the russians is a cultural reference to the movie burn after reading (spoiler)
at the end of the film in osbourne cox's handler palmer has to brief the cia director when asked "so, what have we learned?" and cited "the russians" as being involved, the bemused director rejoinders with "the russians?" summing up the entire nonsense of the movie. and the magpie slash wallpaper thread.
Posted By: Tombs on April 29th 2021 at 09:39:26
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- 1st (n/m) (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Apr 29, 06:03:04
- for sorrow (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 08:15:30
- 3rd (n/m) (General Chat) - MrSpud43, Apr 29, 07:05:54
- for another girl, I spose (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 08:16:38
- 2nd (n/m) (General Chat) - clem fandango, Apr 29, 06:20:42
- for joy (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 08:15:40
- 3rd (n/m) (General Chat) - Graham 21, Apr 29, 08:03:47
- for a girl (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 08:15:51
- 4th. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Apr 29, 06:36:13
- 5th (n/m) (General Chat) - Norman Panic MP, Apr 29, 09:33:46
- 6th (n/m) (General Chat) - Norman Panic MP, Apr 29, 11:08:00
- for silver (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 09:34:47
- I mean, to be fair, Jumbo should have got a kiss for his 9 (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 09:35:35
- for a boy (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 08:16:06
- 9th (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Apr 29, 07:22:23
- for a nice magpie pie (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 08:16:23
- I went to a Richard Herring gig where he did a whole routine about that magpie rhyme (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 08:55:16
- POSH PAWS 🦕 (n/m) (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Apr 29, 10:07:30
- I have a very tame couple of blackbirds (General Chat) - Old Splat, Apr 29, 09:46:14
- i've got a little robin garden buddy (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 29, 09:52:17
- Good stuff. There's a robin always fiddling about (General Chat) - Old Splat, Apr 29, 10:01:25
- They are terrorists (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Apr 29, 09:46:55
- i've got a little robin garden buddy (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 29, 09:52:17
- I tell them to shut the eff up. They make such a loud hideous noise (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Apr 29, 09:44:47
- Fucking covid (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 09:47:08
- Don’t you mean Corvid? (n/m) (General Chat) - Norman Panic MP, Apr 29, 11:09:03
- No need to crow (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 11:24:48
- tbf, the australian magpies would probably try to kill you (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Apr 29, 09:56:45
- Don’t you mean Corvid? (n/m) (General Chat) - Norman Panic MP, Apr 29, 11:09:03
- Have you tried saluting them? (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:46:25
- Ah, no I haven't. Will give it a try. Thanks magpie tech support! (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Apr 29, 09:50:31
- Fucking covid (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 09:47:08
- wallpaper advisory (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 29, 09:15:32
- Did Boris's decorator just not know about that store then? (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:27:48
- the russians is a cultural reference to the movie burn after reading (spoiler) (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 29, 09:39:26
- Thank you. I am learning a lot this morning. (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:44:40
- Chispy's going to have a shock when he returns from his morning constitutional (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Apr 29, 09:59:50
- Magpie wallpaper? I'm in, thirty rolls please, should do for the second drawing room (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 09:44:22
- Thank you. I am learning a lot this morning. (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:44:40
- the russians is a cultural reference to the movie burn after reading (spoiler) (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 29, 09:39:26
- Did Boris's decorator just not know about that store then? (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:27:48
- 01 if you're outside London 811 8055 (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 09:05:14
- It took SO LONG to dial all those numbers! It took AGES for the zero to get back to the (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:18:29
- which makes the choice of 999 as the emergency number seem a bit retarded (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 29, 09:19:19
- Absolutely ridiculous choice of numbers. (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:28:30
- The problem with 111 (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 09:34:23
- Well fancy! Another thing I've learned. (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:48:35
- The problem with 111 (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 09:34:23
- Absolutely ridiculous choice of numbers. (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:28:30
- which makes the choice of 999 as the emergency number seem a bit retarded (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 29, 09:19:19
- It took SO LONG to dial all those numbers! It took AGES for the zero to get back to the (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:18:29
- ooh ooh, we do a salute & say good morning your worship (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Apr 29, 09:04:21
- Yes please Jumbo! I'd love to see that. I had such a happy couple of (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:20:57
- the officially approved way to greet a lone magpie is as follows... (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 29, 09:18:17
- and the collective noun for a group of magpies is a ‘mischief’ of magpies (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 29, 09:22:49
- I went to a Richard Herring gig where he did a whole routine about that magpie rhyme (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 08:55:16
- for a nice magpie pie (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 08:16:23
- 5th (n/m) (General Chat) - Norman Panic MP, Apr 29, 09:33:46
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