Yeah. Hard to believe. Did he think someone send him a basketball as a birthday present? Who would open that freaking box?
Probably true. That stuff couldn’t be real because nothing rhymes with ‘uh-eh-nn’ and an elbow poke.
ALSO: “I can’t believe you eat that stuff.”
Hehe, we call the parking place nearest the door the “Kojak spot”. That guy could go to a pro sports game and get the parking space nearest the door.
OT, but I looked it up, because I was going to anyway – they use the Missal for wedding vows. I was wondering what they used, because I didn’t think it was in the bible. Cool! I learned something today! 
Captains always keep a bottle of booze in their lower right hand desk drawer.
Back in the 1950’s- likely yes. Today? Not so much. Likely against regulations.
I’ve never understood why American’s say this, for anyone from outside the USA your accent* is quite distinct.
*well accents…
It was a joke. Did you not see the smirk emoji?!? Of course we Americans all have accents.
I actually have a non-jokey theory as to why I think Brit actors are better at American accents (in general) than American actors are at Brit accents: Britain has so many diverse regional accents in a relatively small area that Brits are used to hearing a wide variety of subtle or not so subtle variations on their own accent every day; whereas Americans can go for long periods of time without hearing accent variations other than their own regional accent, besides TV or movies. I think that generally gives Brits a better ear for accent variations.
Reasonable theory. What’s the explanation for so many accents in such a small space? Is it the snake swallowing it’s tail?
Perhaps he thought Gwynnie sent him a prototype vagina steamer.
Sorry, I’ve just had that actual conversation so often I missed that you were joking. I have American relatives and one once declared that she had no accent in a broad Noo Yoik twang, and she wasn’t kidding.
In medical dramas, it’ll be slowly revealed that the love interest has a terminal disease and will either die in the doctor’s arms or leave town forever to spare him the agony of watching her die.
Seems to have to do with Britain being an ancient country with many regions that existed in relative isolation prior to the early 20th century.
No problem. Not everybody gets my lack of humor subtle irony…I was being ironic in reference to that very idea, that many people (probably not just limited to Americans) always think they speak without an accent and everyone else does.
Not so sure that resolves the matter. How would that or any other theory explain the existence of Mancunian?
Ah, taking the piss, are we? Having a laugh?
An accent is what people who are not from where you are from talk with. I’m from southern MN, and would have sworn I had no accent (and certainly not the Sarah Palin/Fargo one. When I moved to Missouri, I was immediately tagged as a Minnesotan by a coworker who vacationed up there (apparently I said “about” like a Canadian who had been out of Canada for quite a while). When I visited home, I could now hear it (and could even hear it coming back I my spoken language).
Saying “I’m not a cop tonight,” makes whatever you do on your roaring rampage of revenge legal(as opposed to even more illegal).
Everybody knows that when you take off your badge it’s okay at that point to be a vigilante!
People don’t hear their own accents because their speech habits have been internalized. Up until the age of four, kids can hear and mimic every sound in every language perfectly. After four, they gradually lose that ability until it’s gone entirely. This is why it’s so difficult to learn a foreign language in high school.