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Straggler
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Message 46 of 95 (573221)
08-10-2010 1:13 PM
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08-10-2010 1:11 PM


Is there anything they stop you guys from doing?

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onifre
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Message 47 of 95 (573224)
08-10-2010 1:25 PM
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08-10-2010 1:11 PM


You can say "fuck" on television here without getting bleeped, yes, on prime time.
Fuck I forgot about that. So maybe Three American Assholes might work.
- Oni

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onifre
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Message 48 of 95 (573225)
08-10-2010 1:26 PM
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08-10-2010 1:13 PM


Is there anything they stop you guys from doing?
They're not allowed to play cricket, for fear that everyone will turn gay.
- Oni

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Straggler
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Message 49 of 95 (573226)
08-10-2010 1:28 PM
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08-10-2010 12:59 PM


*Call yourselves the "Fanny Packers".
To you that probably suggests people who wear silly bumbags. Over here it means something very very different.
*NOT a serious suggestion.
Personally I like "America's Least Wanted" - I just think that musta been done before.
Other pointless suggestions from me:
Underpaid Over Sexed and Over Here
Scars and Snipes
Doobie Down Productions
Bruthas In Bars
Star Spangled Banter
Comedic Anarchy In The UK
North Atlantic Drift
Special Relations
But I am still hungover. And still talking drivel.

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Straggler
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Message 50 of 95 (573227)
08-10-2010 1:29 PM
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08-10-2010 1:26 PM


The Dutch do actually play cricket........
Badly.

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onifre
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Message 51 of 95 (573228)
08-10-2010 1:30 PM
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08-10-2010 5:33 AM


Re: Londonitis
I guess student gigs (if you do any of those) might be a bit less varied in terms of audience depending which unis you play at.
Universities no doubt are a plus, but I think most;y we'll be hitting comedy clubs, or bars that have stand up.
We still have fucking 'Friends' playing virtually non-stop on our TV channels along with all the other sitcoms past and present, American movies are as well known here as there, we have LA based gossip followers as part of the morning news etc. In fact you could make jokes about the dominance and pervasity of such things and everyone would get it.
That's awesome. I think as long as this is the norm it'll be no problem translating our material.
If you want a T-shirt idea I would suggest the "Stars and Stripes" tour but with the appropriate bits graffiti style crossed out and added to make it read the "Bars and Strippers" tour.
A Banksy style logo.
That's cool, but are you telling me Star Spangled Wankers wouldn't sell? Cuz I really do like the sound of it. Would it make us look stupid?
Anyway - Ignore me. I am well hungover and just ranting random drivel now.
Good sir, this is when you're at your finest.
- Oni

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Huntard
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Message 52 of 95 (573230)
08-10-2010 1:35 PM
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08-10-2010 1:29 PM


Straggler writes:
The Dutch do actually play cricket........
Badly.
That's because we're not gay, you see.

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Straggler
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Message 53 of 95 (573234)
08-10-2010 1:45 PM
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08-10-2010 1:30 PM


Re: Londonitis
Oni writes:
Universities no doubt are a plus, but I think most;y we'll be hitting comedy clubs, or bars that have stand up.
That's what I figured. This is my local comedy pub. It's within walking distance of my house. Banana Cabaret. South London's finest.
Oni writes:
That's awesome. I think as long as this is the norm it'll be no problem translating our material.
In big cities it is and I don't think your material will need much translating at all.
That's cool, but are you telling me Star Spangled Wankers wouldn't sell? Cuz I really do like the sound of it. Would it make us look stupid?
Nah. Star Spangled Wankers would work. Self deprecation goes down well here and is usually considered something Yanks are not very good at. So yeah I think it would work.
Oni writes:
Good sir, this is when you're at your finest
The sad fact is that this is probably true. Just as well I spend so much time either inebriated or hungover I guess.

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Straggler
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Message 54 of 95 (573236)
08-10-2010 1:49 PM
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08-10-2010 1:35 PM


That's because we're not gay, you see.
Way I heard it is that you guys aren't fussy.
I heard that there are only two criteria applied by Dutch guys. Female and breathing. And that of those two only one of the criteria need be met for it to be an acceptable shag.

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Huntard
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Message 55 of 95 (573241)
08-10-2010 1:57 PM
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08-10-2010 1:49 PM


Straggler writes:
Way I heard it is that you guys aren't fussy.
I heard that there are only two criteria applied by Dutch guys. Female and breathing. And that of those two only one of the criteria need be met for it to be an acceptable shag.
Yes, you Brits imagine a lot of things when you're drunk. Here's a hint, a Dutchmen does not want to fulfil your "cricket" fantasies.

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Straggler
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Message 56 of 95 (573244)
08-10-2010 2:05 PM
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08-10-2010 1:57 PM


There is actually a cricket based euphemism. "Batting for the other side"................
If I was less hungover I am sure there is a pun in there somewhere.

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Jumped Up Chimpanzee
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Message 57 of 95 (573374)
08-11-2010 7:33 AM
Reply to: Message 53 by Straggler
08-10-2010 1:45 PM


Re: Londonitis
Oni says:
That's cool, but are you telling me Star Spangled Wankers wouldn't sell? Cuz I really do like the sound of it. Would it make us look stupid?
Straggler say:
Nah. Star Spangled Wankers would work. Self deprecation goes down well here and is usually considered something Yanks are not very good at. So yeah I think it would work.
Sorry to stick my fat oar in, but although I think it's a good title, would there not be some restrictions on where the word "Wankers" could be publicised?
Maybe I'm behind the times, but I can't picture it being allowed on any publically displayed posters or billboards displayed outside clubs and pubs, for example.
Just as an aside, I took my mum to the football last season and the referee was being given a really hard time by the home fans. Suddenly and inexplicably the noise of the crowd dropped to almost complete silence, and she turned to me and said very loudly in her quite posh voice: "What's a wanker?"
Oh for the earth to open up and swallow me whole!

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Shtop
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Message 58 of 95 (573375)
08-11-2010 7:47 AM
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08-10-2010 1:29 PM


quote:
The Dutch do actually play cricket........
Badly.
  —Stragler
Ahem...
BBC SPORT | Cricket | England | Superb Netherlands shock England

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Huntard
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Message 59 of 95 (573377)
08-11-2010 7:55 AM
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08-11-2010 7:33 AM


Re: Londonitis
Jumped Up Chimpanzee writes:
Sorry to stick my fat oar in, but although I think it's a good title, would there not be some restrictions on where the word "Wankers" could be publicised?
Maybe I'm behind the times, but I can't picture it being allowed on any publically displayed posters or billboards displayed outside clubs and pubs, for example.
It would be over here.

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Huntard
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Message 60 of 95 (573379)
08-11-2010 8:03 AM
Reply to: Message 46 by Straggler
08-10-2010 1:13 PM


Straggler writes:
Is there anything they stop you guys from doing?
I've thought about it long and hard, but no, I can't come up with anything, other than some "obvious" things (murder, driving to fast, that kind of stuff).
Oh just thought of something else, prostitution is legal here too.

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