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Re: Amanda and Simon Pegg Twitter Conversation about Benedict
That's one example how real person fan (slash) fiction is born. So I hope Benedict won't be too shocked when some TV Host or Interviewer (it's always them not the writers or readers) "confronts" him with Ben/Simon stories or paintings. 
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The Star Trek puns are kind of childishly funny 
. I don't think it's meant to be cruel, just silly.
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Re: Amanda and Simon Pegg Twitter Conversation about Benedict
I have to come out and say I absolutely love all of Amanda and Simons exchanges.
They particulary seem to bring the best out of Amanda and stop her having beefs about anything else.
When I first started following them both on Twitter, I think it was when Martin was away hobbiting,
Amanda and Simon planned and took the kids to Legoland, all told via Twitter.
It was fab.
Mind you.Simon could do anything for me,I adore him.
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Re: Amanda and Simon Pegg Twitter Conversation about Benedict
Liberty wrote:
The Star Trek puns are kind of childishly funny
I don't think it's meant to be cruel, either. Careless sounds more like it.
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Re: Amanda and Simon Pegg Twitter Conversation about Benedict
I haven't been able to follow this really and I'm not updated on this...
But I guess it was them trying to make fun of the overreaction to the OUT interview and it's just run out of hand... that's what I think anyway
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I just thought they were having a laugh!
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Yes, I think so. It's just the way people talk. 
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Re: Amanda and Simon Pegg Twitter Conversation about Benedict
I don't think there's any kind of second intentions behind this or deep meanings...they really are just two mates joking about, and seeing as they are both mates with Benedict, they're taking the piss out of him. Either Simon or Amanda will probably show him the tweets anyway, then proceed to take the piss out of him some more face to face. It's just what friends do. If you can't mercilessly bait your friends, then they're not your true friends. That's definitely a very British thing.
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Oh yes!
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Maybe it is just a British thing then, if it's mainly the Brits finding it funny?
I think it might be the same thing as Benedict's "well-endowed" comment in the Apple interview that we were talking about in another thread - to me, that was just funny (and not at all revealing about his sexual tastes or anything).
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I´m probably not used to this part of British humour then.
Bordered on cheap vulgarity to me.
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I´m probably not used to this part of British humour then.
Bordered on cheap vulgarity to me.
... probably a good description of a lot of British humour 
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I´m probably not used to this part of British humour then.
Bordered on cheap vulgarity to me.... probably a good description of a lot of British humour
Well, maybe?
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Cheap vulgarity is an excellent summary of the majority of British humour.
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Re: Amanda and Simon Pegg Twitter Conversation about Benedict
Monty Python made a lot of money off cheap vulgarity.
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Seems there are more people out there who don't get the British humour (and I'm still not convinced this has to do with understanding British humour or not, but well...):
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Really, believe us, 2 mates having a laugh...and it would be quite diffierent 2 guys speaking about a female that way...
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Oh, would it? Why? Double standard?
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Re: Amanda and Simon Pegg Twitter Conversation about Benedict
Possibly.
Yet for me, that would feel more like an abuse of power.
But the point is moot, anyway.
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