Funny comment on the Obama Brown gift exchange

[Weyoun]

Now "The Wire" would be a great gift. I'd bomb a country if someone gave me that.

[ne1410s]

spock

What do you mean NE?

Which of the 2 posts put it over the line? Did you mean Confessor's post where he did not catch that the Casabalanca/GWTW mis-quote in the article is an obvious JOKE. or did you mean my comment pointing out that it is a JOKE?

You've overestimated the Brit's intelligence and underestimated the Confessor's. That's what I mean.

[tlynn78]

This could very well be the stupidest thread ever

Nope. But it's sure top five of the pissiest.


t.

[Jeemie]

This could very well be the stupidest thread ever

Nope. But it's sure top five of the pissiest.


t.

It was fine until a guy with the paradoxical name of SMILERgrogan started pissing all over it.

[TheConfessor]

And he will hope that at a General Election the British public do not shun his imploration for another term in office by thinking at the ballot box of the famous line from another of the movies, Casblanca: 'Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.'

We have here an example that cheeky British Humour goes right over at least one BB's head.

Okay, thanks. Misspelling "Casablanca" is cheeky British humor. I stand corrected.

For cheeky American humor, the Daily Show report on the gift exchange is now online. See the 5:00 minute video clip titled "Brown In The USA."
http://www.thedailyshow.com/

[Beebs52]

This could very well be the stupidest thread ever

Nope. But it's sure top five of the pissiest.


t.

It was fine until a guy with the paradoxical name of SMILERgrogan started pissing all over it.

Smiley is a guy, right? Otherwise I'd say crankiness associated with increased/decreased hormone levels.

[TheConfessor]

Nope. But it's sure top five of the pissiest.


t.

It was fine until a guy with the paradoxical name of SMILERgrogan started pissing all over it.

Smiley is a guy, right? Otherwise I'd say crankiness associated with increased/decreased hormone levels.

I'm always clueless about such matters, but isn't SmilerGrogan just a new name for someone who used to post under a different name? Maybe I'm wrong, but that's my impression. In any case, I usually find his(?) posts to be of greater than average intelligence, wit, and relevance, so I hope he will continue to express his(?) thoughts. In general, I find those posters who are the least predictable to be the most interesting.

[Jeemie]

I'm always clueless about such matters, but isn't SmilerGrogan just a new name for someone who used to post under a different name? Maybe I'm wrong, but that's my impression. In any case, I usually find his(?) posts to be of greater than average intelligence, wit, and relevance, so I hope he will continue to express his(?) thoughts. In general, I find those posters who are the least predictable to be the most interesting.

I know he is- I just can't remember what his old username was.

[Flybrick]

Smiley is a guy, right? Otherwise I'd say crankiness associated with increased/decreased hormone levels.

Some guys suffer from it as well. Either way, same result.

That's what I'm putting my money on...

[franktangredi]

Smiley is a guy, right? Otherwise I'd say crankiness associated with increased/decreased hormone levels.

Some guys suffer from it as well. Either way, same result.

That's what I'm putting my money on...

I think he overreacted somewhat, but I think I understand where he was coming from. Like me, he was stupefied by the fact that anybody took this whole gift business as if it was a serious matter. (Kudos to Ed for his polite, but doomed, attempt to put the thing into some kind of perspective.)

I resolved to keep my nose out of it, but I must step in to defend my puzzlemaking colleague, even while acknowledging that he did go a bit too far this time.

[Jeemie]

Smiley is a guy, right? Otherwise I'd say crankiness associated with increased/decreased hormone levels.

Some guys suffer from it as well. Either way, same result.

That's what I'm putting my money on...

I think he overreacted somewhat, but I think I understand where he was coming from. Like me, he was stupefied by the fact that anybody took this whole gift business as if it was a serious matter. (Kudos to Ed for his polite, but doomed, attempt to put the thing into some kind of perspective.)

I resolved to keep my nose out of it, but I must step in to defend my puzzlemaking colleague, even while acknowledging that he did go a bit too far this time.

What are you talking about?

Most people involved in this thread were participating in the spirit in which it started off...as semi-humorous.

Different perceptions, I guess...

[Thousandaire]

Peregruzka
Would you take me by the hand
Peregruzka
Would you take me by the hand
Can you show me
The folly of your plan
The debt that we owe china
Can you show me
Peregruzka
Peregruzka
I'm gonna diss that Gordon Brown
Peregruzka
I'm gonna diss that Gordon Brown
And I'll be there
To foreclose if I can
To sell our future to China
Yes I'll be there
Peregruzka
Peregruzka
Peregruzka

[franktangredi]

What are you talking about?

Most people involved in this thread were participating in the spirit in which it started off...as semi-humorous.

Different perceptions, I guess...

Sorry. Maybe I overreacted, too. It just seemed like we were in for a steady diet of nitpicking. I thought some people meant it as a serious criticism.

[Lt. Col. Algernon Hawthorne]

Have a care! This Grogan chap has run absolutely amok!

You know, even for a criminal, his behaviour is ruddy outrageous!

If I may say so.

[themanintheseersuckersuit]

Setting aside the tackiness of the gift-A funny question from some commentator(Steyn?-not sure)is are they compatible with English DVD players?

It's a legitimate question. DVDs purchased in the United States are Region 1 DVDs and will not play on most DVD players sold in Europe. You would need to either have an all-region DVD player or purchase Region 2 DVDs (which can be ordered through outlets like Amazon-UK).

I'm sure that the British government has access to an all-region DVD player. However, gifts like that are often donated by public officials to schools or charities and these types of entities wouldn't necessarily have such equipment.

Although I'm not one to stand up for Obama, it's the sort of mistake a lot of people might make if they didn't take the time to think about it (or were unaware of the regional coding of DVDs). For this reason, people who sell Region 2 (or other Region) DVD's on Ebay usually put a big warning up with their listing that their DVD will not be compatible with most US and Canada DVD players.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop ... o-10.html

While not exactly a film buff, Gordon Brown was touched when Barack Obama gave him a set of 25 classic American movies – including Psycho, starring Anthony Perkins on his recent visit to Washington.

Alas, when the PM settled down to begin watching them the other night, he found there was a problem.

The films only worked in DVD players made in North America and the words "wrong region" came up on his screen. Although he mournfully had to put the popcorn away, he is unlikely to jeopardise the special relationship – or "special partnership", as we are now supposed to call it – by registering a complaint.