To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty
Queen Elizabeth II.
In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates
for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give
notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.
Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over
all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas, which she does
not fancy).
Your new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a Governor for America
without the need for further elections.
Congress and the Senate will be disbanded.
A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you
noticed.
To aid in the transition to a British Crown dependency, the following rules
are introduced with immediate effect:
(You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary.)
1. Then look up aluminium, and check the pronunciation guide. You will be
amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it.
2. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as "colour", "favour",
"labour"and "neighbour." Likewise, you will learn to spell "doughnut"
without skipping half the letters, and the suffix '-ize' will be replaced by
the suffix '-ise'. Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary
to acceptable levels. (look up "vocabulary").
3. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as
"like" and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of
communication. There is no such thing as US English. We will let Microsoft
know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take
into account the reinstated letter "u" and the elimination of -ize.
4. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday.
5. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers, or
therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that
you're not quite ready to be independent. Guns should only be used for
shooting grouse. If you can't sort things out without suing someone or
speaking to a therapist then you're not ready to shoot grouse.
6. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more
dangerous than a vegetable peeler. Although a permit will be required if you
wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.
7. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start
driving on the left side with immediate effect. At the same time, you will
go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion
tables.
Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense
of humour.
8. The former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been
calling gasoline) of roughly $10/US gallon. Get used to it.
9. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are
not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are
properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and
dressed not with catsup but with vinegar.
10. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer
at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer,
and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as
Lager. Australian beer is also acceptable as they are pound for pound the
greatest sporting nation on earth and it can only be due to the beer. They
are also part of the British Commonwealth - see what it did for them.
American brands will be referred to as Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine, so that all
can be sold without risk of further confusion.
11. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good
guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English
characters. Watching Andie MacDowell attempt English dialogue in "Four
Weddings and a Funeral" was an experience akin to having one's ears removed
with a cheese grater.
12. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of
proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in
time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American
football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or
wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies). Don't try rugby -
the Aussies, South Africans and Kiwis will thrash you, like they regularly
thrash us.
13. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an
event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of
America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware there is a world beyond your
borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will
let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their
deliveries.
14. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad.
15. An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty's
Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all monies
due (backdated to 1776).
16. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 pm with proper cups, with saucers,
and never mugs, with high quality biscuits (cookies) and cakes; plus
strawberries (with cream) when in season.
God Save the Queen!
"David Nebenzahl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 11/16/2009 6:22 AM diggerop spake thus:
>
>> To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign
>> Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
>> In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates
>> for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give
>> notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.
>
> Bravo, bravo! Hear, hear!
>
> Just one thing: as a former 'Merkin, I plead, nay, pray to you just one
> thing: PLEASE don't make us watch "Are You Being Served?". ANYTHING else,
> just not that, OK? I'll even watch all that Jeeves this and Poirot that,
> just ... not ... that show ... OK?
>
Heh. The show was very popular in Oz, - partly because the characters were
all stereoptypes of the sort of people you would actually find in retail
outlets.
Molly Sugden's "Mrs Slocombe' was brilliant, but then I've always thought
the Poms to be without peer when it comes to drama and comedy.
diggerop - (who just complimented the Poms and hopes his mates don't find
out.)
On Nov 16, 11:40 pm, Dave Balderstone
<dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:
> Go south, old man, and tell anyone between Juarez and Tierro Del Fuego
> that they're American.
Well, I know that being Canadian seems to give you super powers that
enable you to understand the rest of the world.
Tain't so.
I live and work a couple of hours north of the border with Mexico. In
construction, a large part of our work force is from Mexico, and much
further south. While they like to come here to work, enjoy social
benefits, free education, certain welfare items, etc., they will be
more than quick to tell you they are from a certain country down
south, and that's home.
They burn with national pride for their fatherlands, the countries
that cannot feed, clothe, or take care of them in any way. They will
tell you immediately (at least the ones you can communicate with) that
they are "Sur Americanos", not Americanos. They come here for
opportunities and welfare.
> In my experience it's only the Yanks that insist on arguing this
> bullpucky. Makes me wonder why you feel the need to dilute your
> national with the rest of us.
I would say for the most part, we don't. Our politicians want a world
a big homogeneous sphere, but I think most Americans are tired of the
rest of the world. I don't think most USAnians (nope... gonna have to
go with American) know what our global role is to planet earth, but
more importantly no one I know cares. It is long past the time where
the USA needs to fix itself, and repair all manner of problems from
top to bottom.
So rather than waste time, money and effort trying to be everyone's
best friend on this big blue marble, we should take all of the time,
money and effort we give away and apply them to the citizens of this
country. I for one don't claim or want anything at all from Canada,
and would be fine closing the borders if that served a greater
purpose. I'm kind of a "don't let the door hit you in the ass" guy.
If you don't want anything to do with us, I understand. But don't be
annoying, just go away.
I am not sure what you mean about our gene pool being diluted by
Canadians, but if you are thinking that there are undocumented
Canadian aliens living here illegally, then I can assure you most
folks don't want them here. As the economy collapsed, that hot issue
got even hotter.
However, at least 50% or so would make an exception of these fine
folks wanted to stay here under just about any conditions:
http://socyberty.com/people/canadas-top-10-beautiful-movie-stars/
And this may be tough... believe it or not... the conversations aren't
always friendly or respectful in the US when discussing Canada.
And besides, not everyone, not even Canadian (if only by name), want
to dilute their own good gene pool with that of actual Canadians.
Must be something in your blood we don't know about. Do these guys
know?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_re_Secession_of_Quebec
Just a couple of thoughts....
Robert
There she is again, standin' over by the crumpet machine,
Lookin' like the cover of "Mortician's Magazine".
If you wanna chat her up you gotta be at least a hundred-seventeen!
GO! GO! GO! little queenie (Away! Please! It's time!)
=A9 Lord Charles of Berry, ASCAP, 1859, All Rights
Confused. (And with a royal salute to Sir Michael and the
boys =96 (for dustin' it off)
Jumpin' Jack Flash
In article <[email protected]>, Leon
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Correct about Japan and that is not really news but last I heard, South,
> Central and North America are all America. I happen to live in the United
> States of America.
Not this stale canard again...
I am not a North American, I am Canadian. The US of A is the only
country that uses the name "America".
Say it all you want, but repetition won't make it so.
--
"A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof.
And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven." - Former Canadian
Prime Minister Jean Chretien
In article <[email protected]>, Larry Jaques
<novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
> The rest of the world recognizes north and south Americas, and that
> central area thing (with the great tamales.) Why don't you?
Continents? Sure, I'm still good there. Hopefully for another few
decades.
But as an identifier for a people, I think not. We're canajuns, eh? and
you are still murricans, huh?
Go south, old man, and tell anyone between Juarez and Tierro Del Fuego
that they're American.
In my experience it's only the Yanks that insist on arguing this
bullpucky. Makes me wonder why you feel the need to dilute your
national with the rest of us.
You used to be a proud people. Now your president bows before defrocked
emperors.
A pity.
On Nov 16, 5:02 pm, Dave Balderstone
<dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_S.balderstone.ca> wrote:
>
> Not this stale canard again...
>
> I am not a North American, I am Canadian. The US of A is the only
> country that uses the name "America".
>
> Say it all you want, but repetition won't make it so.
But you live on the continent of...? This place-name stuff is just a
convenience of speech. It's time to get over nationalism. See the
current thread entitled "Simply amazing", and forget about the USA.
It's a worldwide problem. Tom
"Larry Blanchard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:07:42 +0800, diggerop wrote:
>
>>
> And to add insult to injury, we now vote by mail or on voting machines
> that keep no images of the original ballots. And we worry about voting
> fraud in other countries!
>
With reference to the voting machines, what happens in the event of a
disputed result?
In Oz, the Court of Disputed Returns is frequently called into play when
there is a very close result.
Each and every ballot cast is then re-examined in minute detail for
legitimacy. Initial results have been known to be overturned by the court
under this process.
diggerop
Couldn't be much worse! lol
re: new rules.
1. our pronunciation, or your spelling, to-may-to, to-mah-to.
2. Fine, given what IM has done to spelling, good luck with this.
3. Like, agreed, you know?
4. Do we still get the day off?
5. The fact that you wrote 'lawyers' instead of 'barristers' renders this
point moot.
7. ok.
9. so it's semantics? re vinegar: has it's uses, but putting it on crisps
ain't one of them.
10. You're gonna improve our beer? Well gosh, if you feel you must....
11. You're bringing up Andie? What about Costner's 50 seconds worth of an
English accent in Robin Hood?
12. We got a problem here.
13. If you have a problem with it being called the World Series, field a
team.
14. see 15
15. Sure, it'll only cost you the answer to 14.
16. We've already started with the TEA parties, haven't you noticed?
"diggerop" <toobusy@themoment> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty
> Queen Elizabeth II.
> In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates
> for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give
> notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.
> Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties
> over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas, which she
> does not fancy).
> Your new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a Governor for America
> without the need for further elections.
> Congress and the Senate will be disbanded.
> A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of
> you noticed.
> To aid in the transition to a British Crown dependency, the following
> rules are introduced with immediate effect:
> (You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary.)
> 1. Then look up aluminium, and check the pronunciation guide. You will be
> amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it.
> 2. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as "colour", "favour",
> "labour"and "neighbour." Likewise, you will learn to spell "doughnut"
> without skipping half the letters, and the suffix '-ize' will be replaced
> by the suffix '-ise'. Generally, you will be expected to raise your
> vocabulary to acceptable levels. (look up "vocabulary").
> 3. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such
> as "like" and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of
> communication. There is no such thing as US English. We will let Microsoft
> know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take
> into account the reinstated letter "u" and the elimination of -ize.
> 4. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday.
> 5. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers,
> or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows
> that you're not quite ready to be independent. Guns should only be used
> for shooting grouse. If you can't sort things out without suing someone or
> speaking to a therapist then you're not ready to shoot grouse.
> 6. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more
> dangerous than a vegetable peeler. Although a permit will be required if
> you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.
> 7. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start
> driving on the left side with immediate effect. At the same time, you will
> go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion
> tables.
> Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British
> sense of humour.
> 8. The former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been
> calling gasoline) of roughly $10/US gallon. Get used to it.
> 9. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries
> are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips
> are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat,
> and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar.
> 10. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually
> beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as
> beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred
> to as Lager. Australian beer is also acceptable as they are pound for
> pound the greatest sporting nation on earth and it can only be due to the
> beer. They are also part of the British Commonwealth - see what it did for
> them. American brands will be referred to as Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine, so
> that all can be sold without risk of further confusion.
> 11. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good
> guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play
> English characters. Watching Andie MacDowell attempt English dialogue in
> "Four Weddings and a Funeral" was an experience akin to having one's ears
> removed with a cheese grater.
> 12. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of
> proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in
> time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American
> football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or
> wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies). Don't try
> rugby - the Aussies, South Africans and Kiwis will thrash you, like they
> regularly thrash us.
> 13. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host
> an event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of
> America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware there is a world beyond your
> borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will
> let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their
> deliveries.
> 14. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad.
> 15. An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty's
> Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all
> monies due (backdated to 1776).
> 16. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 pm with proper cups, with saucers,
> and never mugs, with high quality biscuits (cookies) and cakes; plus
> strawberries (with cream) when in season.
> God Save the Queen!
Len wrote:
> No disrespect to your monarch, But We Americans would rather die than
> be ruled by a monarchy.(except republicans who would rather anoint the
> Incompetent Sarah Palin over you very nice doddering old lady
> Elizabeth)Remember we fought a war about this in the year 1776?(we
> won) .
I predict that in 2012, America will have had enough of Democrats and elect
another Bush (just like they did after Clinton). Probably JEB Bush. After
eight years of Jeb, there will be that good-looking Hispanic Bush. By then
the dynasty will be firmly established and it's only a small step to a
monarchy.
And the colonists in 1776 didn't rebel against the crown so much as against
the mad King George III. Had he been more temperate or his counselors been
less bellicose, we might STILL be a colony!
As for Palin, well, it's entirely possible that by 2012 that the populace
will have gotten used to electing someone based entirely on style, grace,
poise, wit, charm, and good looks. If so, Palin beats Obama easily.
Unless Obama starts wearing lipstick to solidify his base...
On Nov 17, 6:35 am, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
Well, you ruined everything. Got all serious and stuff. I was
wondering if you might be looking the other way when I wrote that
one. In the last couple of political threads, you have been either
absent or barely paying attention.
I was thinking that maybe DB would fire off some kind on blather and
the group vigilantes would get him. And since you wrote such a
vigorous and spirited response, (shame on you for using facts!) the
lynch mobs moved on.
I am a bit tired of the US being criticized all the time, though.
Everything from "real" football, our beers, our government, our
people, etc.
It's old. We have a lot of problems, We know it. We can't help
knowing it as the rest of the world uses us for target practice and we
roll over and suck it up. But we never seem to fix ANY of our own
problems, so maybe we deserve some of it...
Tiring it is, though. It is like being nagged by a group of bitchy
women. Sure, you can gut it up, but their shrill screatching gets old
fast. Actually, I only mentioned Canada because of DB.
There is a major dickwad on another group I frequent that cannot get
enough of beating the shit out of the USA for anything he can find.
It is an outdoors/wilderness forum, and although it is moderated, he
can say just about anything he wants as long as he doesn't swear. He
is an extreme Canadian nationalist (nothing wrong with that), but for
me I find it hard to believe that Canada is completely PERFECT. After
all, I pointed out to him the spawned him and let him live there...
He has now enlisted dickwad junior as his protege, and the two take
turns jacking each other off while starting troll threads about how
superior Canada is to everywhere else in the world. I listen in
wonderment to their descriptions of near zero crime, perfect weather,
almost no unemployment with all jobs being well paid, excellent health
care and education for all, superior sports and teams, best beers in
the world, and on an on. Nowhere in the rest of the civilized world
is as wonderful.
Maybe... but it seems like Canadians are people too, and people mean
that the grind of humanity and its society exists. No one can escape
that.
> I quite like the border where it is and know a lot of your people who
> wouldn't mind living up here.
Me too. I have never been to Canada, but without exception the folks
I know only have a few problems with anything they experienced.
- cigarettes are about $10 - $12 a pack
- anything French-Canadian was quickly annoying
- too cold
- bad Mexican food, no Tex-Mex (ouch!)
- Canadian whiskey was too smooth
Kinda of a small list, no?
> But, Robert, you have an open invitation to come up here and stay at
> my house (igloo) and we can chew some pelts and have a few blubber
> sandwiches and maybe even have a beer-or-twenty. I think you'll like
> us up here.
No way. If I get up there I want to dress up like Bob and Doug and
eat Canadian bacon and drink Molson. We could try poutine!
I would liken that to someone from Vermont coming to Texas, buying a
ten gallon cowboy hat, Wranglers, and drinking Lone Star.
Could be fun though... :^)
Robert
On 11/16/2009 6:22 AM diggerop spake thus:
> To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty
> Queen Elizabeth II.
> In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates
> for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give
> notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.
Bravo, bravo! Hear, hear!
Just one thing: as a former 'Merkin, I plead, nay, pray to you just one
thing: PLEASE don't make us watch "Are You Being Served?". ANYTHING
else, just not that, OK? I'll even watch all that Jeeves this and Poirot
that, just ... not ... that show ... OK?
--
Who needs a junta or a dictatorship when you have a Congress
blowing Wall Street, using the media as a condom?
- harvested from Usenet
On 11/16/2009 5:58 PM Robatoy spake thus:
> I am a Canadian who was born and raised in The Netherlands. I live on
> Planet Earth on a spot of land called Canada. We have noisy neighbours.
Sig! I claim sig material!
--
I am a Canadian who was born and raised in The Netherlands. I live on
Planet Earth on a spot of land called Canada. We have noisy neighbours.
- harvested from Usenet
On 11/18/2009 6:11 AM Robatoy spake thus:
> *I* don't drink Canadian beers, because, with few exceptions, suck
> canal water.
Is Maudite one of the exceptions?
My friend who now lives in Montreal (Francophone) turned me on to that
brand. Love that the name means "devil".
--
I am a Canadian who was born and raised in The Netherlands. I live on
Planet Earth on a spot of land called Canada. We have noisy neighbours.
- harvested from Usenet
"Len" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> No disrespect to your monarch,
Heh. Disrespect for the monarchy is our national passtime.
> But We Americans would rather die than be ruled by a monarchy.(except
> republicans who would rather anoint the Incompetent Sarah Palin over you
> very nice doddering old lady Elizabeth)Remember we fought a war about this
> in the year 1776?(we won) .
>
>
I'd heard you lot got a bit tetchy back then.
We've got a better solution. We took the game they invented (cricket) and we
thrash them at it on a regular basis. (Once in a while we let them win one,
just enough to keep them trying.)
As you found out, giving the Poms a flogging can be very satisfying. The
difference is, we get to do it on a regular basis. : )
diggerop
On Nov 16, 8:06=A0pm, tom <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Nov 16, 5:02 pm, Dave Balderstone
>
> <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_S.balderstone.ca> wrote:
>
> > Not this stale canard again...
>
> > I am not a North American, I am Canadian. The US of A is the only
> > country that uses the name "America".
>
> > Say it all you want, but repetition won't make it so.
>
> But you live on the continent of...? This place-name stuff is just a
> convenience of speech. It's time to get over nationalism. See the
> current thread entitled "Simply amazing", and forget about the USA.
> It's a worldwide problem. =A0Tom
I am a Canadian who was born and raised in The Netherlands. I live on
Planet Earth on a spot of land called Canada. We have noisy neighbours.
On Nov 17, 12:01=A0pm, "diggerop" <toobusy@themoment> wrote:
> "Larry Blanchard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:07:42 +0800, diggerop wrote:
>
> > And to add insult to injury, we now vote by mail or on voting machines
> > that keep no images of the original ballots. =A0And we worry about voti=
ng
> > fraud in other countries!
Jimmie Carter takes care of the other countries.
> With reference to the voting machines, what happens in the event of a
> disputed result?
>
> In Oz, the Court of Disputed Returns is frequently called into play when
> there is a very close result.
> Each and every ballot cast is then re-examined in minute detail for
> legitimacy. Initial results have been known to be overturned by the court
> under this process.
Here, we just print new ones with the Demonicrat's name on it. ...as
many as it takes.
On Nov 17, 7:14=A0am, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Len wrote:
> > No disrespect to your monarch, But We Americans would rather die than b=
e
> > ruled by a monarchy.(except republicans who would rather anoint the
> > Incompetent Sarah Palin over you very nice doddering old lady
> > Elizabeth)Remember we fought a war about this in the =A0year 1776?(we w=
on) .
>
> Bullshit ... would be funny if it weren't so damn sad. You're living in
> an oligarchy but most of you are too fucking stupid to recognize it!
>
> --www.e-woodshop.net
> Last update: 10/22/08
> KarlC@ (the obvious)
You said the 'F' word! According to some people in this NG, that makes
you a 'Librul'. <G>
We don't have Bushes and Clintons up here. We mostly have corporate
oligarchy.
Churchill's (abreviated) phrase "Never was so much owed by so many to
so few" takes on a whole new meaning, eh?
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:18:13 -0500, the infamous [email protected]
scrawled the following:
>On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:17:43 -0500, Greg G.<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>[email protected] said:
>>
>>>On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:22:49 +0800, "diggerop" <toobusy@themoment>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty
>>>>Queen Elizabeth II.
>>>>13. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an
>>>>event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of
>>>>America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware there is a world beyond your
>>>>borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will
>>>>let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their
>>>>deliveries.
>>>
>>>Sorry, you seem to have a very narrow world view....
>>
>> It's a joke, mate.
>>
>>
>>Greg G.
>
>But the politicians on both sides of the pond are usually
>otherwise-unemployed lawyers - which requires eternal vigilance ;-)
No, just proper maintenance with seasonal tags. I think 365 days a
year should suffice.
--
When we are planning for posterity,
we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
-- Thomas Paine
"diggerop" <toobusy@themoment> wrote
> To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty
> Queen Elizabeth II.
> In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates
> for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give
> notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.
> Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties
> over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas, which she
> does not fancy).
However, the following is to be amended:
7. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start
driving on the left side with immediate effect.
For 'immediate' substitute 'gradually'.
Jeff
--
Jeff Gorman, West Yorkshire, UK
email : Username is amgron
ISP is clara.co.uk
www.amgron.clara.net
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:22:49 +0800, "diggerop" <toobusy@themoment>
> wrote:
>
>>To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty
>>Queen Elizabeth II.
>>13. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host
>>an
>>event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of
>>America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware there is a world beyond your
>>borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will
>>let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their
>>deliveries.
>
> Sorry, you seem to have a very narrow world view. Japan as well as
> countries in South America also play baseball. Or did you fail to
> notice because none of them are former colonies?
Correct about Japan and that is not really news but last I heard, South,
Central and North America are all America. I happen to live in the United
States of America.
"diggerop" <toobusy@themoment> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Larry Blanchard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:07:42 +0800, diggerop wrote:
>>
>>>
>> And to add insult to injury, we now vote by mail or on voting machines
>> that keep no images of the original ballots. And we worry about voting
>> fraud in other countries!
>>
>
>
> With reference to the voting machines, what happens in the event of a
> disputed result?
>
> In Oz, the Court of Disputed Returns is frequently called into play when
> there is a very close result.
> Each and every ballot cast is then re-examined in minute detail for
> legitimacy. Initial results have been known to be overturned by the court
> under this process.
>
> diggerop
>
Here, we just invent new words, like 'hanging chad' or 'pregnant chad' and
recount them while being watched by people being watched by people
being.............
wow, this sounds just ridiculous, yet it's true.
Swingman wrote:
> Len wrote:
>> No disrespect to your monarch, But We Americans would rather die
>> than be ruled by a monarchy.(except republicans who would rather
>> anoint the Incompetent Sarah Palin over you very nice doddering old
>> lady Elizabeth)Remember we fought a war about this in the year
>> 1776?(we won) .
>
> Bullshit ... would be funny if it weren't so damn sad. You're living
> in an oligarchy but most of you are too fucking stupid to recognize
> it!
Everything is relative: An oligarchy is better than the governments in much
of the world, such as anarchy (Sudan, Somalia), some monarchies (Jordan),
theocracies (Iran), thug-ocracies (Lybia,), and others.
"Joe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Couldn't be much worse! lol
> re: new rules.
>
> 1. our pronunciation, or your spelling, to-may-to, to-mah-to.
> 2. Fine, given what IM has done to spelling, good luck with this.
> 3. Like, agreed, you know?
> 4. Do we still get the day off?
> 5. The fact that you wrote 'lawyers' instead of 'barristers' renders this
> point moot.
> 7. ok.
> 9. so it's semantics? re vinegar: has it's uses, but putting it on
> crisps ain't one of them.
> 10. You're gonna improve our beer? Well gosh, if you feel you must....
> 11. You're bringing up Andie? What about Costner's 50 seconds worth of
> an English accent in Robin Hood?
> 12. We got a problem here.
> 13. If you have a problem with it being called the World Series, field a
> team.
> 14. see 15
> 15. Sure, it'll only cost you the answer to 14.
> 16. We've already started with the TEA parties, haven't you noticed?
>
>
ROFL . That's a keeper Joe : )
diggerop
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Snip
But, Robert, you have an open invitation to come up here and stay at
my house (igloo) and we can chew some pelts and have a few blubber
sandwiches and maybe even have a beer-or-twenty. I think you'll like
us up here.
I am Texan, my wife is originally from Township of Tona Wanda NY, near
Buffalo IIRC but has lived in Texas since she was 5.
She has family in Burlington, Ontario which she had not seen since she was
about 5. Some of her cousins she had never met. In 1998 we took a drive
up there from Houston and spent some time with them.
I recall her older aunts and uncles being ummmm, like family. The
younger siblings however came over to meet the "Texans" and see their new
pickup truck. ;~)
I recall the youngest first cousin, that had been out of college for about a
year and had a pretty good job, being the most skeptical at first. She was
somewhat shy and timid, by Texas standards. She may have been a hell cat by
Canadian standards. ;~) No really she was a delightful person,
intelligent, respectful, but she was shy.
Her mother came up to us the next morning and told us, Grace stayed up late
with me last night, could not stop talking
about you after the visit. She said, "they" are cool. Most of kids were
shocked that we were aware that Canada has a place called Saskatchewan.
"Dave Balderstone" <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote in message
news:161120092340443091%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca...
>
> Continents? Sure, I'm still good there. Hopefully for another few
> decades.
>
> But as an identifier for a people, I think not. We're canajuns, eh? and
> you are still murricans, huh?
>
> Go south, old man, and tell anyone between Juarez and Tierro Del Fuego
> that they're American.
>
> In my experience it's only the Yanks that insist on arguing this
> bullpucky. Makes me wonder why you feel the need to dilute your
> national with the rest of us.
>
> You used to be a proud people. Now your president bows before defrocked
> emperors.
>
> A pity.
Actually I am a Texan, better than...... pick your location. LOL.
On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:07:42 +0800, "diggerop" <toobusy@themoment>
wrote:
><[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>
>> Unfortunately, the US long ago eliminated any requirement that you be
>> intelligent (or educated [exposed to history and some serious thought]
>> or a property owner [with a real stake in both national and
>> international events]) in order to vote, which gave the vote to people
>> who are more interested in the candidate's clothing style than
>> international acumen. I did NOT vote for Alfred E Newman.
>>
>
>Winston Churchilll's wry observation: "The greatest argument against
>democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter."
>
>diggerop
How true...
[email protected] said:
>On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:17:43 -0500, Greg G.<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>[email protected] said:
>>
>>>On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:22:49 +0800, "diggerop" <toobusy@themoment>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty
>>>>Queen Elizabeth II.
>>>>13. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an
>>>>event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of
>>>>America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware there is a world beyond your
>>>>borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will
>>>>let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their
>>>>deliveries.
>>>
>>>Sorry, you seem to have a very narrow world view....
>>
>> It's a joke, mate.
>>
>
>But the politicians on both sides of the pond are usually
>otherwise-unemployed lawyers - which requires eternal vigilance ;-)
Si Señor...
Greg G.
"CW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Dave Balderstone" <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_S.balderstone.ca> wrote in message
> news:161120091802567015%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_S.balderstone.ca...
>>
>> I am not a North American, I am Canadian.
>
> What!? Canada moved? No one told me. Where did it go?
>
>
Well, a bunch of them think they are in France
On Nov 17, 4:38=A0am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote:
[snipped for brevity]
>
> So rather than waste time, money and effort trying to be everyone's
> best friend on this big blue marble, we should take all of the time,
> money and effort we give away and apply them to the citizens of this
> country. =A0I for one don't claim or want anything at all from Canada,
> and would be fine closing the borders if that served a greater
> purpose. =A0
You mean stop trading with your biggest trading partner? Like take
your ball and go home?
Fine by me, but don't come bitching when a lot of you get cold this
winter and a lot of cars won't start...oh, and when you're thirsty.
Oh, wait. Ya'll just come and 'take' it then, will you? You know, that
stuff you say you don't want/need?
Like it or not, we ARE your biggest trading partner. Not in 'goods'
like the frivolous bullshit junk you buy from your next biggest
trading partner (China), but we sell you stuff you guys actually need.
> However, at least 50% or so would make an exception of these fine
> folks wanted to stay here under just about any conditions:
>
> http://socyberty.com/people/canadas-top-10-beautiful-movie-stars/
You have got to be kidding. You can have those plasticized 'stars'.
That list of 'women' just reflects what it takes to be 'attractive to
the US market'. You know, they appeal to the lowest common
denominator. All lipstick and Barbie-like.
> And this may be tough... believe it or not... the conversations aren't
> always friendly or respectful in the US when discussing Canada.
You think it is any different up here (or anywhere else on the planet)
when discussing the US? Those discussions aren't 'always' friendly or
respectful either. <G>
>
> And besides, not everyone, not even Canadian (if only by name), want
> to dilute their own good gene pool with that of actual Canadians.
> Must be something in your blood we don't know about. =A0Do these guys
> know?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_re_Secession_of_Quebec
>
The French? Who the hell dragged the French into this discussion?
Yeah.. the US would really like it that the St Lawrence Seaway, a huge
shipping artery, would run through 'France'.
Isn't there a state down there which talks of secession as well?
I quite like the border where it is and know a lot of your people who
wouldn't mind living up here.
But, Robert, you have an open invitation to come up here and stay at
my house (igloo) and we can chew some pelts and have a few blubber
sandwiches and maybe even have a beer-or-twenty. I think you'll like
us up here.
r
On Nov 18, 1:54=A0pm, David Nebenzahl <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 11/18/2009 6:11 AM Robatoy spake thus:
>
> > *I* don't drink Canadian beers, because, with few exceptions, suck
> > canal water.
>
> Is Maudite one of the exceptions?
I don't know. I will put it on the investigative fastrack though. <G>
>
> My friend who now lives in Montreal (Francophone) turned me on to that
> brand. Love that the name means "devil".
That in itself sounds promising.
>
> --
> I am a Canadian who was born and raised in The Netherlands. I live on
> Planet Earth on a spot of land called Canada. We have noisy neighbours.
>
> - harvested from Usenet
On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:06:34 +0800, "diggerop" <toobusy@themoment>
wrote:
><[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:22:49 +0800, "diggerop" <toobusy@themoment>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> A lot of us are still armed and ready to take to the woods to decimate
>> the Red Coats from concealed locations. I can buy ammunition (without
>> any ID - except my gray hair) at the WalMart that's just a little over
>> a mile away. With less than an hour's warning, I can have a weapon at
>> every vantage point and a couple hundred rounds for each weapon. You
>> lost the war two hundred years ago. Are you sure you want to fight
>> again?
>>
>>
>Heh. I'm sure the Poms have more on their plate than to want to take on the
>problems of the US.
>The next battle for control of the US won't give you the opportunity to take
>your gun in defense of your country, it is already under way with a far more
>powerful arsenal, - world trade. Year by year, the US is being weakened
>financially, while China (and an emerging India) slowly but inexorably
>increase in strength. That gain is accelerating, - with it goes the balance
>of world power.
>
>diggerop
Unfortunately, the US long ago eliminated any requirement that you be
intelligent (or educated [exposed to history and some serious thought]
or a property owner [with a real stake in both national and
international events]) in order to vote, which gave the vote to people
who are more interested in the candidate's clothing style than
international acumen. I did NOT vote for Alfred E Newman.
One of the mantras associated with loss of industrial power was
outsourcing. The argument ran something like this: "They can make it
in China for much less and still have our logo on it. If we do just
the simple final module assembly here in the States, it can have a
Made in the USA label on it." Every time production was moved
offshore, US industrial power declined.
There are also far too many people who are so short-sighted and
concerned with protecting their immediate jobs that they forget the
customer's needs and that the customer affects their long-term job
future. I saw this in a contracting job I had several years ago. The
customer was the US military (big organization, deep pockets, likely
to be there for a long time). One manager was more concerned about
keeping her friend (a marginally competent and minimally productive
employee) employed full time than in getting the software development
done. Said manager canned the remote contractor who was too expensive
at $50/hour (me) and squandered the project money on hours for her
friend. The customer didn't get what they had contracted for, the
company lost the project, the manager and her friend are both looking
for work.
John
On Nov 18, 1:54=A0am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On Nov 17, 6:35 am, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Well, you ruined everything. =A0Got all serious and stuff. =A0I was
> wondering if you might be looking the other way when I wrote that
> one. =A0In the last couple of political threads, you have been either
> absent or barely paying attention.
Neither have I been absent, nor have I ignored the last bunch of
political threads. I have, however, refused to participate in some of
them as they are the same-old-same-old. The Right has become the party
of NO, the Left has become the party of WTF? Whoopdiefuckingdoo...
we're makin' some serious advances there, Lou...
>
> I was thinking that maybe DB would fire off some kind on blather and
> the group vigilantes would get him. =A0And since you wrote such a
> vigorous and spirited response, (shame on you for using facts!) the
> lynch mobs moved on.
I have mentioned before, the border, physically, runs right between my
legs. Port Huron MI is part of my radio advertising coverage. I do NOT
think Canadians are superior, just not the low-life's some 'Murkins
think they are. THAT attitude towards us pisses me off. But I do not
think we're superior.... but sure-as-fuck not inferior either.
Canadians also have the attitude that we are in a position to
criticize other peoples and nations. Well, I have stepped over the
homeless in Toronto, I can buy crack and a gun in Montreal.
No preacher has the right to condemn people for being promiscuous
whilst he bloweth the choir boy after hours.... metaphorically
speaking.
>
> I am a bit tired of the US being criticized all the time, though.
> Everything from "real" football, our beers, our government, our
> people, etc.
> It's old. =A0We have a lot of problems, =A0We know it. =A0We can't help
> knowing it as the rest of the world uses us for target practice and we
> roll over and suck it up. =A0But we never seem to fix ANY of our own
> problems, so maybe we deserve some of it...
You're absolutely right, it is stale. I had some decent Sam beers. My
favourite (Erdinger) happens to be German (Bavarian).
*I* don't drink Canadian beers, because, with few exceptions, suck
canal water.
>
> Tiring it is, though. =A0It is like being nagged by a group of bitchy
> women. =A0Sure, you can gut it up, but their shrill screatching gets old
> fast. =A0Actually, I only mentioned Canada because of DB.
DB is barely Canadian. He lives in Saskatchewan.
I honestly did take not your post as an affront to Canada, I saw the
context the post was in. (I was trying to educate some of the other
members.)
>
> There is a major dickwad on another group I frequent that cannot get
> enough of beating the shit out of the USA for anything he can find.
> It is an outdoors/wilderness forum, and although it is moderated, he
> can say just about anything he wants as long as he doesn't swear. =A0He
> is an extreme Canadian nationalist (nothing wrong with that), but for
> me I find it hard to believe that Canada is completely PERFECT. =A0After
> all, I pointed out to him the spawned him and let him live there...
Yea... you bastards gave us the cold bits. But the coldest bit went to
Palin..mmwhuahahaha.
>
> He has now enlisted dickwad junior as his protege, and the two take
> turns jacking each other off while starting troll threads about how
> superior Canada is to everywhere else in the world. =A0I listen in
> wonderment to their descriptions of near zero crime, perfect weather,
> almost no unemployment with all jobs being well paid, excellent health
> care and education for all, superior sports and teams, best beers in
> the world, and on an on. =A0Nowhere in the rest of the civilized world
> is as wonderful.
Nationalists are invariably assholes. Regardless of origin. Like some
of my relatives "Wellll...back in Holland...we had <insert
whargarbble> and it was SOOOO much better..."
They don't like me when I tell them that they should just fuck off
back to Holland.
>
> Maybe... but it seems like Canadians are people too, and people mean
> that the grind of humanity and its society exists. =A0No one can escape
> that.
>
> > I quite like the border where it is and know a lot of your people who
> > wouldn't mind living up here.
>
> Me too. =A0I have never been to Canada, but without exception the folks
> I know only have a few problems with anything they experienced.
>
> - cigarettes are about $10 - $12 a pack
> - anything French-Canadian was quickly annoying
> - too cold
> - bad Mexican food, no Tex-Mex (ouch!)
> - Canadian whiskey was too smooth
>
> Kinda of a small list, no?
LOL... too smooth, eh?
A seal walks into a bar.
Bartender says: "What can I get you?"
Seal says: "Anything but a Canadian Club."
Yesss, those cigarette prices are part of the stimulus package up
here. The Natives are smuggling smokes across the St Lawrence into
Canada and making a fortune, Then they buy Big Screen TV's, cars, Real
Estate...
>
> > But, Robert, you have an open invitation to come up here and stay at
> > my house (igloo) and we can chew some pelts and have a few blubber
> > sandwiches and maybe even have a beer-or-twenty. I think you'll like
> > us up here.
>
> No way. =A0If I get up there I want to dress up like Bob and Doug and
> eat Canadian bacon and drink Molson. =A0We could try poutine!
Bob & Doug did more to make us look bad than anybody
ever..wait...Trailer Park Boys?
Canadian bacon sucks. I like the regular smoked belly stuff. We do
have some decent cattle in Alberta.
>
> I would liken that to someone from Vermont coming to Texas, buying a
> ten gallon cowboy hat, Wranglers, and drinking Lone Star.
>
> Could be fun though... =A0 =A0 :^)
Me thinks it would be.
"diggerop" <toobusy@themoment> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Joe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Couldn't be much worse! lol
>> re: new rules.
>>
>> 1. our pronunciation, or your spelling, to-may-to, to-mah-to.
>> 2. Fine, given what IM has done to spelling, good luck with this.
>> 3. Like, agreed, you know?
>> 4. Do we still get the day off?
>> 5. The fact that you wrote 'lawyers' instead of 'barristers' renders this
>> point moot.
>> 7. ok.
>> 9. so it's semantics? re vinegar: has it's uses, but putting it on
>> crisps ain't one of them.
>> 10. You're gonna improve our beer? Well gosh, if you feel you must....
>> 11. You're bringing up Andie? What about Costner's 50 seconds worth of
>> an English accent in Robin Hood?
>> 12. We got a problem here.
>> 13. If you have a problem with it being called the World Series, field a
>> team.
>> 14. see 15
>> 15. Sure, it'll only cost you the answer to 14.
>> 16. We've already started with the TEA parties, haven't you noticed?
>>
>>
>
> ROFL . That's a keeper Joe : )
>
> diggerop
>
>
>
Glad you took it as intended. Humour can be a funny thing.
jc
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:17:43 -0500, Greg G.<[email protected]> wrote:
>[email protected] said:
>
>>On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:22:49 +0800, "diggerop" <toobusy@themoment>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty
>>>Queen Elizabeth II.
>>>13. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an
>>>event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of
>>>America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware there is a world beyond your
>>>borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will
>>>let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their
>>>deliveries.
>>
>>Sorry, you seem to have a very narrow world view....
>
> It's a joke, mate.
>
>
>Greg G.
But the politicians on both sides of the pond are usually
otherwise-unemployed lawyers - which requires eternal vigilance ;-)
John
On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:07:42 +0800, diggerop wrote:
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> Unfortunately, the US long ago eliminated any requirement that you be
>> intelligent (or educated [exposed to history and some serious thought]
>> or a property owner [with a real stake in both national and
>> international events]) in order to vote
>>
> Winston Churchilll's wry observation: "The greatest argument against
> democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter."
>
And to add insult to injury, we now vote by mail or on voting machines
that keep no images of the original ballots. And we worry about voting
fraud in other countries!
--
Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:00:55 -0600, HeyBub wrote:
> As for Palin, well, it's entirely possible that by 2012 that the
> populace will have gotten used to electing someone based entirely on
> style, grace, poise, wit, charm, and good looks. If so, Palin beats
> Obama easily.
You've GOT to be kidding :-).
--
Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw
"Dave Balderstone" <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_S.balderstone.ca> wrote in message
news:161120091802567015%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_S.balderstone.ca...
> In article <[email protected]>, Leon
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Correct about Japan and that is not really news but last I heard, South,
>> Central and North America are all America. I happen to live in the
>> United
>> States of America.
>
> Not this stale canard again...
>
> I am not a North American, I am Canadian. The US of A is the only
> country that uses the name "America".
>
> Say it all you want, but repetition won't make it so.
What European country has the name Europe in it?
Len wrote:
> No disrespect to your monarch, But We Americans would rather die than be
> ruled by a monarchy.(except republicans who would rather anoint the
> Incompetent Sarah Palin over you very nice doddering old lady
> Elizabeth)Remember we fought a war about this in the year 1776?(we won) .
Bullshit ... would be funny if it weren't so damn sad. You're living in
an oligarchy but most of you are too fucking stupid to recognize it!
--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 10/22/08
KarlC@ (the obvious)
On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:14:39 -0600, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>Bullshit ... would be funny if it weren't so damn sad. You're living in
>an oligarchy but most of you are too fucking stupid to recognize it!
Or more likely, prefer not to recognize it. At least that let's most
go about their daily business while hiding under the cloud of self
delusion that we actually control our own lives.
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:47:50 -0500, "Ed Pawlowski" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>> What!? Canada moved? No one told me. Where did it go?
>Well, a bunch of them think they are in France
Need to find a way to move them there awhile. After France guts and
hangs them out to dry, then let them come back whining they'll be
good.
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:22:49 +0800, "diggerop" <toobusy@themoment>
wrote:
>To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty
>Queen Elizabeth II.
>13. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an
>event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of
>America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware there is a world beyond your
>borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will
>let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their
>deliveries.
Sorry, you seem to have a very narrow world view. Japan as well as
countries in South America also play baseball. Or did you fail to
notice because none of them are former colonies?
The metric system was adopted quite a number of years ago (please
check your history of American legislation) but lost out in the
marketplace to traditional "English" measurements.
Roundabouts work in some places, but those with more than two lanes
should be banned, even in the UK. I drove 1100 miles in two weeks in
the UK a few years ago and found that road signs were horrible
(covered by trees, listing only the next little hamlet - never some
larger city 50 miles away) and the M roads were a poor second to the
US Interstate highway system - a comment I also received from some UK
locals who had driven in the US. Their drive from Las Vegas, Nevada,
to San Francisco, California was 572 miles - note that this is a one
day drive (8 hours, 45 minutes). I don't know of any route in the UK
where you can maintain highway speed for hours; the M roads suffer
from "no-see-ums", where the traffic just stops for some period of
time and there is no evidence of an accident anywhere in the next 50
miles. My vote for the "no-see-ums" is a couple of truck (sorry,
lorry) drivers getting out to settle some disagreement along the side
of the road...
A lot of us are still armed and ready to take to the woods to decimate
the Red Coats from concealed locations. I can buy ammunition (without
any ID - except my gray hair) at the WalMart that's just a little over
a mile away. With less than an hour's warning, I can have a weapon at
every vantage point and a couple hundred rounds for each weapon. You
lost the war two hundred years ago. Are you sure you want to fight
again?
John
"[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote in news:3d4325d8-
[email protected]:
*snip*
> As far as bladeforums.com goes, I can't plonk, block, render
> invisible, or otherwise poison the posters there. It isn't a
> newsgroup, but a paid forum. No plonking or killfiling. I can
> usually skip the offensive guys but they have a tendency to wind up in
> the middle of a thread while you are reading away with great interest
> on camping, hiking, hunting, etc.
>
> I don't respond to them as it seems to get the sexually excited when
> someone does, but until they do it enough to get kicked off the site,
> they can really ruin a good thread.
>
> Robert
>
There's another newsgroup I read where 3 people have basically ruined it.
They post enough good to keep out of most people's kill files, but no one
besides them really cares to read their discussion or post more. At
least here we keep the political nonsense to separate threads.
Puckdropper
--
plonk, plonk, plonk -> That's either hail or the sound of idiots getting
killfiled.
On Nov 18, 7:54 am, Larry Jaques <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com>
wrote:
> So plonk the two dickwads, Naily. It will reduce your exposure a
> whole lot (if not remove it.) Don't let one pair of hosers spoil your
> enjoyment of the rest of the group. If several people constantly
> quote them, plonk them, too. Life's too short to suffer fools.
Couldn't agree with that sentiment more, and as I have professed here
so many times, it is the best thing for the folks involved as well as
the group. But the problem here is that people like to complain about
the political sewage spewed here while writing their rebuttals. I
don't actually believe any one of frustrated political pundits of this
group plonk anyone. I try to stay away from the political stuff as it
is too frustrating for me to see that people don't see there isn't
much difference in the parties they write about.
As far as bladeforums.com goes, I can't plonk, block, render
invisible, or otherwise poison the posters there. It isn't a
newsgroup, but a paid forum. No plonking or killfiling. I can
usually skip the offensive guys but they have a tendency to wind up in
the middle of a thread while you are reading away with great interest
on camping, hiking, hunting, etc.
I don't respond to them as it seems to get the sexually excited when
someone does, but until they do it enough to get kicked off the site,
they can really ruin a good thread.
Robert
[email protected] said:
>I would liken that to someone from Vermont coming to Texas, buying a
>ten gallon cowboy hat, Wranglers, and drinking Lone Star.
Wasn't that Connecticut, buying a hat AND a ranch. :)
Greg G.
On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:54:36 -0800 (PST), the infamous
"[email protected]" <[email protected]> scrawled the
following:
>On Nov 17, 6:35 am, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>Well, you ruined everything. Got all serious and stuff. I was
>wondering if you might be looking the other way when I wrote that
>one. In the last couple of political threads, you have been either
>absent or barely paying attention.
>
>I was thinking that maybe DB would fire off some kind on blather and
>the group vigilantes would get him. And since you wrote such a
>vigorous and spirited response, (shame on you for using facts!) the
>lynch mobs moved on.
>
>I am a bit tired of the US being criticized all the time, though.
>Everything from "real" football, our beers, our government, our
>people, etc.
>It's old. We have a lot of problems, We know it. We can't help
>knowing it as the rest of the world uses us for target practice and we
>roll over and suck it up. But we never seem to fix ANY of our own
>problems, so maybe we deserve some of it...
>
>Tiring it is, though. It is like being nagged by a group of bitchy
>women. Sure, you can gut it up, but their shrill screatching gets old
>fast. Actually, I only mentioned Canada because of DB.
Kinda like trolls, spammers, AND the idiots who reply to them, huh?
<deep sigh>
>There is a major dickwad on another group I frequent that cannot get
>enough of beating the shit out of the USA for anything he can find.
>It is an outdoors/wilderness forum, and although it is moderated, he
>can say just about anything he wants as long as he doesn't swear. He
>is an extreme Canadian nationalist (nothing wrong with that), but for
>me I find it hard to believe that Canada is completely PERFECT. After
>all, I pointed out to him the spawned him and let him live there...
So plonk the two dickwads, Naily. It will reduce your exposure a
whole lot (if not remove it.) Don't let one pair of hosers spoil your
enjoyment of the rest of the group. If several people constantly
quote them, plonk them, too. Life's too short to suffer fools.
--
When we are planning for posterity,
we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
-- Thomas Paine
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:16:03 -0800, the infamous David Nebenzahl
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>On 11/16/2009 6:22 AM diggerop spake thus:
>
>> To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty
>> Queen Elizabeth II.
>> In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates
>> for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give
>> notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.
>
>Bravo, bravo! Hear, hear!
>
>Just one thing: as a former 'Merkin, I plead, nay, pray to you just one
>thing: PLEASE don't make us watch "Are You Being Served?". ANYTHING
>else, just not that, OK? I'll even watch all that Jeeves this and Poirot
>that, just ... not ... that show ... OK?
Egad! You watch teevee?!? Tres gauche.
--
When we are planning for posterity,
we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
-- Thomas Paine
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:39:56 -0500, Len wrote:
> No disrespect to your monarch, But We Americans would rather die than be
> ruled by a monarchy.(except republicans who would rather anoint the
> Incompetent Sarah Palin over you very nice doddering old lady
> Elizabeth)Remember we fought a war about this in the year 1776?(we won)
> .
Read some US history and find out how many of our founding fathers were
monarchists - you might be surprised. It took Jefferson to put that
notion to rest.
Yes, I know Washington refused the kingship. But he supported John Adams
who was a royal wannabe. And what does it say that the founding fathers
offered it to him?
--
Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw
"Len" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> No disrespect to your monarch, But We Americans would rather die than be
> ruled by a monarchy.(except republicans who would rather anoint the
> Incompetent Sarah Palin over you very nice doddering old lady
> Elizabeth)Remember we fought a war about this in the year 1776?(we won) .
Unfortunatley since 1776 we have lost our balls and cave in to every "don't
hurt their feelings" group.
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:22:49 +0800, "diggerop" <toobusy@themoment>
> wrote:
>
>
> A lot of us are still armed and ready to take to the woods to decimate
> the Red Coats from concealed locations. I can buy ammunition (without
> any ID - except my gray hair) at the WalMart that's just a little over
> a mile away. With less than an hour's warning, I can have a weapon at
> every vantage point and a couple hundred rounds for each weapon. You
> lost the war two hundred years ago. Are you sure you want to fight
> again?
>
>
Heh. I'm sure the Poms have more on their plate than to want to take on the
problems of the US.
The next battle for control of the US won't give you the opportunity to take
your gun in defense of your country, it is already under way with a far more
powerful arsenal, - world trade. Year by year, the US is being weakened
financially, while China (and an emerging India) slowly but inexorably
increase in strength. That gain is accelerating, - with it goes the balance
of world power.
diggerop
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:02:56 -0600, the infamous Dave Balderstone
<dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_S.balderstone.ca> scrawled the following:
>In article <[email protected]>, Leon
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Correct about Japan and that is not really news but last I heard, South,
>> Central and North America are all America. I happen to live in the United
>> States of America.
>
>Not this stale canard again...
>
>I am not a North American, I am Canadian. The US of A is the only
>country that uses the name "America".
>
>Say it all you want, but repetition won't make it so.
The rest of the world recognizes north and south Americas, and that
central area thing (with the great tamales.) Why don't you?
Oh. Bear Whiz Beer. That's why it's yellow! OK, carry on.
--
When we are planning for posterity,
we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
-- Thomas Paine
[email protected] said:
>On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:22:49 +0800, "diggerop" <toobusy@themoment>
>wrote:
>
>>To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty
>>Queen Elizabeth II.
>>13. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an
>>event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of
>>America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware there is a world beyond your
>>borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will
>>let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their
>>deliveries.
>
>Sorry, you seem to have a very narrow world view....
It's a joke, mate.
Greg G.
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Unfortunately, the US long ago eliminated any requirement that you be
> intelligent (or educated [exposed to history and some serious thought]
> or a property owner [with a real stake in both national and
> international events]) in order to vote, which gave the vote to people
> who are more interested in the candidate's clothing style than
> international acumen. I did NOT vote for Alfred E Newman.
>
Winston Churchilll's wry observation: "The greatest argument against
democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter."
diggerop