I think there is a misunderstanding. I have heard of a Federal case, but not as an expression used by people.zeek wrote:Not much to go on, all pretty standard D1 stuff.
We have no federal cases in Britain. Or maybe they all are. We don't use that terminology though, but I've heard it in movies.Snow Dog wrote:I'm not familiar with it. It's a term I've not seen in a mafia game I've played yet and now it appears written by two people.thellama73 wrote:"make a federal case" out of something is a common idiom in American English. I do not think two people using it is suspicious.
But I neither believe or disbeleive the notion. I merely observe
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- Tue Jan 06, 2015 6:05 pm
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- Tue Jan 06, 2015 5:04 pm
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No. But I watch a lot of American TV. Whatever, never seen it in a mafia game before.S~V~S wrote:Do you have Federal Courts in Wales? A Federal Case would be a bigger deal than a local case. Not sure why, maybe the feds have stiffer penalties? Its a common phrase where I grew up.Snow Dog wrote:I'm not familiar with it. It's a term I've not seen in a mafia game I've played yet and now it appears written by two people.thellama73 wrote:"make a federal case" out of something is a common idiom in American English. I do not think two people using it is suspicious.
But I neither believe or disbeleive the notion. I merely observe
- Tue Jan 06, 2015 3:55 pm
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I'm not familiar with it. It's a term I've not seen in a mafia game I've played yet and now it appears written by two people.thellama73 wrote:"make a federal case" out of something is a common idiom in American English. I do not think two people using it is suspicious.
But I neither believe or disbeleive the notion. I merely observe
- Tue Jan 06, 2015 3:48 pm
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The implication is they may have used the phrase in btsc?DharmaHelper wrote:Its an odd mafia phrase that I'm not sure I've seen before. Twice in one game seems funky to me.
- Tue Jan 06, 2015 11:51 am
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I don't understand. Surely by this argument any non action is likely to be civvie too?Boomslang wrote:My reasoning is that, if the majority of players are civvies, then the majority/average action taken is most likely to be civvie. It's not perfect, but it's playing the odds.Dom wrote:Does being an outlier make them bad?Boomslang wrote:Excellent, game on. The Day 0 poll really doesn't give us much to go on compared to previous games, but those who failed to check in are certainly the outliers here.
- Mon Jan 05, 2015 12:53 pm
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How kind.thellama73 wrote:You know I always do.Snow Dog wrote:Kind off half assed if you want my opinionthellama73 wrote:Not very champion-like if you ask me.MovingPictures07 wrote:Yeah, there are definitely players I haven't seen yet.S~V~S wrote:Apparently we are still waiting for people to check in?
- Mon Jan 05, 2015 11:51 am
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Kind off half assed if you want my opinionthellama73 wrote:Not very champion-like if you ask me.MovingPictures07 wrote:Yeah, there are definitely players I haven't seen yet.S~V~S wrote:Apparently we are still waiting for people to check in?
- Mon Jan 05, 2015 7:23 am
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No, that's the 727 game. We are all checked in and actually in flight.S~V~S wrote:Apparently we are still waiting for people to check in?
- Sun Jan 04, 2015 7:28 am
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I'll vote Who although it was a tad fractious.
- Sat Jan 03, 2015 10:16 am
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I would say Cars probably (although i was lucky not to be Nked) but it isn't there.
- Sat Jan 03, 2015 7:52 am
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Hi zeek. Nice to play with you again.