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Started by The Good Reverend Roger, May 10, 2011, 09:37:23 PM

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The Good Reverend Roger

May 10, 2011, 09:37:23 PM
Home 8. Dined and worked. Planning conquest of Iceland for next week. Shall probably be too late! Saw several broods of ducklings. "
—Alexander Cadogan, diary entry for May 4, 1940

:lulz:
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Suu

#1
May 10, 2011, 09:40:12 PM
What the...
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Luna

#2
May 10, 2011, 09:45:42 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 10, 2011, 09:37:23 PM
Home 8. Dined and worked. Planning conquest of Iceland for next week. Shall probably be too late! Saw several broods of ducklings. "
—Alexander Cadogan, diary entry for May 4, 1940

:lulz:


Didn't believe in wasting words, I suppose.
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#3
May 10, 2011, 09:55:47 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 10, 2011, 09:37:23 PM
Home 8. Dined and worked. Planning conquest of Iceland for next week. Shall probably be too late! Saw several broods of ducklings. "
—Alexander Cadogan, diary entry for May 4, 1940

:lulz:

Now that's journal writing. 

MMIX

#4
May 10, 2011, 10:31:30 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 10, 2011, 09:37:23 PM
Home 8. Dined and worked. Planning conquest of Iceland for next week. Shall probably be too late! Saw several broods of ducklings. "
—Alexander Cadogan, diary entry for May 4, 1940

:lulz:

I'm confused. Do you not have ducklings in the States?
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Richter

#5
May 11, 2011, 03:43:12 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 10, 2011, 09:37:23 PM
Home 8. Dined and worked. Planning conquest of Iceland for next week. Shall probably be too late! Saw several broods of ducklings. "
—Alexander Cadogan, diary entry for May 4, 1940

:lulz:

Translation:

I works too much.  I have grant delusions.  I self defeat!  Natural beauty stirs me, but John Bull attitude and proper speaking quashes it.

:lulz:
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on May 22, 2015, 03:00:53 AM
Anyone ever think about how Richter inhabits the same reality as you and just scream and scream and scream, but in a good way?   :lulz:

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Sir Squid Diddimus

#6
May 11, 2011, 07:56:35 AM
Home 11:20. Taco Tuesday. Laughed at pollo con banana. Family Guy. Farting.
--Squid, journal entry May 2011

Dysfunctional Cunt

#7
May 11, 2011, 02:40:31 PM
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on May 11, 2011, 07:56:35 AM
Home 11:20. Taco Tuesday. Laughed at pollo con banana. Family Guy. Farting.
--Squid, journal entry May 2011

:spittake:

Cain

#8
May 11, 2011, 02:48:27 PM
Quote from: MMIX on May 10, 2011, 10:31:30 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 10, 2011, 09:37:23 PM
Home 8. Dined and worked. Planning conquest of Iceland for next week. Shall probably be too late! Saw several broods of ducklings. "
—Alexander Cadogan, diary entry for May 4, 1940

:lulz:

I'm confused. Do you not have ducklings in the States?

:lol:

The Good Reverend Roger

#9
May 11, 2011, 03:21:01 PM
Quote from: Richter on May 11, 2011, 03:43:12 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 10, 2011, 09:37:23 PM
Home 8. Dined and worked. Planning conquest of Iceland for next week. Shall probably be too late! Saw several broods of ducklings. "
—Alexander Cadogan, diary entry for May 4, 1940

:lulz:

Translation:

I works too much.  I have grant delusions.  I self defeat!  Natural beauty stirs me, but John Bull attitude and proper speaking quashes it.

:lulz:

Funny thing:  He really WAS in charge of the invasion of iceland.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Cain

#10
May 11, 2011, 04:48:48 PM
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs during the entirety of WWII, if I recall right.  Probably the most powerful British civil servant in modern history.

The Good Reverend Roger

#11
May 11, 2011, 05:13:12 PM
Quote from: Cain on May 11, 2011, 04:48:48 PM
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs during the entirety of WWII, if I recall right.  Probably the most powerful British civil servant in modern history.

Yep.  And he sat around planning the invasion of a neutral country, imagining (incorrectly) that the Germans were about to beat him to the punch, and took the time to comment on ducklings.

REMEMBER:  There is no military situation so bad that there isn't time for a cuppa and a cucumber sammich.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Mangrove

#12
May 11, 2011, 05:29:26 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 10, 2011, 09:37:23 PM
Home 8. Dined and worked. Planning conquest of Iceland for next week. Shall probably be too late! Saw several broods of ducklings. "
—Alexander Cadogan, diary entry for May 4, 1940

:lulz:

:lol:

I had a thought recently that, the way to understand the British sense of humour is to appreciate that they:

a) Exaggerate things of little/no consequence.
b) Greatly downplay things of great importance.
c) Switch between (a) & (b).
d) Add a dash of the surreal.

British comedy is at it's best when it succeeds in striking the right balance between these features.

What makes it so? Making it so is what makes it so.

Cain

#13
May 11, 2011, 05:29:36 PM
I'm actually tempted to buy his dairies now.  I suspect we are dealing with a unique mind.
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