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Posted: 2/20/06 at 1:55pm

i just recently saw the woman in white.
the show is supossed to take place in england...but during one of the sceens, there are homeless people begging for >>pennies<<

i found that quite odd

#2

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Posted: 2/20/06 at 1:55pm

They have pennies in England.

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Posted: 2/20/06 at 1:56pm

And homeless people, so I wonder what was so odd about it.

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#4

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Posted: 2/20/06 at 1:56pm

Is "sceen" the British spelling? Like "humour"?

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Posted: 2/20/06 at 1:58pm

I believe it is actually "sceeun."

#6

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Posted: 2/20/06 at 1:58pm

hmmmmmmm

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Posted: 2/20/06 at 2:05pm

sorry...that was my typing while multi-tasking error...

i didn't know they had pennies in england

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Posted: 2/20/06 at 2:06pm

Another musical theatre British penny reference... "Who will buy my sweet red roses? / Two blooms for a penny"

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Posted: 2/20/06 at 2:09pm

I didn't know they had women or the color white in England.

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Posted: 2/20/06 at 2:12pm

we do have pennies lol......1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p and the pound and then the two pound coin

haha this thread has made me chuckle.....

how HUMOUROUS.....

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Updated On: 2/20/06 at 02:12 PM

#11

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Posted: 2/20/06 at 2:13pm

Bobby, I believe they have womeun and whuite, but of course not women and white.

#12

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Posted: 2/20/06 at 2:14pm

Indeed, The Threepenny Opera takes place in England as well.

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Posted: 2/20/06 at 2:14pm

Did England get electricity and running water yet?

#14

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Posted: 2/20/06 at 2:15pm

Shouldn't it be called The Threeeuro Opera?

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Posted: 2/20/06 at 2:16pm

I like the Threequid Opera, myself.

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Posted: 2/20/06 at 2:16pm

Not in the UK, Bobby. We don't want no stinking Euro here.

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Posted: 2/20/06 at 2:18pm

Times Sqaure has a 24 hour mcdonalds.....HA lol that made me laugh

and america would queue for a queue....

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Posted: 2/20/06 at 2:18pm

My knowledge of England comes from watching Spice World, and that's about it.

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Posted: 2/20/06 at 2:20pm

Is this why WIW closed? Because of the penny?

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Posted: 2/20/06 at 2:20pm

well its not all bowler hats and black taxi's.....like im sure america is not full of fat people.... i did see some rather skinny people when i went to new york...

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Posted: 2/20/06 at 2:20pm

I love Spice World!

Apparently they had a shortage, Kringas.

#22

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Posted: 2/20/06 at 2:22pm

Yes Kringas, audiences could not accept the fact that a penny was in an English musical, and refused to attend.

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Posted: 2/20/06 at 2:29pm

I love this thread!

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Posted: 2/20/06 at 3:22pm

It is rather amusing.

#25

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Posted: 2/20/06 at 3:24pm

But we've gone a bit Burnt Sienna on a brand new member, which is kind of mean.

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