Aside from her being funny (which she is) I always loved your mentions of Johanna in your recaps, because it just made it all so regular. I also liked when Sars or one of the other TWoP writers/mods would comment in another writer's recap.
What's the origin of this phrasing, btw? I picked it up from Don & Mike, but I assume they were riffing on something else.
I have no clue. Who/what is/are Don & Mike. I can hear Xander saying something like it in my head, but that could just be the voices.
Narrator, please to be using the account the clarrificus set up for you. You know the one...
I looked. It confuzzled me. There's strange pictures and someone is talking British. And on today of all days, I ain't truckin' wit' dat.
New day.
Take
that,
independence!
A quote from English naval officer Frederick Marryat, in 1837: "The Americans may have great reason to be proud of this day and of the deeds of their forefathers, but why do they get so confoundedly drunk?"
New day.
Same old confusion.
A quote from English naval officer Frederick Marryat, in 1837: "The Americans may have great reason to be proud of this day and of the deeds of their forefathers, but why do they get so confoundedly drunk?"
Since when do we need a reason? Silly Brits. No wonder we threw them out.
Since when do we need a reason? Silly Brits. No wonder we threw them out.
Actually, he seems to have come round to that way of thinking. The quote finishes with "There is something grand in the idea of a national intoxication." Of course, first he wonders why the nation celebrates its independence by becoming wholly dependent on posts and rails for support.
"There is something grand in the idea of a national intoxication."
So he went and founded Australia, the end.
So he went and founded Australia, the end.
I saw The Daily Show last night, with Jon Stewart noting that the US did not make the final 16 at the World Cup, while Australia did. Or as he put it, "The drunken us".) But he did note that there was no shame in losing to one of West Africa's least malnourished nations.
bt, that's below the belt.
To make up for it, send us Harry Kewell. Preferably with a better haircut, preferably dipped in chocolate.