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Sorry, Brits - "Daft Twerp" Doesn't Begin to Cover It
October 20, 2017 at 12:37 pm
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http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-41695667
Quote:Conservative backbencher Nicholas Soames, grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, responded to Mr Trump's tweet by calling the US president a "daft twerp" who needed to "fix gun control."
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RE: Sorry, Brits - "Daft Twerp" Doesn't Begin to Cover It
October 20, 2017 at 12:41 pm
Understatement. Takes a little getting used to but very British.
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RE: Sorry, Brits - "Daft Twerp" Doesn't Begin to Cover It
October 20, 2017 at 12:45 pm
Well, it's your language but dumbass, greasy, dumb-as-a-rock, lying motherfucker gets closer to the reality of the WLB.
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RE: Sorry, Brits - "Daft Twerp" Doesn't Begin to Cover It
October 20, 2017 at 12:50 pm
Nah, I'm a Murican and fluid in brash talk and description is spot on.
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RE: Sorry, Brits - "Daft Twerp" Doesn't Begin to Cover It
October 20, 2017 at 2:03 pm
(October 20, 2017 at 12:41 pm)Whateverist Wrote: Understatement. Takes a little getting used to but very British.
The milder the insult the deeper it is meant....its a british thing.
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RE: Sorry, Brits - "Daft Twerp" Doesn't Begin to Cover It
October 20, 2017 at 2:34 pm
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(October 20, 2017 at 2:03 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: (October 20, 2017 at 12:41 pm)Whateverist Wrote: Understatement. Takes a little getting used to but very British.
The milder the insult the deeper it is meant....its a british thing.
Why spend longer thinking up non-repetitive ways to express your emotion when you can just understate?
It's almost German in its efficiency.
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RE: Sorry, Brits - "Daft Twerp" Doesn't Begin to Cover It
October 20, 2017 at 2:57 pm
Because subtlety is lost on stupid people? Just a guess.
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RE: Sorry, Brits - "Daft Twerp" Doesn't Begin to Cover It
October 20, 2017 at 3:06 pm
(October 20, 2017 at 12:37 pm)Minimalist Wrote: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-41695667
Quote:Conservative backbencher Nicholas Soames, grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, responded to Mr Trump's tweet by calling the US president a "daft twerp" who needed to "fix gun control."
To be honest there with Soames, that's a huge case of the pot calling the kettle black.
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RE: Sorry, Brits - "Daft Twerp" Doesn't Begin to Cover It
October 20, 2017 at 4:03 pm
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RE: Sorry, Brits - "Daft Twerp" Doesn't Begin to Cover It
October 21, 2017 at 2:26 pm
(October 20, 2017 at 2:03 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: (October 20, 2017 at 12:41 pm)Whateverist Wrote: Understatement. Takes a little getting used to but very British.
The milder the insult the deeper it is meant....its a british thing.
Exactly. Telling someone, 'You're a worthless, useless cuntflake who couldn't manage his way out of an eiderdown quilt without a guide book and a team of fucking sherpas' might get you a dirty look, while, 'Not quite up to scratch at this, are you, mate' could cost you some teeth.
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