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[commodorified]

It would be irresponsible of me to explain why the phrase "we have misplaced the family lunchbox", which is currently an actual thing that has happened around here, keeps making me think of Lynford Cicero Christie, "the most decorated British male athlete".

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[twistedchick]

Oh, c'mon. You can't leave it at that. Now you're going to have me wondering all day...

[auriaephiala]

Ditto.

[janetmiles]

/me leaps to the perhaps unwarranted conclusion that your lunchbox, like Mr. Christie, is highly decorated.

[fajrdrako]

I am curious as to the lunchbox story, but even more about why it is irresponsible.

Wondering now where my Dalek lunchbox is...

[executrix]

It made me think of The Full Monty audition: "Ladies and gentlemen, the lunchbox has landed."

[jesuswasbatman]

Warning: If you actually look into what this means you will be confronted with a load of disgusting racist bullshit.

[commodorified]

O Dear, I wasn't thinking of that.

Here's the Wikipedia article, which does a decent job of covering the issue without being unduly sketch.

[jesuswasbatman]

Sorry if I seemed a bit tetchy, but I was quite upset by that at the time. No athlete should be reduced to explaining in court "they are talking about my genitals, your honour".

[commodorified]

That is entirely legitimate tetchy; I only knew of the whole story as something that was in the cultural water and which I looked up at some point, so there are clearly things I've missed.

I sort of had the impression that at the end of the day he'd come out somewhat ahead of the jerks.