― why do old people and old users of ILX such bastardos (deangulberry), Thursday, 30 September 2004 19:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Little Lord Travolta (nordicskilla), Thursday, 30 September 2004 19:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 30 September 2004 21:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sonny, Ah!!1 (Sonny A.), Thursday, 30 September 2004 21:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian c=====8 (orion), Thursday, 30 September 2004 21:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 30 September 2004 21:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― the great doxology of heckmondwike town (gareth), Thursday, 30 September 2004 23:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― the great doxology of heckmondwike town (gareth), Thursday, 30 September 2004 23:59 (nineteen years ago) link
i was going to ask, about him, about the terry durham, but then, i rememebered, he was on the mp3 player
it was an archos
― the great doxology of heckmondwike town (gareth), Friday, 1 October 2004 00:00 (nineteen years ago) link
the conductor on the amtrak, at a different time, said not to tell him how to do his job. he was facing the wrong way though, and didnt know of terry durham. we kept schtum though. you would have too, i know
― the great doxology of heckmondwike town (gareth), Friday, 1 October 2004 00:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 1 October 2004 02:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Bitter Tears Of Little Lord Travolta (nordicskilla), Friday, 1 October 2004 02:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 1 October 2004 02:12 (nineteen years ago) link
there is a giant santa with a space shuttle sticking out of his head, atop manchester city hall
i bought a book of west yorkshire collieries. the miners strike can never be forgotten, it was the death of the working class in england, pillaged by the scum tories
― the todmorden tor (gareth), Thursday, 25 November 2004 11:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― adam... (nordicskilla), Thursday, 25 November 2004 13:30 (nineteen years ago) link
why do british people like k45Ab1An?
― *@*.* (gareth), Thursday, 25 November 2004 14:25 (nineteen years ago) link
I saw their records a lot when I was in London. And I kept hearing that terrible Scissors Sisters song.
― adam... (nordicskilla), Thursday, 25 November 2004 14:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― adam... (nordicskilla), Thursday, 25 November 2004 14:31 (nineteen years ago) link
i heard that terrible scissor sisters song out too, the other night.
manchester is not noise.
i am conflicted about manchester
― *@*.* (gareth), Thursday, 25 November 2004 14:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 25 November 2004 14:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― *@*.* (gareth), Thursday, 25 November 2004 14:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 25 November 2004 15:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sonny, Ah!!1 (Sonny A.), Thursday, 25 November 2004 15:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 25 November 2004 15:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 25 November 2004 15:32 (nineteen years ago) link
sonny, get her to drink many cans of sparks, then mumble some crap
ronan, you see, my point is proved. but, when you are not in the store, they say, "has he gone yet?" "yes, i think so", and then they put the kasabian cd on. they like it too. you should think abuot that
gravel, i have no point to make, but i didnt want you to feel left out. lets talk about porter wagoner and underground resistance
― *@*.* (gareth), Thursday, 25 November 2004 15:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 25 November 2004 16:09 (nineteen years ago) link
HI LAUREN HAPPY TURKEY DAY
― Ian John50n (orion), Thursday, 25 November 2004 16:11 (nineteen years ago) link
perhaps i may see you in new york, soon
― *@*.* (gareth), Thursday, 25 November 2004 16:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Thursday, 25 November 2004 16:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― adam... (nordicskilla), Thursday, 25 November 2004 16:56 (nineteen years ago) link
we need more Underground Resistance though.
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 25 November 2004 17:38 (nineteen years ago) link
I think it's this concoction made of raisins, shredded nuts, spices etc, also known as "sweetmince" which is cooked into little pastry pies. Or perhaps it's little home-made sweets, marzipans etc. One of those 2 things, anyway.
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 25 November 2004 17:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 25 November 2004 18:20 (nineteen years ago) link
birmingham is not good
― *@*.* (gareth), Thursday, 25 November 2004 18:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sonny, Ah!!1 (Sonny A.), Thursday, 10 March 2005 19:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Senior Executive/CEO (nordicskilla), Thursday, 10 March 2005 19:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Thursday, 10 March 2005 20:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Thursday, 10 March 2005 20:19 (nineteen years ago) link
I eventually gave up and went home.
― Ian John50n (orion), Thursday, 10 March 2005 20:22 (nineteen years ago) link
i dont really smoke dope
why not just take pills, like the rest of us?
― charltonlido (gareth), Thursday, 10 March 2005 20:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 10 March 2005 20:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― this kentish weald (gareth), Thursday, 10 March 2005 20:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Senior Executive/CEO (nordicskilla), Thursday, 10 March 2005 21:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sven Bastard (blueski), Friday, 11 March 2005 12:06 (nineteen years ago) link
hi britishes
is "the telegraph" a real newspaper?
maybe there is a "british english" translation problem?
please help me understand this article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/5009465/YouTube-spammed-by-US-Congressmen.html
"cheers,"
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Wednesday, 18 March 2009 17:08 (fifteen years ago) link
yes, the telegraph is a real newspaper. apart from that can't help you.
― Blackout Crew are the Beatles of donk (jim), Wednesday, 18 March 2009 17:16 (fifteen years ago) link
http://gifsoup.com/view3/1618417/why-so-serius-federico-o.gif
― the late great, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 05:09 (twelve years ago) link
WTF with replacing # with £ sign?
― Planck Generation (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 14:23 (three years ago) link
I don't know why anyone would replace a hash with a pound sign sorry
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 14:40 (three years ago) link
# was used (and maybe is still used somewhere) to denote pounds, as in the weight, and is still referred to generally as "the pound sign" when you are calling an automated phone line in the uk
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 16:57 (three years ago) link
but i have never seen it used to denote pounds, as in the currency
On my mac keyboard they're both above the three (# is alt+3, £ is shift+3), so could it be an accident? Otherwise I'd guess jim's explanation of "pound sign" is correct.
(Also it's called an octothorpe really)
― emil.y, Wednesday, 14 July 2021 17:01 (three years ago) link
On reflection I want to take back my parenthetical prescriptivist remark. One of its technical names is the octothorpe, which is a good name and a fun thing to know, but that doesn't mean it is the only thing that it is "really" called.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 14 July 2021 17:04 (three years ago) link
is still referred to generally as "the pound sign" when you are calling an automated phone line in the uk
is this true? not in my experience, it's usually called Hash
― bovarism, Wednesday, 14 July 2021 17:09 (three years ago) link
oooooh, you know what, i think youre right and it's called the pound sign here (canada)
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 17:18 (three years ago) link
yeah never encountered it being called anything apart from a hash until I left the UK
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 17:23 (three years ago) link
I've heard automated phone lines - with English accents - refer to it as 'pound'.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 17:56 (three years ago) link
I've never in my life heard it described as a pound sign, or used in reference to weights.
― Wouldn't disgrace a Michael Jackson (Tom D.), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 19:38 (three years ago) link
Also the use of it to denote number, #1 or #9, is an American thing fwiw.
― Wouldn't disgrace a Michael Jackson (Tom D.), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 19:42 (three years ago) link
^^^ I use the # for that a lot, because I think it looks good
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 19:59 (three years ago) link
So do I, it's neater, but I remember the first time I saw it used liked that not really knowing what it was - that was a long time ago though!
― Wouldn't disgrace a Michael Jackson (Tom D.), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 20:00 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYNzqgU7na4
― Me and the Major on the Moon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 10 November 2022 18:28 (one year ago) link
So they mean English place names not British place names.
― Fronted by a bearded Phil Collins (Tom D.), Thursday, 10 November 2022 18:42 (one year ago) link