# I have a cunning plan...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-cunning-plan/185149>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 29, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-cunning-plan/185149 "2003-06-29T13:16:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-cunning-plan/185149/1 "2003-06-29T13:16:38Z")

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BBC America sez…

COMING JULY 4th: Blackadder Marathon - back-to-back episodes airing from 9 am - 5:40 pm/et, 6 am to 2:40 pm/pt

Yay! I knew I got digital cable for a reason. (And what’s really sad is, I already have all 4 seasons on DVD, but I’ll watch it anyway).

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**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-cunning-plan/185149/2 "2003-06-29T14:48:03Z")

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Lucky fool!!

Hey, I think I’ve found a new sig line…

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**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-cunning-plan/185149/3 "2003-06-29T16:10:54Z")

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Baldrick’s cunning plans are the best!

BlackAdder: Am I jumping the gun, Baldrick, or are the words “I have a cunning plan” marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-cunning-plan/185149/4 "2003-06-29T16:22:00Z")

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Godammit, I want BBC America _soooo_ much . . . [Just not enough to pay the huge bill and get another 100 channels I’ll never watch]

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**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-cunning-plan/185149/5 "2003-06-29T16:32:32Z")

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Yea, BBC America is part of an upgrade package here (Comcast Digital Cable), but we were getting cable anyway and Comcast is the only provider that’ll come to this apartment. So we spend the extra 5 bucks a month for BBCAmerica and a whole mess of decent movie channels.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-cunning-plan/185149/6 "2003-06-29T17:14:16Z")

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Ah, Blackadder.

Mr. Bean may be more popular, but I always preferred Atkinson’s quick verbal comedy.

“I said _What is it?_ not _Hit me hard over the head with a-_” (passes out)

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-cunning-plan/185149/7 "2003-06-29T18:25:16Z")

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Hello, Captain Darling.