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Old Apr 22nd 2013, 7:39 pm
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Originally Posted by Cardienscarf
The 'bless you's' definitely seem more fervent here than in the UK.
Fervent, yes, good description.
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
How did farting figure into this whole thing, I wonder?
That's what corks are for
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Old Apr 22nd 2013, 8:26 pm
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Originally Posted by MiniBrit
I also find that incredibly annoying. The word 'lucky' would be more appropriate in the majority of cases.
Very much so, especially when it involves things where you get a major injury rather than death. So God blessed me by only making me lose the use of my legs? Getting out without a scratch would be time to praise the intervention of someone with infinite power.
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Old Apr 22nd 2013, 8:33 pm
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Originally Posted by Sugarmooma
That's what corks are for
That could turn one's arse into an assault weapon
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
That could turn one's arse into an assault weapon
As long as you have no more than ten corks up your arse before having to reload.
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Originally Posted by lansbury
As long as you have no more than ten corks up your arse before having to reload.
That would take some dedication. Not to mention cause some internal injuries!

It'd certainly be verging on chemical warfare, though.
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
..... It'd certainly be verging on chemical warfare, though.
Surely you mean "biological". .... And wouldn't that then move it into the scope of the Geneva Convention?
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
Surely you mean "biological". .... And wouldn't that then move it into the scope of the Geneva Convention?
Biology is just chemistry with moving parts, really.
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Originally Posted by Guindalf
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Is it as cunning as a fox what used to be Professor of Cunning at Oxford University but has moved on, and is now working for the UN at the High Commission of International Cunning Planning?
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Is it as cunning as a fox what used to be Professor of Cunning at Oxford University but has moved on, and is now working for the UN at the High Commission of International Cunning Planning?
I've got a turnip!
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There's one - you know you've been in the US too long when you can't remember the last time you had engaged in a spontaneous Blackadder quote-a-thon.

Here's a personal favourite from Squadron Commander Flasheart:

"Mind if I use your phone? If word gets out I'm missing, five hundred girls will kill themselves and I wouldn't want them on my conscience. Not when they ought to be on my face."
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
There's one - you know you've been in the US too long when you can't remember the last time you had engaged in a spontaneous Blackadder quote-a-thon.

Here's a personal favourite from Squadron Commander Flasheart:

"Mind if I use your phone? If word gets out I'm missing, five hundred girls will kill themselves and I wouldn't want them on my conscience. Not when they ought to be on my face."
Thanks bridesmaid. Like the beard. Gives me something to hang on to.
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I've got a turnip!
Steady now, you don't want to price yourself out of the market.
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