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2011/04/15 14:13:43
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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Terminator with Assault Cannon
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I freely admit to being a yankee..... And if you wanna call me one....
Make sure you smile when you do.
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Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
:Nilla Marines: 2500
:Marine "Scouts": 2500 (Systemically Quarantined, Unsupported, Abhuman, Truncated Soldiers)
"On one side of me stand my Homeworld, Stronghold and Brotherhood; On the other, my ancestors. I cannot behave otherwise than honorably."
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2011/04/15 14:14:05
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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Consigned to the Grim Darkness
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Well, then you're from an even more inferior state than Georgia, obviously!
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
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2011/04/15 14:49:29
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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Wrathful Warlord Titan Commander
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It was only in relatively recent history that Englis and British were interchangeable.
With the increase in nationalisn in the home nations and eventual devolution over the last 50 years this has ceased to be the case.
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2011/04/15 14:49:48
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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Cheesecat wrote:Melissia wrote:Lord Scythican wrote:Henners91 wrote:Seriously, Yanks, you're going to make a Scotsman/Welshman/Northern Irishman cry.
Somehow I missed commenting on the yank part too. Call all us westerners "Yanks" is about as bad as calling a "Scotsman" "English."
Calling a southerner a Yank is like saying "I want to get punched in the face" to boot.
But I thought we were all the same in the inside at least that's what my elementary school teachers told me. 
Call the wrong Southerner a Yank and he'll indeed help you find out what your insides look like.
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2011/04/15 14:50:18
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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I get more annoyed when people say British when obviously referring to English stereotypes to be honest.
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2011/04/15 15:03:23
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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biccat wrote:Melissia wrote:Indeed, Biccat is definitely an imposter, not a southerner.
Sweet iced tea is quite common!
You're from Texas, which is full of Yankee interlopers.
When I lived in Georgia I never heard of "Sweet iced tea," it was just "sweet tea."
You are correct. The more common nomenclature is simply "sweet tea." However, I was simply trying to provide a more descriptive reference for our British friends who might incorectly assume I was referring to either a lot of honey or several extra cubes of sugar in the hot molasses-black stuff they drink and refer to as tea.
The only time I wouldn't also have ice in my sweet tea is when I have a 32 oz+ glass, and most of the ice has melted...
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2011/04/15 15:15:58
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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Good point.
When Southerners refer to "sweet tea" what they are really saying is a glass of sugar with a few drops of tea liberally sprinkled on it. 
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2011/04/15 15:17:01
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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Consigned to the Grim Darkness
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Ew, that's way too much.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
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2011/04/15 15:17:52
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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Melissia wrote:Ew, that's way too much.
And thats why we'll win!
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2011/04/15 15:19:29
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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Consigned to the Grim Darkness
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Dunno, I actually prefer to only add sugar to cold tea, not to warm tea. For some reason it just seems ot taste better that way.
If I had my own chemistry lab I'd do tests to figure out why.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
My blog |
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2011/04/15 15:27:51
Subject: Re:It's "British" not "English"
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Boom! Leman Russ Commander
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See what I mean? My state is so obscure no one realized I was talking about West Virginia.
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2011/04/15 15:34:20
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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Consigned to the Grim Darkness
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I did, I just didn't care.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
My blog |
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2011/04/15 15:40:40
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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Terminator with Assault Cannon
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Wait... there's a "West" Virginia? when did that happen?
As for the sweet tea.. some places make it so sweet it would turn Conan (the barbarian, not the tv guy) ..... "flamboyant".
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Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
:Nilla Marines: 2500
:Marine "Scouts": 2500 (Systemically Quarantined, Unsupported, Abhuman, Truncated Soldiers)
"On one side of me stand my Homeworld, Stronghold and Brotherhood; On the other, my ancestors. I cannot behave otherwise than honorably."
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2011/04/15 15:41:15
Subject: Re:It's "British" not "English"
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Horrific Howling Banshee
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Lord Scythican wrote:See what I mean? My state is so obscure no one realized I was talking about West Virginia.
I like West Virginia...Its the only place I've ever been to that regularly sells motion sickness pills in convenience stores... 
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2011/04/15 15:44:48
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Eldanar wrote:biccat wrote:Melissia wrote:Indeed, Biccat is definitely an imposter, not a southerner.
Sweet iced tea is quite common!
You're from Texas, which is full of Yankee interlopers. When I lived in Georgia I never heard of "Sweet iced tea," it was just "sweet tea."
You are correct. The more common nomenclature is simply "sweet tea." However, I was simply trying to provide a more descriptive reference for our British friends who might incorectly assume I was referring to either a lot of honey or several extra cubes of sugar in the hot molasses-black stuff they drink and refer to as tea. The only time I wouldn't also have ice in my sweet tea is when I have a 32 oz+ glass, and most of the ice has melted...
Actually, in Louisiana and Mississippi, it's just called Iced Tea. There's no such thing as tea that isn't sweetened there. If for some reason you DO want some that isn't sweetened, you specifically ask for Unsweet Tea and prepare yourself for The Look. My wife was very surprised when she discovered she didn't have to ask for Unsweet Tea in other parts of the country.
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2011/04/15 15:46:48
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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Junior Officer with Laspistol
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California is better than all the other states. Do you have the 5th largest economy in the world? Huh? HUH!? Yeah. Didn't think so.
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~Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
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2011/04/15 10:48:01
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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ChrisWWII wrote:California is better than all the other states. Do you have the 5th largest economy in the world? Huh? HUH!? Yeah. Didn't think so.
We're also NOT California, which makes us rejoice every day. 
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2011/04/15 15:48:42
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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Junior Officer with Laspistol
University of St. Andrews
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Just because we have cities that like to pretend they're independent countries...
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"If everything on Earth were rational, nothing would ever happen."
~Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
~Hanlon's Razor
707th Lubyan Aquila Banner Motor Rifle Regiment (6000 pts)
Battlefleet Tomania (2500 pts)
Visit my nation on Nation States!
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2011/04/15 15:52:22
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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Boom! Leman Russ Commander
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helgrenze wrote:Wait... there's a "West" Virginia? when did that happen?
Yes there is. Amazing huh? We can't make our mind up if were are yanks or southerners.
Melissia wrote:I did, I just didn't care.
Oh. That explains it.
Eldanar wrote:Lord Scythican wrote:See what I mean? My state is so obscure no one realized I was talking about West Virginia.
I like West Virginia...Its the only place I've ever been to that regularly sells motion sickness pills in convenience stores...
That is because of all our hills. Every WV resident has one leg that is shorter than the other from walking across these hills. It really throws off your equilibrium, so the motion sickness pills are a necessary if you live here in WV.
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2011/04/15 15:52:56
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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Consigned to the Grim Darkness
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ChrisWWII wrote:Just because we have cities that like to pretend they're independent countries...
So does Texas and New York (Granted, New York only has one).
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
My blog |
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2011/04/15 15:53:36
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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Terminator with Assault Cannon
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ChrisWWII wrote:California is better than all the other states. Do you have the 5th largest economy in the world? Huh? HUH!? Yeah. Didn't think so.
Removing the Film industry from California would be like taking the Barbie line from Mattel...... It would ruin that economy.
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Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
:Nilla Marines: 2500
:Marine "Scouts": 2500 (Systemically Quarantined, Unsupported, Abhuman, Truncated Soldiers)
"On one side of me stand my Homeworld, Stronghold and Brotherhood; On the other, my ancestors. I cannot behave otherwise than honorably."
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2011/04/15 15:53:54
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Melissia wrote:ChrisWWII wrote:Just because we have cities that like to pretend they're independent countries...
So does Texas and New York (Granted, New York only has one).
Wait, there's more NY than just the city? Automatically Appended Next Post: helgrenze wrote:ChrisWWII wrote:California is better than all the other states. Do you have the 5th largest economy in the world? Huh? HUH!? Yeah. Didn't think so.
Removing the Film industry from California would be like taking the Barbie line from Mattel...... It would ruin that economy.
No it wouldn't.
Mattel would just make up for it by selling more lines as their limited exclusive way overpriced lines through MattyCollector than just He-man and Ghostbusters.
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2011/04/15 15:55:15
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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Junior Officer with Laspistol
University of St. Andrews
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Eh, it'd screw over SoCal only, and who cares about SoCal? NorCal has its own economy that doesn't depend on the film industry thank you very much.
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"If everything on Earth were rational, nothing would ever happen."
~Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
~Hanlon's Razor
707th Lubyan Aquila Banner Motor Rifle Regiment (6000 pts)
Battlefleet Tomania (2500 pts)
Visit my nation on Nation States!
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2011/04/15 15:56:09
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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Warplord Titan Princeps of Tzeentch
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Platuan4th wrote:Melissia wrote:ChrisWWII wrote:Just because we have cities that like to pretend they're independent countries...
So does Texas and New York (Granted, New York only has one).
Wait, there's more NY than just the city?
There's also Brooklyn, Queens, Manhatten, Staten Island, New Jersey...
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2011/04/15 15:56:39
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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Junior Officer with Laspistol
University of St. Andrews
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Melissia wrote:So does Texas and New York (Granted, New York only has one).
Texas has cities? 
I thought it was just thousands of miles of flat empty land dotted with oil wells, cow farms and outposts of Frazzled's weiner dog army. 
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"If everything on Earth were rational, nothing would ever happen."
~Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
~Hanlon's Razor
707th Lubyan Aquila Banner Motor Rifle Regiment (6000 pts)
Battlefleet Tomania (2500 pts)
Visit my nation on Nation States!
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2011/04/15 15:57:01
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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Melissia wrote:ChrisWWII wrote:Just because we have cities that like to pretend they're independent countries...
So does Texas and New York (Granted, New York only has one).
NYC IS an independant country..... And they have more than one city in New York.... just none that get any press. Automatically Appended Next Post: ChrisWWII wrote:Melissia wrote:So does Texas and New York (Granted, New York only has one).
Texas has cities?
I thought it was just thousands of miles of flat empty land dotted with oil wells, cow farms and outposts of Frazzled's weiner dog army.
Well there is Dull Ass where the Cowgirls pretend to play football....
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Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
:Nilla Marines: 2500
:Marine "Scouts": 2500 (Systemically Quarantined, Unsupported, Abhuman, Truncated Soldiers)
"On one side of me stand my Homeworld, Stronghold and Brotherhood; On the other, my ancestors. I cannot behave otherwise than honorably."
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2011/04/15 16:02:15
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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Banelord Titan Princeps of Khorne
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English thread becomes American!
Win.
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2011/04/15 16:08:18
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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WarOne wrote:Ketara wrote:I dunno. Welshmen are as gaelic as the Scots or Irish.
And anyone calling me European can feck right off.
We all must walk the Six Paths of Pain eventually, Euro Unionist.
Fool! I am no mere Tendo! I am Gedo, the seventh! We choose to take our own path, not that of the United Americans, or the Euro Unionists!
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2011/04/15 16:17:10
Subject: It's "British" not "English"
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ChrisWWII wrote:Melissia wrote:So does Texas and New York (Granted, New York only has one).
Texas has cities?
I thought it was just thousands of miles of flat empty land dotted with oil wells, cow farms and outposts of Frazzled's weiner dog army.
Yep, Texas has three cities in the top ten most populated cities in the top ten most populated cities in the nation. The DFW metroplex is larger than los angelos.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
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My blog |
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2011/04/15 16:17:23
Subject: Re:It's "British" not "English"
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Boom! Leman Russ Commander
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Okay time for some bad humor:
English, Irish, and Scottish generals were captured after a courageous
battle by the Nazi SS. The SS officer said to them that before be put
them in the concentration camp that he would punish them with 100
lashes in front of his men as they had killed so many of his men
before they were captured.
He said to the Scottish general, "You fought very bravely, so I vill
give you one vish."
His reply was, "Ach, give me one of your SS leather jackets to protect
me."
So he got his lashes, but still had to be dragged in through the gate.
He said to the English general, "You fought bravely too. So you can
have a vish also."
He replied. "Put one of the mattresses on my back old boy."
So he got his lashes, but managed to crawl in after his thrashing.
He said to the Irish general, "You fought bravely too, more so zan ze
other two, so you can have two vishes!"
He replied, "I want 200 lashes!"
"Are you sure?" asked the SS officer.
"Yes," he said.
"Okay zen, vot is your second vish?"
"Put the Englishman on my back!"
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