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Re: The Julie Andrews appreciation thread
Posted: 20 Feb 2011, 00:26
by SoGone
LOL, from now on I refer to it as "having a Barcelays."
Re: The Julie Andrews appreciation thread
Posted: 20 Feb 2011, 10:19
by mark

see, I am teaching you new things EVERY day!!!!

Re: The Julie Andrews appreciation thread
Posted: 20 Feb 2011, 13:39
by SoGone
It's the English disease, the bizarre words and terms you have for things...

Re: The Julie Andrews appreciation thread
Posted: 20 Feb 2011, 16:11
by mark
You love it!!!!

Look up 'cockney rhyming slang' on wiki or google it or something for more oddities!!!!.....
Re: The Julie Andrews appreciation thread
Posted: 20 Feb 2011, 16:31
by SoGone
I did, a long time ago, back when I was discovering Parklife and the meaning of the Smiths' "Rank."
It made me want to cry.
Re: The Julie Andrews appreciation thread
Posted: 21 Feb 2011, 10:00
by mark
why??!!!!!.....

Re: The Julie Andrews appreciation thread
Posted: 21 Feb 2011, 14:43
by SoGone
Because it's so confusing and ridiculous and random. You could make up completely stupid things like this one I thought up while typing this post:
"He's a good mouse."
You see, there's a phrase "mouse pad," which rhymes with "lad"...
Re: The Julie Andrews appreciation thread
Posted: 21 Feb 2011, 19:03
by SoGone
Watching this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mdf5pMu7cE
...has convinced me that Damon Albarn should star as Burt in a remake of Mary Poppins. He's got the jumping-around-while-on-speed bit down pat, and I'm no 'Enry 'Iggins, but I'm guessing his Cockney is better too.