Illuminati-R-Us

The character who says that line is based on a UK spin doctor.

James Gandolfini is in it.

I have lost track of whose quote it is, so to keep things rolling along: "Within your 'purview'? Where do you think you are, some fucking regency costume drama? This is a government department, not some fucking Jane fucking Austen novel! Allow me to pop a jaunty little bonnet on your purview an...

Le Tour went along the valley beneath it yesterday and the tv helicopter did a flyby of this place.

Mactep, I would be jealous but I spend my time on cablecars counting heads and dividing the load limit by that, then checking for fatties . . .

How good does this look?

Ok, I can't see what I've done wrong with the link.

Fixed. -Lance

I watched the moon landing in a holiday cottage in Durisdeer in Dumfries and Galloway. Some years later Neil Armstrong visited the village as it is claimed that is where his scottish ancesters lived. ETA: The BBC article refers to them as "Mr Armstrong, Mr Aldrin and Mr Collins". How odd. ...

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking.

Enzo wrote:Firth of Forth, meet Seventh of Nine.

And you you sail past North Berwick you are furth of the Firth of Forth. :D

Well he rode it out (in a manner of speaking) and didn't have to resign.

I'm not sure how happy Mrs M is these days.

I thought the US was who the "we" was supposed to be in your post. In any event, of the others that come to mind, only Heid has nuclear weapons, Halcyon Dayz and Arneb don't. We don't, the UK does. As soon as we fire the explosive bolts and drift off into the North Atlantic we'll be free ...

Dragon Star wrote:Well IMO we aught to bomb the hell out of the middle east period ourselves, the place just sucks...as do the majority of the people.

It's that benchmark thing again isn't it?

Lance wrote:What the hell are they hitting?

They seem to be strapping explosives to a sledgehammer, then strking a metal plate to ensure a good, clean detonation.

Ninetythree

. . . but I laugh out loud at the end.

A hammer with explosives strapped to it.

Hey, you still see places up in the hills that look like what you would expect hillbillies to live in. Except for the satellite antena's. And hill people are very patriotic, as you drive through rural areas you see lot's of flags, Confederate mostly. There is a house I pass when I drive up to Mena,...

Some people didn't want a memrial to something negative? What an odd view.

Seven

No idea, so I'll guess:

ET?

Dragon Star wrote:T . . . simply fail as a world benchmark.

You do realise that that isn't how people, even people friendly to the US, see you?

It sound slike it pre-dates the various councils of Nicea if it has extra bits.

"Peter will sell us out to the Romans! Thomas is our leader . . ." I always liked those books.

I didn't want to name it as I'd just used another quote in the "Movie Quotes" thread. :D

Correct.

Changing the theme, as the Tour de France is on:

Character 1:Hey! Are you really gonna shave your legs?
Character 2: Certo! All the Italians do it.
Character 3: Ah. Some country. The women don't shave theirs.

It reminded me of a line in a film "Bring me American food, I want French fries!".

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen ?

In Venice I heard a US tourist say "Of course the only good restaurant is the Hard Rock Cafe." Most of the other US tourists in earshot winced.