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Who's the most famous person you've met? (self.askuk)

submitted 9 months ago by Oneeightnine to c/askuk

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I got a photo with Sven Goran Eriksson when he was Leicester City FC manager a decade or so ago.

Hardly The Queen, but he's a significant improvement over my #2. (Samantha Bailey).

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[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Took me a minute to work out what the hell a KCIII was, but for fucksake do I have to figure out ISTR too?

[–] FatLegTed 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I seem to recall ;-)

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

TT, BIWHBEFBOUIYHJFTT

Bloody hell, do I have to explain everything... Duh, it means "Thanks Ted, But It Would Have Been Easier For Both Of Us If You Had Just Fuckin Typed That"

😁

[–] FatLegTed 1 points 9 months ago

I thought it was commonly used online. I first saw it when I used to use Compuserve with my 14.4kbps modem.

[–] frazorth 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I've not seen this before.

IIRC - "If I remember correctly" is the normal phrase I've seen.

[–] FatLegTed 1 points 9 months ago

That's a variation.

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/ISTR

[–] snaprails 1 points 9 months ago

I'm not surprised, it should of course be CIIIR ;-P