Originally Posted by djfunnyman:
“In the lightning round episode Ross gets annoyed at being asked to be question master saying "I have a job and a child". Stupid line because either Ross had nothing planned that day, or was skipping time with Ben or work to ask the questions
At the end of Joshua's first appearance, Joshua seems to have finished his shopping but in the next episode is back at Bloomingdales doing more shopping. I know he needed to go back to pick up his wallet but the next episode he was back as if nothing happened
The guys Ross played rugby with sounded more Australian or South African than English. Also, why were such a big group of Brits playing rugby in New York who happened to know Emily? Emily clearly wasn't travelling to New York with them or visiting them in New York as she hadn't seen then since the U2 concert that they went to”
I thought the bigger guy sounded either Welsh or West Country. The smaller guy sounded like an American putting on a fake English accent, but IMDB suggests he was born in Manchester. His accent certainly didn't sound northern, so maybe it was a case that he was trying to put on a 'less regional' accent and sounded like a complete plum.
Interestingly, the IMDB entry for the bigger guy states he was born in Brooklyn, but it also says he was born in 1941 which means he would have been nearly 60 in that episode, so I think that could be an error in the listing.
As to your other point, I quite agree it seems an unlikely coincidence there would be such a group that happened to know Emily but for me I find it even more unlikely that they would just happen to bump into Emily in what seems to be a fairly obscure backstreet somewhere in the village.
Edit: just watched that scene again and it seems it is right in front of Central Perk, so not as obscure as I first thought but still a huge coincidence they would just bump into someone Emily knows right there.
Also, the bigger guy seems to cover 4 or 5 accents in a 2 minute scene, I can see exactly why you said Aussie or South African, but I still maintain at some points he sounds Welsh or Bristolian.
Another gripe about the scene is the smaller guy asks Ross to meet at Riverside Park. That park is like 4 miles long, unless there is a specific and well known rugby pitch in the park, it does seem a bit vague. At least they didn't say Central Park, which is about ten times the size.