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A spiffingly good endorsement of the noble hobby.
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 12:57 am
by Spevna
Re: A spiffingly good endorsement of the noble hobby.
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 2:50 am
by The Other Dave
I love this video. Always makes me want to get an ascot and Niven it up when I'm painting.
Re: A spiffingly good endorsement of the noble hobby.
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 4:11 am
by Spevna
The Other Dave wrote:I love this video. Always makes me want to get an ascot and Niven it up when I'm painting.
Never seen "Niven" used as a verb before.
Niven
verb
to be both debonair and rakish while sporting a pencil thin mustache and trying to get young ladies into bed,
Re: A spiffingly good endorsement of the noble hobby.
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 4:19 am
by The Other Dave
Spevna wrote:Never seen "Niven" used as a verb before.
Niven
verb
to be both debonair and rakish while sporting a pencil thin mustache and trying to get young ladies into bed,
The ascot, too, is a critical aspect of Nivenning.
Re: A spiffingly good endorsement of the noble hobby.
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 5:20 am
by job
Should we wear ascots on Sunday? Kind of Michael Caine-J.O.E. Vandelier style?
Or maybe that's a terrible idea in Joshin's gaming room in the middle of the Japanese summer.

Re: A spiffingly good endorsement of the noble hobby.
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 11:25 am
by me_in_japan
Capital find, old chap.
Re: A spiffingly good endorsement of the noble hobby.
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 11:52 am
by Spevna
me_in_japan wrote:Capital find, old chap.
Capital indeed old bean! Wotwot!
Re: A spiffingly good endorsement of the noble hobby.
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 1:08 am
by Konrad
I've always wanted to play Diplomacy in a big, old English manor library. Overstuffed leather armchairs, walls of antique books, smoking jackets, snifters of brandy, maybe a few valets scattered about to relay orders. Wot, wot.
Re: A spiffingly good endorsement of the noble hobby.
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 2:44 am
by Spevna
Konrad wrote:I've always wanted to play Diplomacy in a big, old English manor library. Overstuffed leather armchairs, walls of antique books, smoking jackets, snifters of brandy, maybe a few valets scattered about to relay orders. Wot, wot.
Substitue Risk for Diplomacy and I'm in like Flynn!
Re: A spiffingly good endorsement of the noble hobby.
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 5:27 am
by Lovejoy
Spevna wrote:Konrad wrote:I've always wanted to play Diplomacy in a big, old English manor library. Overstuffed leather armchairs, walls of antique books, smoking jackets, snifters of brandy, maybe a few valets scattered about to relay orders. Wot, wot.
Substitue Risk for Diplomacy and I'm in like Flynn!
Wearing comedy headgear and mustaches particular to each nation would be the icing on the cake. It must happen.