Is it possible to install Lion without an internet connection?

I have the Lion Thumb drive but it just pop's up a dialog box saying that it can't download the additional components. What additional components are there?
Surely this defeats the point of having an install drive if it still requires the internet to complete the install.
I have a Mac Pro at Work that only has a dial up connection, I thought the thumb drive was the answer but it seems I was wrong.
Switching the dial up on during installation gets past the first problem mentioned above but then it still doesn't work because the installer kicks you out after restarting in the Lion boot sequence because, you guessed it, No internet connection!
Any suggestions Apple? or anyone?

MacBob wrote:
Thaks for the reply, I agree it is a little dumb, they even state on the website thumb drive page that
" If you don't have broadband access, you can visit any Apple Retail Store to get help with downloading. Or you can order theOS X Lion USB Thumb Drive from the Apple Online Store."
But clearly this is just not true as the installer requires a connection before it will even load anything. Is it possible they got the software installation wrong on the thumbdrive?
I have posted a bug report for what good it will do.
It is also a presumption that everybody has 3.4GB of download data spare for whenever they need to download. My mobile limit is 6GB. If I am on the raod and have trouble, I cannot download even twice. It's ok at home or for anybody with large amounts of download data, but still time consuming. I love having my install discs handy at all times, and even burning a Lion DVD really messes up my nice collection of OS Install Discs! (lol on that bit)
You need to make sure you are with a reliable IP server as well.
Cheers

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