Idiot boss [pompously]: “Ian, can I count on you to be my go-to-guy on this?”
Punctuation [impassioned]: “Cobras….cobras”
Idiot boss: “Are you taking the piss?”
Punctuation: “I want to say no”
Tinfoil hat
You're reading it – so you're partially guilty…
Filth, lies, truth and blame 
I would comment on this if I had even the vaguest idea what you were on about! ;o)
Very Simpson-esque, Homer.
Yeah. 🙂
I can translate if asked . . .
Heh heh. It does require a certain obsession with The Simpsons! The “cobras cobras”comment comes from an episode where Homer suffers from night terrors and there is a ridiculous scene where he is rolling around on the floors squealing cobras and batting them away in his sleep as he does it. So what I am really saying is “the thought of me being your ‘go to guy’ is a) not good and b) such a ridiculous clichéd phrase the best way to respond is by being silly and using a clichéd and ridiculous reference” – either that or I am being completely daft…. 😉
The “want to say no” is also very Simpsonesque and is typically said by a character when they are obviously saying the complete opposite to that which the person asking the question desires – for example: “I know I burnt the office down and lost us our best customers but I still have a job, right?” to which you say “I want to say yes”.
I need to get out more…. 🙂
lol… it does all make sense now.
“Are you taking the piss?” is also a bit obscure on this side of the pond – and decidedly non-Simpsonesque.
Ah, good point. I’m guessing “are you taking the mickey” would have been equally as obscure and lead people into confusion over Disney characters…
It is always I bit weird when I hear any American friends say something along the lines of “I was late for the meeting, I was so pissed”.
Actually, being late for a meeting would be a good thing. hehe 🙂 (I SO hate meetings… I spend them all writing cute scribbles in my notes)
I believe our equivalency is at the other end of the scatological spectrum (so to speak), to wit: Are you shitting me?
Lol @ Bulldog :o))