[Terez]

Shinrei no Shintai, on Jan 23 2009, 08:29 PM, said:

I find it amusing to hear a brit say US food sucks......

They have damn good bacon.

Mez, stop eating at fast food joints etc.! And when you're in NYC, it should be easy to find plenty of foreign restaurants. Foreigners might not be cool to hang out with, but they have different food. English restaurants are hard to find though, sorry - you guys just aren't exotic enough.

I am actually jealous of you being able to hang out in NYC on weekends. Must be nice. I'd love to live in a place where I'm surrounded by hordes of people, none of whom are interested in having a conversation with me. I love going to public places to read, and kind of drawing from the social energy of the hubbub. It all gets ruined if someone tries to get in my bubble, though.

Bent, on Jan 23 2009, 09:30 PM, said:

HoosierDaddy, on Jan 23 2009, 10:29 PM, said:

Actually, Bent... they kinda burnt down the white house and lots of Washington D.C.

And that would be bad ...why?

If someone tried that now it would be bad because Obama would be forced to reveal his superpowers to the citizens of DC!

[frookenhauer]

Yes he did!

[HoosierDaddy]

Is Super O the mortal sword of Oprah... or do I have that switched around?

[Terez]

Oprah is the Herald of High House Obama.

[bubba]

I thought the Big O was something all together different?

[HoosierDaddy]

Terez, on Jan 24 2009, 12:22 AM, said:

Oprah is the Herald of High House Obama.

Perfect.

[Terez]

Bubba, on Jan 23 2009, 11:26 PM, said:

I thought the Big O was something all together different?

They have been one in the same all along.

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Oh yes! Yes! Yes! Yes we can!

[Ain't_It_Just_]

Who has an Obama action figure?

[Menandore]

I'm curious. Are our friends across the atlantic aware that the catchphrase "Yes we can" has been stolen from Bob the Builder?

[Cougar]

Bent, on Jan 24 2009, 03:32 AM, said:

why not, combine the revolutionary war with the Civil war!!

Well quite since they were both civil wars by any accurate definition anyway.

I think I'll have some tasty mature cheaddar on some Warburtons with some branston and a bag of walkers.

[Ain't_It_Just_]

Cougar, on Jan 24 2009, 09:59 PM, said:

Bent, on Jan 24 2009, 03:32 AM, said:

why not, combine the revolutionary war with the Civil war!!

Well quite since they were both civil wars by any accurate definition anyway.

I think I'll have some tasty mature cheaddar on some Warburtons with some branston and a bag of walkers.

....I understood 25% of that. Elaborate pl0x?

[Menandore]

Ain't_It_Just_, on Jan 24 2009, 11:11 AM, said:

Cougar, on Jan 24 2009, 09:59 PM, said:

Bent, on Jan 24 2009, 03:32 AM, said:

why not, combine the revolutionary war with the Civil war!!

Well quite since they were both civil wars by any accurate definition anyway.

I think I'll have some tasty mature cheaddar on some Warburtons with some branston and a bag of walkers.

....I understood 25% of that. Elaborate pl0x?

I think I'll have some tasty mature cheaddar

on some Warburtons

with some branston

and a bag of walkers.

[Shinrei]

"Ready Salted"

As opposed to "Salted"? Even bags of crisps sound pompous in British English.

[Mezla PigDog]

Cougar, on Jan 24 2009, 05:59 AM, said:

I think I'll have some tasty mature cheaddar on some Warburtons with some branston and a bag of walkers.

You mother fucker!

[Thelomen Toblerone]

Shinrei no Shintai, on Jan 24 2009, 12:44 PM, said:

"Ready Salted"

As opposed to "Salted"? Even bags of crisps sound pompous in British English.

It's because you can also get crisps that are not salted but come with little blue bags of slat inside, which you can use to apply salt to the desired level. Thus the need to say ready slated, as they're pre-slated and do not come with the option for less salt.

Also, american chocolate is painfully piss poor. Dont get me wrong, I love most american food - any country that invented teh burger is legendary in my estimation - but the chocolate, yeesh. FAIL.

Also, I wouldnt call the Revolutionary War a civil war, Jim. I'd call it a bunch of uppity terrorist insurgents being unnacountably aided by the spaniards and french.

*baits*

[bubba]

Terrorist 1 GB 0 now Mezla....go home

[Binder of Demons]

Hey Mez, have you tried to encourage any of the younger research assistants or lab techs into going drinking or socialising. From several labs i've been in they are often more socially adjusted and/or total piss-heads. Surely if you're in New Jersey there must be at least one or two other British or Irish people where you are (or even an Irish-American?)?

That said you are dealing with medical people (or wannabe medical people which is worse), whereas I studied geology initially and then zoology and those two faculties have some serious drinking clubs. but maybe that's because our fieldwork in Ireland inevitably met our sh!t weather and everyone retired to the pub. Good times.

Hope things have picked up for the weekend.

[frookenhauer]

Menandore, on Jan 24 2009, 10:57 AM, said:

I'm curious. Are our friends across the atlantic aware that the catchphrase "Yes we can" has been stolen from Bob the Builder?

We are not your friends and "Bob the builder can he build it..Yes he can!" There is a potential for a copyright suit here, but we like Obama more than is healthy, so no one will do it.

[HoosierDaddy]

This is confusing, I thought you two were both British.

[Terez]

Menandore, on Jan 24 2009, 04:57 AM, said:

I'm curious. Are our friends across the atlantic aware that the catchphrase "Yes we can" has been stolen from Bob the Builder?

I don't think we ever assumed the words were original - they're far too generic, lol. Don't forget about The Little Engine That Could...