General, General Thread Page 761

Banksy uncovered?!

Speculation? They thought they had him in the past too.

Aye. I like the intrigue.

Honestly - LEAVE THE GUY ALONE. If he wants to be anonymous, let him! What purposed did it serve uncovering him exactly?

I believe it's called a "scoop".

It's not a good one. Finding out Bin Laden has been flatsharing with Lee from Blue is a scoop. Jesus leaving the family business and setting up his own web company is a scoop. Artist who wanted to remain anonymous revealed? Big whoop. There was no reason whatsoever for the mail to invade his privacy like that.

Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at large. @ July 13 2008, 11:38 PM BST

Honestly - LEAVE THE GUY ALONE. If he wants to be anonymous, let him! What purposed did it serve uncovering him exactly?

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Seems to make people nervous that someone doesn't want to be in the public sphere. And on TV. And having his picture taken. And his home photographed for ELLE Décoration.

I'm so glad I'm nobody.

Thank god no one knows I'm Andy McNab.

Ooops!

Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at large. @ July 13 2008, 11:47 PM BST

Finding out Bin Laden has been flatsharing with Lee from Blue is a scoop.

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If I broke into their armed flat with a gun and two bullets, I'm not sure who I'd kill first. In fact, I think I'd shoot Lee twice.

Quote: NickTheDon @ July 14 2008, 12:02 AM BST

If I broke into their armed flat with a gun and two bullets, I'm not sure who I'd kill first. In fact, I think I'd shoot Lee twice.

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LOOL.

I've just found a mention of "giving the finger" (why don't you have an extra noun for it like, say, Stinkefinger?) in a Latin text from 100 AD. That is so weird. Romans...

medium unguem ostendere

I'm confused now.

Quote: Aaron @ July 14 2008, 3:21 PM BST

I'm confused now.

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Isn't this the General, General Thread?

Yeah, but finger? What's the context you read the phrase in?