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I love that article. I especially like this part: wiki about Larry the cat posted:Following the March murder of a dog at Crufts, David Cameron doubled security measures around Larry. I know they mean they're protecting the cat, but I want to read it as them keeping an eye on him to prevent him killing another dog. 
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I love the bit where Cameron wakes up Larry to show him a mouse in the room so he can do his job but Larry's all "eh gently caress it."
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Apr 22, 2015 22:22
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CrotchDropJeans posted:I love the bit where Cameron wakes up Larry to show him a mouse in the room so he can do his job but Larry's all "eh gently caress it." "Take it up with the union. This nap break is in the contract"
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This bit is my personal favourite:quote:On 14 November 2011, Larry's position came under pressure, as it emerged that he was spending more time sleeping, and spending time in the company of a female cat, Maisie, than actually hunting for mice. The cat's position was said to be "unassailable", even though it emerged that the Prime Minister had resorted to throwing a piece of cutlery at a mouse during a cabinet dinner, in an ineffectual attempt to kill it. Because it demonstrates that he's actually one of the more effective ministers in the cabinet.  I sort of want Larry to have his own seat at the cabinet table now, maybe with a little cat-sized red briefcase he can carry in his mouth. 
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Apr 22, 2015 23:20
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Wheat Loaf posted:This bit is my personal favourite: I keep seeing the name 'Maisie' come up as names of kids or cats in the UK and can't help but think that's a Game of Thrones thing. 
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syscall girl posted:I keep seeing the name 'Maisie' come up as names of kids or cats in the UK and can't help but think that's a Game of Thrones thing. It's just a normal name though. 
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Apr 23, 2015 06:08
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Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office; Incumbent: Larry. The cat tradition goes back to Cardinal Wolsey, holy poo poo. I also love the "Prime Minister(s)" block. Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Winston Churchill (no Winston Churchill) Winston Churchill Edit: Tiggum posted:It's just a normal name though. Maybe in your uncivilized backwater. Around these parts, we give our kids real names, like Kash-with-a-K, Jet, Zaiden, and Sierah. Centripetal Horse has a new favorite as of 06:33 on Apr 23, 2015 |
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Apr 23, 2015 06:30
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Tiggum posted:It's just a normal name though. I guess I just don't know enough girls but I've literally never met anyone named that or heard that name irl other than the actor from that show. I think it's one of those English only names like Jez that just haven't made it over here. Or I'm an idiot. Those aren't mutually exclusive of course.
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Apr 23, 2015 20:35
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"Jez" or "Jezza" is often a shortened form of "Jeremy" (e.g. Jeremy Clarkson is colloquially known as "Jezza"), sort of like "Gaz", "Gazza" or sometimes "Gal" for "Gary".
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Apr 23, 2015 20:54
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Wheat Loaf posted:"Jez" or "Jezza" is often a shortened form of "Jeremy" (e.g. Jeremy Clarkson is colloquially known as "Jezza"), sort of like "Gaz", "Gazza" or sometimes "Gal" for "Gary". I know, I've only ever heard it on Peep Show is what I mean. It's not used here at all, but Jeremy obviously is. /derail
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Apr 23, 2015 21:32
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Wheat Loaf posted:"Jez" or "Jezza" is often a shortened form of "Jeremy" (e.g. Jeremy Clarkson is colloquially known as "Jezza"), sort of like "Gaz", "Gazza" or sometimes "Gal" for "Gary". What is the deal with the UK making crazy shortened versions of words. Seeing "christmas presents" shortened to "crimbo pressies" is.... is ......  .
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Apr 24, 2015 01:53
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:What is the deal with the UK making crazy shortened versions of words. Seeing "christmas presents" shortened to "crimbo pressies" is.... is ...... I agreed with the first half of this post until I read the second half of this post
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Apr 24, 2015 02:06
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It's Xmas 'zents or its nothing!
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What was the name of the bar that this happened in?
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:What is the deal with the UK making crazy shortened versions of words. Seeing "christmas presents" shortened to "crimbo pressies" is.... is ...... All English diminutives are weird as hell. Robert => Bob, Margaret => Peggy, Richard => Dick, Henry => Hank
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Snapchat A Titty posted:All English diminutives are weird as hell. Robert => Bob, Margaret => Peggy, Richard => Dick, Henry => Hank James => Jim, William => Bill English is pretty awful.
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Apr 24, 2015 06:45
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Reign Of Pain posted:What was the name of the bar that this happened in? Lol, bar. Like a pig would get let into a bar in Australia. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-09/beer-swilling-swine/4946072
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razorrozar posted:James => Jim, William => Bill Lots of languages are. I don't even get how Alexander becomes Sasha.
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Surgeon Swears Human Head Transplant Isn't a 'Metal Gear Solid' Publicity Stunt Dr. Sergio Canavero wants to become the first surgeon to perform a human head transplant. But some discerning gamers noticed that a doctor shown in the trailer for Metal Gear Solid V looks almost exactly like Canavero, leading some to speculate that it's all a viral marketing campaign for the upcoming game. Canavero, however, filed a sworn affidavit with Italian police in which he said Konami illegally stole his likeness, and that he has nothing to do with the game.
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http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2015/04/china-plans-crackdown-on-funeral-strippers/ c'mon China...
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Snapchat A Titty posted:All English diminutives are weird as hell. Robert => Bob, Margaret => Peggy, Richard => Dick, Henry => Hank Nicknames for Margaret: Peggy, Maggie, Marge, Margo, Meg, Mamie, Molly, Greta, Midge, Madge, to name a few. And Maisie. From what I understand, it's a holdover from when everyone had saints' names and everyone named their kids after themselves (this used to be common for women as well). They just came up with a fuckton of nicknames in order to differentiate between all the kids in the village who had the same name. Like kids now referring to kids in their class as, say, Sara S. and Sarah L.
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Apr 25, 2015 03:08
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QuelleFuck posted:Nicknames for Margaret: Peggy, Maggie, Marge, Margo, Meg, Mamie, Molly, Greta, Midge, Madge, to name a few. And Maisie. Yeah as far as I know naming your kid after yourself is an English or royal thing. In Scandinavia you'd name your kids after the parents of the father & mother. The exact order was different in various areas. One of my great3 grandfathers' name was Niels Christensen Dalsgaard. His first name was presumably after his fathers father or his mothers father, they were both named Niels; Christensen is "son of Christen" after his father; and Dalsgaard after the farm they lived on. Yet he also had an older brother with the exact same name. The pull of tradition was strong enough that the parents had to name their two firstborn sons after each of their fathers, even if they had the same name. So they were called Big Niels & Li'l Niels.
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My favourite story about that was in an English village years ago where they still kept the practice, and they ran into the same problem, two brothers named Evan. There were nicknames and such through the years, but it wasn't until they'd grown up and found careers that the village finally had a name for each of them. One became a vicar and the other became the town mortician, so they were called Evan Above and Evan Below.
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Snapchat A Titty posted:Yeah as far as I know naming your kid after yourself is an English or royal thing. In Scandinavia you'd name your kids after the parents of the father & mother. The exact order was different in various areas. Every single one of my paternal male relatives save one are named William, Robert, or Thomas. We call them Papa Bill, Bill A., Bucky, Little Billy, Bob, Rob, Tom, and TJ, respectively. E: I almost forgot that on my mom's side, all the firstborn men are named Paul MacSomething Whatever. My granddad was called Paul, my uncle was called Mark (for "Mac," I'm told), until my uncle got married and had a son he named Paul MacSomething Whatever. Now my uncle is called Paul and my cousin is Mark. When my cousin has a son, everyone will start calling him Paul. To make up for the naming-conventions derail, here's something I saw in the funny pictures thread that's appropriate here: 
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Probably a repost but a favourite from my home country: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/man-who-tried-to-turn-his-faeces-into-gold-is-jailed-28671404.html Man who tried to turn his faeces into gold is jailed. Judge said it was an interesting experiment but doomed to failure.
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RandomFerret posted:My favourite story about that was in an English village years ago where they still kept the practice, and they ran into the same problem, two brothers named Evan. There were nicknames and such through the years, but it wasn't until they'd grown up and found careers that the village finally had a name for each of them. One became a vicar and the other became the town mortician, so they were called Evan Above and Evan Below. Hah nice, that is too good to be true.
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QuelleFuck posted:Like kids now referring to kids in their class as, say, Sara S. and Sarah L. Sara and Sarah are pronounced differently though, why not just call them by their names.
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Apr 25, 2015 03:45
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NT News is cheating at this game.
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Birb Katter posted:Sara and Sarah are pronounced differently though, why not just call them by their names. In the US they're pronounced identically. Maybe it's different in
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Birb Katter posted:Sara and Sarah are pronounced differently though, why not just call them by their names. This reminds me of when my one friend learned that our buddy Jon's name was NOT spelled J-O-H-N and lamented that he'd been pronouncing it wrong all these years.
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KillHour posted:There could be a whole thread about these, Jesus. canyoneer posted:I'm told that if one is wearing a dress, there aren't a lot of great places to hide it. If they are wearing a skirt or something belted, they can clip it back there. If not, there's a garter thing you use.
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QuelleFuck posted:This reminds me of when my one friend learned that our buddy Jon's name was NOT spelled J-O-H-N and lamented that he'd been pronouncing it wrong all these years. "I have a girlfriend named Lynn. She spells her name L-Y-N-N. And my old girlfriend’s name is Lyn too. She spells her name L-Y-N. Every now and then, I gently caress up. I call my new girlfriend by my old girlfriend’s name. And she can tell because I don’t say “nn” as long."
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QuelleFuck posted:Every single one of my paternal male relatives save one are named William, Robert, or Thomas. We call them Papa Bill, Bill A., Bucky, Little Billy, Bob, Rob, Tom, and TJ, respectively. You need some Johns and Matthews in there
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QuelleFuck posted:To make up for the naming-conventions derail, here's something I saw in the funny pictures thread that's appropriate here: Well, I guess a lot of people do play 3.5 edition Bards.
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flosofl posted:In the US they're pronounced identically. Maybe it's different in Sara -> Sa ra Sarah -> Sair rah Weirdos
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QuelleFuck posted:Nicknames for Margaret: Peggy, Maggie, Marge, Margo, Meg, Mamie, Molly, Greta, Midge, Madge, to name a few. And Maisie.
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