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Re: This kid rules
« Reply #45 on: June 30, 2005, 05:12:41 AM »
Lemmings don't do that. It's a myth.

Don't you people watch David Attenborough?
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Re: This kid rules
« Reply #46 on: June 30, 2005, 05:23:30 AM »
Who?

Actually, I've heard that (that lemmings jumping off cliffs is a myth), but it is so ingrained in our culture that I use it anyway.

I can modify it to say "...and plunge off a cliff like a bunch of mindless zombies..." but I think I like lemmings better.  ;)
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Re: This kid rules
« Reply #47 on: June 30, 2005, 05:24:45 AM »
I much prefer the idea of mindless zombies.
After all, they're mindless. I'm sure the lemmings wouldn't enjoy it.

I shall ignore the Attenborough aberration...
In this thread at least.
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Re: This kid rules
« Reply #48 on: June 30, 2005, 05:27:16 AM »
Really, who is he? I don't know. I know plenty of popculture stuff, but little of the actual world. Did he do some sort of documentary on lemmings?
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Re: This kid rules
« Reply #49 on: June 30, 2005, 05:30:01 AM »
Yes, among about a thousand million other things. He's British. His narration style is unmistakable.
http://imdb.com/name/nm0041003/

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Re: This kid rules
« Reply #50 on: June 30, 2005, 05:36:16 AM »
One time I told EUOL that whenever I see an ad for a nonfiction/documentary movie, I feel like I ought to want to see it, but I really don't. This is perhaps why David Attenborough's identity and accomplishments have escaped me.

But now I know. Ignorance is only a malady if you persist in it.
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Re: This kid rules
« Reply #51 on: June 30, 2005, 05:49:48 AM »
Hmm. I still find it strange that people *exist* that haven't heard of him. Anyone else?
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Re: This kid rules
« Reply #52 on: June 30, 2005, 05:50:18 AM »
Yes - everyone should know who attenbourgh is. Great narration style - consise and clear. The sort of voice you wish every teacher had.
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Re: This kid rules
« Reply #53 on: June 30, 2005, 05:51:59 AM »
Aha!! See! See! Told you so!!
He gets a little tedious, after a while though. You get tired of being endlessly reassured.
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Re: This kid rules
« Reply #54 on: June 30, 2005, 06:05:44 AM »
Maybe it is a British/Australian thing. Are there any Americans who know him and think it is ludicrous that I don't?
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Re: This kid rules
« Reply #55 on: June 30, 2005, 07:40:34 AM »
He needs to be cloned and do every documentry on anything ever, so we don't need to put up with anyone else who looks bad in comparison.
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Re: This kid rules
« Reply #56 on: June 30, 2005, 08:00:18 AM »
JP: No. One is enough. Can you imagine, *hoardes* of Attenboroughs, doing their little hand gestures and predictably placed emphasis and speaking in superlatives all the time? I'd go mad.
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Re: This kid rules
« Reply #57 on: June 30, 2005, 08:04:43 AM »
Oh, believe me, that's part of the plan.
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Re: This kid rules
« Reply #58 on: June 30, 2005, 08:08:30 AM »
Right, now I'm twitchy.
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Re: This kid rules
« Reply #59 on: June 30, 2005, 10:01:53 AM »
Never heard of 'im. Maybe he's just not important enough to be on American TV.

Mindless zombies if the problems. If they had minds (to eat) they wouldn't be rampaging.
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