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reds8n wrote:.... No plan of ours is going to rely upon our "food" now is it ? Have you never noticed the British Empire is unique in that it solely conquered on culinary grounds.

..why do you think we abandoned Australia so fast ? *ducks and covers*

Basically when our troops land, after your military bases, airports, comic books stores and Playboy mansion, our next stop is your "all you can eat" restaurants.

And your "International House of Pancakes".

We are coming for your "Twinkies" and your "Hostess fruit cakes" you have tormented us with for so many years in your literature.

Capturing the other guys rations, is a time honored british army tradition

You can have the fruit cakes but I will never relinquish my Twinkies. I'll get hyped up with all the IHOP java I can drink then sugar rush on Twinkies and take you down.........then slap you in the face with a tuna.

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Waaagh_Gonads wrote:We bought a 2WD SUV as my wife is short and has difficulty seeing over the steering wheel in other cars.
In SUVs she is so high she can safely see the road.

Cushion?




Apart from this, really, this is a ridiculous argument.

People have the liberty to do what they want with their money, but we have a great right to frown upon it for being foolish, harmful, and wasteful - in the same way irresponsible smokers are foolish, harmful, and wasteful.

On the other hand, those who need it need it. Chelsea Mums do not.



(Like all real men, I get my pictures from the Telegraph)

sA

rocklord2004 wrote: I'll get hyped up with all the IHOP java

You can keep all your modern technology and your "rapping" music whatnot thank you very much. We're bringing back the Walkman and vinyl.

If you've never had to agonise over what to do when the tape runs out on 1 side before a song ends and you're not sure if you should rewind the song and start again or just carry on once you've turned the tape over then you've never lived.

..hmm... *thinks about life*

ShumaGorath wrote:

So? Tax the hell out of gas and people will fall into line all by themselves.

If it really were national policy and priority, US gas would be over $5/gal ($3 in taxes) with at least half of it set aside for mass transit.

This is where democracy gets in the way. The average consumer would never go for that.

The average consumer doesn't go for a big FICA deduction, income taxes, or socialized medicine, either, and apparently, we've got that.

Gas taxes are controllable and manageable by the consumer. Ramp them up a nickel a month, and you eventually get to $3/gal, while giving people time to adjust naturally.
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Henners91 wrote:I am? I'm at university and paying it for myself thank you very much.

Exactly. When Henners starts having to work and pay his own way, then pay for a few extra mouths at the table, he'll change his tune in a hurry.

How does this argument apply? A polluting vehicle would cost MORE to run than the car model I linked you and its equivalents...

reds8n wrote:.... No plan of ours is going to rely upon our "food" now is it ? Have you never noticed the British Empire is unique in that it solely conquered on culinary grounds.

..why do you think we abandoned Australia so fast ? *ducks and covers*

Basically when our troops land, after your military bases, airports, comic books stores and Playboy mansion, our next stop is your "all you can eat" restaurants.

And your "International House of Pancakes".

We are coming for your "Twinkies" and your "Hostess fruit cakes" you have tormented us with for so many years in your literature.

Well you've made the cardinal error through time immemorial best represented by Napoleon and Hit er the guy Godwin talks about.

If you knew the local terrain you would know that going to IHOP means you will immediately fall into a insulin coma from the amount of concentrated sugar and lard. hah hah the Brits are going to make the same mistake the Japanese did buahahahahahahha!

thats why texans eat queso. We've hardened ourselves to this harsh environment. You have no chance!

I hope all the people that bash these cars also

Recycle
Compost
Use a green electricity provider
Dont use fertilizer
Dont use pesticides
If the are into wargaming, no spray paint primers
Drive hybrids


Etc Etc,

smiling Assassin wrote:

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:We bought a 2WD SUV as my wife is short and has difficulty seeing over the steering wheel in other cars.
In SUVs she is so high she can safely see the road.

Cushion?

For the pushin?

smiling Assassin wrote:On the other hand, those who need it need it. Chelsea Mums do not.

Ugh, Volvo. :barf:


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ShivanAngel wrote:I hope all the people that bash these cars also

Drive hybrids

I hope they only walk.

You "live" in Texas, you eat anything that's fried, you (nearly) put the Scoti to shame.


and.. us ? Overdose on "fats".. man are you talking to the wrong nation.

Bread and dripping matey... we conquered the world on that !

( See earlier post with reference perhaps as to why we conquered other lands).

... aaahh Friday Nights, half a bottle of Jaeger, a few beers.. all is well.

Fish, chips, fried food....

I see this and raise you

The Habenero pepper!

.... isn't that like the Watusi ?

or even....

ShivanAngel wrote:Fish, chips, fried food....

I see this and raise you

The Habenero pepper!

Go to birmingham england, and have a vindaloo ask for lager on the side . you'll need it

loki old fart wrote:

ShivanAngel wrote:Fish, chips, fried food....

I see this and raise you

The Habenero pepper!

Go to birmingham england, and have a vindaloo ask for lager on the side . you'll need it

omg i googled that and it looks yummy!

reds8n wrote:

rocklord2004 wrote: I'll get hyped up with all the IHOP java

You can keep all your modern technology and your "rapping" music whatnot thank you very much. We're bringing back the Walkman and vinyl.

If you've never had to agonise over what to do when the tape runs out on 1 side before a song ends and you're not sure if you should rewind the song and start again or just carry on once you've turned the tape over then you've never lived.

..hmm... *thinks about life*

IHOP is what us lazy Americans call the International House of Pancakes ya silly goose. I still have functioning cassettes mind you and still listen to them. I don't like vynil cause I'm a clutz and it doesn't survive much of an impact. Also, if you want a competition of fat inducing meals created by a country didn't the bacon cheeseburger with donuts as buns get created here in the states?

loki old fart wrote:

ShivanAngel wrote:Fish, chips, fried food....

I see this and raise you

The Habenero pepper!

Go to birmingham england, and have a vindaloo ask for lager on the side . you'll need it

I always thought vindaloo was indian food, for some reason.

It is

Inquisitor Lord Bane wrote:It is

Alright, just making sure. Just about any indian food will set my mouth on fire.

ShivanAngel wrote:I hope all the people that bash these cars also

Recycle
Compost
Use a green electricity provider
Dont use fertilizer
Dont use pesticides
If the are into wargaming, no spray paint primers
Drive hybrids


Etc Etc,

You could stretch that list on almost infinitely. Again, its a 1 or 10 thing, assuming you have to go all the way with something or not at all.

To be honest I just can't stand to see a "family wagon" with one of those gay stick figure families on the back. I don't know why, its just irritating. Or even worse a "my kid is an honor student" sticker. Why do I give a damn about their kids?

smiling Assassin wrote:

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:We bought a 2WD SUV as my wife is short and has difficulty seeing over the steering wheel in other cars.
In SUVs she is so high she can safely see the road.

Cushion?




Apart from this, really, this is a ridiculous argument.

People have the liberty to do what they want with their money, but we have a great right to frown upon it for being foolish, harmful, and wasteful - in the same way irresponsible smokers are foolish, harmful, and wasteful.

On the other hand, those who need it need it. Chelsea Mums do not.



(Like all real men, I get my pictures from the Telegraph)

sA

I was waiting for a Brit to voice an opinion... I've been wondering if this is an ultra-divide simply based on nationality... After all, our country signed Kyoto...

As for the random shizzle, I guess it's the way that when a post gets too confrontational, it has to be taken OT before peoples' feelings get hurt I'd yell "GET BACK AWN TOPIC" but the mods have clearly spoken...


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ShivanAngel wrote:I hope all the people that bash these cars also

Recycle
Compost
Use a green electricity provider
Dont use fertilizer
Dont use pesticides
If the are into wargaming, no spray paint primers
Drive hybrids


Etc Etc,

Err, but doing ONE green thing is still constructive, this isn't a "be Satan or Jesus" argument, it's do what you can within your means... Because people aren't perfect does that mean we should never pursue good deeds?

I use hippies for my firewood. Is that green?


But seriously, I do leave the lights off until I have to put them on, I recycle. Don't have a say in my energy provider, but its nuclear rather then coal. Most of us in the States do. But most of us spend more time in our vehicles then you could imagine, so we go with what is good to us, which might not always be whats best for the earth.

And yet the European Union with a Population 1/3rd less than the United States' produces 13.8% of the world's emissions compared to the US' 20.2%

Not that this is about emissions as a topic, I just assume that means more coal and oil is being burnt...

China's the worst ofc.

We can't all be winners. But seriously, our government and companies are giving us credits and tax shelters for going green in some spots of the country

Theres so much rubbish talked about enviromential issues I.E. carbon footprint ETC.
And the math dosent add up

You act like theres any proven science behind all of these hippy claims.........

Feel free to show evidence from a viable source to prove me wrong. I do find it funny that it was only within the last couple of years they refined paper recycling to where it was actually mildly good for the environment.

rocklord2004 wrote:You act like theres any proven science behind all of these hippy claims.........

Feel free to show evidence from a viable source to prove me wrong. I do find it funny that it was only within the last couple of years they refined paper recycling to where it was actually mildly good for the environment.

I'm an environmental chemist. I'm a lab rat, but still...You do realize there are entire peer edited journals dedicated to this right? I test or receive and ship samples every day that have all manner of garbage in them you wouldn't want to be in contact with. I can assure you that the science behind this is quite well established.

Grignard wrote:

rocklord2004 wrote:You act like theres any proven science behind all of these hippy claims.........

Feel free to show evidence from a viable source to prove me wrong. I do find it funny that it was only within the last couple of years they refined paper recycling to where it was actually mildly good for the environment.

I'm an environmental chemist. I'm a lab rat, but still...You do realize there are entire peer edited journals dedicated to this right? I test or receive and ship samples every day that have all manner of garbage in them you wouldn't want to be in contact with. I can assure you that the science behind this is quite well established.

And theres a lot of false information out there. Most of it just marketing ploys

loki old fart wrote:Theres so much rubbish talked about enviromential issues I.E. carbon footprint ETC.
And the math dosent add up

Math doesn't add up, ever. That's just a colloquial phrase for 'it doesn't make sense' which is itself, generally, a euphemism for 'I don't understand'.

dogma wrote:

loki old fart wrote:Theres so much rubbish talked about enviromential issues I.E. carbon footprint ETC.
And the math dosent add up

Math doesn't add up, ever. That's just a colloquial phrase for 'it doesn't make sense' which is itself, generally, a euphemism for 'I don't understand'.

But I do understand. And the claims they're making, don't work

What claims made by what people? If one claim made by one person is nonsensical it does not follow that all similar claims made by similar people are nonsensical.