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REF: USA TODAY article, 28MAR06, Page D1 Hugh Laurie plays a "Dr. House" on the series "House." USA TODAY has an interview/article on him in today's issue, and both the actor as well as the character he plays enjoy motorcycling. Mr. Laurie (the actor) said that he rides a Triumph Bonneville to work on the set. I've never seen the show (it's on tonight), but I'm curious to se if "Dr. House" also rides a Triumph. Some of you may recall that Hugh Laurie played a lead role in the classic BBC series "Black Adder" alongside Rowan Atkinson. I wonder if he ever visits our little group here on line...  On a more personal note, the stoopid airline misplaced my bags, and I'm stuck in my hotel until they arrive. I have a meeting with customers here in Saginaw this morning, and I'm in the same jeans, etc. that I was wearing yesterday to travel. I've been in worse situations, but that was THEN and this is NOW. 
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Unfortunately "Dr. House" doesnt ride a Triumph on show since he is a gimp on the show. However, it is a really good show.
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Unfortunately "Dr. House" doesnt ride a Triumph on show since he is a gimp on the show. However, it is a really good show.
Soren
Is that Beaver,OR-speak for "handicapped"? <g>
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Maybe he uses his cane to shift with. Talk about a suicide shifter. It is a good show.
On Grey's Anotomy, the oriental girl rides a black T100. They show it once in awhile.
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No triumphs on his show but he is a monster truck fan.
It is a pretty good show.
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On a more personal note, the stoopid airline misplaced my bags, and I'm stuck in my hotel until they arrive. I have a meeting with customers here in Saginaw this morning, and I'm in the same jeans, etc. that I was wearing yesterday to travel. I've been in worse situations, but that was THEN and this is NOW
I wonder if it's the same airline as this? A former co-worker had to go to Huston. He went to check in his bags and told the counter clerk, "I want this one to go to Denver and this onr to Boston."
Clerk says, "We can't do that, your ticket is for Huston."
"Why not? You did last time I went to Huston."
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actually, in spite of the characters handicaps, he bought a motorcycle at the end of last season and rides it often. it is not a triumph (some sort of sportbike)... maybe a ducati or aprilla... i can't remember.
there is a character on grey's anatomy (which is an awful show) that rides a standard bonnie
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Maybe he uses his cane to shift with. Talk about a suicide shifter. It is a good show.
On Grey's Anotomy, the oriental girl rides a black T100. They show it once in awhile.
asian, pat, asian. her carpet may be oriental, but she's asian. 
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Are you sure??? He was wearing a Triumph jacket on the show were he tells his parents about his bike, never saw he bike though...ride safe...Gordon
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MY OH MY!  FIRST....Al hints to Soren that "Gimp" may not be the "most senitive" term to describe someone whos ambulatory skills may be somewhat lacking in proficiency, AND THEN Jethro informs Pat that in essence AND despite how much I would like MY shot at laying this particular "Oriental", that foxy babe LUCY LIU ain't no freakin' carpet.  I mean...I wake up to find THIS! What the HELL's goin' on here!!!  I thought we had decided MONTHS AGO that POLITICAL CORRECTNESS was strictly VERBOTEN around these here parts!!!!  Cheers, Dwight
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Hey JC Very wierd for us Brits to see him in this part! As you say, he appears in Blackadder. Usually as a real snooty sort - a part he is good at. See him here in the tv adaptation of P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster (sorry for the cheap sounding version of the soundtrack!). This is a funny link to 20's - 30's slang.
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Maybe this is old news, but I'm stuck here in a hotel in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, flicking through the US cable channels and I see a couple of girls kissing, which catches my attention. It turns out to be the titles for a show called, I think, The L Word, which I surmise is about alternative lifestyles. Anyway, I noticed a black with yellow stripes Speedmaster in the title sequence. I'm not sure what this says about us Speedy riders' sexuality, but I could go for being a lesbian.
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MY OH MY!
FIRST....Al hints to Soren that "Gimp" may not be the "most senitive" term to describe someone whos ambulatory skills may be somewhat lacking in proficiency, AND THEN Jethro informs Pat that in essence AND despite how much I would like MY shot at laying this particular "Oriental", that foxy babe LUCY LIU ain't no freakin' carpet.
I mean...I wake up to find THIS! What the HELL's goin' on here!!!
I thought we had decided MONTHS AGO that POLITICAL CORRECTNESS was strictly VERBOTEN around these here parts!!!!
Cheers,
Dwight
I think PCnes and common courtesy are two different things. I don't think that many here would be comfortable with references to "niggers" or "spics" or even "honkies" if it came from a minority. Most people I know of Asian descent consider "oriental" exteremely offensive.
As far as Lucy Liu's carpet though, hmmmmmm, I think well trimmed
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WELL THEN, Bill! Don't you EVER let ME catch YOU callin' me "WHITE BOY" or "CRACKER" then...'CUZ it'll just HURT MY LITTLE FEELINGS!!!!  Your's indignantly, Dwight (Come to THINK of it....NOW I'm NOT SO SURE I should'a sent this here thread in THIS direction....I got a BAD FEELIN' that THIS kind'a thing could just WAKE UP that idiot in IDAHO(Philswill) and we'd get his official Aryan Nation's views on THIS TOPIC!!!!)
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Now, I not only feel dis-oriented, but I think I'm a lesbian, too! Oh, my bags FINALLY showed up - after my meeting (which went well in spite of my casual attire). Now, I'm in Grand Rapids. 
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JB, Glad to hear the bags FINALLY showed up.(albeit a little LATE) NOT SO GLAD to hear of your newfound gender-confusion that has evidently surfaced!!!  WAIT A MINUTE! They DIDN'T happen to deliver LUCY LIU's luggage in error to you, DID THEY...and it brought back "CERTAIN DESIRES" in the interim???!!! THOSE D*MN AIRLINES!!!! Cheers, Dwight (I mean...I've heard of the phenomenon of a Harley rider trapped inside the body of a Triumph rider....but THIS IS RIDICULOUS)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Using the word Gimp to describe someone with a bad wheel dosent bother me...
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Don't you EVER let ME catch YOU callin' me "WHITE BOY" or "CRACKER" then...'CUZ it'll just HURT MY LITTLE FEELINGS!!!!
Your's indignantly,
Dwight
Well now White Boy, that there's one o' them honkey privileges . Bein' one, I can call you one, 
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(Come to THINK of it....NOW I'm NOT SO SURE I should'a sent this here thread in THIS direction....I got a BAD FEELIN' that THIS kind'a thing could just WAKE UP that idiot in IDAHO(Philswill) and we'd get his official Aryan Nation's views on THIS TOPIC!!!!)
Maybe this belongs on the "superstitions" thread, you know, speaking of the Devil? 
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And what is wrong with the term Honkey? Brother in law from Ca. has tatooed on his upper arm 100% Honkey. TR
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Boy did this thread take an interesting turn  I stand corrected on House. He was riding a sport bike in tonights episode - I guess he can ride a bike being a "gimp" and all...
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I saw tonight's show.... the bike had the REPSOL (racing) decal on the side. Looked a little like a Honda RC211V !?
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I watched the show for the first time tonight out of curiosity. It seems like a CSI in a hospital drama, but I did enjoy it. I wonder where Hugh Laurie's accent went. Probably the same closet Nochole Kidman keeps hers.
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Maybe he uses his cane to shift with. Talk about a suicide shifter. It is a good show.
On Grey's Anotomy, the oriental girl rides a black T100. They show it once in awhile.
asian, pat, asian. her carpet may be oriental, but she's asian.
Good one Jethro
Ok, since I was actually born in Japan (In a US Army hospital), am I not allowed to use the phrase?
It's funny, one of my best friends, Ray the upholsterer, is half Japanese and I always tease him and his 100% Japanese mother that I am more Japanese than Ray since he's never even been there.
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Hey, Pat! I was also born in Japan. Johnson AFB. I have red hair (that which remains and has not turned gray...) and blue eyes. Can I use the term, "Nip?" As in, "I think I'll have a liitle nip before I head off to bed."
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Can I use the term, "Nip?" As in, "I think I'll have a liitle nip before I head off to bed."
ONLY IF your present girlfriend is of Japanese descent...I suppose, JB!!!
Cheers,
Dwight
(but I'd suggest that the couch ain't really as comfortable as that bed o' yours for something LIKE THAT)
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Nope. She's a 6 foot blonde all-American girl from Ar-Kan-Saw of French (spit) descent.
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