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Airbolt 
"teil mann, teil maschine"
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 Posted - 01/05/2007 : 20:45:04
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I think there should be a guide to FWFR's on references likely to cause a hearty " Whaa...?" outside their country of origin 
Here's a few suggestions ( tongue firmly in cheek )....sorry it's a little short on Australia and New Zealand - although I'm aware of the Durex/Sellotape Confusion ( it could be painful to men if you mix em up! )
US
A-Rod
Barry Bonds
Eddie Cibrian
Twinkies
Oreos
Rush Limbaugh
Cheez Wiz
Bum's Rush
UK
Coronation Street
Eastenders
Morecombe and Wise
Shooters/Blags/Ponces
Knee Trembler
Lembit Opik
Cheeky Girls
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randall 
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 01/05/2007 : 20:53:34
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
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Originally posted by Yukon
What's obvious to a guy in the Great White North isn't obvious to a guy in England, Australia, Singapore, New Zealand, Israel and the many other countries of FWFR members.
Hey ... what about us grils?
One of my favorite jokes...but it does need graphics. |
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Rovark 
"Luck-pushing, rule-bending, chance-taking reviewer"
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Posted - 01/05/2007 : 21:01:31
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Also, no one gets references to American sports, and America never gets references to those sports that the English invented and now rule the world in! Football, Rugby and Cricket. Yay us!!
.....sits back and awaits the inevitable...
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Downtown 
"Welcome back, Billy Buck"
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Posted - 01/05/2007 : 21:06:29
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Originally posted by GHcool
My review could be explained in three ways:
1. The Americans conquered the British in figurative terms of morale, and not in terms of territory.
2. The "They" in the review can refer to the British.
3. The sentence can be interpreted literally as "They came, and they saw, the town of Concord."
1. Okay, it was a moral victory.
2. But the "concord" pun suggests the "they" are the Americans, because at Concord, it was the Americans that won.
3. But they didn't see the town of Concord during that battle. They weren't in Concord.
Honestly, even though reasons 2 and 3 are wrong, reason 1 is good enough for me. Of course I'm not the decision maker, but if I were I'd let it stay. More than anything else I just wanted to show off my knowledge of history. |
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Downtown
"Welcome back, Billy Buck"
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Posted - 01/05/2007 : 21:12:23
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Soccer sucks. Rugby is for wimps that can't fill a football player's jockstrap.
Now you don't have to wait anymore, Rov! You're welcome. |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 01/05/2007 : 21:59:01
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Originally posted by Rovark
Also, no one gets references to American sports, and America never gets references to those sports that the English invented and now rule the world in! Football, Rugby and Cricket. Yay us!!
.....sits back and awaits the inevitable...
Seeing as you've already conceded defeat I won't go on about who actually rules the world in:-
1) Rugby - 
2) Cricket - 
3) Soccer - errmm, somewhere in central Europe or South America...
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Rovark
"Luck-pushing, rule-bending, chance-taking reviewer"
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Posted - 01/05/2007 : 22:56:17
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We still rule the world in Xtreme Morris Dancing. Probably
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w22dheartlivie
"Kitty Lover"
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Posted - 01/06/2007 : 01:07:21
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Originally posted by Downtown
Soccer sucks. Rugby is for wimps that can't fill a football player's jockstrap.
Now you don't have to wait anymore, Rov! You're welcome.
err... Pain heals, chicks dig scars, glory lasts forever...??? |
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Catuli
"Loves Film and Fun"
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Posted - 01/06/2007 : 02:03:16
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Hate to challenge a comment, Salopian, but when you claim that England rules the world in football, I presume you mean the sport that is alternatively referred to as soccer. Am I correct? If so, how does not having won a World Cup since 1966 constitute ruling the world? Also, I thought India and Pakistan now dominate in cricket.
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thefoxboy
"Four your eyes only."
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Posted - 01/06/2007 : 02:19:18
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Originally posted by Catuli
Hate to challenge a comment, Salopian, but when you claim that England rules the world in football, I presume you mean the sport that is alternatively referred to as soccer. Am I correct? If so, how does not having won a World Cup since 1966 constitute ruling the world? Also, I thought India and Pakistan now dominate in cricket.
That would be Australia.  |
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Conan The Westy
"Father, Faithful Friend, Fwiffer"
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Posted - 01/06/2007 : 02:26:24
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Originally posted by Catuli
Also, I thought India and Pakistan now dominate in cricket.
Only when it comes to dummy spitting (see Darrell Hair)
(Sorry India - that was a sub-continental slur.)
The Aussies currently hold every major cricket trophy for all the international tournaments that they can compete in. |
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w22dheartlivie
"Kitty Lover"
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Posted - 01/06/2007 : 03:25:22
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| What rules in my world: Australian rules football players have the best tushes. Tennis players have best legs. Rafael Nadal has the best arms in competitive sports. And Anna Kournikova... well, you guys figure it out. |
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w22dheartlivie
"Kitty Lover"
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Posted - 01/06/2007 : 03:39:34
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Originally posted by AIRBOLT
I think there should be a guide to FWFR's on references likely to cause a hearty " Whaa...?" outside their country of origin
Here's a few suggestions ( tongue firmly in cheek )....sorry it's a little short on Australia and New Zealand - although I'm aware of the Durex/Sellotape Confusion ( it could be painful to men if you mix em up! )
US
A-Rod
Barry Bonds
Eddie Cibrian
Twinkies
Oreos
Rush Limbaugh
Cheez Wiz
Bum's Rush
UK
Coronation Street
Eastenders
Morecombe and Wise
Shooters/Blags/Ponces
Knee Trembler
Lembit Opik
Cheeky Girls
Hmm. I've perused this, my tongue firmly planted in cheek, and must confess I didn't know who Eddie Cibrian was until I looked him up on wikipedia. Yet, I used to watch Coronation Street and Eastenders on Friday and Saturday nights on the local pbs channel. AND I loved Ballykissangel. AND I know what vegemite is, though a friend from Oz says it's crap. I can say that one of Australia's more luscious exports to the US is Travis Fimmel. |
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Catuli
"Loves Film and Fun"
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Posted - 01/06/2007 : 05:19:32
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Rafael Nadal has the best arms in competitive sports? Wow! He may have awe-inspiringly Herculean "guns" to die for by tennis standards, but those assets would look like overcooked noodles in the locker rooms of(American) football or basketball players.
As for Kournikova, well, being in Chicago, if a guy hangs out at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Division Street for 15 minutes and doesn't find 20 women that register higher on the old chauvinist scale, he's either blind or gay--not that there's anything wrong with that. Actually, I'd take Sharapova over Anna, and in this case I would love to test the Chinese curse of be wary what you wish for.
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 01/06/2007 : 10:58:21
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Originally posted by AIRBOLT
I think there should be a guide to FWFR's on references likely to cause a hearty " Whaa...?" outside their country of origin
Here's a few suggestions ( tongue firmly in cheek )....sorry it's a little short on Australia and New Zealand - although I'm aware of the Durex/Sellotape Confusion ( it could be painful to men if you mix em up! )
US
A-Rod - Wha????????
Barry Bonds - Wha????????
Eddie Cibrian - Wah???????
Twinkies
Oreos
Rush Limbaugh - Really wish I could say Wah to this one
Cheez Wiz
Bum's Rush - Wah????????????
UK
Coronation Street
Eastenders
Morecombe and Wise
Shooters/Blags/Ponces
Knee Trembler - Wah???????
Lembit Opik - Wah?????????
Cheeky Girls
Hm... four US and only two UK. I guess I'm a true EX-pat American, then.
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How much British/U.S. culture confounds MERPs?
