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Title: Free trip to London - Should I accept?
Post by: derspiess on March 14, 2016, 05:13:15 PM
I was offered a week-long trip to London to work an NFL game there this fall.

It would start in 10 months or so - but Thursday I am taking a half day to watch the NCAA tournament.

I would need a passport for my hamster.

Should I accept?

My aunt says I should go as long as I don't run into one of the twenty or so Languishites there.

I still have to discuss it with my wife(s).  :ph34r:
Title: Re: Free trip to London - Should I accept?
Post by: garbon on March 14, 2016, 05:17:01 PM
No.
Title: Re: Free trip to London - Should I accept?
Post by: katmai on March 14, 2016, 05:17:40 PM
I'd skip anyplace garbon is so, no.
Title: Re: Free trip to London - Should I accept?
Post by: derspiess on March 14, 2016, 05:21:30 PM
THATS WHAT MY AUNT SAID
Title: Re: Free trip to London - Should I accept?
Post by: lustindarkness on March 14, 2016, 05:22:49 PM
I have a passport, I'll go for you, send me the info.
Title: Re: Free trip to London - Should I accept?
Post by: Josquius on March 14, 2016, 05:28:32 PM
Work in London. Visit one of myriad of more interesting places a cheap flight away on the weekend.
Title: Re: Free trip to London - Should I accept?
Post by: alfred russel on March 14, 2016, 05:29:50 PM
YES! But not if they make you watch the bengals play. Then it isn't worth it.

Also, they have a thing against gingers over there, so Andy Dalton will probably scare people. He might get burned as a witch. Which could be a plus for you guys.
Title: Re: Free trip to London - Should I accept?
Post by: Admiral Yi on March 14, 2016, 05:49:48 PM
That's wicked awesome Speesch.  Good on you. :cheers:

Definitely get the hamster passport.

I want a fairly detailed report back on crowd demographics and dynamic: specifically, ratio of expats to locals and how into the game they are.  If you can surreptitously snap a couple pics of hotties before kickoff that's double bonus points.

How long until they offer you a full time job as quality control coach?
Title: Re: Free trip to London - Should I accept?
Post by: Admiral Yi on March 14, 2016, 06:02:29 PM
Oh, and tell Pacman from me that he's a thug but he did get robbed on that second penalty.
Title: Re: Free trip to London - Should I accept?
Post by: CountDeMoney on March 14, 2016, 06:04:35 PM
I'd wait to see what pops in the second showcase during the Showcase Showdown, that's usually the one with the car and jet ski.
Title: Re: Free trip to London - Should I accept?
Post by: Norgy on March 14, 2016, 06:15:28 PM
I can heartily recommend not going to London.
It's instant drunk.
Title: Re: Free trip to London - Should I accept?
Post by: Valmy on March 14, 2016, 10:47:48 PM
Yes. Yes you should. Wear your Donald Trump gear.
Title: Re: Free trip to London - Should I accept?
Post by: Siege on March 15, 2016, 12:31:51 AM
Quote from: Valmy on March 14, 2016, 10:47:48 PM
Yes. Yes you should. Wear your Donald Trump gear.

What? Dearspic has Trump gear?
Now im jealous.
Title: Re: Free trip to London - Should I accept?
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Title: Re: Free trip to London - Should I accept?
Post by: Capetan Mihali on March 15, 2016, 01:08:05 AM
I went on a free trip to London in January 2006 when my aunt bought me the $299 round-trip ticket from JFK to Heathrow and let me stay with her while she was on sabbatical.  While I didn't officiate an NFL game, I did officiate a Languish meet with Sheilbh which consisted in an elegant dinner and subsequent adjournment to a gentlemen's club for about eight G&Ts and two packs of cigarettes each (both consumed indoors like a civilized person, RIP ashtrays) as a digestive.  So I'd say it's worth it. :)
Title: Re: Free trip to London - Should I accept?
Post by: Brazen on March 15, 2016, 04:37:19 AM
If London is as crap as it seemed when I lived there for 40-odd years/meeting Londoners suggests, you can go to Paris on the weekend.
Title: Re: Free trip to London - Should I accept?
Post by: derspiess on October 08, 2016, 02:07:27 AM
Okay so a few months ago the NFL changed its plans and is sending DVSport people to provide sideline tech support.  So I'm not going to London for free.

I do however have a cunning plan to get there without paying full price.  So if any of you London folks want to meet up with a genuine Languish villain between October 27 and 31, give me a shout. 
Title: Re: Free trip to London - Should I accept?
Post by: Hamilcar on October 08, 2016, 03:06:24 AM
Post-Brexit London isn't really worth it.
Title: Re: Free trip to London - Should I accept?
Post by: garbon on October 08, 2016, 03:12:20 AM
:yes:

Civilisation has ground to a halt here.
Title: Re: Free trip to London - Should I accept?
Post by: Hamilcar on October 08, 2016, 03:14:24 AM
Quote from: garbon on October 08, 2016, 03:12:20 AM
:yes:

Civilisation has ground to a halt here.

Apart from Brazen, it's just raving Daily Mail readers and Islamic militants. Even the douchy bankers have left.
Title: Re: Free trip to London - Should I accept?
Post by: Martinus on October 08, 2016, 03:26:57 AM
Yeah, recently I am in London maybe twice a month and it really looks shit. Seriously, if you have money, the standard of living is actually much better in Warsaw - you have cheap taxis, a compact downtown, not that much traffic and don't have to use the old, smelly, hot metro.
Title: Re: Free trip to London - Should I accept?
Post by: Hamilcar on October 08, 2016, 03:30:15 AM
Quote from: Martinus on October 08, 2016, 03:26:57 AM
Yeah, recently I am in London maybe twice a month and it really looks shit. Seriously, if you have money, the standard of living is actually much better than Warsaw - you have cheap taxis, a compact downtown, not that much traffic and don't have to use the old, smelly, hot metro.

RIP Britannia. You gave the world so much, now rest easy. In'shallah.
Title: Re: Free trip to London - Should I accept?
Post by: celedhring on October 08, 2016, 03:43:23 AM
My GF wanted to move to London (and I certainly didn't) but Brexit has now put a halt to that. I guess I have to thank Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage for saving my relationship.  :hmm:
Title: Re: Free trip to London - Should I accept?
Post by: derspiess on October 08, 2016, 09:12:17 PM
:lol:  You guys.
Title: Re: Free trip to London - Should I accept?
Post by: Jacob on October 08, 2016, 11:14:01 PM
I'd meet you Spicy, but I won't be in London at that time.
Title: Re: Free trip to London - Should I accept?
Post by: Hamilcar on October 09, 2016, 03:10:58 AM
Quote from: derspiess on October 08, 2016, 09:12:17 PM
:lol:  You guys.

We do what we can.  :hug: