i.e. SCC is f**ked in this argument, and can't find a way out.

Posted By: Yellalee on March 25th 2010 at 15:44:12

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I need help oh wise Wroth (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 15:21:26
- "in your opinion" (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 25, 16:31:34
- all eventualities safeguarded (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Mar 25, 15:58:11
  - can't argue with that (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:59:19
    - or "backs are covered" (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:00:07
      - fuck it, I'll just delete that text and pretend this never happened (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 16:04:51
        
        we've moved on to films now (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:05:26
        
        did you watch the dolphins? (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:27:13
        
        no (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:28:47
        
        just watch it ffs (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:29:58
- Teflon? Arse covered? Lillywhite? (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Mar 25, 15:56:30
- A bird in the hand is worth one up the bum no babies till May is out. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Mar 25, 15:47:24
- invincible (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:29:09
- cover your arse (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Mar 25, 15:28:00
  - that's what one would say (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 15:30:21
    - cover one's posterior? (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Mar 25, 15:35:42
- all greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:26:35
  - only mugs go green (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:27:04
    - the incredible hulk ain't no mug (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:28:05
- I am fully comp (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:23:20
- Up shit creek with a pair of paddles and an outboard motor (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 25, 15:23:05
- watch your back (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:22:20
  - yes, Watch your back, that's it (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 15:25:01
    - lol (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:25:15
      - I'm afraid not Charles (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 15:29:38
        
        all fronts blocked? (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:31:25
- all your bases covered? (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 25, 15:21:52
  - that one anticiapates all possibilities (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:25:50
    - I know (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 25, 15:28:14
      - that's why it's correct (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 15:32:35
        
        but you said it makes you immune (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:34:35
        
        by being covered you are immune you thicko (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:35:37
        
        He seems to getting pwned on an almost daily basis at the moment (General Chat) - Huge Small, Mar 25, 15:41:29
        
        lolfage (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 15:48:09
        
        but that's not the same thing as covering all bases (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:37:17
        
        listen to me (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:42:26
        
        being prepared isn't having your back covered (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:46:37
        
        having your back covered is how it's termed in spanish (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 15:49:32
        
        but that's an english term too (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:51:13
        
        and there you have the strength and weakness of Spanish in a nutshell (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 16:02:47
        
        i've never been able to learn other languages (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:05:01
        
        I firmly believe that this is because language teaching at school is totally inefficient (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 16:16:41
        
        how do you teach yourself? (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:17:48
        
        probably not, might help though (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 16:22:05
        
        these old italian managers don't seem to be doing too bad (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:23:21
        
        paying for top class private lessons from expensive language insitutes though (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 16:28:33
        
        English is everywhere (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:26:49
        
        even if i went to italy (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:28:17
        
        with that attitude...no chance (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 25, 16:36:44
        
        probably not (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:29:25
        
        na, just need to avoid twats who speak english (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 16:31:26
        
        or medication (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:30:26
        
        has your english improved much this year? (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:20:08
        
        loool (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:20:41
        
        or taught at a young age (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:05:31
        
        I understand that when learning a foreign language after a certain age (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 16:14:43
        
        sure does (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:16:10
        
        agreed (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 16:18:21
        
        I how so too (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:50:55
        
        by definition, if you are prepared your back is covered (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:47:32
        
        no (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:49:32
        
        Well if we have all our bases and our backs covered (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 25, 15:50:52
        
        yeah if we have our backs covered we'll fucking kill em (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:51:52
        
        having your back covered does not make you immune to a nuclear bomb (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:50:42
        
        if does if the cover is nuclear bomb proof (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:52:52
        
        Norwich City can be prepared for the Leeds match (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:54:10
        
        impossible (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:55:42
        
        just highlights the poor standard of English education when you were studying, imo (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 25, 15:57:34
        
        you'll notice no grade was mentioned (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:58:25
        
        for good reason (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:00:08
        
        a B is nothing special in my o (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:00:36
        
        but if they did that they wouldn't have prepared well enough (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 25, 15:57:22
        
        preparing and executing that preparation are different beasts (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:58:45
        
        in your opinion (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 25, 15:59:57
        
        was sound ta (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:02:09
        
        just accept it's Lost in Translation (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:59:36
        
        yeah i did say it was ambiguous (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:01:52
        
        nothing was happening (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:02:40
        
        beautifully filmed and acted (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:03:33
        
        possibly one of the 3 greatest films of all time (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 25, 16:00:48
        
        in your opinion (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:01:33
        
        that seems the way with that film (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 25, 16:03:38
        
        Into The Wild wins that award (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:06:19
        
        great film (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:08:56
        
        yeah nice (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 25, 16:07:26
        
        did you visit San Pedro when in Worzel land? (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:15:41
        
        I did but got stuck in the cunting place for a few days (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 25, 16:23:09
        
        We were stuck there for days on end too (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:26:05
        
        although running down the sand dunes was a lot of fun (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 25, 16:23:46
        
        most people pass the time by drinking in those wild west saloon type bars (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 16:30:41
        
        I read a couple of books and watched some films (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 25, 16:35:01
        
        what about mescaline? (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 16:55:04
        
        alaska looks brilliant (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:09:44
        
        having flown over it and stopped off at the airport there (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 25, 16:11:10
        
        isn't it dark for a lot of the year? (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:12:26
        
        not sure (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 25, 16:14:33
        
        no that would be benjamin fucking button (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:02:34
        
        genuine LOL (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:04:45
        
        vvvvv (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:59:06
        
        you've seen the porn version as well? (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 25, 16:03:50
        
        no (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:10:06
        
        no, that's a class film (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:03:01
        
        you have no idea what humans can achieve (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:57:13
        
        or, one might say, you have insured against conceding a run (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 25, 15:45:30
        
        anyway the phrase was having your back covered (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:39:53
        
        it's because phrases in other languages can't necessarily be translated literally (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 15:39:05
        
        the whole world should just speak english (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:40:34
        
        Alright. You first (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 25, 15:41:32
        
        lollers (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:43:02
        
        lol (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:41:53
        
        do you know where the term 'cover all you bases' comes from? (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 25, 15:38:48
        
        All your base are belong to us (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 25, 15:41:44
        
        cue frantic googling by SCC (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 15:40:11
        
        yes (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:40:06
        
        so why are you arguing then? (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 25, 15:40:34
        
        because worzel was talking about having your back covered (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:41:22
        
        i know - but covering all your bases can mean the same thing. Which you know, if you (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 25, 15:42:04
        
        which is why I've already added it into the text, thanks Lee, job done (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 15:46:44
        
        glad to be have service (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 25, 15:48:55
        
        it comes from rugby (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:43:36
        
        it's all very ambiguous (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:43:27
        
        i.e. SCC is fucked in this argument, and can't find a way out. (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 25, 15:44:12
        
        Indeed and the demise continues (General Chat) - The Demise Of SCC, Mar 25, 15:48:41
        
        no i've explained it in full (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:45:28
        
        of course. (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 25, 15:45:59
        
        you can see how it goes to the edge of the screen now can't you? (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:46:44
        
        rofl (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:47:43
        
        fuck me, my F5 button is no longer visable from the wear (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:48:17
        
        English is dying slowly (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:43:52
        
        tbf imo (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:44:05
  - aha! that's the one I couldn't think of (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 15:23:48
    - only ones that go into corporate buzzword bullshit bingo. (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 25, 15:25:29
      - that's ok, go for it (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 15:29:05
      - we need to brainstorm guys (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:27:26

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