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Originally Posted by LazyScot
Some, on viewing this, might even have doubted Algernon and Winstanley's humanity on the basis of this observation,
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but this is definitely not intended by the authors. Honest. Trust us. We've no more idea of what's going on that you do. Heck, we're not even looking at the same realities.
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tch. or so you *claim*.
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Now had Algernon been a fan of movies, and watched such classics as The Italian Job starring Michael Caine he would probably have had an inkling as to what was happening. However he wasn’t, and so he didn't. Fortunately for at least someone.
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i feel an irrepressible urge to snicker madly. i can't think why.
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Originally Posted by LazyScot
Look, we don't want to stop you doing silliness. We were mightily impressed with your escapade involving the House of Lords, three crates of kumquats, a private member and that foreign office memo. But we really object to you doing it on our roads. We've many people who work incredibly hard to maintain the necessary levels of silliness on the highways infrastructure. You wouldn't want to put them out of work, now would you? That might mean they get upset. Remember what happened in the aftermath of your April 1st jest at our last all-hands meeting (by the way, do you want the recipe for catnip doughnuts back?)
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ah, the house of lords escapade. that was certainly a moment for the anthology.
as an occasional visitor to the lovely united kingdom, my empiric observation is that *all* transport departments in those fair isles are indeed working hard to maintain high levels of silliness, as evidenced by numerous incidents which, although minor in isolation, taken together within the space of 2 days certainly indicate a concerted effort :
- ferry delayed because the
other ferry was broken.
- train abruptly stopped in the middle of deserted countryside at 22:40 and exited by train conductor to investigate report of "something in the tunnel".
- tube station skipped with no warning or explanation...