#157041 - 24/04/2003 15:10
Mr. Brain's for real?
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Okay, this got passed around at work today, and you know... joke websites are usually pretty easy to tell, but I dunno about those Brits. Is this for real?
http://www.mrbrainsfaggots.com
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#157042 - 24/04/2003 15:18
Re: Mr. Brain's for real?
[Re: canuckInOR]
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It's real.
faggot's are english for big meatballs 
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#157044 - 24/04/2003 15:25
Re: Mr. Brain's for real?
[Re: canuckInOR]
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Brains doesn't translate to American?
There must be a joke in there somewhere 
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#157045 - 24/04/2003 15:30
Re: Mr. Brain's for real?
[Re: canuckInOR]
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What does!. An American friend of mine always requests if I get things for me posted to his house that I get it addressed to 'Randy Bugger'. Which in American isn't funny or anything, but in English is.
Many years ago now, I was in the states (before I leart to speak American) and said to a co-worker "I'm really pissed". About 30mins later he came over and asked what I was upset for
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#157046 - 24/04/2003 16:28
Re: Mr. Brain's for real?
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I always thought it meant a bundle of sticks. Or in some cases a pack of cigarettes.
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#157047 - 24/04/2003 17:05
Re: Mr. Brain's for real?
[Re: canuckInOR]
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Not that this is what you were talking about at all, but I thought that I'd point out that http://www.howstuffworks.com/'s Marshall Brain really is named Marshall Brain. I've been to a party at his house and even seen his driver's license (unsurprisingly, many folks don't believe that's his real name, so I think that's a farily common occurrance). He was the instructor in my first college programming course, and one of the better teachers I've ever had. He did make us call him Marshall, though, and not Mr. Brain.
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#157048 - 25/04/2003 00:59
Re: Mr. Brain's for real?
[Re: canuckInOR]
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Well, according to this link, it appears to be "kosher", even if the product is not.
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#157049 - 25/04/2003 02:15
Re: Mr. Brain's for real?
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Dammit, I missed the program.... 
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#157050 - 25/04/2003 02:42
Re: Mr. Brain's for real?
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Cigarettes are usually referred to as "fags", rather than faggots. It's probably just shortened, though.
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#157051 - 25/04/2003 12:23
Re: Mr. Brain's for real?
[Re: skibum]
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said to a co-worker "I'm really pissed". About 30mins later he came over and asked what I was upset for
Reminds me of the time we went to the UK for a global conference. My co-worker said something to the effect that he's "not a lush like Chrissie." He meant he doesn't drink as much as she does, the Brits thought he wasn't as "loose" as she was... (which we had no idea if she was or not) And then there's the fanny pack/bum bag thing that's always good for a laugh...
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#157052 - 25/04/2003 13:34
Re: Mr. Brain's for real?
[Re: andym]
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I saw it... they parked the trailer outside Leeds University and lots of people asked if it was a wind-up or something.
I dont know what they are made of now, but it used to be all the left-over bits of a pig (lips and arses as my brother-in-law said, but mostly liver, heart, kidneys etc.)
Gareth
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#157053 - 25/04/2003 13:41
Re: Mr. Brain's for real?
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I'm still curious to know just how 'Frugal Fannies' was ever chosen as a name for a store-chain. The English translation sounds like the ideal name for a knocking shop.
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#157054 - 25/04/2003 14:53
Re: Mr. Brain's for real?
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Many years ago now, I was in the states (before I leart to speak American) and said to a co-worker "I'm really pissed". About 30mins later he came over and asked what I was upset for Once, way back when my American fu was not as strong, I had a whole conversation in which I only realised later that we were talking at cross purposes: "I had a big party last weekend," this American chap said, "my neighbour was really pissed." -- "Oh, really?" -- "Yeah, she called the cops in the end." -- "Wow, she really was pissed." -- "Yeah."
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#157055 - 25/04/2003 15:09
Re: Mr. Brain's for real?
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It's just as bad in sausages and burgers. Never ever read the ingredients of cheap convienence food
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#157056 - 25/04/2003 17:36
Re: Mr. Brain's for real?
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Never ever read the ingredients of cheap convienence food
So true.
Ross' frozen beefburgers list "Beef heart" amongst their ingredients so I refuse to (or can't make myself) eat them. Birds Eye's beef burgers on the other hand don't list organs in their ingredients so obviously they're 'safe'. 
Sausages? Sheesh, most folks would never eat them if they knew (or thought about) what went into those.
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#157057 - 25/04/2003 21:33
Re: Mr. Brain's for real?
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Ok my English fu is none existent what does pissed mean in English?
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#157058 - 26/04/2003 01:58
Re: Mr. Brain's for real?
[Re: JrFaust]
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Well... Here's a quick guide
Piss = I need to take a piss = I need to go and relieve myself
Pissed = I'm really pissed = I'm really drunk
Pissing = It's pissing it down = It's raining really hard
But we also sometimes also use pissed/pissing in terms of annoyance as well... It's all context!
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#157059 - 26/04/2003 02:02
Re: Mr. Brain's for real?
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Not to mention "piss off", which, in England, is about equivanlent to "get lost" if I understand the context of where I've heard it used.
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#157060 - 26/04/2003 02:54
Re: Mr. Brain's for real?
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Piss = I need to take a piss = I need to go and relieve myself
Pissed = I'm really pissed = I'm really drunk
Pissing = It's pissing it down = It's raining really hard
In general, X'ed Off means annoyed, vis:
Pissed Off = I'm really pissed off/that really pissed her off = I'm really annoyed/that really annoyed her.
As Tony says, "piss off" means "get lost". Again, in general "X off" means "get lost".
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#157061 - 26/04/2003 03:11
Re: Mr. Brain's for real?
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Ross' frozen beefburgers list "Beef heart" amongst their ingredients so I refuse to (or can't make myself) eat them. I remember being taught at school that most commercial beef mince contains a little heart meat, and that in fact it would be pretty tasteless without it. On the other hand, he may have been winding us up: you can never tell with schoolteachers.
Peter
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#157062 - 26/04/2003 03:21
Re: Mr. Brain's for real?
[Re: JrFaust]
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Here's a link to the English to American dictionary. Should help :-)
http://english2american.com/
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#157063 - 26/04/2003 22:22
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It wasn't just the "Mr. Brains" part. There's also the Faggot Family, who, through some stroke of misfortune, is named Doody, which is (at least in some places) also slang for shit, and that the prime ingredient in these faggots is pork, which is slang for sex.
It's all just very... non-translatable.
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#157064 - 26/04/2003 22:37
Re: Mr. Brain's for real?
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Ross' frozen beefburgers list "Beef heart" amongst their ingredients so I refuse to (or can't make myself) eat them. Having eaten beef heart without having it ground up in a hamburger, I'd really have no issues with eating it as part of a burger. My mother just boiled it up in a pot. Sliced thin with a little mustard, and it's okay stuff, though not exactly the most tender of cuts. Sausages? Sheesh, most folks would never eat them if they knew (or thought about) what went into those. "By-products". Whatever that means. Doesn't bother me that much. I've eaten pig's ear, haggis (though probably not the really good stuff, since this was in Toronto, not Scotland), and chicken feet. I haven't tried head cheese, yet, but then, I haven't been anywhere where it's been offered.
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#157065 - 27/04/2003 06:32
Re: Mr. Brain's for real?
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Sausages? Sheesh, most folks would never eat them if they knew (or thought about) what went into those.
Hehe. That's the whole point of sausages. They were originally invented to sell to the poor masses who couldn't afford cuts of meat. Whilst I don't think that I'd like the truly 'original' version, modern UK sausages taste a *lot* better than the US version that don't contain any offal. Fotunately in Boston I can easily get Irish sausages that are very similar to UK sausages. (From my local 7-11 no less!)
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#157066 - 28/04/2003 05:41
Re: Mr. Brain's for real?
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it appears to be "kosher",
Faggots are Jewish? I'm getting worried about this thread!
According to a recipe I've just been reading, "faggots are enjoyed all over Yorkshire" (from whence I post) and are of Roman origin.
Curiously I've never been offered a faggot in Yorkshire (Careful: the meatball one) and only half the Yorkshire folk in my office have ever heard of one, none regard it as a local delicacy.
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#157067 - 28/04/2003 07:32
Re: Mr. Brain's for real?
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Is it for real, it's not only real, but this is national faggot week in the UK!
Beg pardon, I misread it, it was in January - however, the fact remains that faggot week signifies a small part of the rich tapestry of our Island race - or, now I read further, a small part of Mr. Brain's marketing strategy!
Edited by boxer (28/04/2003 07:57)
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#157068 - 28/04/2003 10:31
Re: Mr. Brain's for real?
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According to a recipe I've just been reading, "faggots are enjoyed all over Yorkshire" (from whence I post) and are of Roman origin. "He's got a wife, you know..."
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#157069 - 28/04/2003 12:57
Re: Mr. Brain's for real?
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In reply to:
Mr Brains being Kosher?
In reply to:
it appears to be "kosher", even if the product is not.
You didn't read my full post [short as it was], I was referring to the thread title in my reply i.e. that "Mr Brains is kosher (i.e. genuine).
Of course the product is not, given what its probably made of.
<HomerSimpson>Hmm, snouts..... Hmmmmm</HomerSimpson>
'nuff said?
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