A Bunch of Fives (New Challenge Thread)
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So someone kick this off
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Cheers mate. Sitting here with a glass of white listening to "Mummer" by XTC. Rock and roll.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Think we were gonna get a list of participants and kick it off in alphabetical order? Remember when we did a revolving guest slot in the top 5 thread and no one could ever remember who was next? But chaos is good too.
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BitterTom, unless we have an ArseBiscuits, is probably first.
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Do numbers like "101" not come first?revbob wrote: ↑17 Aug 2020, 6:47pmBitterTom, unless we have an ArseBiscuits, is probably first.
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Numbers pfft what is this math class?Heston wrote: ↑17 Aug 2020, 6:50pmDo numbers like "101" not come first?revbob wrote: ↑17 Aug 2020, 6:47pmBitterTom, unless we have an ArseBiscuits, is probably first.
It will just be a list of songs related to his first 5 sexual experiences anyway which is a crap shoot at best.
And then there's the whole time travel aspect.
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It's not just American. It's American southern idiom. It implies a shade of "this is possible, but not 100%"
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Oh, I totally got what it meant...which is worrying.
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I can hear you!revbob wrote: ↑17 Aug 2020, 6:54pmNumbers pfft what is this math class?Heston wrote: ↑17 Aug 2020, 6:50pmDo numbers like "101" not come first?revbob wrote: ↑17 Aug 2020, 6:47pmBitterTom, unless we have an ArseBiscuits, is probably first.
It will just be a list of songs related to his first 5 sexual experiences anyway which is a crap shoot at best.
And then there's the whole time travel aspect.
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Heston wrote: ↑17 Aug 2020, 7:08pmOh, I totally got what it meant...which is worrying.
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I should add that it also depends on the context. If you ask a southerner directly if they’ll do something and they say they “might could do it,” there’s a very good chance they don’t want to do it and are looking for a way out without having to say no. Or they might need persuading. You kind of need context clues then.
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Oh, I totally get that as well...which is worrying.Wolter wrote: ↑17 Aug 2020, 7:37pmI should add that it also depends on the context. If you ask a southerner directly if they’ll do something and they say they “might could do it,” there’s a very good chance they don’t want to do it and are looking for a way out without having to say no. Or they might need persuading. You kind of need context clues then.
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Bless your heart.Wolter wrote: ↑17 Aug 2020, 7:37pmI should add that it also depends on the context. If you ask a southerner directly if they’ll do something and they say they “might could do it,” there’s a very good chance they don’t want to do it and are looking for a way out without having to say no. Or they might need persuading. You kind of need context clues then.
(There is something weirdly and sympathetically Canadian about proper Southern culture's reluctance to be straightforward. We're just averse to human contact; you're wary of being forced into an honour duel.)
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Sounds a bit like the NZ expression ‘yeah nah’.Heston wrote: ↑17 Aug 2020, 7:43pmOh, I totally get that as well...which is worrying.Wolter wrote: ↑17 Aug 2020, 7:37pmI should add that it also depends on the context. If you ask a southerner directly if they’ll do something and they say they “might could do it,” there’s a very good chance they don’t want to do it and are looking for a way out without having to say no. Or they might need persuading. You kind of need context clues then.