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Old 05-21-2007, 01:09 AM
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Well, the fans are going to be the ones throwing the actor's role in his/her face.
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Hmmm...I've met Tom Baker...It was a somewhat intimidating experience. Partly because being 5'4 and 30 cm from a man who is 6'2 is generally intimidating, partly because he did. not. stop. talking. Nice fellow, though.
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Well, the fans are going to be the ones throwing the actor's role in his/her face.
Plus casting directors and agents. They'll know your big role was Captain Android and you get stuck getting those kind of roles.

"Captain Android wants to play Rick Handsome? I don't see it. Naw, let's go with the lead from Police Lawyer, M.D.."
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I'm picturing the Captain Android action figure. Creepy.
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Well, the fans are going to be the ones throwing the actor's role in his/her face.
It's completely differently in sports, of course.


Completely.
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Partly because being 5'4 and 30 cm from a man who is 6'2 is generally intimidating,
Now what's wrong with this post...
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You measured your heights in Imperial and the distance between you in metric.

That's weird.
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And this is difference from average Trek fare how?
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You measured your heights in Imperial and the distance between you in metric.

That's weird.
Unless I'm mistaken, it's fairly ordinary for Brits. They also buy their gasoline (sorry... petrol) and sodas (fizzy drinks, those) by the liter, then shop for vegetables priced per pound (lb.) or piss off to the pub for a pint.
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Old 05-29-2007, 06:44 AM
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In Canada we measure everything in metric except ourselves.
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You measured your heights in Imperial and the distance between you in metric.

That's weird.
Yeah. There've been numerous attempts to fully metricise the UK, but we still won't budge...

I didn't notice the incongruity before. You're right, that does look very strange...On the other hand, that should be fairly normal on this site
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Reminds me of an old Dave Barry story. He was at a radio station in Canada, and the weather man said that it was "eight." He knew this was obviously incorrect, so he asked the guy, who said it was really about forty. Then another guy said fifty. Suddenly the room was full of people shouting out their interpretation of "eight."

Of course the capper was when he said that the scientific definition was "chilly."
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