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December 29th, 2018 at 10:47:21 AM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: Wizard
Oh, and a question for OD -- If someone threw a cup of tea over his computer would that mean:

A) He flung the tea over the monitor
B) He poured the tea on the keyboard
C) Other (explain)


Was it in a cup with a lid on it?
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December 29th, 2018 at 11:19:22 AM permalink
Wizard
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Quote: Evenbob
Was it in a cup with a lid on it?


No. A ceramic cup.
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December 29th, 2018 at 12:41:33 PM permalink
OnceDear
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Quote: Wizard
Oh, and a question for OD -- If someone threw a cup of tea over his computer would that mean:

A) He flung the tea over the monitor
B) He poured the tea on the keyboard
C) Other (explain)

The cup of tea is tea in the cup. The tea is important. the cup is secondary... unless it was fine bone china with gilt edging and elaborate pattern.
'a cup of tea' is the tea that one might find in a cup. Just as you might 'eat a can of beans' you wouldn't eat the can.

In my interpretation, He held a cup full of tea: He cast the contents of that cup towards his computer: He almost certainly did not release the empty cup: He was probably angry. As a techy guy, I object to any idiot that thinks a monitor or a keyboard is a computer :o)... Unless it's integral or one of those shitty iMacs

We brits like tea... Hot... with a splash of milk and maybe a spoonful of sugar (posh bastards have a slice of lemon :o) . At home and at work, we would drink it from a half pint mug. Tea in a cup is rather a posh treat that your maiden aunt might offer you with some salmon sandwiches (cut small with crust removed).


There are right ways and wrong ways to hold cups and mugs...

Wrong ?


Wrong ?


Correct ?



Explanation...
https://www.vahdamteas.com/blogs/news/pinky-up-or-not-is-their-a-correct-way-to-hold-a-teacup

I come from 'The Potteries' area of England where Josiah Wedgewood had his factory and where the finest tea cups were made. The best ones 'Sunday Best bone china' tea cups had handles that you could not push even your index finger through. That meant holding them was pretty tricky and it was almost essential to stick out the pinky finger and pinch the handle between index finger and thumb.
December 29th, 2018 at 12:47:02 PM permalink
Wizard
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Thanks OD! You get plenty of extra credit for such a splendid answer. Afternoon tea at the Empress in Victoria on me.
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December 29th, 2018 at 12:57:39 PM permalink
OnceDear
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Thanks OD! You get plenty of extra credit for such a splendid answer. Afternoon tea at the Empress in Victoria on me.
Are you paying for our flights too?
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December 29th, 2018 at 1:00:42 PM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: OnceDear
(posh bastards have a slice of lemon :o)


Why do Brits say 'posh' and 'brilliant'
so much. The words almost have no
meaning anymore. Especially brilliant,
every other word out of some Brits is
'brilliant'. Do they even know what
the word means?
If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
December 29th, 2018 at 1:05:04 PM permalink
OnceDear
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Quote: Evenbob
Why do Brits say 'posh' and 'brilliant'
so much. The words almost have no
meaning anymore. Especially brilliant,
every other word out of some Brits is
'brilliant'. Do they even know what
the word means?
I can't say I've noticed. Maybe it's something we only do in your company so as to piss you off.
December 29th, 2018 at 1:08:55 PM permalink
OnceDear
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Quote: OnceDear
I can't say I've noticed.
Oh... You mean like this...
https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/off-topic/off-topic/15693-2016-election/646/#post516441
Quote: EvenBob

Either Trump is brilliant or he has brilliant people
working for him. Probably both.
December 29th, 2018 at 1:16:05 PM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: OnceDear
I can't say I've noticed. Maybe it's something we only do in your company so as to piss you off.


Never met one. I see it constantly in
Youtube videos, on Brit TV and in
Brit shows. Ricky Gervais says it all
the time.

Why do people from England say brilliant so much?

https://www.quora.com/Why-do-people-from-England-say-brilliant-so-much
If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
December 29th, 2018 at 1:26:14 PM permalink
OnceDear
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Quote: Evenbob
Never met one. I see it constantly in
Youtube videos, on Brit TV and in
Brit shows. Ricky Gervais says it all
the time.

Why do people from England say brilliant so much?

https://www.quora.com/Why-do-people-from-England-say-brilliant-so-much
Ricky Gervais is the kind of wanker that gives wanking a bad name.
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