# Blair coming clean **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 19, 2007, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555 "2007-06-19T04:42:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/21 "2007-06-19T15:54:02Z")
That’s an interesting thought. How do Brits say “I’m coming”? ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/22 "2007-06-19T16:12:53Z")
[QUOTE=El Cid Viscoso] That’s an interesting thought. How do Brits say “I’m coming”? [/QUOTE] In a variety of ways but it’s considered polite to presage it with ‘Excuse me old gal, but ..’ To do otherwise would be to label yourself a bounder and a cad. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/23 "2007-06-19T16:23:05Z")
[QUOTE=El Cid Viscoso] That’s an interesting thought. How do Brits say “I’m coming”? [/QUOTE] Family Guy covered this, but I’m drawing a blank. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/24 "2007-06-19T16:28:51Z")
[QUOTE=El Cid Viscoso] How do Brits say “I’m coming”? [/QUOTE] “Cheerio, I’m off, time to see to me daily wank.” ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/25 "2007-06-19T17:05:32Z")
[QUOTE=tagos] In a variety of ways but it’s considered polite to presage it with ‘Excuse me old gal, but ..’ [/QUOTE] I thought it was “I promise I’ll tap your head a second before”. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/26 "2007-06-19T22:06:37Z")
If you’re posh you say “I’m arriving”. ---
**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/27 "2007-06-19T23:23:50Z")
I don’t give a shit, Blair fucked up all of his credibility with me when he went down that road with Bush. If he’s got any regrets now it’s too little too late in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/28 "2007-06-20T06:06:11Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] **Yojimbo** is right. If you ever get invited to afternoon tea with Her Maj, make sure you say ‘shite’, not ‘shit’. [/QUOTE] Ah, that’d be the dog’s bollocks, old chap. ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/29 "2007-06-20T09:03:18Z")
[QUOTE=Merijeek] I thought it was “I promise I’ll tap your head a second before”. -Joe [/QUOTE] You Sir, are a cad and a bounder. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/30 "2007-06-20T15:24:50Z")
[QUOTE=Vinyl Turnip] Yeah, they make a lot of typos. [/QUOTE] Well, colour me enlightened. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/31 "2007-06-20T16:30:53Z")
[QUOTE=tagos] You Sir, are a cad and a bounder. [/QUOTE] I imagine she said it too, but I couldn’t understand her with her mouth full. :smack: -Joe ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/32 "2007-06-20T16:38:35Z")
Not going to happen, but: [Call for Scotland to try Blair as ‘war criminal’](http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=912232007) ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/33 "2007-06-21T09:08:01Z")
[QUOTE=Merijeek] I imagine she said it too, but I couldn’t understand her with her mouth full. :smack: -Joe [/QUOTE] A real lady would know not to speak with her mouth full. She was probably a colonial of some sort. Or a member of the lower orders. Either way, you’re clean. ---
**Author:** ![Airblairxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/34 "2007-06-21T22:19:50Z")
_( **Airblairxxx** wakes up, wanders into pit)_ Wait, what the hell did I do? (_takes closer look at entire thread)_ Oh, right, it’s about that other guy. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/35 "2007-06-21T22:26:48Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] **Yojimbo** is right. If you ever get invited to afternoon tea with Her Maj, make sure you say ‘shite’, not ‘shit’. [/QUOTE] Er, I think I’d like a Jaffa cake instead. ---
**Author:** ![Martiju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Martiju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martiju)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/36 "2007-06-26T13:34:36Z")
[QUOTE=rayh] If you’re posh you say “I’m arriving”. [/QUOTE] If you’re not so posh you just assume she realises when you whip it out and wipe it on her hair… ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/37 "2007-06-26T13:39:51Z")
[QUOTE=rayh] If you’re posh you say “I’m arriving”. [/QUOTE] And if you’re _really_ posh you say “We are arriving”. Or possibly “One is arriving”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555.md?page=1)