# Brit Dope Winter 2003

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/741 "2003-11-13T18:51:02Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Shade \*  
> High on caffeine, low on sugar, drunk on beer, so many ways to make a person more interesting 🙂

Sorry I’ve missed out on this morning’s witty banter; I’ve been stuck in a dim, airless room auditing immigration files.

Do you guys have the U.S. sitcom _Drew Carey_? Well, in case you don’t: it takes place in Cleveland, and the characters come up with a brilliant idea: a coffee-flavored, caffeinated beer. (It’s called “Buzz Beer.”) Then the big beer companies steal their idea. Much hilarity ensues.

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**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/742 "2003-11-13T20:51:13Z")

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> And go back to amusing translations of names instead, or has that been exhausted?

Amazingly enough, the anotated Pratchett files seem to have nothing to say about the name “Angua”

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> Sorry I’ve missed out on this morning’s witty banter;

That’s ok.

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> Do you guys have the U.S. sitcom Drew Carey? Well, in case you don’t: it takes place in Cleveland, and the characters come up with a brilliant idea: a coffee-flavored, caffeinated beer. (It’s called “Buzz Beer.”) Then the big beer companies steal their idea. Much hilarity ensues.

🙂

It reminds me of a couple of userfriendly comics about a new cola:

What’s in it?  
Caffeine  
And?  
“And”? There is no ‘and’. It’s caffeine.

[cola on desk]  
Damn! I just rewrote the entire linux kernel.  
You? When did you learn to code?  
Today!

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**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/743 "2003-11-14T10:50:06Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Shade \*  
> \*\*Amazingly enough, the anotated Pratchett files seem to have nothing to say about the name “Angua”  
> \*\*

I think that’s a good thing. Googling it seems to come up with it being a Celtic name meaning “posessing great strength”. My real name is Arabic for “leader” or “vanguard” 😃

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> \*\*What’s in it?  
> Caffeine  
> And?  
> “And”? There is no ‘and’. It’s caffeine.  
> \*\*

WANT!!! 😃

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> a coffee-flavored, caffeinated beer. (It’s called “Buzz Beer.”)

How about a beer flavoured caffeinated beer instead? That sounds merely like Irish Coffee or similar. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/744 "2003-11-14T11:01:10Z")

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What? No, I’m not _always_ at the computer. I’m just avoiding some maths atm.

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> I think that’s a good thing. Googling it seems to come up with it being a Celtic name meaning “posessing great strength”. My real name is Arabic for “leader” or “vanguard”

‘Leader’ as in ‘going first’ or ‘leader’ as in ‘behind a big rock, wearing the only really arrow-proof helmet’?😃

BTW, what _is_ your name?

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> WANT!!!

[http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20020526](http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20020526)

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**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/745 "2003-11-14T11:52:55Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Shade \*  
> **What? No, I’m not _always_ at the computer. I’m just avoiding some maths atm.**

Hmmm… At least I have a believeable excuse!! 🙂

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> **’Leader’ as in ‘going first’ or ‘leader’ as in ‘behind a big rock, wearing the only really arrow-proof helmet’?😃**

The former. Obviously. 🙂

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> **BTW, what _is_ your name?**

See my webpage 🙂

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**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/746 "2003-11-14T12:34:56Z")

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Christ - and _I_ get accused of flirting with her! 😉

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**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/747 "2003-11-14T12:44:47Z")

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> \*Originally posted by garius \*  
> \*\*Christ - and _I_ get accused of flirting with her! 😉 \*\*

But **garius** , dear, you _do_! 😉

Even if you’re not the only one who does.

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**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/748 "2003-11-14T13:50:22Z")

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welcome back to the shade/angua weblog flirt party thread.

on a different note, should i go out drinking tonight? i’m skint, but i can credit card it. i’m in a quandary…

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**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/749 "2003-11-14T13:55:31Z")

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> \*Originally posted by paulberserker \*  
> **welcome back to the shade/angua weblog flirt party thread.**

_breathes deeply in an attempt not to say something nasty that I’ll regret._

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**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/750 "2003-11-14T13:56:51Z")

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I’ve given up my evil ways, it’s garius’s and angua’s party now 🙂 Anyway, we were talking about WATs.

Do you know when you’ll be able to pay it off? How about having a couple of drinks at home and then enjoy a social evening with a minumum of drinking? A couple of my friends get an almost-free evening that way, though it relies on other people drinking to get you into pubs 🙂

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**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/751 "2003-11-14T14:01:05Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Shade \*  
> **Do you know when you’ll be able to pay it off?**

He’s being sensible! Stone Him! 😉

Go out and have a few - thats what plastic is for. Just don’t hit the card _too much_.

And don’t get blatted and try and stick it in the fruit machine.

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**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/752 "2003-11-14T14:06:32Z")

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> \*Originally posted by garius \*  
> \*\*He’s being sensible! Stone Him! 😉
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Did he mention the “J” word??!!! 😉

Better idea - stone the one that caused **Shade** to be sensible in the first place! Rooting out primary cause and all that! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/753 "2003-11-14T14:12:40Z")

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It was a _question_! How do _you_ know I wasn’t going to follow up with “Best drink it while it’s there, then?”

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> Just don’t hit the card _too much._

Now who’s being sensible?

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**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/754 "2003-11-14T14:15:14Z")

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> Did he mention the “J” word??!!!

Stone her!

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> Better idea - stone the one that caused Shade to be sensible in the first place! Rooting out primary cause and all that!

\<I will not be out-geeked\>What if multiple people contributed to the cause? They might outnumber you.\</\>

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**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/755 "2003-11-14T14:35:48Z")

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whats the ‘J’ word?

fuck it, i’m off out. 2 weeks to get paid and no money. sheeit.

oh, and angua, say what you want. i wont be offended. nor do i bear grudges. especially to people with home baked goods.

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**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/756 "2003-11-14T14:44:03Z")

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It’s a Monty Python reference: [http://www.frost.org/~robl/stoning.htm](http://www.frost.org/~robl/stoning.htm)

Elder: You have been found guilty by the elders of the town of uttering the name of our lord, and so as a BLASPHEMER…  
Crowd: Ooooh.  
Elder: …you are to be stoned to death.  
Mathias: Look. I’d had a lovely supper, and all I said to my wife was ‘That piece of hallibut was good enough for Jehovah’.  
Crowd: Oooooooh!  
Elder: BLASPHEMY!!! He said it again

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**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/757 "2003-11-14T14:52:38Z")

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gotcha. you may now carry on talking about summat & nowt with angua and garius. i may return later. thank you.

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**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/758 "2003-11-14T15:04:29Z")

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I’ve been banned from making Monty P references by **Garigirl** - sorry. Its part of her plan to de-geek me. She also won’t let me dye my hair blue or pink anymore. ☹

\<sub\>ni!\</sub\>

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**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/759 "2003-11-14T15:07:17Z")

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[sub]damn html…[/sub]

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**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/760 "2003-11-14T15:18:51Z")

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> \*Originally posted by garius \*  
> \*\*[sub]damn html…[/sub] \*\*

Apparently the de-geeking is working 🙂

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