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John Cleese To Write Next Aardman Film
Anonymous Coward writes "The BBC has news from the Cannes Film Festival. First, the previously announced Curse of the Were-Rabbit Wallace and Gromit short is due in Autumn, and a Trailer is available. Second, John Cleese is currently writing a pre-historic comedy for Aardman Entertainment. From the article: 'It will be great comedy adventure about a pre-historic culture clash between two tribes, one comparatively evolved tribe, and one un-evolved tribe...Some might consider one tribe might be the English, and some might consider that the other to be the French, the Gauls...Let's just say it's the start of the Entente Cordial and it explains why the English Channel is there.'"
It's the best video to watch on a first-second date. It's only 25 min (I usually watch "The Wrong Trousers") and she'll love it and laugh. Score big points :)
As a Brit I am confused where this belief comes from, I have been drink beer in England for over forty years and it has never in all that time been served to me warm.
Can anyone enlighten me? perhaps they drank warm beer 100 years ago and it has just stuck, but it is highly inaccurate today.
As a UK subject - can I just say that's pretty damm funny (and spot on) although I'm not sure you've really understood about the French, or cars (e.g. it's not about the cupholders) :P ...and well, er.. oh alright then, let's get the ball rolling - I apologise on behalf of my country for the teletubbies - god knows it gave me nightmares, you have to wonder what it does to kids... now if the teletubbies isn't an argument for the right to bear arms, I don't know what is...
But while we're all saying sorry - isn't there something you want to say about Knight Rider? Murder, she wrote? and Titanic?
> we have decided to continue our tradition as the longest running democratic republic
Interesting tradition, considering that Rome maintained its "republic" status for about twice as long as the US has been around. If you're talking about democracies that are still around, you should consider the Iroquois Confederacy, going on ~800 years. (Consider also that Iroquois were present when the Continental Congress was meeting in the summer of 1776.)
The longest running republic still is iceland with way over thousand years, it might be topped by some tribes which are unknown by today.
English Beer... unlike american beer isn't refined yak piss, and thus doesn't need to be served at sub-zero tempratures to taste good.
. . . not a "short."