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i didnt imagine them having names. i didnt think they were real. the same goes for my codename is milo. it exists only on posters, and, perhaps, in clothes stores with carhartt tshirts

― *@*.* (gareth), Thursday, 25 November 2004 14:49 (twenty-one years ago)

that's yourcodenameismilo. get with it, *@*.*.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 25 November 2004 15:05 (twenty-one years ago)

How do I seduce Foxy British Girl? I don't know much about her. She is an "activist" and looks vaguely indie. She is from somewhere around Manchester, a smaller town. Also, she hot.

― Sonny, Ah!!1 (Sonny A.), Thursday, 25 November 2004 15:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I work in a clothes store, with carhartt t-shirts. We have the Kasabian album but I assure you I will never play it.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 25 November 2004 15:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Dave supported Kasabian! Apparently they are kindly, maybe twee.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 25 November 2004 15:32 (twenty-one years ago)

lauren, well, whoever they are, they are silly.

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 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm leaving now. time for the pool. i will call you after exercising, and the real fun will begin.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 25 November 2004 16:09 (twenty-one years ago)

gareth, you never sent me your address so i can mail you five american dollars.

HI LAUREN HAPPY TURKEY DAY

― Ian John50n (orion), Thursday, 25 November 2004 16:11 (twenty-one years ago)

i dont have an address:(

perhaps i may see you in new york, soon

― *@*.* (gareth), Thursday, 25 November 2004 16:12 (twenty-one years ago)

perhaps! keep noize dudes continually updated on your travel schedule.

― Ian John50n (orion), Thursday, 25 November 2004 16:16 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought you were coming back to SF. Don't bitch out!

― adam... (nordicskilla), Thursday, 25 November 2004 16:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I am pretty sure Kasabian has never been played, in my absence or otherwise.

we need more Underground Resistance though.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 25 November 2004 17:38 (twenty-one years ago)

a sweetmeat link (sfw) which will make you even more confused.

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 (twenty-one years ago)

I talked to girl with Midlands accent, it was a tough one to handle but she was a sweety. What about Birmingham? The forgotten industrial craptown?

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 25 November 2004 18:20 (twenty-one years ago)

i am coming back to sf, i think, in the spring.

birmingham is not good

― *@*.* (gareth), Thursday, 25 November 2004 18:45 (twenty-one years ago)

three months pass...

dear britishes,
my friend is studying in cantaabury next year and is confused about buying weed in a country that uses the metric sysrtem... what should i tell her?

― Sonny, Ah!!1 (Sonny A.), Thursday, 10 March 2005 19:18 (twenty-one years ago)

When I was young it was about 15 punds for an eighth. Who know what it is now! I heard tabs of acid were going for like over ten pounds!

― Senior Executive/CEO (nordicskilla), Thursday, 10 March 2005 19:22 (twenty-one years ago)

acid is hard to find.

― Ian John50n (orion), Thursday, 10 March 2005 20:10 (twenty-one years ago)

w3rd. i cant wait till jazz fest 4 this drought to end

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Thursday, 10 March 2005 20:19 (twenty-one years ago)

last time i did acid i ended up wandering around washington square park at 5:30 in the morning WAITING FOR THE SCRABBLE PLAYERS TO SHOW UP.

I eventually gave up and went home.

― Ian John50n (orion), Thursday, 10 March 2005 20:22 (twenty-one years ago)

acid is hard to find

i dont really smoke dope

why not just take pills, like the rest of us?

― charltonlido (gareth), Thursday, 10 March 2005 20:50 (twenty-one years ago)

i like the thrills (not the band) but can't stand the bellyaches.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 10 March 2005 20:51 (twenty-one years ago)

also, matt dc went to university in canterbury, you should ask him

― this kentish weald (gareth), Thursday, 10 March 2005 20:53 (twenty-one years ago)

I almost went for teh film studies program at the university of kent at canterbury or some such.

― Senior Executive/CEO (nordicskilla), Thursday, 10 March 2005 21:11 (twenty-one years ago)

people still ask for an ounce here right?

― Sven Bastard (blueski), Friday, 11 March 2005 12:06 (twenty-one years ago)

four years pass...

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 (seventeen years ago)

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 (seventeen years ago)

three years pass...

http://gifsoup.com/view3/1618417/why-so-serius-federico-o.gif

― the late great, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 05:09 (thirteen years ago)

eight years pass...

WTF with replacing # with £ sign?

― Planck Generation (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 14:23 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

# 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 (four years ago)

but i have never seen it used to denote pounds, as in the currency

― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 16:57 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

^^^ I use the # for that a lot, because I think it looks good

― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 19:59 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

one year passes...

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 (three years ago)

So they mean English place names not British place names.

― Fronted by a bearded Phil Collins (Tom D.), Thursday, 10 November 2022 18:42 (three years ago)

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