Alasdair
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Have any of these other games introduced the capacity to inflict misery, pain and destruction upon Rhode Island?
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Quote:Oreos.Originally Posted by Lord_Mayhem
To our American overlo... errr I mean friends! - you can keep your beer and biscuits
I actually plucked up the courage to try one last year.
I swear, I could still taste the bloody thing the following morning.
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Quote:I do think you have missed the point ever so slightly here.Originally Posted by MrCaptainMan_NA
My opinion of U-571 is that brits who rail against its US slant miss out on appreciating what it actually is: an awesome submarine movie, not a historically accurate film.
Imagine, if you will, a British-made film depicting the battle of Midway that ends up going very badly for the US. Then, when the Japanese are on the very cusp of victory a group of King George V battleships and Illustrious carriers steam into view and single-handedly wipe out the Imperial fleet and save the day.
We all know how our transatlantic cousins would react to such butchery of their proud moments in history. Yet they feel other nations are overreacting when they express those exact same sentiments.
Ultimately, I think people are more annoyed by the hypocrisy than anything else.
Oh, and U-571 was an appallingly bad film
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I suspect Lord Recluse would have enjoyed Vic and Bob's 'Families at War,' had it gone into full production:
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Quote:It would look a little nutty?Originally Posted by Lodestar_1977
How would you know it was a squirrel?
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Quote:I admire your tenacity. ^_^Originally Posted by Doctor_Gemini
but it's good enough to back up my facetiously throwing the blame back to the Brits
Ah, that 'C' word. There was a time when it had none of the negative and ostensibly vulgar connotations (ah, my Thesaurus just burst into flames) it does today.Quote:Originally Posted by FloatingFatMan
If you guys want a REAL giggle, then I suggest looking up the wiki article for the 'C' word, and then follow the reference to a certain British medieval streetname...
A shame really, I quite like it...... in a linguistic sense that is! Other senses are not for here. ¬_¬ -
Quote:You may want to research 'f**got gatherer' as that appears to be what you are thinking of. In any case there is no connection between that and the US term for gay men.Originally Posted by Doctor_Gemini
It likely comes from older British uses, since it once referred to unpleasant women or something like that, as well as prostitutes and those considered "gutter trash", just like cigarette butts.
So we get to blame it on Brits.
I think we can officially blame the yanks for this one.
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Quote:Both meanings are derived from a word which essentially means a bundle of sticks.Originally Posted by MrCaptainMan_NA
The F-word that's an informal synonym for 'cigarette' in the UK?
Quite why the Americans felt the need to turn this into a derogatory term for homosexual and/or effeminate men I is something I probably don't want to know. Among many other things.
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Quote:I think the idea that the developers or some strange, paranormal force (is there a difference? Ohohoho) has distorted the text so the leaked feature list is not revealed too early.Originally Posted by Ultimus
I didn't really get it either.
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The worst part of beer is the aftertaste. Gach!
My parents are real beer connoisseurs, as such I've tried quite a variety of the more expensive brands and they all taste the same.
Dreadful.
Tea and juice 'till I die! And, maybe the occasional glass or two of Rosé with a meal... -
I like these ideas. ^_^
Contacts reacting to player interaction would be nice too (client-side of course.) Things like the explain and lecture emote.
But what I really want is for the contact and player to use the cellphone emote when they make a long-distance interaction.
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Have they added Rikti to Google Translate yet?
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Time Control could have been represented by boosts to movement speed, health/energy regeneration and cooldown reduction. Their opposites could have been utilised as debuffs against foes.
A hold that takes the target out of time for a brief period could also be a possibility, useful for enemies and allies alike.
So it's likely that Hasten and the Kinetics set what that power eventually evolved into. -
Just for the record, it's 'cheque' not 'check.'
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Quote:Interesting. I must be a Mind Control Dominator and didn't realise it. ^_^Originally Posted by Suzumebachi_EU
Thanks, now I want black pudding with mushy peas on.....
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Quote:But....I was told there were raspberries here!Originally Posted by MortisEques
GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!
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Quote:Oh, I wholeheartedly agree! All varieties are nice, but I like raspberry the most.Originally Posted by ReclusesPhantom
Black Pudding is pretty good but nothing can top Jam Tarts. They're the stuff that fills the Holy Grail.
Anything that has raspberries in makes me so very happy.
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Marmite, mushy peas and Jammie Dodgers are all well-and-good, but does nobody care for Black Pudding (Boudin noir and Blutwurst as our French and German friends know it) at all?
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Other people from Britain?
On these forums?
This I did not expect! Well, not more than a handfull at least. ^_^
Hello to you all. It's nice that we can all converse here even if we can't in the game. -
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Wow, those look great! At first I was really impressed with Jessica Raleigh, since I've had a lot of difficulty trying to get a UK look on one of my alts. But, then when I saw Tanya...hooboy. Both are awesome.
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Thanks!
I stumbled upon Jessica's outfit by chance. As I was playing with the wedding tuxedo I noticed the white trim resembled St. Andrew's cross and went from there.
I was rather pleased with Tanya, especially when I got the cape at 20. It really just rounded off the whole design. Sadly I can never settle on any alternative costumes as I like the first too much.
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