# Brit Dope Winter 2003 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 1, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981 "2003-10-01T21:07:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/181 "2003-10-14T11:02:49Z")
actually thinking about it he’d fit in perfectly then! 😉 ---
**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:** [October 14, 2003, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/182 "2003-10-14T11:03:23Z")
So he’d fit right in. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2003, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/183 "2003-10-14T11:04:36Z")
Snap! ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/184 "2003-10-14T11:05:10Z")
Well, they say great minds think alike, but in this case, I’m willing to concede the other option of sharing a single brain cell 😉 ---
**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:** [October 14, 2003, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/185 "2003-10-14T11:28:16Z")
It’s no wonder there’s only three of us left in this thread… ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/186 "2003-10-14T11:33:57Z")
mummy! mummy! the big bad astronomer is picking on me… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/187 "2003-10-14T11:37:07Z")
I’m not big. I’m short and curvy. 😛 And I’m not a bad astronomer either. :sulk: ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/188 "2003-10-14T11:51:22Z")
We already have The Bad Astronomer on the boards, you can be **The Baking Astronomer** ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/189 "2003-10-14T11:51:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Angua \* > \*\*I’m not big. I’m short and curvy. 😛 And I’m not a bad astronomer either. :sulk: \*\* true. you are my favourite hobbit. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/190 "2003-10-14T11:59:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by garius \* > \*\*true. you are my favourite hobbit. 😃 \*\* Bwahaha! That made me laugh out on a whole set of reasons, one of them being that I know an astronomer who has been (behind his back) been nicknamed Hobbit! Besides, I can’t be a hobbit, since as people at the BrumDope will testify, I don’t have hairy feet 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/191 "2003-10-14T12:12:58Z")
You may refer to **Angua** as a hobbit, you may refer to her as the baking astronomer. But what she is, and always will be, is a Fred Dibnahrette. This term was coined by Garius, I believe, and shows us why his name is so close to the word for ‘genius’. [Non-UK people… we will try on Nov 29 to explain what is meant by Fred Dibnahrette and why it’s so funny, but it won’t be easy. Cultural gaps and all that…] ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/192 "2003-10-14T12:15:33Z")
_sits in a corner and pouts_ I won’t bake if you all carry on teasing me… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/193 "2003-10-14T13:49:37Z")
Fred Dibnah is our rightful king. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/194 "2003-10-14T13:54:42Z")
So what’s a “Fred Dibnahrette” then? ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/195 "2003-10-14T14:58:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by garius \* > \*\*[sub]Hell, if it was done with beer then on **Tir** ’s turn the adult wouldn’t have even finished listing the options.[/sub] \*\* Ya know, I’m sure there’s an insult in there somewhere, but seeing as it’s just gone 4pm I have to go to the pub… 😃 > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ianzin \* > **This term was coined by Garius, I believe, and shows us why his name is so close to the word for ‘genius’.** Really? I thought he got it from a dodgy Hentai film\* 😃 [sub](\*I kid you not, details on request.)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/196 "2003-10-14T15:04:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tir Tinuviel \* > \*\*Ya know, I’m sure there’s an insult in there somewhere, but seeing as it’s just gone 4pm I have to go to the pub… > 😃 > > \*\* Its all right for some. Some of us are still stuck here, attempting to re–calibrate data. ☹ But its OK, because we’re playing in our first league football match of the season in less than an hour, so my head shall eventually clear. But arrrgh! I’m our team’s goalie, and my legs appear to be a magnet for the ball, judging by the bruises I have from yesterday. > [@](#): > > **Really? I thought he got it from a dodgy Hentai film** \* Huh? You _will_ have to explain that one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/197 "2003-10-14T15:06:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Angua \* > \*\*So what’s a “Fred Dibnahrette” then? \*\* **Angua** , [D’ya’like that?](http://www.vanl.freeserve.co.uk/audio/dylike.wav) BWHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA! ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/198 "2003-10-14T15:12:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tir Tinuviel \* > \*\*[sub](\*I kid you not, details on request.)[/sub] \*\* I’ll have the details please - its been ages since i saw a decent bit of Hentai. and [Fred Dibnah](http://www.vanl.freeserve.co.uk/gvlFred.html) is God i remember him describing this in his thick Lanc accent: _Fred is felling a chimney stack_ **Worried Client** : This is going to go alright isn’t it?? **Fred** : Aye lad! Two outta three o’ these go fine. **Worried Client** : Oh thats alright then. **Fred** : Thinkin’ about it the last two went really well actually… ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/199 "2003-10-14T15:16:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tir Tinuviel \* > \*\ ***Angua** , [D’ya’like that?](http://www.vanl.freeserve.co.uk/audio/dylike.wav) > > BWHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA! \*\* Bwahahahahahaha indeed! Oh, and you Yarkshyr lot ain’t allowed to laugh too loud. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/200 "2003-10-15T09:49:51Z")
On the entire theme of instant gratification and all that, I did make white chocolate chips cookies on Monday night, and from three seperate sets of testers, the verdict is “they’re good”. 😃 So, I shall be baking those for the DopeFest. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981.md?page=11)