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Pauses after favours

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  • 28-09-2008 3:38pm
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    corblimey
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    I have a routine stuck in my head and I'm trying to figure out who's it is. I think it might be part of a stand-up routine, and I was sure it was Eddie Izzard, but I can't be sure of either of those details.

    Basically, it's about when someone is asking for a favour, you can tell the severity of the favour by the pause after they say 'can you do me a favour?'. So it's like 'Hey, can you do me a favour <no pause> pass the sugar' but it's 'Hey can you me a favour <long pause> donate me a kidney'.

    The examples are wrong, but they're comparable. Ring any bells with anyone?


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    kovski
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    Jerry Seinfeld as far as I know. Think it's one of the little stand up inserts from his show.


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    corblimey
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    kovski wrote: »
    Jerry Seinfeld as far as I know. Think it's one of the little stand up inserts from his show.

    Could well be kovski. Sounds like his sort of thing. I'll check it out. Tks


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