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MikeH II posted 07-01-99 10:15 AM ET
There seem to be a lot of us around suddenly. How about we use this thread to discuss things that are obscurely British and no-one from elsewhere will understand.
Use as much slang as possible and references to obscure daytime TV shows that won't get transferred to the US are to be encouraged.
Topics of the day:
Henmania and the Canadian menace, getting Hanged for high treason, Bristol is too hilly, Reading is cool?, London is a tiny village and only Eastenders is reality. Why did the royal family clone Diana and marry her to Bonnie Prince Edward? Who are the dead bodies in Finn and Lewis' yard? (that is a bit sad that one) Is Luis Amor Rodriguez dead? (that's so obscure I barely understand it) Aynesley, comedic cooking genius or a bit of an arse? Why on earth would anyone let Lawrence the camp alter a room in their house.
That'll do. Or post some other gibberish.
Aredhran posted 07-01-99 10:17 AM ET
Mike, I think you're high as a kite.
If you have nothing to say, why don't you start a BLAH thread ?
Aredhran
umbra1 posted 07-01-99 10:18 AM ET
This being a UK topic, is anyone listening to the Mark and Lard Show ?
MikeH II posted 07-01-99 10:21 AM ET
This all makes sense Red, honest.
I'm not listening to Mark and Lard, they are pretty good but I think they were better when they were on later, basically because I'd listen to them then.
umbra1 posted 07-01-99 10:25 AM ET
Still good after all these years... It was better when they were on the graveyard shift.. **** Agent was a favourate of mine.
umbra1 posted 07-01-99 10:26 AM ET
Hey ! What's with the censorship ? Since when can you not type ****e ?
MikeH II posted 07-01-99 10:27 AM ET
I never heard them in those days, I was always out.... ah back when I went out during the week.
Rimmer posted 07-01-99 10:28 AM ET
I you brits don't watch it I'm going to start a Quebec thread.
Bad breath Rimmer
Resource Consumer posted 07-01-99 10:29 AM ET
I thought they cloned Jill Dando and married her off to the clown prince.
umbra1 posted 07-01-99 10:31 AM ET
Anyone actualy watch the Wedding ? No !
Me neither.
Resource Consumer posted 07-01-99 10:34 AM ET
Latest cricket score
New Zealand 161-6.
MikeH II posted 07-01-99 10:35 AM ET
I didn't watch the wedding either, I've got cable so I had it on BBC1, ITV, Sky News and CNN all at once. Thank goodness Sky1 had expensive American imports to keep me occupied.
Any more good Jill Dando conspiracy theories?
There must be someone with a theory to link the Aptly Named Princess Di, Jill Dando and Sophie whatsherface.
MikeH II posted 07-01-99 10:37 AM ET
A. Habib is from East Reading! Good to see Reading represented in international sport... I mean cricket.
Resource Consumer posted 07-01-99 11:05 AM ET
I think they all had the same hairdresser.
Di, Dando and Sofa - not Aftab Habib.
MikeH II posted 07-01-99 11:08 AM ET
Perhaps he's behind it. The evil mass murdering hairdresser of Old London Town.
Resource Consumer posted 07-01-99 11:22 AM ET
So who's gonna be next? Is anyone safe?
Presumably hippies don't have too much to worry about. Who else has the appropriate haircut?
Thinking about it Mrs Resource Consumer has a fairly similar one (wrong colour though). Is this my chance, do her in, blame Sweeney Todd and run off with Deidre.
MikeH II posted 07-01-99 11:25 AM ET
Pub/pie shop in Reading called Sweeney Todd's. So witty.
Resource Consumer posted 07-01-99 11:43 AM ET
At the moment, I'm ploughing through all the old episodes of the Sweeney 9:00 on Granada Gold.
Great, gratuitous violence and.......
SHUT IT
MikeH II posted 07-01-99 11:55 AM ET
GOV! I have been watching World Cup center at about that time hence I've been missing it.
Resource Consumer posted 07-01-99 12:05 PM ET
You've been missing some great haircuts and flared trousers as well.
MikeH II posted 07-01-99 12:07 PM ET
They are very fashionable again now, I see people dressed like that wandering around Reading every day. With haircuts to match. I blame Jarvis Cocker.
MikeH II posted 07-01-99 12:10 PM ET
New Zealand 200/8 off 75 I'm going home which involves fighting my way through the blue blazered, cream trousered, straw boatered thongs of the Henley Regatta.
Resource Consumer posted 07-01-99 12:13 PM ET
Good luck - I'm off to fight my way through the tourists at Piccadilly Circus, then the Piccadilly line then the District Line. Very unpleasant.
Noisy posted 07-01-99 02:21 PM ET
Why does Reading pool have such a small car park?
Noisy
MikeH II posted 07-01-99 03:16 PM ET
Which one? Central? I don't know. Central pool is about a 5 minute walk from my house.
Noisy posted 07-01-99 04:27 PM ET
Central sounds familiar. I swam in a Masters comp. there a year or two back, and won a bunch of medals. Now, this doesn't normally happen, but when I returned home I realised that it had been the Cup Final - which explained the lack of competition .
Noisy
MikeH II posted 07-02-99 04:08 AM ET
It will have been Central, that's where Reading swimming club was based. One of my friends used to swim for them. Few years ago now. The car park is tiny.
MikeH II posted 07-02-99 07:27 AM ET
Today's topic: Why are English batsmen so rubbish? Wait for all the smartarse Aussies to descend on the thread.
Nell_Smith posted 07-02-99 09:52 AM ET
Mike:
Yeah, it sucks... we teach the world how to play our game, then they proceed to kick our arses all over the place. What's all that about, eh?
Nell... out for a duck
MikeH II posted 07-02-99 10:14 AM ET
At least Henman won. Always good to beat the French.
It's not just cricket either, it's every sport, Football (that's Soccer to any lurking Yanks ), Rugby. Basically we are only world leaders in pub sports like Snooker and Darts. I wonder why?
Noisy posted 07-02-99 02:15 PM ET
Mike:
We've got lots of world champions (and a world football club champion isn't too far away ). It's just that mainstream news reporting only concentrates on the "big" sports.
I'm sure we've got quite a few boxing champions (but that is relatively easy when there are three parallel world ruling bodies). There are a couple of our female athletes that are the best in the world, but I don't follow athletics much nowadays, so I can't recall their names. Sailing, shooting and judo must be good for a few more.
And rowing, of course. I saw Holmes and Pinsent in their new four blowing everyone else away only a week or so ago.
And what about triathlon. We've had a Brit world champion for a number of years now.
Noisy
"Always look on the bright side of life!"
JohnIII posted 07-02-99 02:21 PM ET
I saw the NZers collapse, so I thought "Great. Nasser'll win his first match".
Ahem.
John III
googlie posted 07-02-99 02:38 PM ET
Don't forget Lennox lewis is really Canadian (as is Rudsedski)
BTW does Hurley Village still have a cricket team (I used to play for them in the early seventies)
googlie
Putting a spin on it
Resource Consumer posted 07-02-99 02:38 PM ET
Not so sure. Stewat out and 200+ looks a long way off on that pitch.
Nell_Smith posted 07-02-99 04:22 PM ET
Noisy:
Hmmm and we always win at showjumping.
Not sure if that is good or bad...
Nell... out of inspiration...
Bossman posted 07-02-99 04:39 PM ET
WE LOVE YOU READING WE DO!!!!
WE LOVE You READING WE DO!!!!
WE LOVE YOU READING WE DOOOOOO!!!!
OHHHHHH, READING WE LOVE YOU!!!!!
Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
(Anyone been to R-19 or Eden clubs?)
Nell_Smith posted 07-02-99 09:16 PM ET
Boss:
Wotcha cock! You're avin a larf, innit?
Bagley's (or has it lost its licence [again]?)
The Sound Shaft
The Complex
Pendragon nights at Tyssen Street Studios (real old-style rave)
Mount Universe at Alexandra Palace on NY's Eve... 12,000 capacity... hehe
The Ministry of Sound (if you're a rich poser with bad musical taste)
errr that's enough reasons to stay in Lahndon, guv!
Nell
MikeH II posted 07-03-99 08:14 PM ET
COME ON YOU ROYALS!!!!
Bossman good to see a fellow Reading boy here, we are the best.
Resource Consumer posted 07-04-99 09:48 PM ET
OK. So I was wrong
Rock on Alex
Resource Consumer
- Surrey supporter and Chiswick resident -
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Author	Topic: The Tiny Hamlet of London, home of the Brit Faction
MikeH II	posted 07-01-99 10:15 AM ET There seem to be a lot of us around suddenly. How about we use this thread to discuss things that are obscurely British and no-one from elsewhere will understand. Use as much slang as possible and references to obscure daytime TV shows that won't get transferred to the US are to be encouraged. Topics of the day: Henmania and the Canadian menace, getting Hanged for high treason, Bristol is too hilly, Reading is cool?, London is a tiny village and only Eastenders is reality. Why did the royal family clone Diana and marry her to Bonnie Prince Edward? Who are the dead bodies in Finn and Lewis' yard? (that is a bit sad that one) Is Luis Amor Rodriguez dead? (that's so obscure I barely understand it) Aynesley, comedic cooking genius or a bit of an arse? Why on earth would anyone let Lawrence the camp alter a room in their house. That'll do. Or post some other gibberish.
Aredhran	posted 07-01-99 10:17 AM ET Mike, I think you're high as a kite. If you have nothing to say, why don't you start a BLAH thread ? Aredhran
umbra1	posted 07-01-99 10:18 AM ET This being a UK topic, is anyone listening to the Mark and Lard Show ?
MikeH II	posted 07-01-99 10:21 AM ET This all makes sense Red, honest. I'm not listening to Mark and Lard, they are pretty good but I think they were better when they were on later, basically because I'd listen to them then.
umbra1	posted 07-01-99 10:25 AM ET Still good after all these years... It was better when they were on the graveyard shift.. **** Agent was a favourate of mine.
umbra1	posted 07-01-99 10:26 AM ET Hey ! What's with the censorship ? Since when can you not type ****e ?
MikeH II	posted 07-01-99 10:27 AM ET I never heard them in those days, I was always out.... ah back when I went out during the week.
Rimmer	posted 07-01-99 10:28 AM ET I you brits don't watch it I'm going to start a Quebec thread. Bad breath Rimmer
Resource Consumer	posted 07-01-99 10:29 AM ET I thought they cloned Jill Dando and married her off to the clown prince.
umbra1	posted 07-01-99 10:31 AM ET Anyone actualy watch the Wedding ? No ! Me neither.
Resource Consumer	posted 07-01-99 10:34 AM ET Latest cricket score New Zealand 161-6.
MikeH II	posted 07-01-99 10:35 AM ET I didn't watch the wedding either, I've got cable so I had it on BBC1, ITV, Sky News and CNN all at once. Thank goodness Sky1 had expensive American imports to keep me occupied. Any more good Jill Dando conspiracy theories? There must be someone with a theory to link the Aptly Named Princess Di, Jill Dando and Sophie whatsherface.
MikeH II	posted 07-01-99 10:37 AM ET A. Habib is from East Reading! Good to see Reading represented in international sport... I mean cricket.
Resource Consumer	posted 07-01-99 11:05 AM ET I think they all had the same hairdresser. Di, Dando and Sofa - not Aftab Habib.
MikeH II	posted 07-01-99 11:08 AM ET Perhaps he's behind it. The evil mass murdering hairdresser of Old London Town.
Resource Consumer	posted 07-01-99 11:22 AM ET So who's gonna be next? Is anyone safe? Presumably hippies don't have too much to worry about. Who else has the appropriate haircut? Thinking about it Mrs Resource Consumer has a fairly similar one (wrong colour though). Is this my chance, do her in, blame Sweeney Todd and run off with Deidre.
MikeH II	posted 07-01-99 11:25 AM ET Pub/pie shop in Reading called Sweeney Todd's. So witty.
Resource Consumer	posted 07-01-99 11:43 AM ET At the moment, I'm ploughing through all the old episodes of the Sweeney 9:00 on Granada Gold. Great, gratuitous violence and....... SHUT IT
MikeH II	posted 07-01-99 11:55 AM ET GOV! I have been watching World Cup center at about that time hence I've been missing it.
Resource Consumer	posted 07-01-99 12:05 PM ET You've been missing some great haircuts and flared trousers as well.
MikeH II	posted 07-01-99 12:07 PM ET They are very fashionable again now, I see people dressed like that wandering around Reading every day. With haircuts to match. I blame Jarvis Cocker.
MikeH II	posted 07-01-99 12:10 PM ET New Zealand 200/8 off 75 I'm going home which involves fighting my way through the blue blazered, cream trousered, straw boatered thongs of the Henley Regatta.
Resource Consumer	posted 07-01-99 12:13 PM ET Good luck - I'm off to fight my way through the tourists at Piccadilly Circus, then the Piccadilly line then the District Line. Very unpleasant.
Noisy	posted 07-01-99 02:21 PM ET Why does Reading pool have such a small car park? Noisy
MikeH II	posted 07-01-99 03:16 PM ET Which one? Central? I don't know. Central pool is about a 5 minute walk from my house.
Noisy	posted 07-01-99 04:27 PM ET Central sounds familiar. I swam in a Masters comp. there a year or two back, and won a bunch of medals. Now, this doesn't normally happen, but when I returned home I realised that it had been the Cup Final - which explained the lack of competition . Noisy
MikeH II	posted 07-02-99 04:08 AM ET It will have been Central, that's where Reading swimming club was based. One of my friends used to swim for them. Few years ago now. The car park is tiny.
MikeH II	posted 07-02-99 07:27 AM ET Today's topic: Why are English batsmen so rubbish? Wait for all the smartarse Aussies to descend on the thread.
Nell_Smith	posted 07-02-99 09:52 AM ET Mike: Yeah, it sucks... we teach the world how to play our game, then they proceed to kick our arses all over the place. What's all that about, eh? Nell... out for a duck
MikeH II	posted 07-02-99 10:14 AM ET At least Henman won. Always good to beat the French. It's not just cricket either, it's every sport, Football (that's Soccer to any lurking Yanks ), Rugby. Basically we are only world leaders in pub sports like Snooker and Darts. I wonder why?
Noisy	posted 07-02-99 02:15 PM ET Mike: We've got lots of world champions (and a world football club champion isn't too far away ). It's just that mainstream news reporting only concentrates on the "big" sports. I'm sure we've got quite a few boxing champions (but that is relatively easy when there are three parallel world ruling bodies). There are a couple of our female athletes that are the best in the world, but I don't follow athletics much nowadays, so I can't recall their names. Sailing, shooting and judo must be good for a few more. And rowing, of course. I saw Holmes and Pinsent in their new four blowing everyone else away only a week or so ago. And what about triathlon. We've had a Brit world champion for a number of years now. Noisy "Always look on the bright side of life!"
JohnIII	posted 07-02-99 02:21 PM ET I saw the NZers collapse, so I thought "Great. Nasser'll win his first match". Ahem. John III
googlie	posted 07-02-99 02:38 PM ET Don't forget Lennox lewis is really Canadian (as is Rudsedski) BTW does Hurley Village still have a cricket team (I used to play for them in the early seventies) googlie Putting a spin on it
Resource Consumer	posted 07-02-99 02:38 PM ET Not so sure. Stewat out and 200+ looks a long way off on that pitch.
Nell_Smith	posted 07-02-99 04:22 PM ET Noisy: Hmmm and we always win at showjumping. Not sure if that is good or bad... Nell... out of inspiration...
Bossman	posted 07-02-99 04:39 PM ET WE LOVE YOU READING WE DO!!!! WE LOVE You READING WE DO!!!! WE LOVE YOU READING WE DOOOOOO!!!! OHHHHHH, READING WE LOVE YOU!!!!! Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! (Anyone been to R-19 or Eden clubs?)
Nell_Smith	posted 07-02-99 09:16 PM ET Boss: Wotcha cock! You're avin a larf, innit? Bagley's (or has it lost its licence [again]?) The Sound Shaft The Complex Pendragon nights at Tyssen Street Studios (real old-style rave) Mount Universe at Alexandra Palace on NY's Eve... 12,000 capacity... hehe The Ministry of Sound (if you're a rich poser with bad musical taste) errr that's enough reasons to stay in Lahndon, guv! Nell
MikeH II	posted 07-03-99 08:14 PM ET COME ON YOU ROYALS!!!! Bossman good to see a fellow Reading boy here, we are the best.
Resource Consumer	posted 07-04-99 09:48 PM ET OK. So I was wrong Rock on Alex Resource Consumer - Surrey supporter and Chiswick resident -