'A Tale of Four Gamers'

Started by Steve J, 28 August 2012, 08:24:07 PM

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FierceKitty

Starting the last of the jumboes today. And, I hope, beginning a counter-attack against those pesky Poles in the Balkans.
I don't drink coffee to wake up. I wake up to drink coffee.

Duke Speedy of Leighton

Last night went: blue, orange, blue, white, orange.
Painting Dutch is fun! ;)
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Techno

Quote from: mad lemmey on 24 May 2015, 07:15:12 AM
Painting Dutch is fun! ;)

Speaking of which...Where did the expression 'Going Dutch' come from ?
I've always wondered about that one. :-\

Looking forward to seeing the new figures, Will !
Cheers - Phil

Fenton

24 May 2015, 07:47:46 AM #1368 Last Edit: 24 May 2015, 08:07:22 AM by Fenton
Quote from: Techno on 24 May 2015, 07:35:40 AM
Speaking of which...Where did the expression 'Going Dutch' come from ?
I've always wondered about that one. :-\

Looking forward to seeing the new figures, Will !
Cheers - Phil

There is thing on your computer Phil called google. Let's help you find all types of information. Its like having a mobile library in your house😀
If I were creating Pendraken I wouldn't mess about with Romans and  Mongols  I would have started with Centurions , eight o'clock, Day One!

fsn

"For a more enlightened answer check Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable but it's something like this. At one point in time or another Britain and Holland weren't too pally and they were the source of derogatory terminolgy. In the age of chivalry a man paid for the woman's dinner and to 'go Dutch' was to do it how 'they' did it: incorrectly. Double Dutch also derives from the same era, Dutch seeming a strange and convoluted language hence Double Dutch meaning indescernible, mad and generally all round not on foreign speak."

http://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-68084,00.html
Lord Oik of Runcorn (You may refer to me as Milord Oik)

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11 votes in the 2022 Painting Competition (Double figures!)
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Techno

Quote from: Fenton on 24 May 2015, 07:47:46 AM
There is thing on your computer Phil called google. Let's help you find all types of information. Its like having a mobile library in your house😀

Yes.......But it tells me fibs, a lot of the time.
I like to go to people who know these facts....They're far more trustworthy.  :D (And it saves me bothering.)
Cheers - Phil

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IanS
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Techno

It's Sunday !
Don't worry, Ian....I'll be ignoring the fact that it's a Bank Holiday, tomorrow.
Bank Holidays only happen to other people.  :(
Cheers - Phil

Fenton

Quote from: Techno on 24 May 2015, 08:24:34 AM
It's Sunday !
Don't worry, Ian....I'll be ignoring the fact that it's a Bank Holiday, tomorrow.
Bank Holidays only happen to other people.  :(
Cheers - Phil

Sadly its the same for me
If I were creating Pendraken I wouldn't mess about with Romans and  Mongols  I would have started with Centurions , eight o'clock, Day One!

Techno

It's a bit of a s*d, isn't it, Steve ! :'( :'( :'( ;)
Cheers - Phil

fsn

Quote from: Techno on 24 May 2015, 08:19:38 AM
Yes.......But it tells me fibs, a lot of the time.
I like to go to people who know these facts....They're far more trustworthy.  :D (And it saves me bothering.)
Cheers - Phil


You know they just Google it?
Lord Oik of Runcorn (You may refer to me as Milord Oik)

Oik of the Year 2013, 2014; Prize for originality and 'having a go, bless him', 2015
3 votes in the 2016 Painting Competition!; 2017-2019 The Wilderness years
Oik of the Year 2020; 7 votes in the 2021 Painting Competition
11 votes in the 2022 Painting Competition (Double figures!)
2023 - the year of Gerald:
2024 Painting Competition - Runner-Up!

Fenton

Quote from: Techno on 24 May 2015, 08:37:00 AM
It's a bit of a s*d, isn't it, Steve ! :'( :'( :'( ;)
Cheers - Phil

I' m off Tuesday and Wednesday though
If I were creating Pendraken I wouldn't mess about with Romans and  Mongols  I would have started with Centurions , eight o'clock, Day One!

Steve J

I'm off all week :D. Basing a load of trees today and possibly getting a game in tonight. Might even do some painting on my Gruntz chaps... :-\

FierceKitty

They say the Dutch are like the Scots, but without the characteristic warm, impulsive generosity of the Scots.
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Ithoriel

We Scots are indeed generous FK, so much so in fact that we've just sent them the best 56 MPs in parliament to help them run the country since they don't seem to have any decent MPs of their own ;)
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