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« Reply #875 on: March 16, 2010, 05:22:08 pm » |
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I get similar on account of being tall. It seems because I can see further than most, people expect me to know where things are. It's only going to get worse when I get a top hat  |
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« Reply #876 on: March 16, 2010, 05:24:43 pm » |
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I get similar on account of being tall. It seems because I can see further than most, people expect me to know where things are. It's only going to get worse when I get a top hat Hmmm..interesting point. I'm 6ft 4ins myself..maybe that has something to do with it too |
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But look at you! You're shaking all over!
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Dr_Gonzo_Esq
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« Reply #877 on: March 16, 2010, 05:37:08 pm » |
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I get similar on account of being tall. It seems because I can see further than most, people expect me to know where things are. It's only going to get worse when I get a top hat Hmmm..interesting point. I'm 6ft 4ins myself..maybe that has something to do with it too I'm about the same, plus stompy boots (so I wind up around the 6'5"/6" mark). Add a top hat, and I'll be pushing 7'... Back to SP problems... Cleaning that gunk out of the transetheric flux tube. It smells funny, and I'm sure it glows in the dark... People asking where the Ren-fair is  The eejits who say I look funny, and then get stroppy when I point out they're wearing skinny jeans  Not enough Jam. The endless "smoking a pipe" jokes. |
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« Reply #878 on: March 16, 2010, 06:30:43 pm » |
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Explaining to your mum why you're going out in a shirt and waistcoat, rather than the shambolic attire to which the rest of the family's used to you wearing... Think Shaggy from Scooby-Doo...
...And then having to explain to people when you're out that you're nothing to do with Derren Brown or The Mentalist, or Dr Who. A waistcoat does not an entertainer make.
People going "ZOMG! You smoke a pipe?!?". Well, duh. There aren't any bubbles coming out of the end, are there?
Lack of practice with a straight razor. The sink looked like I'd slaughtered a pig (to which my sympathetic brother said "How come you're not dead then?"... Har-flippin'-har. Next time you fall off your unicycle, don't expect any sympathy from me lol)
University deadlines.
Explaining to an officer of the law why you have several hundered bars of soap in the back of your dirigible.
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Dr_Gonzo_Esq
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« Reply #879 on: March 16, 2010, 07:03:04 pm » |
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i think we have ALL had that exact list of problems... except the soap, WTF there bro...
Well, you're going along in your dirigible after an unbelievable bender at a hotel, and a rozzer flags you down for going too fast... You stop, lower the rope ladder for aformentioned h'officer of the law, who climbs inside, and does pretty much the same thing as you there, and that's before he notices the two dozen grapefruits, quart of rum, pint of ether, and crate of beer. He must've decided it wasn't worth the hassle, because he just told me to find somewhere to get some rest and left me to it (Bonus points to those who can tell me where the story *really* comes from. Let's just say it goes with the screen name...) Oh, and if your name is Dan (as suggested in your screen name), high five. We need to stick together in these unlawful times, lest we get ambushed by a band of marauding James'... |
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« Reply #880 on: March 16, 2010, 08:13:59 pm » |
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas?
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C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre
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Dr_Gonzo_Esq
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« Reply #881 on: March 16, 2010, 08:48:17 pm » |
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas?
Congratulations, I owe you a drink if we ever meet... Pint? Actually, the decision of what to drink is quite a SP problem... Do I go for a G&T, go all upper class, or have a nice, proper pint of ale, go a bit more towards the workers? Or do I just give up and stick to whisky? |
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« Reply #882 on: March 16, 2010, 08:59:51 pm » |
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sounds good to me; I shant mention the unmanly drinks i often imbibe In answer to your quandry I suggest rotating through them just to be fair  |
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« Reply #883 on: March 18, 2010, 04:01:12 pm » |
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in regards to drinks, I guess it depends on who you are.
The average working man goes for the pint of ale/beer.
If you have a bit of money then go for the whiskey.
I would save the G&T (whatever that is) for special occasions.
(seriously, what is G&T)
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« Reply #884 on: March 18, 2010, 04:16:05 pm » |
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G&T?
Stands for Gin and Tonic water
A cocktail invented by the British East India Company
Tonic water was to fight Malaria, but was mixed with Gin to make it more pleasant.
Apparently....
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« Reply #885 on: March 18, 2010, 05:31:16 pm » |
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oh, in that case then you should probobly save the whiskey for the special ocations, and drink G&T on a regular basis.
But then again, I don't drink so this is just an opinion based on popular cultures opion of the drinks.
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« Reply #886 on: March 19, 2010, 05:06:03 am » |
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There is something about the waistcoat/pocket watch/whiskers combo (together with a small name badge) that makes people think "Ah!! He'll know! He looks like he's very informed". ...
Three times in last week I have been standing outside the back of the bulding I work in having a smoke and a coffee when someone has made a bee line for me to ask where somewhere is. ...
My SP appearance obviously says "knowledgable"
I get similar on account of being tall.
It seems because I can see further than most, people expect me to know where things are.
Gentlemen - I myself experience this regularly, and I do believe we are only suffering from our own "airs of self-confidence and authority" upon which the confused and confounded home like moths unto a flame .... yhs prof marvel |
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« Reply #887 on: March 24, 2010, 12:53:15 am » |
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working on something meticulously with a blowtorch and a lock of my hair falling down and going ablaze ,,,, which happened today ,,, so yes indeed i need a haircut.
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Capt. Dirigible
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« Reply #888 on: March 24, 2010, 01:02:49 am » |
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Being nicknamed 'Victorian Dad' (after the Viz character of the same name) by a work colleague.
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« Reply #889 on: March 24, 2010, 02:58:25 pm » |
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- Automatically assuming people are talking about the 1880s/70s/60s/etc when people say "the eighties"/"seventies"/"sixties"/etc.
- ...and as a related note, getting your birth year wrong when asked. "1883. I mean, uh, 1983. Yeah. That's it."
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« Reply #890 on: March 24, 2010, 03:23:31 pm » |
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Trying to decide...
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Herr Döktor
Gadgeteer, Contraptionist, and Inventor, FVSS
Governor
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Herr Döktor, and friend.
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« Reply #891 on: March 24, 2010, 07:48:51 pm » |
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Trying to decide...
Pickelhaube or Bowler.......
This, of course, suggest that there must be a hybrid of the two, and if there isn't there soon will be...  I suppose, inevitably, this would be called a 'picklebowl'... |
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Capt. Dirigible
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« Reply #892 on: March 24, 2010, 08:35:49 pm » |
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Trying to decide...
Pickelhaube or Bowler.......
You still trying to decide??  I suppose, inevitably, this would be called a 'picklebowl'... |
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« Reply #893 on: March 25, 2010, 01:09:15 am » |
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I suppose, inevitably, this would be called a 'picklebowl'...
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« Reply #894 on: March 25, 2010, 10:05:02 pm » |
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Congratulations, I owe you a drink if we ever meet... Pint?
Actually, the decision of what to drink is quite a SP problem... Do I go for a G&T, go all upper class, or have a nice, proper pint of ale, go a bit more towards the workers?
Or do I just give up and stick to whisky?
aye there are other SP options huckle buff ((though the egg puts some off), absinthe (though we argue about proper ritual), and even the old rum and coke are all options (though our coke and their coke differed quite a bit) on that note i did hear that the old R&C is better with cane sugar coke, to me it is not different enough. |
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« Reply #895 on: March 26, 2010, 09:19:37 am » |
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Realising that apparently, according to the sheer quantity of craft related items I won, I have an un-identified replicator (steam powered of course) somewhere in the house.... |
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« Reply #896 on: March 27, 2010, 01:24:10 am » |
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having the EPA give you a ticket for your airships emissions when it is only water vapor
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Who you calling old, Sonny boy? Just because my birth certificate is on birch bark there isn't any reason to be calling names.
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« Reply #897 on: March 27, 2010, 05:24:49 am » |
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Arguing with one's mother that no, your jungle-exploration-ready shirt doesn't need ironing, as explorers don't usually carry a steam iron in their backpack, and no you don't think Indiana Jones's mother would have made him iron his shirt before an adventure either.
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« Reply #898 on: March 27, 2010, 06:07:34 am » |
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Showing a really neat-looking Victorian era style sewing pattern to someone, telling them it's really cool and that you'd like to make it, and getting an 'Okaaay... ' look from said person.
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« Reply #899 on: April 01, 2010, 10:36:09 am » |
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When your neckerchief just won't tie right of a morning.... I think I'm on attempt No.8, and it still lacks the air of casual insouciance I'm after, and looks more rag and bone man.  I now know how Beau Brummel felt. |
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