# Brit Dope 2003 Results **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 1, 2003, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-2003-results/216238 "2003-12-01T10:33:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-2003-results/216238/41 "2003-12-02T01:02:57Z")
Okay, I’ve just spent a very enjoyable Monday evening drinking heavily with **Tir, Twisty, Paulbersker** and **Crusoe** (who sadly couldn’t make it on Saturday). A few points arising: (1) **Angua** can whinge all she likes, but it was the team I was on that came up with ‘Clamden town’ and I think either **Francesca** or **Twisty** hatched this particular gem. (2) Much though I hold **Angua** in the highest regard, I have never actually proposed to her, which leads to… (3) My dear **Eve Luna** there were no ulterior motives attached to my marriage proposal. The notion of a green card never entered my head. I suggested getting married because you are attractive, fun, sociable, smart and can bake really good rugelach. What more could a man hope for? (4) It’s true that I didn’t previously mention **Sci-Fi Sam.** However, Sci-Fi Sam was the only female who actually asked me for my phone number. This (a woman in a pub asking me for my phone number) hasn’t happened since about 1906, so it was a particularly heart-warming moment for me, and I’m happy to share it with the group. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-2003-results/216238/42 "2003-12-02T01:06:17Z")
I think she asked for your _sister’s_ phone number, **ianzin**. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-2003-results/216238/43 "2003-12-02T05:34:06Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by ianzin_ > 5. The Harris conjecture has been born: ‘It is possible to sit in a London pub with a mainly Brit clump of people whom you have met on the internet, and for a quiz question about a Monty Python sketch to come up, to which none know the answer’. This is widely considered impossible, and the claim that the phenomenon was witnessed on Nov 29th 2003 is dismissed by experts since (a) most of the so-called witnesses were drunk and (b) there is no documented evidence or proof. Harris? 'Twas me who was mortally disappointed by the functional knowledge of British internet geeks, thanks awfully. 😉 Had a fab time, thanks to y’all. Definetly one of the high points of my European trip. As said trip included a week in the fleshpots of Amsterdam, that says quite a bit. (Although it probably says more about me than you lot…) Special thanks to **paulberkserker** and **Twisty** for taking the time to explain to me the various British TV shows and commercials they were making fun of, although I didn’t have the heart to tell **paul** that I was only making out one word in ten when he was talking to me. My fault, I’m sure: I didn’t drink nearly enough. (Actually, of all the people I met in Europe, **Twisty** was the only person whose accent didn’t completely flummox me. And that’s including other American tourists. Must be genetic…) Anyway, 'sgreat to meet you all, put some faces with names and all that. I look forward to doing it again next time I’m out Trans-Atlantic-way, and hope to see some of you out here in California some day. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-2003-results/216238/44 "2003-12-02T09:16:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ianzin \* > \*\* > (1) **Angua** can whinge all she likes, but it was the team I was on that came up with ‘Clamden town’ and I think either **Francesca** or **Twisty** hatched this particular gem. > \*\* Actually, I think you’ll find that it _was_ my team - in the Christmas cracker round. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-2003-results/216238/45 "2003-12-02T09:28:59Z")
The round belonged to **Angua** ’s team, but I thought it was **Fran** who gave that particular answer (on a pass), hence my confusion. I’m still willing, as previously suggested, to let matters be settled definitively by mud wrestling matches between the team captains… ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-2003-results/216238/46 "2003-12-02T10:43:06Z")
Mud wrestling you say? An interesting thought. How about a further cleavagebribe? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-2003-results/216238/47 "2003-12-02T11:25:56Z")
“Clamden Town” was **Francesca**. Definitely. I’d still like to see the mud wrestling though. ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-2003-results/216238/48 "2003-12-02T11:44:47Z")
It was very definitely my team with the Clamden Town. It was a passed over Cracker question and while I’d like to claim personal responsibility for such wit, it was actually **Alex B** who came up with it. You can see why we’re such a good partnership, can’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-2003-results/216238/49 "2003-12-02T11:45:55Z")
_sulks in corner_ Fine. It was your team. My team had better cleavage though. Even members of your team said so. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-2003-results/216238/50 "2003-12-02T13:12:42Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Miller \* \*\*Harris? 'Twas me who was mortally disappointed by the functional knowledge of British internet geeks, thanks awfully. 😉 Special thanks to **paulberkserker** and **Twisty** for taking the time to explain to me the various British TV shows and commercials they were making fun of, although I didn’t have the heart to tell **paul** that I was only making out one word in ten when he was talking to me. My fault, I’m sure: I didn’t drink nearly enough. no worries. I know quite a lot of english people who cant understand my accent, especially when i’m half cut. As ian said, we went out in Camden last night. good magic card tricks for everybody. and beer. also, does anybody else want to spell my doper name incorrectly in this thread? go on, i bet you do. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-2003-results/216238/51 "2003-12-02T13:20:26Z")
No problem, Mr **berksucker**. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-2003-results/216238/52 "2003-12-02T13:39:08Z")
I think it’s spelled **bazooka**. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-2003-results/216238/53 "2003-12-02T15:02:13Z")
nah, its **bezierka** ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-2003-results/216238/54 "2003-12-02T15:12:26Z")
What, no suggestion of **beersucker**? And I haven’t even met him! ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-2003-results/216238/55 "2003-12-02T15:53:36Z")
mmm, i can see where this threads heading… ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-2003-results/216238/56 "2003-12-02T15:56:26Z")
The above sentence is missing two capital letters, an apostrophy and a full stop. [sub]don’t hit me![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-2003-results/216238/57 "2003-12-02T16:00:16Z")
And **Gaudere’s** Law strikes again. 😃 its apostrophe ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-2003-results/216238/58 "2003-12-02T16:09:21Z")
I never said nuthin 'bout spelling. ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-2003-results/216238/59 "2003-12-02T16:11:42Z")
punctuation is for squids ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-2003-results/216238/60 "2003-12-02T16:21:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Angua \* > \*\*And **Gaudere’s** Law strikes again. 😃 > > its apostrophe \*\* Do you think? 😃 The ironic elegance of missing an actual apostrophe in the correction of the spelling of apostrophe is far too apposite to be allowed to atrophy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-2003-results/216238.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-2003-results/216238.md?page=4)