Thread for things that blew your mind today.

[diethx]

I felt the same way when I first heard Hugh Laurie speak in the real world, as opposed to on House. The guy is like a classically trained thespian or something.

Also, one day I was flipping channels and I landed on a British movie with Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson (Julia from Nip/Tuck). I knew both of them were British, and Joely definitely isn't as good at masking her Britishness as he is, but it still felt like some bizarro world. It was a pretty awful movie but I still watched a good bit of it because of their accents, lol.

[Asha]

Brits couldn't handle House at first. All British actors seem incredibly bad at American accents.
Why DO films hire British actors who they need to speak in an American accent?
I never understood that.

[Some Rogue]

Brits couldn't handle House at first. All British actors seem incredibly bad at American accents.
Why DO films hire British actors who they need to speak in an American accent?
I never understood that.

Well someone has to play the drug addicts with bad teeth and pasty skin.

[TheEschaton]

Yes, and all Americans are nicely bronzed with perfect orthodo.ntics, and live clean, sober lives.

[diethx]

Yes, and all Americans are nicely bronzed with perfect orthodo.ntics, and live clean, sober lives.

Man, your sense of humor is unmatched.

[RichardCranium]

Yes, and all Americans are nicely bronzed with perfect orthodo.ntics, and live clean, sober lives.

Only we lucky few.

[Some Rogue]

Yes, and all Americans are nicely bronzed with perfect orthodo.ntics, and live clean, sober lives.

WOOOOOOOSH

[NocturnalRob]

[WRoss]

You won’t find it in the Guinness Book of World Records, but Andre the Giant holds the world record for the largest number of beers consumed in a single sitting. These were standard 12-ounce bottles of beer, nothing fancy, but during a six-hour period Andre drank 119 of them. It was one of the few times Andre got drunk enough to pass out, which he did in a hallway at his hotel. His companions, quite drunk themselves, couldn’t move the big man. Fearing trouble with cops, they stole a piano cover from the lounge and draped it over Andre’s inert form. He slept peacefully until morning, unmolested by anyone. Perhaps the hotel people thought he was a piece of furniture.

http://www.drunkard.com/issues/10_06...dre_giant.html

[NocturnalRob]

Went to the Yankees/Orioles game tonight, and the Orioles actually managed to win.