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Post by Alan B » Wed Jan 09, 2019 11:09 pm

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You're just going to have to change your name to "Mediocre Britain."
Nah! When the other countries (Scotland & N. Ireland) rejoin the EU we'll have to call ourselves 'Poundland'.
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Post by Jason » Wed Jan 09, 2019 11:12 pm

Yes, well the continental here is wrong. :P

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Post by Forty Two » Wed Jan 09, 2019 11:15 pm

I'm still waiting for what the Isle of Man decides.

I be the EU wouldn't let them in until they changed their name to the more inclusive "Isle of Person."
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Post by Hermit » Thu Jan 10, 2019 12:06 am

Forty Two wrote:
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According to the continentals here, the UK is a substandard drag on the continent.
Is it "make things up on the fly day", or are you just practising?
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Post by Forty Two » Thu Jan 10, 2019 1:13 pm

Hermit wrote:
Thu Jan 10, 2019 12:06 am
Forty Two wrote:
Wed Jan 09, 2019 10:44 pm
According to the continentals here, the UK is a substandard drag on the continent.
Is it "make things up on the fly day", or are you just practising?
Just ask Scot Dutchy. That "Anglo Saxon mindset" and its awful adversarial processes, and such....
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar

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Post by Brian Peacock » Thu Jan 10, 2019 2:02 pm

Alan B wrote:
Forty Two wrote:
Wed Jan 09, 2019 10:43 pm
You're just going to have to change your name to "Mediocre Britain."
Nah! When the other countries (Scotland & N. Ireland) rejoin the EU we'll have to call ourselves 'Poundland'.
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Forty Two wrote:
Thu Jan 10, 2019 1:13 pm
Hermit wrote:
Thu Jan 10, 2019 12:06 am
Forty Two wrote:
Wed Jan 09, 2019 10:44 pm
According to the continentals here, the UK is a substandard drag on the continent.
Is it "make things up on the fly day", or are you just practising?
Just ask Scot Dutchy. That "Anglo Saxon mindset" and its awful adversarial processes, and such....
Scott Dutchy changed his name to The Continentals Here? I missed that. Thanks for the heads up.
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Post by Forty Two » Thu Jan 10, 2019 2:16 pm

You're welcome.
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar

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Post by laklak » Thu Jan 10, 2019 3:22 pm

Sound like a doo-wop band - Dutchy and the Continentals.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.

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Post by Brian Peacock » Thu Jan 10, 2019 5:17 pm

Didn't they have a hit with "You Can Dunk Your Waffle In My Coco Baby As Long As I Get Your Cream"?
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Post by JimC » Thu Jan 10, 2019 8:04 pm

:lol:
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Post by Scot Dutchy » Fri Jan 11, 2019 2:39 pm

UK faces prospect of no Brexit if May's deal rejected, says Hunt
Foreign secretary says vote against withdrawal agreement could lead to UK staying in EU
Of course Hunt is a cunt.
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Post by Scot Dutchy » Fri Jan 11, 2019 2:43 pm

Brexit has not happened but...

Jaguar Land Rover, Ford and Honda deliver triple dose of bad news for UK car industry
Thousands of job cuts and a post-Brexit production shutdown announced

Jaguar Land Rover, Ford and Honda delivered a triple dose of bad news for the UK car industry on Thursday.

JLR will cut 4,500 jobs, predominantly in the UK, while Ford is to cut thousands of jobs across Europe. Honda announced it will pause production at its Swindon plant in April in anticipation of border disruption after Brexit on 29 March.

JLR revealed the job cuts as part of a £2.5bn cost-cutting drive aimed at maintaining profitability as the company battles plummeting sales in China and confusion around diesel emissions rules.
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Post by Forty Two » Fri Jan 11, 2019 3:27 pm

laklak wrote:
Thu Jan 10, 2019 3:22 pm
Sound like a doo-wop band - Dutchy and the Continentals.
Life Could Be A Dream
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(Hey nonny ding dong, alang, alang, alang
Boom ba-doh, ba-doo, ba-doodle-ay)

Oh, life could be a dream
If I could take you up in paradise in Europe
If you would tell me it's Socialism that you love
Life could be a dream, sweetheart

Oh, life could be a dream
If only all my precious plans would come true
If you would let me spend my whole life judgin' you
Life could be a dream, sweetheart

Now every time I look at you
Something is on my mind
If you do what I tell you to
Baby, we'd be so fine
Oh, life could be a dream
If I could take you up in paradise in Europe
If you would tell me that it's Socialism that you love
Life could be a dream, sweetheart'

Sh-boom sh-boom, ya-da-da da-da-da da-da-da da
Sh-boom sh-boom, ya-da-da da-da-da da-da-da da
Sh-boom sh-boom,…
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Post by Strontium Dog » Fri Jan 11, 2019 4:16 pm

Forty Two wrote:
Wed Jan 09, 2019 11:15 pm
I'm still waiting for what the Isle of Man decides.

I be the EU wouldn't let them in until they changed their name to the more inclusive "Isle of Person."
The "Man" doesn't mean that type of man, so... no.
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