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Mitchell & [Chat] & Webb
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Mitchell and Webb are a British comedy double act, composed of David Mitchell (born 14 July 1974) and Robert Webb (born 29 September 1972). They are best known for starring in the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show and their award-winning sketch show That Mitchell and Webb Look. The duo first met at the Footlights in 1993 and collaborated for the 1995 Revue whilst studying at Cambridge University.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM_kbE3S8gk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df-uemc-e3w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHnyQXyuTGY A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.
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It was a good night for comedy over all.
you know when you know you'll have to drive home eventually so you stop drinking gin and then the party crosses a threshold where you're like, "well, I'm not sloppy enough so I should go"
that was me, with that exact moment of divergence from the rest of the party who were still drinking
also my friend started talking about drinking too much and started crying during her birthday and we were hugging as her boyfriend walked in so it was slightly awkward
that was my evening. how was yours?
Like, my plan was to go in there, show a picture of a dude with a buzz cut, and say "barikan" (apparently the term for barber's clippers), and hope that they didn't laugh
but it has been half an hour now and I do not think I have it in me to even try anymore
This sounds like the kind of adventure you need to have with another westerner. The pair of you braving a hairdresser. Steeling yourself for the terror. Leaving that place with misshaped and terrible haircuts. And then going home to cuddle.
Really, if you want your head shaved just do it yourself. So much easier.
^5 I was also celebrating a friend's birthday party
It was mercifully free of awkwardness, but it was cut short because I apparently have the snuffles and am slowly getting worse. Which is why I took some nyquil and am waiting patiently for it to kick in. So patiently...
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^5
I have been unable to find any haircutting supplies in stores here, and the only other Westerner in my town was uninterested in going on an adventure tonight, so I guess I am just shit out of luck.
I think this is definitely one of my favorite Mitchell and Webb skits. The way the premise gradually reveals itself, the sheer commitment of Mitchell's character. It's good stuff. Even if @Thanatos disagrees and tries to make me feel bad about my choices in favorite "That Mitchell and Webb Look" comedy sketches.
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Well, that got rather... dark.
It started out rather dark!
I like this bit
hey guys check out this video than just chatted to me
Thanatos:
Hey I think this video is really funny. I laugh a lot while watching it, to put it another way. I think you might enjoy it as well, especially the parts that were epic. Say, do you want to buy a bootleg VHS copy of "Freddie vs Jason"?
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I do not think I will be going in there
It's a great sketch, almost like a sad little short story.
Don't worry.
It will be fine, people don't freak out about things like that nowadays.
Oh, this is less about their side of things, and more about the fact that my anxiety is hitting peak levels and leaving me unable to actually walk any closer than a few paces away from their door before my stomach starts flopping and I need to walk away
But I think this is my favorite.
You want a buzzcut. You have a picture of a buzzcut. Their raison d'etre is "I make hair go away in exchange for money". Just go in, get your hair buzzed. I assume you speak enough Japanese to remotely function in society there, so "please make this happen on my head" is likely not beyond your capabilities. (Lord knows it'd be out of mine.)
I went from "hair to waist" to "is that a razor?" by going in, saying "I haven't done this in 20 years, make things happen", pointing at a picture of a cut people said I should get, and closing my eyes until the snipping noises stopped. You can do "buzz cut in a different language".
Be the manliest man
Make sure you look at yourself hard in the mirror after you finish splashing water on your face. Feel the gun. You know what you must do next
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Now I am going to go eat something, and after that I will probably go home, stare at the ceiling and pass out
Thank you for your advice, chat, sorry I couldn't put it into action
BAD. ASS.
Eeeek!
The in-laws are insisting on buying us things again. It's nice, but I always end up feeling a bit guilty.
It is now 10:40am
I think I was tired
Don't worry, they are simply forcing you to take care of them when they're old.
Some sort of parade armor?
Good point.
According to the tumblr I found it on little is known about it, but is apparently the skeleton of a saint and this is how he is preserved.
Of note: it is one of the saints from the early days of Christianity, back when they didn't rule the Roman empire.