Re: letters to The Economist addressed "Sir" -- why?



the Omrud filted:
>
>Son addresses his friends as "dude", pronounced "dood"; I don't
>recall him deploying it on me though. I suspect it's semi-ironic and
>refers to "Bob and Ted" or whoever they were who had an Excellent
>Adventure. He was so astonished to find himself standing next to
>Keanu Reeves at a gig in a small Manchester venue this summer that he
>texted us instantly in glee.

It's *Bill* and Ted...daughter of someone I was dating at the time it was made
is an extra in the classroom scene (dressed as a cheerleader), and the woman I
bought my house from had a line of dialogue in the film (as "Store Clerk")....

("Uh, Ms Preston, we'd like you to meet some of our--friends...this is Dave
Bee-Thoven...and, uh, Maxine of Arc, Missy...Herman the Kid...Bob
Genghiskhan...So-crates Johnson...Dennis Frood...and uh, uh--Abraham
Lincoln")....r

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