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eauclaireliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:53 PM Original message |
My (short) rant on Brits |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. veggie tales is worse |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 01:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Veggie Tales are not fundie, actually |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 05:03 PM Response to Reply #27 |
63. the fundies that show it to their kids treat it as gospel |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 05:14 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. I'm an atheist and even I think Veggie Tales are cute. |
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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. In response |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I have watched just about all of the ones with David Attenborough |
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MissHoneychurch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. About Example 3 |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 02:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. and was a pretty good guy in "Truly Madly Deeply" |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 08:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
41. Dear Alan was a hero in Galaxy Quest. n/t |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 08:38 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. also in Dogma he was the metetron |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 08:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
46. Or "le gang des Mercedes" |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. I have read that advertisements use voice-over people with British |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well, it's all true |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. and I thought you all were just like the folks on Eastenders... |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Shut it, you slag |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. mmm.... |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Well... |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I'm not a slag |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I am! I am! |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I just realized something... |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Hmmmm you are right |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 10:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
49. Oi! What are you looking at? |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I thought so!!!! |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 01:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. I knew it! |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. I always wondered why |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 11:14 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. The gecko is an Aussie. |
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mockmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 01:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. The voice they used for the Gecko |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. I know that your powers of retention are as wet as a warthog's backside.... |
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bbernardini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
18. Perhaps because the British seem to broadcast more documentaries than we do? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 12:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. That's actually made by Channel 4 |
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bbernardini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 12:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Oh, my mistake. Still, British, and a documentary. |
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mockmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. I agree that most of the |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 01:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
59. Rats, all we get is "How machine guns work". |
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mduffy31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
19. I can think of 3 movies off the top of my head where Alan Rickman isn't the badguy |
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angel823 (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 02:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. and |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 12:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
51. Rickman is HAWT in this video! |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. Peter Cushing played lots of good guys |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
25. The Brits are the great historians |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
26. The Beatles tried to hide thier English accents at first. |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 03:25 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Yesssss! |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 04:59 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Every post by him makes me hate Oasis even more |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 06:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Every post of his makes me like them more. |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 05:00 PM Response to Reply #40 |
62. same here |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
28. Brits just sound sexier |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
31. You need to rent more movies! |
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Drum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 02:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Lol...Tony Curtis. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
34. "The Death Star was filled with British actors..." |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
36. Maybe You Should Get Out More? |
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eauclaireliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 04:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Maybe you should try something other than snide remarks |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 08:30 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Sorry |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #43 |
57. Or the role that MADE Jeremy Irons' career: |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
44. Christopher Lee even plays a bad guy in a French movie |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 08:41 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Christopher Lee plays bad guys in British films too |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 08:43 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Indeed he is. |
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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 01:24 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. Has Christopher Lee EVER played a goodie? |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 07:03 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. He's played Sherlock Holmes several times n/t |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 04:53 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Indeed. nt |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
48. A Brit played a good guy on Star Trek (TNG) |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
50. Yeah, and why is James Bond always British? |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 12:11 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Pierce Brosnan isn't British |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. I stand corrected. |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 01:40 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. Yeah, and George Lazenby was born in Australia. |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
53. This, of course, begs the question - whose accent would be more |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
56. Peter Cushing played the vampire killer in a movie with |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
64. Re: Example 2 |
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