dogs in frying pans?
I was under the impression that *ALL* Western countries found eating dog disgusting.
3506
Clearly you've never been to certain regions of Switzerland...
And besides... Hot Dog! get it? ;)
3507
mmmmm.....:D
http://images.google.co.nz/url?sourc...qwjDoCcaeAKOAw
3508
Is it the French region? We could wipe it out along with France. :ok:Quote:
Originally Posted by Phantar
3509
My strike force sensors are tingling!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rusty Venture
:DTime to Destroy France:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Rusty Venture
3510
3511
I say we send Phantar over there, have him talk in German, and let the country surrender on its own.
Belgium, despite being partially French is totally immune to any Strike Force actions as they have given the world "french fries". I raise my drink to you Belgium, you did good.
Don't underestimate the amount of spillages that just take place due to bumblingnesses. I've lost count (my abacus ran out of beads) of the number of beverage-spillages I've been involved in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rusty Venture
3512 (might be something along those lines)
The Last time I went to England everyone drinking Tea and throwing tea at eachother, and sometimes they'd get really excited while drinking the tea & spit it out real fast. Crazy Tea Drunken British
3513
3514
I know the how bumbling the English can be, I've seen a Hugh Grant movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smii
3515
My favorite depiction of the English was done by themselves on 'Allo 'Allo! .
3516
Damn bee just popped up out of nowhere... Fuckin' bees! What good are you inside of a house?! Get out of my LIFE!!
3517
Get yo' numbers right!
My favorite depiction of an English accent is the one done by Keira Knightly.
There is at least one man in England who has said her accent is "phony". Now, I had to take his word for it because he lives in England (Derby to be exact).
When *I* think of phony English accent, I think Madonna.
3518
Yes Madonna does rank among the worst. I also thought the Dracula movie with Keanu Reeves was atrocious.
3519
Well, the movie was decent really, despite Keanunu's horrific attempt at an English accent: you would have thought that, despite it being utterly inappropriate for the story, the director would have told him just to fucking forget the entire sad attempt anyway and just focus on acting--one thing at a time, one thing at a time. Then we would have had Jonathan Harker sounding somewhat of Ted Theodore Logan, but maybe his acting would have improved, and at least we wouldn't have had to endure the pain of his "accent."
3520
I'd say that Kevin Costner's accent in "Robin Hood" is bad, in the scenes where he is attempting it, but Alan Rickman is the only reason to watch that movie.
On the reverse side
This guy has a show where he plays an American and he doesn't cover his accent very well.
And Jason Statham in "The One".
The true winner for covering up an accent? Gary Oldman.