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Previously on "The Beaker People"
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I bet the Beaker People did all kinds of exciting things, and would be jolly annoyed if they knew they were now named after their drinking vessels. Perhaps future archaeologists will speculate about the Starbuck People, and what trading goods might have been in their mysterious polystyrene receptacles.
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostCan't we just ask Beaker? If anyone knows it must be him.
Mind you, he hasn't posted for a while, and I vaguely recall him being banned.
However I did drive him insane with my questins on the "ask beaker" thread : he rarely posted after that......
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Can't we just ask Beaker? If anyone knows it must be him.
Mind you, he hasn't posted for a while, and I vaguely recall him being banned.
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Originally posted by ratewhore View PostAh yes, the beaker people. Forerunners of the Tupperware Tribe...
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"You can really do the Brontosaurus" - The Move.
I think all the Beaker people migrated to Glasgow.
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostI prefer the word Brontosaurus, but to remain correct whilst avoiding having to use the new classification, I say 'the animal that used to be called a Brontosaurus'. A win, win situation.
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Originally posted by dang65 View PostWe got taught "Boadicea" in school, and "Brontosaurus" for a big, long-necked dinosaur and then they changed them to "Boudica" and "Apatosaurus"...
I prefer the word Brontosaurus, but to remain correct whilst avoiding having to use the new classification, I say 'the animal that used to be called a Brontosaurus'. A win, win situation.
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Those beaker cavemen - episode 1
Ogg - 'hey man is this stuff addictive ?'
ug - 'dunno why?'
Ogg - 'that red haired bird over there wants to know'
ug - 'You mean Boudicca ?'
Ogg - 'nooo, the Geordie one next to boudicca'
ug - 'ah the one surrounded by empty beakers with her hair all over the show ?'
Ogg - 'Stiggy Anne, thats her'
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Originally posted by expat View Postearly use of alcohol cut down on intestinal infection and was a great advance for a civilisation.
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Postyou stole my tupperware joke.
you absolute turd.
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Originally posted by ratewhore View PostYou just made that up didn't you?
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Originally posted by Svalbaard View PostUnlikely to be anything to do with Boadicea's bunch seeing as they were giving the Romans an ill fated kicking as recently as about 50-100 AD.
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Originally posted by ratewhore View PostAh yes, the beaker people. Forerunners of the Tupperware Tribe...
you absolute turd.
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Ah yes, the beaker people. Forerunners of the Tupperware Tribe...
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