Good points, both, and likely to be more of a concern here than there.

Depressingly enough, you've just proved that you know more American History than many Americans I know. Sigh.



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What? Like the pilgrims didn't land first at Plymouth Rock, the puritans weren't even the majority on the Mayflower, and that they were a long way away from being the first people there? Oops...

Over here coke is variously a form of carbon, a narcotic, or depressingly enough a carbonated drink in a curvy bottle that isn't Irn Bru.



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This is the work of an Italian narco-anarchic collective. Don't bother insulting them, they can't read English anyway.

poetscientistdrinker wrote:

> What? Like the pilgrims didn't land first at Plymouth Rock, the
> puritans weren't even the majority on the Mayflower, and that
> they were a long way away from being the first people there?
> Oops...

I've read that book too! I went off Bryson after he dissed my favourite bits of North Wales.



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actually, Hoovering is a verb here, Magda! Don't forget Hoovering is what teenagers do to anything edible... We almost named one of our cats Hoover for that very reason!

usage: J.T. hoovered his hamburger and fries and then started in on his little sister's Happy Meal.

I've not heard that usage here, actually.



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J.T.'s gonna get fat, and have zits. And serve him right, too.



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but he'll probably sue McDonalds for making him fat and win a boatload of moolah! (Or at least a bunch of McD's gift certificates!)

Here in Michigan teenagers don't hoover food, they inhale it.

And I'm fairly certain they lost that lawsuit, on the grounds that they knew full well that fast food and french fries could make them fat, and chose to eat them anyway.

As I recall, even the hot coffee lawsuit was reversed on appeal.



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Anybody ever brought a lawsuit against their partner on the grounds that they were never warned in advance that sex would get them pregnant?

Life - the ultimate STD.



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An American friend was flabbergasted when someone in our role-playing group suggested the characters had a whip-round to buy a present. Apparantly not a common expression in the USA

<inquisition> trying to tell us something, Jon???? </inquisition>

Good God no ... it's the brother wants children .... I'm too bloody old.

Aaagh, the horror, the horror.



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Are we to be grateful that Jon doesn't want to pass on his genes ?

Skiffle _
So you're in a role-playing group? What do you play? My own activities in that field are currently limited to an annual (or thereabouts) reunion weekend with half a dozen friends from my old group at university... (Our next reunion will probably be on 12th & 13th of next month: 2 games, both using the 'GURPS' system, those being a "Celtic Myth" campaign in which our characters are Ancient Britons causing trouble for the Romans and one that I'm running about a party of Victorian time-travellers.)

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"Some days I diet, other days they serve lasagne."

Skiffle, I think that's a bit harsh. I've no objection to Jon passing on his genes as long as he does pass any to me ;-)

Rob, either you're wierder than I thought, or else you should have re-read your message before posting. Do you *really* want Jon to pass his genes to you ?

Simon.

Actually not doing any roleplaying at the moment. Was doing a bit of Shadowrun, following a Seven Seas campaign, which was tremendous fun. Played plenty of GURPS over the years and ran my own fantasy campaign on and off for some years.

Check out my website www.gillian-f-taylor.co.uk for some silly, one-off adventures what I wrote. There's a Biggles meets Where Eagles Dare scenario, the original western scenario that formed the basis of my book 'Cullen's Quest', and a Yellow Submarine adventure. Bad Scouse accents ahoy !

Why, Ms Skiffle, how come Ms Sarah didn't tell us what a goshdarned talented and famous person you was? Why, you got books published and sold all with your name right there on the front just as bold as brass!

OK, OK, I'll drop the accent. Damned impressive website there - and I just loved the names you've chosen for your characters. In fact I think I'm not going to be able to stop myself from reading the Sherriff Darrow books, and I haven't read a western for years .... but the thought of Avon and Vila being the law in a cowtown called Govan(!) is impossible to resist. And what does Paul Darrow think of it?

Did you ever read 'Flashman and the Redskins?', btw? I think it would appeal to you, for some reason. Now if you'll excuse me I've got a Yellow Submarine adventure to read ....

P.S. Nobody can have my genes. They're in the wash.



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Jon,

thanx for the compliment on the website. All my own work, you know. Could do with updating, but I've not been able to use my own internet connxion for weeks.

Paul Darrow has copies of both 'Darrow' westerns and loves them. Honest. I've got a letter from him to say so. Paul loves to see himself as the great action hero and is a great fan of western movies. He does a great Clint Eastwood impression, and John Wayne. His wife said she enjoyed them too, when I met her last weekend (showing off now). Read the 'contains snakes' thread for updates on writing of latest 'Darrow'.

Haven't read any Flashman books, for some reason, but *love* 'The Pyrates'.

I don't normally read westerns at all, but the "Darrow" ones are enormous fun.

Wilfred keeps trying to inveigle his way into one of these westerns, by the way. He hopes to star as Wild Bill Hiccup.



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That which does not kill us makes us stranger.
(Llewelyn the dragon, Ozy and Millie)

Sarah