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[edit] Lady Mucca

You're moving in the right direction, but a little overdressed what? Lt. Gonville Bromhead VC 17:48, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

The plastic leg is naked!. The photos of the bristols have mysteriously gone from web pages. Should I try 'The Scum/Sun'? --andreasegde 18:38, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
Well yer could, but the whole of Merseyside will boycott Wikipedia! Stick with the leg - "All yer need is leg, (hop, hop, hop, hop, hop) - leg is all yer need." Vera, Chuck & Dave 23:08, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
Paul's rich enough. He's going to lose some money in the divorce so he might as well take the piss. Try claim custody of the false leg. Weekend visits and that. Just to mess her up a bit.--Crestville (LLB in Law) 08:15, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
LOL! "Sir Joseph Dangerous - Man Of Letters" - Well done Joe!! Cheers Pal Vera, Chuck & Dave 14:54, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

You'd be surprised how little use a degree in law is as you bumble aimlessly through life. And wikipedia--Crestville 16:38, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

I tried bumbling once, but it hurt my pelvis, and me bird didn't like it. I follow the example of The Blue Nile when he sings, "I've stumbled through so many places..." --andreasegde 16:44, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
"... I've pissed on so many chips/but I steeeeeeeell haven't faaaa-aaawnd what I'm lookin' for". U2 right? See I know old people music too.--Crestville 16:46, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
Now you've done it, Joe. Old people. I used to think of that song as the music the kids are listening to. (Note: I'm not that old: my kids were 4 and 1 at the time.)Tvoz |talk 17:07, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
That was a hit when I was in the queue at the Post Office to claim my free coffin (24-hour service) and free Bus Pass for "those who may not use it for very long". (Only joking... I think. What was that you said again, deary?) --andreasegde 17:28, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Just Hello

Hello love, Just dropping a line from NYC to see how yer doing. Sixstring1965 16:28, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

As you can read in the above comments, Sixstring1965, we (Vera, Crestville and I) are talking rubbish again, but it's really funny sometimes, if you can understand our unusual English humour. Please feel free to join in anytime, but leave your Wikipedia sensibility at the door.. :))
Jim and Mary McCartney and Let it Be are waiting for their GA reviews, BTW. As you are interested in Johnny Winston Lennon O'Boogie, you might be interested in his family, which you can find right here.... --andreasegde 16:49, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

HOLD ON!!!! DROP ALL YOUR TOOLS! Sixstring1965 has uploaded a picture of Mucca's bristols! (sorry Tvoz, we're just being silly) which can be found on Lady Mucca's page --andreasegde 16:54, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

I thought I were on uncyclopedia then. What funny pictures there are on that site.--Crestville 17:03, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
It's ok, monsieur, I can take it. (And hi, Six - didn't realize you're in NY too.) Tvoz |talk 17:05, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
Uhhh... monsieur? Tvov is talking French to me. "I am, how you say in za English lang-which, very proud of my big cup of coffee and my croissants, don't you know..." --Jean Le Pencilcase 16:54, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
Très bien. Tvoz |talk 17:25, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
She's doing it again! I'll bet she's never seen an episode of "Allo, Allo". Over to you, Crestville. --andreasegde 17:33, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
Good Moaning? --Crestville 17:37, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
"Ze airman will come tonight - I will only say this once."
"Zorry, what did you say?" --andreasegde 17:51, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
You're right, mes amis - never saw it, but I'm gonna look for the dvd toot sweet, as they say in Brooklyn... Tvoz |talk 17:58, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
You can find it here, but it is a bit strange, and hinges on wordplay, innuendo, and the misunderstanding of French accents. --Claude Le Bon-Bon Toffees 18:01, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
It's one of those brilliant British sitcoms - like Last Of The Summer Wine and Keeping Up Apperances - where you can only enjoy it once you've accepted it isn't funny. It's grand and all, but give me Blackadder or Dads Army anyday. ARE YA WITH ME???!--Crestville 18:38, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
Now you've got me thinking about the "Are you with me?" quote. Ah-ha, I have it. It's from Marshall Ney in the film Waterloo, as he charges to the English lines that are composed of squares of soldiers, who cut 'em to pieces. (Look of feeling smug with oneself... :) --andreasegde 19:17, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
One's Grand pa pa had a bit of a dust up there dontcha know? Lt Gonville (volley fire at 100 yards) Bromhead VC 22:20, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
Your great grandfather was at Waterloo? Liverpudlian accent: "Dem Frenchies is gonna get a fokkin' good kicking... 'cos dey wan' it doh don't dey?" I have to explain this by saying I love the Liverpudlian accent. The only thing that the good people of Liverpool don't know is that the people of Innsbruck have exactly the same accent. It's all that Celtic (and I don't mean the football team) influence, don't you know. --Mr. Oh-So-Bleedin'-Clever 21:09, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Check it out

Since I thought adding sound to the user page was real cool, I took it a step further. Check it out! Sixstring1965 01:17, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

LOL! Looks great. Now you've got me thinking, favourite albums covers on the my page? Hmmm... --andreasegde 08:33, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
Someone's bound to stop it sooner or later. Ask Vera about his problems with photos on his page. --andreasegde 08:37, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

I'll tough it out. Let's see what happens.Sixstring1965 13:56, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

"Way-ta-go!" as you marvellous people on that big land mass that stopped Columbus getting to India are wont to say. :) --andreasegde 14:01, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A question about an article - as we are supposed to be doing - "Honest, Jimbo..."

Who said, "Did ya ever pick your feet in Poughkeepsie?" --andreasegde 19:17, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Popeye Doyle. Does Joe win a "Fire Engine"? Vera, Chuck & Dave 15:06, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
Yes you do; it's a big, long red one and pumps fluid on 'er bristols every 30 minutes (if she's lucky...) Now get yer arse in gear and skee-daddle to The Beatles Quiz page and answer the one there. :) --andreasegde 16:25, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

"I am - - - - and - - - - is me!" --andreasegde 19:23, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

That last one is I Am The Walrus, right?--Crestville 19:49, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
But isn't the real question who among you actually has been in Poughkeepsie? Gotcha there, gents. Tvoz |talk 19:51, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
I was in New York in February, 1983, and it was one of the greatest experiences of my life. I played at the Roxy, and The Mud(?) Club. --andreasegde 22:03, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
And anyway, after the nasty vandalism on my talk page this morning, I'm entitled. J***o be damned. Tvoz |talk 19:54, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
Vandals on Tvoz's page? Strap them to the yardarm and thrash them to within an inch of their lives. If anybody does not deserve vandals, it's Tvoz. (I have only had one in my experience, but that's only because I tend to hide in a hole when I see them coming... :) --andreasegde 20:58, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
Yeah - someone replaced the entire page with "CUNT!". I mean, can't they do better than that? (And thank you, A.E.)Tvoz |talk 22:59, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
Men are silly because they use that word for men as well as women. Why don't they write "PENIS!" as vandalism? I have thought about this, and I have come (no pun intended) to the conclusion that frustrated English-speaking people use words that reflect their state of mind. Obviously they're not getting enough. On the other hand (no pun intended) Austrians use words like arschloch (areshole) more often, which says a lot about them. (One up ze rear passage, Helmut?) :)) --Dr. Oh-So-Bleedin'-Clever 21:43, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
You shoulda been an anthropologist. Good analysis.Tvoz |talk 06:48, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
I AM! It's just that the rest of the world doesn't know it. (I like looking and learning, which, funnily enough, is an intelligent comic thing I read as a kid...) Hmmm... wonder if Wiki has anything on it? I'll try... Look and Learn - ah-ha! It does!! I once had a letter to the editor printed in that. "Memories... like the corners of my sock drawer... Misty water-coloured all left socks, where have all the right ones gone?" (I'm drifting into another song there...) --andreasegde 16:33, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

FANNYS! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crestville (talk • contribs) 14:25, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

The above comment was made by Crestville, and it is the first time I have known him not to use his tildes (he's probably been at the vodka again :) --andreasegde 14:28, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
Hold on, fanny is what the "We stopped Columbus getting to India" people say when talking about a posterior. I once knew a singer called Fanny Firmin. Her real name, true - I kid ye not. --andreasegde 14:30, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New subject

Honest, I tried to think of one, I really did... --andreasegde 08:34, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

...Got it! Which member of The Fabs wanted to be hung by a rope off the ceiling and to be pushed in a circle around a microphone while he sang? --andreasegde 16:26, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Quizes all over! I know the answer, but I think if I didn't know, I could guess. Dr. Winston O'Boogie. Boogie-watcher 21:29, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
But why did he want to do it?? It's a really funny story. :) --andreasegde 04:15, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Duplicate pages

Hello there, I noticed that User talk:Andreasegde/Archive Barnsars is a duplicate of the barnstar archive that you have linked in your archive box. If you want to delete it, just put {{db-userreq}} at the top of the page. Happy editing! GlassCobra 16:12, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

I have just done that and I thank you kindly. --andreasegde 16:23, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Over and Out

Alright our kid? Not bein, bossy :) "Over'" means: "I've finished speaking, awaiting reply." "Out" Means: "I've finished speaking, no reply needed." Wot me picky 18:56, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

I know that, me old mucker, that's what I meant! I was combing through the participants list and it was funny to see when 'our lot' joined. Slap me with a wet fish, but I changed/corrected the date when you put your name on the list just to see when we all first joined up. (I'm a bit later because I remember not wanting to be part of a listy thingy...)
It was also interesting to look through the contributions and check up who had been doing what - or not - over the last 6 months/year. I didn't check yours, Cresty's or Tvoz's 'cos I felt a bit guilty, strangely enough - like looking into your socks/underwear drawers when you were out. (No, I wouldn't do that - I know what yer thinking, so stop it!!... :)) --The Laughing Cavalier 19:18, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
LOL! I meant you can't say both, your'e Over or Out... Over...Vera, Chuck & Dave 19:25, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
Yes you can! (Bloody 'ell, I've just deleted that on the over and out page... whoops...) Anyway, you can, 'cos I've watched tons o'dem films where dey all say that. I grew up listening to them crackly voices on the box in't corner saying it loads of times. "Okay chaps, time to fly home for a spot of tea - we gave the bally Jerrys a good thrashin' - over and out." (They sometimes said, "Roger, wilco," but I think they were just agreeing with the order.) --Captain Up-And-At-Em V.C. (posthumus) 20:18, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
You'd get feckin shot for sayin that outside of a film set Alpha Echo - Over Vera, Chuck & Dave 19:37, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
Bugger! They only say it the fill-ums? The sods, they've been lying to me for years. Who do I write to and complain? --The Gullible Donkey 20:18, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
Sorry bout that Alpha Echo, jus on the phone. No your'e not gullible, they're jus feckin eejits! I'll let you crack on - Victor, Charlie, Alpha, Delta...Out 19:58, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
Do you know what that code was in the 1940s? (Alpha, etc.,)? It's a cracker... --andreasegde 19:02, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Such is rice indeed! Yer can only take em at face value kidda - shame on him not us! Go on then Alpha Echo wots this 40's code then? Uncle Ben 23:04, 29 October 2007 (UTC

Have a dekko at this: RAF phonetic alphabet. The 1942-43 one is good (King Love Mother Nuts Orange Peter Queen ). --andreasegde 02:59, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

"Bandits! Bandits! Bandits! 12 O'clock high" "Oooh Mother"! "G-George G-George, we are out of ammo bash the blighters with your little banjo, over" " Eh by gum I can't, I left it in thut on ground" "Then sing the buggers to death then, G-George, Over" EEee I can't do that Able Baker, that would be a war crime" "Bloody Northern Conchie! OK Chaps, Only one thing for it-Break! Break! Break! See you all in the Red Lion - Out" "Turned out nice again"! Angel On Your Shoulder - LOL! —Preceding comment was added at 11:00, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
"Cripes, boys, we're in the soup now, I think that wizz-bang got poor Lofty in the how's yer father's. Keep your eyes peeled and your socks up in case bally Jerry chucks another rotten egg at the Cap'."
"What's tha' blatherin' abart, thee daft 'a-pporth."
"Sorry old chap, but you're not allowed to fly a kite with an accent like that. Now do us all a favour and run off back home to the gin-dependent old bag and your thirteen disgusting sprogs in the north of Inger-land..." --What, me class-concious? 14:20, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
"Look at me, fot-tee year old, thick as pigshit and proud of it". Leicester Forest Services: Where life ends and ignorance begins (depending on which way you're facing). The North: Where men are men, and so are the women. Yorkshire: Where men are men, and sheep are scared... (Crestville's gonna have me balls in a sling for this...) --Sound of testicles being stomped on... 13:28, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
"Yorkshire born and Yorkshire bred, thick in t'arm and shit in bed" --Just because I'm joining in doesn't mean I approve 18:26, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
'Od on kidda, I'm not dyslexsic in the wham-bam-thank you luv department, but... (ah-ha!) Crestville's answer only goes to prove these points:
  • Rule 1: You've got to be able to take the piss out of yourself, or you're doomed to Hell-and-High-Water.
  • Rule 2: Once you've suitably cleansed yourself of personal ego problems, you can start to pick on your nearest and dearest.
  • Rule 3: After losing interest in that topic, you can start to look around you, and look for something really juicy to take apart.
  • Rule 4: Good advice; move to another country and then you'll step up another gear.
  • Rule 5: Start editing on Wikpedia.
  • The point of this is the foundation of Northern-English thinking: We know the weather's shit, we know the food is banal, we know that two acorns is good enough to be called a brain, but we enjoy it as it is. When you know that the only way is up, every day is "gravy", as our American cousins (who stopped Columbus getting to India) are wont to say. If you think you're on the highest mountain, the only way is down... (I believe Richard Nixon talked about being high on a mountain, but not in those exact words).
  • Anybody that understands this sub-conscious rambling wins a pork pie and a bag of frozen peas :)) --andreasegde 20:34, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Answers on a postcard please, to...

Is the food that bad? I always think anyone who says that has never had a proper roast. As such, I cordially invite Tvoz to a Yorkshire roast and hope a) she enjoys it, spreading the word to her Yank mates; and b) she dosn't know what innuendo is.--Crestville 21:10, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

What were wrong with that last comment? didn't mean no offence John.--Crestville 21:40, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
Don't be silly R'kid, I'm only havin' a blathering session... (mine's an orange juice and Lamb's Navy Rum, BTW...)--andreasegde 21:45, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
Cresty - you don't win the pie or peas. Our food is bleedin' brilliant (for me and you). The Frenchies might say it's only "Le Enger-lish boeuf", but they think they're the dog's bollocks (the only way is down, or pulling their fingernails off clinging to le first prize). There is no such thing as the best food in the world - it's what you love that counts. I once had a dry, hard pretzel—and a concrete bagel—in New York, and I thought they were shite. Now, tell Tvoz that and she'll bite your earlobe off. It's not about what's the best, it's about what we like. It's only saying, "Try it, you might like it..."
Anyway, on another tack completely, have you heard about the Project_quality_task_force? That is something that scares me. --andreasegde 21:45, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Ouch, my head hurts....

[edit] Re:GAs

Hi, what makes you say that?. Thanks! --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 16:45, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Look at the GA page. You are "on a roll", as they say. Well done! --andreasegde 16:50, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
Thank you! --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 17:05, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Interesting...

That's pretty interesting; I think I saw that in that Beatles movie with Steven Dorff, I may be wrong though. Lighthead þ 3:10, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] David Spindel

This article has recently been stubbed, if you have verifiable information to add, it would be welcome. Thank you and happy editing, — xaosflux Talk 04:02, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

In no way wishing to involve you in this, Xaosflux, but that ("happy editing") sounds like, "i'm loving it" (small case on purpose, to attract the young text-messaging kids, and grammatically wrong) which is the McDonalds' slogan in Austria at the moment:) --andreasegde 00:13, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
I can explain: Editing is quite difficult, but one does feel happy at the end. It's like saying, "May you have a happy death", which confounds the cranium. --andreasegde 00:15, 4 November 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Wikipedia has a new administrator!

Thank you for voicing your opinion in my RfA, which passed with 54 supports, 2 opposes and 3 neutrals. Thanks for your support, I really appreciate it. I hope to exceed expectations, If you have any advice please feel free to let me know. Thanks again!. --

[edit] Worse than that

Mark was refering to this. [1]Vera, Chuck & Dave 23:35, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

The missing 3 confirmed dead. Vera, Chuck & Dave 23:48, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
I have just looked at the news and seen it. Sorry for being flippant, but I didn't know. --andreasegde 07:20, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Course yer didn't know - right bastard that one eh? Cheers Pal, Vera, Chuck & Dave 14:40, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Well there's a bright side to it - it wasn't you. Sorry. --andreasegde 18:11, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Funny, that's what my Wife said! Wonderful philosophical creatures ain't they? Ah well, another day, another donut! Cheers la, Vera, Chuck & Dave 18:10, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
I have just realised that saying "it wasn't you. Sorry", sounds 'effin sacastic! (Not meant to be) It's like saying, "Oh, you saw an accident and you weren't in it? Pity..." :) --andreasegde 18:25, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
LOL I know wot you meant soft lad! Vera, Chuck & Dave 18:55, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] It's all you need

I'm not sure what retisence means.--Crestville 18:34, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

reticence/reticent
1. disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
2. reluctant or restrained. --andreasegde 18:39, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
After looking at that word, I'm sure it does not apply to our (R) Crestville generally, but he has been a little bit reticent lately (apart from the occasional whimsical sally about bird's private bits and replying to my totally drunken bollards about foodstuffs). We do wish him well, and may all who drink with him feel the outpouring of the genuine comic talent that lurks behind his furrowed eyebrows. --Dr. Please don't give me another beer or I'll start talking about the meaning of life andreasegde :) 18:49, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
I'm just pondering life and the bigger picture. I probably shouldn't be. Anyways, I just don;t have much to say, and I'm off to India for a couple of weeks so even if I do, it will have to wait :)--Crestville 17:43, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
You lucky bleeder... Been before? It blows your mind maaann... You get to see what real poverty is, and it's right in your face. The begging kids got to me, I couldn't take it, 'cos I'm a soft happorth. Have fun. --andreasegde 17:56, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Have a nice time Sir Joseph, an wot ever you do: Don't mention the Empire! Rabid Shankar 19:12, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Advice: Don't give money to the kids - give them pens, pencils and paper. They don't have any, and they'll be much happier. --The Generally, All-Round Good Guy, with a heart of gold, don't you know... 19:36, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
So you DON'T think I should go over with a Union Flag and try claim the place all over again? Well there's my fucking holiday plans scuppered! We used to run that place with two blokes and a bike.--Crestville 21:20, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Go and ask them what Balti is; they'll give you bloody mop and bucket mate an' have you washin' communal bog ... Have you been before, BTW?--andreasegde 05:40, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Quiz

Thanks for the link to the quiz! :) If it was solely about their music, I might stand a chance, but it seems like you lot know just about everything there is to know about the Fab Four. What the heck, I might still give it a go. Cheers, faithless (speak) 10:45, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes, he knows far more than he should, doesn't he. Some people have been known to speculate that Andreasegde is a pseudonym for .... no, I can't reveal it. Tvoz |talk 23:13, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
I will - he's Sean de Garde! Vera, Chuck & Dave 23:24, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Archive for Questions

Did you really mean to create Archive for Questions in the main article space? I suspect you really wanted this to be somewhere within Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles since that's what it appears to be an archive from. If this is the case, you might want to move the page before it gets speedily deleted. --Elkman (Elkspeak) 18:44, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

I goofed - sorry. --andreasegde 18:45, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
I just moved it to Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/Quiz/Archive for Questions, hopefully that's where you meant it to be. -- Shadowlynk (Talk) 18:46, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
I left a message on your page thanking you. What a nice person you are. --andreasegde 18:49, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Quiz

I don't see any evidence of a problem with an archive of the Beatles quiz page, but you said someone fixed it already. Glad to hear it. It's fun, although you and I are dominating it for now... <g> John Cardinal 22:10, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

The only problem is I can't find the page that was archived in the Fabs project pages. What a ding-dang-doodle I am... :) --andreasegde 17:24, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
Found it. --andreasegde 14:08, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jim and Mary McCartney

I have removed your comment from the WP:GAN main page, where it does not belong, moved it to the article talk page and responded there. I hope that my response doesn't seem bitey, but it's very frustrating for hard working GA Reviewers to be prodded about the size of our backlog, especially since many have real-life concerns. Cheers, CP 16:14, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation, CP (the article is at the top of the list, though..) I won't put the comment back, and I do appreciate the voluntary work that reviewers do. Cheers, --andreasegde 16:45, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
I'll tell you what. If no one has looked it by tomorrow, I'll have a look at it myself. Cheers, CP 16:51, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
You sir, are a true gentleman. --andreasegde 17:22, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What the hell happened?!

What happened to the Beatle quiz?! I had it perfectly organized! 01kkk 16:18, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

It, (as all things Wikipedia-like) has taken off into a new dimension. To have it "perfectly organized" wasn't putting "bums on seats" as they say about ticket sales for concerts. It's alright; you can change things back if you want, but there has been a growing interest in it that wasn't there before.
If it attracts the attention of new Beatles' Project members, it's a good thing, is it not? I sent out quite a few messages asking people to look at it, and the response is 'getting better all the time'.
It may look messy at the moment, but it is an inter-active page (as is Wikipedia) so we should let it 'spin, like a top', and see what happens. The idea is wonderful, but we have to 'learn how to bow at the end of a set'. :) --andreasegde 18:43, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Ah, I get it now. 01kkk 23:06, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Good man. Now go and answer the latest question.. :) --andreasegde 11:22, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A question

Ok, to my English friends, have I asked this before? Many years ago - on my 1976 honeymoon, in fact - my husband was arguing with a BritRail functionary about whether our travel pass was still valid, and he referred to a ticket-taker who had rejected the pass as "this guy" as in, "This guy said the pass has expired." Well, the ticket-taker went berserk, as if he had been cursed out in the most vile way, sputtering that he better not have just been called a "guy". This puzzled us. The functionary rejected our pass once again (I mean, it was a 7-day pass and my husband was trying to claim that we thought that meant any 7 days, whether or not they were 7 days in a row, and this was about 2 weeks after we first used it...). He calmed the old fellow down, and explained that it had to do with Guy Fawkes. So, I ask my English friends: is it insulting to be referred to as a "guy"? And if so, isn't it time you'all got over it? Just wondering. Tvoz |talk 23:24, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

I got the 7-day stuff straight away, because it's only valid for 7 days from the day you bought it (Oh, how British I sound - ouch) but the guy thing has me stumped. I think the Guy Fawkes thing is cobblers(rubbish) even if it was the 5th of November.
I think it was that you came into contact with British Rail and one of its employees, who think (and definitely thought back in 1976) that people were there only to enjoy sitting on one of their uncomfortable and expensive trains, and should shut the 'eff up. I've had a few similar experiences with them. If they're in the wrong, they ignore that and blame it on anything but themselves. I mean, 'cancellations because of leaves on the track'? It's autumn/fall for 'effs sake - it comes once a year...
If you're in the wrong, however, you should go stand in the corner with a cap on your head that reads, "I don't know how to tie my own shoelaces and everybody hates me", or something even worse. That's how they think.
The unions back in the 70s were ferocious beasts (before dragon-maggie kicked 'em in the nuts) and a job on British Rail (as lots of other government jobs) was for life. This was alright, as long they don't have any contact with the public. This was when poor Tvoz and hubby stepped into the picture - and you're American. Your dearly beloved probably used phrases like "that's crazy", and "are you kiddin' me?" which would make any lowly transport employee hot under the collar back then, and maybe even now. If you've got a shitty shift-work job, then to be verbally accosted (in an accent and body-language way) by an American makes the lowly Mcjob worker feel like... any negative word will do. It's because the Brits have aways been insulted (or attacked) by lots of European countries for decades, so having one of the people we consider on our side do it makes a Brit feel like his neighbour has just stolen his piggy bank and is also having a bit on the side with his wife .
It's not your fault, it's just the weather that gets them down.--andreasegde 08:54, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
Ah, you've met my husband then. (He knew quite well that the pass was long expired, just tried to brazen it through.) But the guy did get all up in arms about "guy" - I'm actually glad to hear that the Guy Fawkes story was nonsense, because it's nagged at me for years - not that I ever think about it. Good to know you're not all that daft. Tvoz |talk 09:04, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
Ahhh... maybe he thought your hubby said gay? or even goy, which, unfortunately, was used back then. The accent on both sides of the argument means a lot in this case. --andreasegde 09:22, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
Hmmmm - never thought of that. Could have sounded like gay or goy indeed. Tvoz |talk 09:25, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
I tried it in my best Robert de Niro New York accent, as well as in Cockney, and there is some similarity. --andreasegde 09:50, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
There is also the misunderstanding that, in New York terms, calling somebody crazy can be positive, negative or just humourous. It's quite likely that your husband (unintentionally, of course) called him (in Brit terms) insane, a waste of space, an unintelligent lollipop on a stick, and that his father was not legally married to his mother. :)) --andreasegde 13:51, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Humour

This has got me onto something else, which I try to explain every now and then to Austrians about British humour, and it's very general, so don't take umbrage...

You take an island that was first inhabited by wandering tribes from Europe (or Uggy-wugg-ahh as it was known back then) and then spend centuries fighting bitterly amongst yourselves, being attacked on a regular basis by Vikings, Northern Germans (Anglo-Saxons) Romans (they brought indoor plumbing with them, so they weren't all bad) French (1066, 100 Years War, which we lost) Dutch (William of Orange and the colonies) Spanish (well, they tried) and the Germans again (twice, and they got the Italians involved) you would learn one thing: don't take anything seriously. The Brits are guilty of attacking other countries of course, but that's only because they wore grass skirts and didn't know what a Gatling gun was :)

That comes along with the raping of the wife, stealing of the children and the weather (funny thing to group those three together, huh?) and you learn that if you didn't laugh at misfortune you would probably have to 'top yourself'. That would leave an empty island of course, and the world would be free of Brits... No, don't all shout at once. So, the answer is to laugh at anything and everything.

This is a true story: My father lost most of his right foot toes in the mine, and years later (and after my father had died) my second-eldest brother lost his left toes on a garden tractor. We laughed at this because we said that if Dad had been alive, they could have swapped shoes and socks… --andreasegde 09:41, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

P.S. This has nothing to do with Brits that have an official cap and/or sit behind a glass partition all day explaining that a Pass has run out, or that passengers can not get home for Xmas because there is 6 inches of snow on the tracks - they are a different breed entirely, and were probably imported... --andreasegde 13:41, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

You bounder Sir! Yes, I'll grant you we had the odd Gatlin Gun an the like, but the blighters had deadly sharp Guava fruit dontcha know! Major General W. Mammoth VC 00:52, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] John Lennon article

I think we are dealing with yet another one of SixString's sockpuppets there, in the guise of 24.168.17.212. He's attacked the main pic and is refactoring comments that address the uncivil postings of Mindguerilla (a proven Sixstring sock) and arguing that the article should be entirely redone. It seems like a salt the earth tactic. - Arcayne (cast a spell) 21:52, 12 November 2007 (UTC).

Add User:Jeffrey O. Assmunch to that list of socks. - Arcayne (cast a spell) 22:09, 12 November 2007 (UTC)