Post #35,653
4/16/02 4:02:58 PM
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Quid, sheets, Smackers, notes = Pounds GB. Ton = 100 quid.
Don't know about the pony; five or ten quid, perhaps?
Oh, a quid is about a buck and a half, or two bucks, or thereabouts[*].
"Cheap as fook" = as fuck, obviously -- and oh, so fitting for me to be the one to explain it...
[*]: Which is much better than in the olden days, when it used to be twelve bob or something. And thruppeny farthing!
Christian R. Conrad
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Post #35,658
4/16/02 4:21:14 PM
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The biggest problem with XBox
is that when you've got yer console, yer DVD remote, yer additional controller and a bunch of games, you're staring a monkey in the face.
Peter
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Post #35,660
4/16/02 4:24:38 PM
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From the horse's_______________________________________mouth
quid == 1 pound sterling
sheet == 1 pound sterling
pony == 25 quid
smacker == 1 pound sterling
cheap as fook == not the XBox
three ton == three hundred sheets
you can buy 10 PS2s for an archer, BTW.
archer
\ufffd2000 pounds
2000 quid
it's the amount of money handed over by Lord Archer to the prostitute
by the time you've bought an xbox, extra controllers, dvd thingy, and a few games, you're almost up to a monkey.
A couple of ayrtons gets you a Platinum PS2 game.
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Post #35,663
4/16/02 4:40:53 PM
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Without going to that site... Ayrton = Senna (RIP) = Tenner?
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Post #35,665
4/16/02 4:48:44 PM
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\\o/
Not as daft as you're ugly-looking, are you?
Now, if you can tell me without Googling how much a bed and breakfast is, I'll be really impressed :)
Peter
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Post #35,676
4/16/02 5:20:14 PM
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Wazzat stick figure - a hieroglyph for "Help, I'm drowning"?
Thank you... No, not quite, fortunately! :-)
Hmm... WAG: Ten and six-pence? (As in, ten _shilling_, of course.)
No, I couldn't quite explain why -- it just kind'a sounds like it.
Christian R. Conrad
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Post #35,678
4/16/02 5:22:03 PM
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It's a little bloke, cheering.
Nope, nowhere near. Keep guessing :)
Peter
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Post #260,916
7/6/06 3:37:02 PM
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So how much *is* a bed and breakfast?
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Post #260,972
7/7/06 1:19:08 AM
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4 years of googling hasn't done you much good, has it?
Go on. Tell us that you haven't cried yourself to sleep every night for the past 4 years because of this thorny question.
We'll pretend to believe you.
Peter
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Post #260,978
7/7/06 9:05:33 AM
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*I* know how much that is. *taunt*
And yes, I Googled it. 30 seconds. Man, you suck.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #260,982
7/7/06 9:41:05 AM
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He *said* "without googling"
Some of us read the directions.
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Post #260,984
7/7/06 10:15:24 AM
7/7/06 10:17:43 AM
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If you have to ask anyway, what's the point of not Googling?
Besides, we all know how good you are with Google:
"I can't find the Grey Lodge to get directions."
"What did you Google for?"
"'beer'"
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Edited by admin
July 7, 2006, 10:17:43 AM EDT
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Post #260,985
7/7/06 10:34:42 AM
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/me falls over
Bones: He's dead, Jim.
That was Fooking Hilarious!
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0 rows returned.
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Post #260,987
7/7/06 10:52:24 AM
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42...
err well, ((42 - 16) * 1)
I heard it used in a game of Darts. Thrower got a 5, a 20 and a 1. His opponent is was born and raised in, as he put, on the low side of London.
He was barely understandable. But the "Bed and Breakfast, you trying to (unintelligible mumble) me?" was more understandable.
But, I looked it up today to confirm the score was 26.
Then I also saw it being a 2 and 6 in regard to lodging and meal costs long ago. I didn't know that. But it does make sense.
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0 rows returned.
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