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Things I Learned from Sliding Doors

posted 13 years ago by hugh1971
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1. If your English accent is a bit shaky, make sure all the other leading actors and actresses are Irish, Scottish or American so that nobody notices your dodgy accent.

2. When people go out for a drink they always specify the brand name of what they will drink. They don't say 'let's go for a beer' they say 'let's go for a GROLSCH'. Just in case you didn't notice that's GROLSCH, mmm, the smooth, crisp lager that people always choose when they go out in London.

3. Rather than making you appear a sad twat, reciting Monty Python sketches makes you the life and soul of any party.

4. As does singing stupid rugger-bugger songs like 'Father Abraham'.

5. If you are involved in a complex plot to deceive your mother that you are getting divorced, don't bother telling your girlfriend.

6. Two extremely attractive women will fight over a man with no talent,looks, personality or intelligence.

[–] RCeditor 12 years ago

7. Gerry must have something that we, the audience, do not see.

8. If you want to meet a nice man, drop your earring.

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[–] CindyH 11 years ago

Gee that's funny. I thought English actors playing Americans sucked more.

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[–] emmasfabulous 11 years ago

I'm English and I was impressed with Paltrow's accent. Not so impressed with Hannah's English (as opposed to Scottish) accent in The Mummy, really grates.

Which English actors did you think have bad American accents, CindyH? Is Brody's ok in Homeland as sounds good to me but you don't know if you're not from the place.

[–] lolstar6 11 years ago

One of the worst American accents by a brit was Claire Forlani in Mallrats. Wow, I knew she was English from her first line.

"What, you don't like rice? Tell me Michael, how could a billion Chinese people be wrong?"

[–] JacksCatGirl 11 years ago

Hey no one can do a British accent worse than Dick Van Dyke haha he set the bar

Jacks

[–] aleph-niemeier 8 years ago

9. If you want to have babies don't use contraceptives.
10. Babies come with a likelihood of dying.
11. writers finish their books, novelists don't.
12. But as a novelist you're more likely to have a steamy liquid-exchanging affair
13. Beware which sub you take, it could be the ride of your life.
14. Male Homo sapiens are naturally unfit to spill the beans.

[–] deem_bastille 8 years ago

15: no way 6 preggo tests would all be inaccurate. 6 same brand preggo tests.

16: it was not an actual mugging only an attempted mugging.

17: she was still injured due to this apparent attempted mugging.

18: always keep your menstral cycle updates in the calendar at work.

19: she was fired >just before< growing a penis.

20: liquor stores are shut by the time she leaves work.

21: dirtbag/lazyassgit boyfriend could not pick up said liquor

22: drinking is apparently okay in London offices [it isn't in America --particularly NY]

23: just don't take four bottles for a party you apparently knew you were going to be having.

24: father Abraham HEED had seven sons HEED HEED. seven sons had father Abraham HEED.

Oh God. Fortune vomits on my eiderdown once more.