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Miss California??

maybe i didnt "keep up to date" with this miss california stuffs.
how did she get a crown?
i thought she didnt win, she' in 2nd place?

She was 2nd in the Miss USA 2009 contest. She was representing the state of California, where she was crowned Miss Califorinai a while ago.

When is miss universe contest?
I love to see all different beauties of the world!
Here our representative for 2009
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orb, she's beautiful! The Bahamas to host the 2009 Miss Universe® pageant August 23rd! C U in the Bahamas for a XDA reunion

galaxys said:
orb, she's beautiful! The Bahamas to host the 2009 Miss Universe® pageant August 23rd! C U in the Bahamas for a XDA reunion
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Yes nice Mexican girl!!
That would be great mate!!!
An XDA party surounded with beauties from all over the world!!
A nice dream
This thread can be a place where we can show our beauty representative from all places!!
USA? ready to post?

Miss North Carolina Kristen Dalton competes during the 2009 Miss USA Pageant Sunday, April 19, 2009 in Las Vegas. Dalton was later crowned Miss USA.

Yea there is also a big deal over what she said about gay-marriage.
Here is the scene that many people are making a big stink about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XMvviFbkf0
Keith Olberman's response: http://gaysocialites.com/2009/05/keith_olbermann_asks_miss_cali.html
O'Reilly's response: http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/m/22273195/free-speech-fight.htm#q=miss+californai+o'reilly
CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/05/12/ent.miss.california.usa/index.html

galaxys said:
Miss North Carolina Kristen Dalton competes during the 2009 Miss USA Pageant Sunday, April 19, 2009 in Las Vegas. Dalton was later crowned Miss USA.
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She´s very pretty!
So by now we have México and USA contesters.
What about the rest of the world beauties?
mikechannon said:
Just putting the final touches to the British entry:
Well, you know,.... perfection takes longer and we got a bit impatient
So erm... I believe in world peace and I just love fluffy kittens.
Actually... do you think my moobs look big in this?​
Mike​
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LOL
If he/she enters to the contest my vote goes for him!!!
Courage needed!

orb3000 said:
When is miss universe contest?
I love to see all different beauties of the world!
Here our representative for 2009
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Ai Ai Ai Amigo now thats hot h0tta than a hot tamale lol i vote for her

kommode said:
Yea there is also a big deal over what she said about gay-marriage.
Here is the scene that many people are making a big stink about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XMvviFbkf0
Keith Olberman's response: http://gaysocialites.com/2009/05/keith_olbermann_asks_miss_cali.html
O'Reilly's response: http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/m/22273195/free-speech-fight.htm#q=miss+californai+o'reilly
CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/05/12/ent.miss.california.usa/index.html
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Which is just stupid. One should be able to have an opinion...

derekwilkinson said:
Which is just stupid. One should be able to have an opinion...
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Suppose she had said , " My God and my upbringing does not recognize Jews, they have no place in my world or the world I wish to live in ?"
Suppose she said that " Islam is the root of all that is evil in the world today and must be wiped out ? "
Supposed she said that the millions dying in Darfur, from ethnic cleansing, starvation and civil war was " My God's way of eliminating the unneeded and unwanted from the civilized world? "
Should she still be able to use her public stage to spew hate and racism as " It's just my opinion, and I have a right " Or is it just alright because it was " only gay people"

Hey guys let´s just not forget this is Miss California thread!
Here a better subject to discuss:
2008 winner

orb3000 said:
Hey guys let´s just not forget this is Miss California thread!
Here a better subject to discuss:
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Unfortunately Miss California, is only in the news because of her prejudice and narrow minded, hateful views on gay rights, not because of her surgically enhanced beauty.
But I am all for turning this thread into a show us your Miss Universe thread.
Keep em coming

denco7 said:
Unfortunately Miss California, is only in the news because of her prejudice and narrow minded, hateful views on gay rights, not because of her surgically enhanced beauty.
But I am all for turning this thread into a show us your Miss Universe thread.
Keep em coming
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Perhaps YOU should stop being hateful and narrow minded and actually pay attention to what she actually said:
Well, I think it's great that Americans are able to choose one or the other. We live in a land that you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage, and you know what, in my country and in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there, but that's how I was raised and that's how I think it should be between a man and a woman.
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She shares her beliefs with the vast majority of Americans. Gays need to get over the fact that they are a minority, and stop expecting the rest of the world to bend to their wishes.

At the risk of turning this into a political debate that has no place on XDA, I will say this and then I promise ( Mods ) to shut up and let sleeping dogs lie.
Well, I think it's great that Americans are able to choose if black people should be able to use the same water fountains as white people. We live in a land that you can choose an all white school or an integrated school., and you know what, in my country and in my family I think that water fountains should be white only and black only. No offense to anybody out there, but that's how I was raised and that's how I think it should be between blacks and whites.
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Does it mean the same now ? This is the belief of a vast minority of Americans. Blacks need to get over the fact that, just because they got someone in the White House, they are still a minority, and stop expecting the rest of the world to bend to their wishes for equal rights.
Now I promise that is my last post, bring on the beauty contestants.

bluedragon1971 said:
Perhaps YOU should stop being hateful and narrow minded and actually pay attention to what she actually said:
She shares her beliefs with the vast majority of Americans. Gays need to get over the fact that they are a minority, and stop expecting the rest of the world to bend to their wishes.
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Lets not discuss such inflammatory subjects. Lets focus on "surgically enhanced beauty" as someone so eloquently stated.
denco7 said:
At the risk of turning this into a political debate that has no place on XDA, I will say this and then I promise ( Mods ) to shut up and let sleeping dogs lie.
Does it mean the same now ? This is the belief of a vast minority of Americans. Blacks need to get over the fact that, just because they got someone in the White House, they are still a minority, and stop expecting the rest of the world to bend to their wishes for equal rights.
Now I promise that is my last post, bring on the beauty contestants.
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And it better be the last post of such an inflammatory topics by EVERYONE, or else I will Closed the Thread and hand out Bans for not getting along.

"Surgically enhanced" beauty isn't.

bluedragon1971 said:
"Surgically enhanced" beauty isn't.
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+1
Its not a beauty contest, but more a plastic surgery contest. Fake boobs, lips, ... And its more about politics then about beuaty. This year also in our country won a girl with fake boobs, and thats a sad story.
BTW here she is:

Hello
She is very beautiful man and hot too,,,,,
online timesheets

Chatting

just plain chatting about
ANYTHING (except if it doesn't obey the rules)
let the chatting begin!!!!

So I told this old lady one day....listen you...either you give me all of your money......oh crap....never mind...bye!!

M_T_M said:
So I told this old lady one day....listen you...either you give me all of your money......oh crap....never mind...bye!!
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pls tell me i like storys

Oh no!
Another useless off topic thread inside off topic

orb3000 said:
Oh no!
Another useless off topic thread inside off topic
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no it's for pure chatting about anything land thats different do you have anything to chat about orb?

so...the police showed up and I tried to bribe them with donuts...which did not go well btw.....

M_T_M said:
so...the police showed up and I tried to bribe them with donuts...which did not go well btw.....
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donuts are tasty
what type of donuts were they?

Zac.Santer said:
donuts are tasty
what type of donuts were they?
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The expensive ones...$2.60 each

M_T_M said:
The expensive ones...$2.60 each
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tasty mmm......
how come the police didn't fall for it? i would of.

Zac.Santer said:
tasty mmm......
how come the police didn't fall for it? i would of.
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Well...so anyway after I got deported to Antartica...I came across this old friend of mine which I owed money to....I was telling him the story about the police and the donuts when....wham! a Whale ate him

M_T_M said:
Well...so anyway after I got deported to Antartica...I came across this old friend of mine which I owed money to....I was telling him the story about the police and the donuts when....wham! a Whale ate him
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at least you didn't have to pay the money back!
what happened next?

I got up and told the waitress...you call this chowder!!....as I trew it at her and left without paying

this story is very interesting
did the waitress or police catch you?

that's when I went to the park and tried to take that old ladie's money

did the old lady use kung fu on you?

Hmmm... I'm betting the old lady FLASHED you!!! I think I saw her over the ORD thread!!!
Sorry, Zac, could not resist...
EDIT: I'll quit now, I promise...

M_T_M said:
that's when I went to the park and tried to take that old ladie's money
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I always knew we had a fugitive here on XDA

I wish girls had a Nandroid Backup. It would make things so much easier.

Let me tell you a story...
I was at work in the ER one night back in January, 1997 when I received a phone call from home. My daughters Sarah and Jennifer were on the line, flush with excitement after visiting a local pet shop with our youngest offspring, Mary Caroline.For weeks the two girls had been after me to get a kitten for Mary. Sarah and Jenni were both getting married in '97, Sarah in April and Jenni in October. Sarah was taking her orange tabby cat Woody to her new home while Jen was marrying a man who was owned by a big black and white tomcat named Frank. (Yes, I say 'owned' because any cat lover knows that people don't 'own' cats -- we are simply the servants of our beloved felines.) According to my oldest daughters, Mary was going to be lonely enough without them at home. How in the world would she survive without a cat to keep her company? I'd been resisting their pleas since before Christmas, but with me out of the way at work, the three girls had worked their charm on their doting father. They'd found the perfect kitten for Mary, and being a cat lover himself, my husband had caved in quite easily. But he ageed to their plan only if I said yes. Thus the phone call.
Given the hectic atmosphere in the ER that evening, I had no time to argue the merits of bringing a new pet into the house. And what could I say anyway now that Fred was behind them? I knew when I was beat, so I surrendered with hardly a whimper.
I returned home that night expecting to find a kitten curled up on Mary's bed. Instead, I found THREE kittens! Two of them were females, striped tabbies from the same litter. The third was a big pawed gray tabby from a different litter, a male who looked up at me with soft eyes that said, "I'm all yours!" I immediately fell in love with him. My daughters spun me a long involved story as to why we now had three newcomers in the house instead of one. It didn't matter; I was won over by the gray cat and the other two were just bonuses. Shadow (as we named him) grew by leaps and bounds over the next few months. His playmates were on a slower growing curve, always a pound and several inches behind him. The difference in size caused problems. Shadow wanted to play with his adopted sisters, but his roughhousing turned them into shrinking violets. They began hiding behind the couch each time he approached. Shadow couldn't figure it out. He'd **** his head to one side and look up at me as if to say, "Hey, ma! Why won't they wrestle with me?" Our vet supplied the answer: the girls were afraid of Shadow. They weren't developing as they should and they needed to be separated from the big gray cat -- permanently. Eventually our son Matt took one cat to his apartment and a friend adopted the other. Shadow stayed with us. Over the years Shadow grew into his paws and became, as my husband put it, "one pound short of a puma". During the day he followed me around the house, sitting on my lap and checking out the computer while I wrote, or helping me in the garden by stalking and destroying any leaf that dared to fall from a tree. Each morning he would circle the yard looking for intruders in the form of mice or rabbits, then trot back to the door and meow as if to say, "You can come out now. It's safe!" In the evening, Shadow would lie on the patio next to our chairs, guarding us just in case a stray sparrow flitted our way. Then at night he would jump up on the bed, curl up next to my husband, and stare me in the eyes as he placed one paw on Fred's hand. I always felt he was claiming Fred as his own, letting me know Fred was his guy as much as he was mine. When he was sure I'd gotten the message, he'd jump down and go upstairs to sleep with Mary Caroline. Promptly at 5 a.m. he'd be back to wake Fred for work. We never needed an alarm clock; Shadow did the job for us. I grew up with cats, lived with cats most of my life. But never have I known a cat like Shadow. For love and companionship, he had no equal. I will miss him.

Let me tell you another story...
Four years ago, I started subscribing to the New York Times, the Daily News, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post.
Then one morning I heard the guy across the hall open his door and my newspapers were gone. The whole stack.
I let it go because I get the full set of papers comped at work, and also because it just wasn’t worth the confrontation: He was a really grumpy old man who just growled and grunted at people– like the man from the movie “Up” but 6’ 3”.
This went on for several years, until he died.
After that, I started to get the papers for about a month. Then one by one they started disappearing again, except for the Post.
This time it’s the lady next door to me. She’s a very quirky older woman who has been in building for 30 years.
She’s very nice and actually reads my papers for me and pulls articles out and puts them on my door with a magnet and a thought-you’d-be-interested note.
The reason I don’t ask her to stop, or confront her, is that we have a nice little thing going: She’s my built-in nanny-cam.
She is home all day and tells everything my nanny does with my son. She will tell me she saw my son and nanny walking and singing a song and totally happy together. Or that another nanny brought three kids over for two hours. Or she will tell me really loved the way my son was talking to my son in the hallway.
She's like my own little Reader's Digest.

The Sports Thread

Exactly what it states.............SPORTS THREAD...here you can talk about any sport you want....much needed here as we had one at PPCG....migration is a must!!
Archer said:
Thread reopened.
Any more childish bickering will result in this thread being closed permanently. I don't want that and I'm sure you don't want that. If someone starts being aggressive, report them and the ignore them. Public arguing was what got this thread closed - not the actions of any one person.
We're all friends here, so let's keep it that way
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The Doctor is in !

mr8820 said:
The Doctor is in !
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Nice!! Now we need the rest of the crew!!! I sent invites out....

How bout chicharito in manchester??
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T.C.P said:
How bout chicharito in manchester??
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Anything you want bro....its wide open!!

In.
My teams:
NFL: Miami Dolphins
NBA: Miami Heat
NCAA: Miami Hurricanes
MLB: Tampa Bay Ray
You can see a pattern here...Lol.

Well I wanna talk about the stupidity of American "football".
You see, most of the time, American "football" is being thrown and then held with the hand, and only perhaps 3% of the time it is being kicked.
On top of that the "ball" is not round. Ask any child to draw a ball and the poor child will be hard pressed (or an American idiot) to draw something that resembles that egg.
Thirdly, there is that issue of machismo that the Americans like to push. Yeah, you run around bashing people in a full contact sport. Ever heard of rugby? Those guys only wear groin protectors and tooth protectors. Not a padding more.
Suck it, American "Football"!
/This does not, in any way, bash Americans, only their version of football
//The rest of the world would like the word football back.
///Call it Handegg if you want to, otherwise you are just as asinine with your language as the Brits, who like to add an "o" in colour. (Yes, I'm Brit Eng educated. Blame the basterds who conquered us)

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sakai4eva said:
Well I wanna talk about the stupidity of American "football".
You see, most of the time, American "football" is being thrown and then held with the hand, and only perhaps 3% of the time it is being kicked.
On top of that the "ball" is not round. Ask any child to draw a ball and the poor child will be hard pressed (or an American idiot) to draw something that resembles that egg.
Thirdly, there is that issue of machismo that the Americans like to push. Yeah, you run around bashing people in a full contact sport. Ever heard of rugby? Those guys only wear groin protectors and tooth protectors. Not a padding more.
Suck it, American "Football"!
/This does not, in any way, bash Americans, only their version of football
//The rest of the world would like the word football back.
///Call it Handegg if you want to, otherwise you are just as asinine with your language as the Brits, who like to add an "o" in colour. (Yes, I'm Brit Eng educated. Blame the basterds who conquered us)
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Thanks for this...now everyone that comes and reads this thread is going to be just a tad bit dumber after reading that jibberish....
BTW the pads are what break bones....lmfao...you guys keep wearing skirts and we will continue to play real football....
And a Rugby ball is round???
Suck it soccer boys..
Oh and this retort is in now way a bash on the Bristish....just the dumb things that come out of their mouths at times....
BTW here in the great old USA...we use this thing called a dictionary...pretty self explanatory and makes your theory dead wrong in both defintions....
http://m.dictionary.com/d/?q=football&submit-result-SEARCHD=Search
http://m.dictionary.com/d/?q=ball&submit-result-SEARCHD=Search
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EuroSpeed said:
In.
My teams:
NFL: Miami Dolphins
NBA: Miami Heat
NCAA: Miami Hurricanes
MLB: Tampa Bay Ray
You can see a pattern here...Lol.
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Carla and you are going to get along real well when she gets here...try not to mention the Heat a lot to the Dr...he is still mad about that guy that left Cleveland to Miami....
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Present! Reppin' the Dallas Cowboys, Washington Wizards, Washington Capitals, Washington Nationals, and THE University of Ohio State Buckeyes!

worldwidepmp said:
Present! Reppin' the Dallas Cowboys, Washington Wizards, Washington Capitals, Washington Nationals, and THE University of Ohio State Buckeyes!
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Yea,yea we know.....lol.....glad to see ya made it...guess I should put mine out
UM wolverines (all sports)
Philidelphia Flyers
Oakland Raiders
Tigers
Pistons....don't follow NBA as much as I used to though..
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flyers2114 said:
Thanks for this...now everyone that comes and reads this thread is going to be just a tad bit dumber after reading that jibberish....
BTW the pads are what break bones....lmfao...you guys keep wearing skirts and we will continue to play real football....
And a Rugby ball is round???
Suck it soccer boys..
Oh and this retort is in now way a bash on the Bristish....just the dumb things that come out of their mouths at times....
BTW here in the great old USA...we use this thing called a dictionary...pretty self explanatory and makes your theory dead wrong in both defintions....
http://m.dictionary.com/d/?q=football&submit-result-SEARCHD=Search
http://m.dictionary.com/d/?q=ball&submit-result-SEARCHD=Search
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wikipedia said:
The game of football is any of several similar team sports, of similar origins which involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball with the foot in an attempt to score a goal. The most popular of these sports worldwide is association football, more commonly known as just "football" or "soccer". Unqualified, the word football applies to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears, including American football, Australian rules football, Canadian football, Gaelic football, rugby league, rugby union and other related games. These variations are known as "codes."
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^emphasis mine
I'll keep on troll-baiting, but the game is a bit hard to lose, isn't it?
Oh, and your links suck. They both say the same thing for me (or are they region-based?)
p/s: Keep it down. I'm just kidding, and you don't have to take offense
pp/s: But you did.

sakai4eva said:
^emphasis mine
I'll keep on troll-baiting, but the game is a bit hard to lose, isn't it?
Oh, and your links suck. They both say the same thing for me (or are they region-based?)
p/s: Keep it down. I'm just kidding, and you don't have to take offense
pp/s: But you did.
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Ok... link fail...but you could have easily punched it in...I always take offense....I have played hockey my whole life..and played football for 10....hahahahaha
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flyers2114 said:
Ok... link fail...but you could have easily punched it in...I always take offense....I have played hockey my whole life..and played football for 10....hahahahaha
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Punch it in myself? And deprive the entire XDA of the comedic humour? I just copied the link and there it was

Speaking of football! Congratulations to the Green Bay Packers!
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Enough of this jibberish, let's get back on track. Lol.
I say Packers take it again next year. They are only going to get healthier, many of their star players will be back next year.
I think Patriots will make it from the AFC.

EuroSpeed said:
Enough of this jibberish, let's get back on track. Lol.
I say Packers take it again next year. They are only going to get healthier, many of their star players will be back next year.
I think Patriots will make it from the AFC.
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Its to early for me to predict....off season moves and we shall see....Pack are tough....that's why I picked them vs Indy last preseason...I always make a preseason SB pick...
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I'm just hoping my Cleveland Cavs get a win .
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...i did not know Terrell Owens was in any given Sunday...
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[Q] Can I say "Cheers" Even if I'm not British?

Haha, so this is an honest question.
Can I say "cheers" at the end of an email/post/or whatever, even if I'm not from the UK or Australia/New Zealand?
Or will people from around those parts judge me...? LOL.

I say yes! It can be used as 'Thank you' or 'Toast your health'.
Others could be Slante or even Bottoms Up, (as long as the person you're talking to isn't likely to think you're giving them an order).

DS1495 said:
Haha, so this is an honest question.
Can I say "cheers" at the end of an email/post/or whatever, even if I'm not from the UK or Australia/New Zealand?
Or will people from around those parts judge me...? LOL.
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Sure you can.
Cheers.

I'll judge you...
Unless you put 'eh' or 'aboot' after it
Cheers!

Too true. Some people speak proper British English, with proper English.
Cheers.

sakai4eva said:
Too true. Some people speak proper British English, with proper English.
Cheers.
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Too lazy for that, mate

My good chap, if there's anything worth doing, it's worth doing right. And if there's anything worth doing, then it should be speaking the Queen's English like it should be spoken, not like some buffoon that can barely utter a simple sentence without butchering grammar, spelling and structure.
Cheers.

sakai4eva said:
My good chap, if there's anything worth doing, it's worth doing right. And if there's anything worth doing, then it should be speaking the Queen's English like it should be spoken, not like some buffoon that can barely utter a simple sentence without butchering grammar, spelling and structure.
Cheers.
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wot the bloody ell do u fink british peeple tawk like mate?
we aint got nobody left hoo no's how 2 talk gd and spell cuz the guvment took all da moneys out from the skools and that innit?
it were that bloody thatcher wunnit. place has gn to tha an that dogs yeah....
Dinnae even get me started on the Scots...
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wot the bloody ell do u fink british peeple tawk like mate?
we aint got nobody left hoo no's how 2 talk gd and spell cuz the guvment took all da moneys out from the skools and that innit?
it were that bloody thatcher wunnit. place has gn to tha an that dogs yeah....
Dinnae even get me started on the Scots...
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Thanks for that, i feel right at home now!
Cheers everybody! Bottoms up.....*
*Not to be taken literally or as an order!

DS1495 said:
Haha, so this is an honest question.
Can I say "cheers" at the end of an email/post/or whatever, even if I'm not from the UK or Australia/New Zealand?
Or will people from around those parts judge me...? LOL.
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You're Canadian, as part of the British Commonwealth of course you can say "Cheers" in fact you should use it as often as possible, along with "crickey" "crivens" and "bloody"
In return we will fit "Son of a gun" into as many conversations as possible (my great uncle moved to Canada and it did him the world of good, at 86 he had a heart attack so they fitted a pacemaker but I think they set it to turbo! He came over when he was 91, didn't look a day over 61, and didn't act a day over 21! Though all Canadian women I've met have been nutty as a fruitcake!)
I remember trading some stock through a US company, and the chap I was speaking with, from Texas I think, gingerly said "Cheers" at the end of the conversation, so it's not true that all Americans don't speak English

xaccers said:
You're Canadian, as part of the British Commonwealth of course you can say "Cheers" in fact you should use it as often as possible, along with "crickey" "crivens" and "bloody"
In return we will fit "Son of a gun" into as many conversations as possible (my great uncle moved to Canada and it did him the world of good, at 86 he had a heart attack so they fitted a pacemaker but I think they set it to turbo! He came over when he was 91, didn't look a day over 61, and didn't act a day over 21! Though all Canadian women I've met have been nutty as a fruitcake!)
I remember trading some stock through a US company, and the chap I was speaking with, from Texas I think, gingerly said "Cheers" at the end of the conversation, so it's not true that all Americans don't speak English
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My cousin in Canada is probably as 'nutty' as you suggest, but had the good sense to leave the UK, marry a developers son and now lives in a bespoke, hand-crafted and beautiful home on the side of a mountain that they own, overlooking an amazing lake and away from the urban rat-race! I take the mickey out of her accent but to be honest, she pwned me, big-time!
(Her brother btw is the town doctor in a nice rural village where he keeps his own hours, goes skiing whenever he feels like it, has a home provided by the state, and whenever he meets one of the townsfolk in the street they invite him to dinner!
Am i jealous though....?
You betcha ass i am! Good luck to them them though they deserve it all!*
*At least i speak English proper. Ahem, proper English..Cough, errr, the Queen English...? (Let me know when i get it right...)

DirkGently1 said:
My cousin in Canada is probably as 'nutty' as you suggest, but had the good sense to leave the UK, marry a developers son and now lives in a bespoke, hand-crafted and beautiful home on the side of a mountain that they own, overlooking an amazing lake and away from the urban rat-race! I take the mickey out of her accent but to be honest, she pwned me, big-time!
(Her brother btw is the town doctor in a nice rural village where he keeps his own hours, goes skiing whenever he feels like it, has a home provided by the state, and whenever he meets one of the townsfolk in the street they invite him to dinner!
Am i jealous though....?
You betcha ass i am! Good luck to them them though they deserve it all!*
*At least i speak English proper. Ahem, proper English..Cough, errr, the Queen English...? (Let me know when i get it right...)
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Son of a gun!

juzz86 said:
I'll judge you...
Unless you put 'eh' or 'aboot' after it
Cheers!
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Haha, Juzz, it's funny because I do say "eh" a lot. Although I've never, ever, heard someone say "aboot". I've always wondered where that rumor ever came from... Nobody says it. Haha.
The worst is when Americans say "ruff" instead of "roof" lol, that grinds my gears.
-Cheers
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That's weird, I just stumbled on an article a couple days ago about the study of accents and their development (now I wish I saved that link). Apparently the current british accent didn't evolve into what we know of it now until after the american revolution. So the american accent is how the british spoke before that change...

No! Because Apple has a patent on the British and won't allow them to patent words. But Apple did patent "cheers".

DS1495 said:
Haha, Juzz, it's funny because I do say "eh" a lot. Although I've never, ever, heard someone say "aboot". I've always wondered where that rumor ever came from... Nobody says it. Haha.
The worst is when Americans say "ruff" instead of "roof" lol, that grinds my gears.
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I'm sure I remember an aboot or two in Degrassi Junior High.
What gets me is that americans call this:
the same as this:
Where even a 5 year old can tell the difference

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Yay! We seriously needed a Whovian thread :good:
Isn't the rest of season 7 set for around Easter? Merlin was supposed to be the gap filler for Doctor Who, and that's ended, so... Wonder if there's anything known yet (proooobably not. Usually about 2 weeks beforehand..)
I still think David Tennant was way better than Matt Smith, by the way. Since we all know we're going to have this discussion anyway I figured I might as well start off early.
Also, I think the newest Christmas Special was Moffat's not-so-silent protest against Peter Jackson for stealing his two main actors from his other show. Still, haven't laughed that hard in weeks... :laugh:

Not been interested since Matt Smith took over.
Every episode I catch to give it another chance seems to just have him frantically waving his sonic screwdriver around like a magic wand.
I remember when it used to only be used for unlocking doors, and only those that weren't locked with the power of script.
As for the last appearance of The Master, WTF? Sniveling whiny prat. Even Eric Roberts did a better job.
They should have cast Timothy Dalton as The Master instead.

ShadowLea said:
Yay! We seriously needed a Whovian thread :good:
Isn't the rest of season 7 set for around Easter? Merlin was supposed to be the gap filler for Doctor Who, and that's ended, so... Wonder if there's anything known yet (proooobably not. Usually about 2 weeks beforehand..)
I still think David Tennant was way better than Matt Smith, by the way. Since we all know we're going to have this discussion anyway I figured I might as well start off early.
Also, I think the newest Christmas Special was Moffat's not-so-silent protest against Peter Jackson for stealing his two main actors from his other show. Still, haven't laughed that hard in weeks... :laugh:
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I completely agree about David Tennant. And the Christmas Special was cool, it's got me looking forward to the rest of the series

I made my phone into a mini-TARDIS and I want to make a theme for Apex/etc for it some time, when I feel less lazy and think up some ideas.
I'm putting together an 11 costume for a convention because I'm cheap, didn't want to sew, and have a friend who agreed to dress up as Amy.
I'm bargaining with my friend to make me a 4 scarf because I believe you can't just buy them, they need to be made with love.
/randomwhatvianwhatever

Two old Whovians in this house been watching on and off since Tom Baker...

Thats OK said:
Two old Whovians in this house been watching on and off since Tom Baker...
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Tom Baker is the real Dr Who

xaccers said:
Tom Baker is the real Dr Who
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Hard to believe that was over 30 years ago.
Remember when Perpugilliam Brown first showed up.
She wasn't on that long.

All British, I assume... :sly:
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iKrautDroid said:
All British, I assume... :sly:
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:what: doctor who is made in the US..

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much better

Tezlastorme said:
:what: doctor who is made in the US..
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I suppose you could make the case that the US is a very confused and distant England, but not so much the other way around.
Can't tell if sarcasm or...
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Pennycake said:
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I should certainly hope it was sarcasm...
If it was made in the US there would be 90% less plot, 80% more romance, 30% more sex, 200% more unoriginal clichés, all characters would be as flat as a penny and the plot would have more holes than a Swiss cheese. Also, it would probably star Tom Cruise as the Doctor.
Oh, and the Daleks would be Middle Eastern or Russian, depending on the year it was filmed in..

ShadowLea said:
I should certainly hope it was sarcasm...
If it was made in the US there would be 90% less plot, 80% more romance, 30% more sex, 200% more unoriginal clichés, all characters would be as flat as a penny and the plot would have more holes than a Swiss cheese. Also, it would probably star Tom Cruise as the Doctor.
Oh, and the Daleks would be Middle Eastern or Russian, depending on the year it was filmed in..
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Happy late bday. Wasn't sure where to post it when I saw your name at the bottom of the page.

ShadowLea said:
I should certainly hope it was sarcasm...
If it was made in the US there would be 90% less plot, 80% more romance, 30% more sex, 200% more unoriginal clichés, all characters would be as flat as a penny and the plot would have more holes than a Swiss cheese. Also, it would probably star Tom Cruise as the Doctor.
Oh, and the Daleks would be Middle Eastern or Russian, depending on the year it was filmed in..
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lol the only problem with that logic is the fact that apart from a few shows like Doctor Who (and anime) the rest of the world doesn't make good movies or TV shows.

O, Doctor Who has plenty of things people complain about and I've seen quite a few good American TV shows. I actually grew up with Star Trek, not Doctor Who - although Tom Baker was one of the reasons I finally agreed to try Doctor Who.
Doctor Who changes things all the time, it just has the benefit of the spirit of work like Douglas Adams (who was in fact involved for a bit) - of being able to make ridiculous changes and get a pass because it's science fantasy. Lots of the hard science fans complain about lack of hard science, although I think that's like complaining that they don't kill enough people in Disney movies.
Blink was one of my favourite New Who episodes, and I really hated what they did in the later two-parter with 11. They would have been pretty good episodes on their own, but they really ruined the Angels for me, it made them so much less terrifying - which wouldn't have happened if they had just stuck to their original conception and "rules".
Doctor Who is lucky because it's format is like Star Trek - it has the benefit of being able to do an episodic or serial format without having to worry quite so much about over-arching plot because you can easily take time out and have a "Holodeck episode" or go to another planet or whatever and focus on a unique story that will be gone within the next 24-42 minutes.
I'm actually watching an American show right now, it's struggling a bit now that they've switched from that sort of episodic format to more of a focus on the "background" plot, but they're still standing. LOST did a good job with what it had to work with, too.
IN OTHER NEWS MY SONIC SCREWDRIVER ARRIVED THAT A FRIEND GOT ME FOR CHRISTMAS.
So, not to be rude, but let's keep this thread about Who appreciation or good-natured critique of it - not liking Who at the expense of whole other countries (and I'm saying that as someone who bought a DVD box set of Jeeves and Wooster).
SO ANYWAY.
Favourite Doctor ? Favourite Companion ?
I'd say 4 is my favourite doctor, and all the Rs - River, Rose, and Romana for companions. And I guess Rory, too for the hell of it.
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Well, my fav's definitely 10, and River is absolutely hilarious. Amy was great, too. (Rose bored me.)
Blink is still one of the greatest episodes of the new series. It's what eventually led to Moffat taking over from RTD as showrunner. (Which nobody minded. That whole Timelord-victorious crap was starting to get more than a little boring.)
boborone said:
Happy late bday. Wasn't sure where to post it when I saw your name at the bottom of the page.
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Thank you
StormMcCloud said:
lol the only problem with that logic is the fact that apart from a few shows like Doctor Who (and anime) the rest of the world doesn't make good movies or TV shows.
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Well, I never said the rest of the world did. Fact is they generally don't.
But the last 10 years or some the BBC makes shows with a lot more original content and plots than Hollywood does.. Think
Top Gear,
Sherlock (Don't get me started on Elementary.),
Merlin,
Robin Hood,
Torchwood (okay, that's a Dr Who spinoff.)
Parade's End (That was hilarious...),
The Office (US is a remake.),
Being Human (Again, US is a remake.),
Strike Back (US took over after S1),
Inspector Lynley Mysteries,
Life on Mars (Lol if you watched Dr Who s3's ending)..
List goes on...
Yes, the US has plenty of great shows (i'm only counting since about 2000.), but most are all either A) Character Dramas, or B) Purely Action. It's very, very rare to find a balanced show with great characters, great actors, excellently thought out plots, original ideas, good visualisation and humour. And when they do finally get one, they cancel it because it's not "What the audience needs." (*cough*, Firefly....)
And no, Game of Thrones is not a good argument, don't bother.

Leela has to be my favourite companion
Sally Sparrow would have made a great companion too.