Well, in fairness, they all have excuses for not going to Phnom Penh. Like "I have premenstrual dysmorphic depression so being in Phnom Penh away from my friends would me me too sad."ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 1:50 pmThey admittedly haven't been great... but they are damned when do and damned when they don't.
There are a number of Brits who aren't heeding advice then bitching to the embassy when things don't work out.
Get to PP...
No, I don't feel like it...
(1 week later, lockdown)
Why aren't you helping us get to PP???
I think the British Embassy is tired of all the whinging
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Is similar to or from the same root as to 'fudge something '?Lucky Lucan wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 3:55 pmThat's not one I've heard before!
Fudgel: an eighteenth-century term meaning "Pretending to work when you're not actually doing anything at all."
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I don't know, I never heard the term before.Fred Edwards wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:57 pmIs similar to or from the same root as to 'fudge something '?Lucky Lucan wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 3:55 pmThat's not one I've heard before!
Fudgel: an eighteenth-century term meaning "Pretending to work when you're not actually doing anything at all."
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Approximately on topic, these are my top 3 440-isms from the last 8 years:Starving Pelican wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 7:37 pmNot really novel insults, but this site has seen its fair share of crackers over the years:
KiR described an expat methhead as resembling "what you'd see on a poster for the royal society for the prevention of neglected whippets".
He also described an idiot user named "walk towards the light" as "wank towards the light" - simple, yet effective.
He hated one expat so much that his somewhat obscure surname was auto-corrected to "cuntflaps"; no-one noticed anything until someone posted an article in which said expat was quoted.
Hanky once questioned how a proposed gay cruise along the Mekong would work, suggesting all the glory holes would cause the boat sink.
Playboy has come up with some zingers about NGO staff. His best description of a generic NGO worker was Professor Weird Beard, which somehow holds more true today than when it was coined circa 2006.
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I think to fudge something means to fuck it up. Pretty much like the dynamic duo are doing right now.Fred Edwards wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:57 pmIs similar to or from the same root as to 'fudge something '?Lucky Lucan wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 3:55 pmThat's not one I've heard before!
Fudgel: an eighteenth-century term meaning "Pretending to work when you're not actually doing anything at all."
Up the workers!
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Many of them in the Stranded in UK group are claiming to be disabled in some way or have mental health issues. And they are still refusing to travel to Phnom Penh.
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All this talk about expats stranded in Cambodia, reminds me of those Thai kids or the Chilean miners all those years ago, I didn’t give a fuck about them either.
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Actually I have far more time for the Thai kids and Chilean miners than these broke fuckups whinging about their (or should I use "there" as it seems to be the most common usage) lack of brains or funds.
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Not really.kungfufighter wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2020 8:03 am\
I think to fudge something means to fuck it up. Pretty much like the dynamic duo are doing right now.
Have some fudge:
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The German embassy in India laid on busses to to collect their citizens and flights. They even managed to fit a few Brits on too.
Meanwhile, Bozo refused a donation of EU ventilators.
Up the workers!
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I believe that was coined by Luke Hunt for NYT in 2012.
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pity the people having to deal with the likes of them. they must be wishing they could just ignore them entirely.
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