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2006-06-04 Britain

That gravedigger from Hamlet was right about the English.

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Posted by Korora 2006-06-04 14:11|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 shocking.

Posted by 2b 2006-06-04 15:00|| 2006-06-04 15:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Asylum. Or as ol' Patton would put it if he lived today: "Nuts".

Posted by twobyfour 2006-06-04 17:13|| 2006-06-04 17:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Twobyfour, "Nuts!" wasn't Patton - at least, on the most famous occasion it was U.S. General A.C. McAuliffe, at the Battle of the Bulge, in response to a German surrender demand.

Posted by Patrick">Patrick 2006-06-04 18:10|| 2006-06-04 18:10|| Front Page Top

#4 correct. Patton would've said: "F*&K em!"

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-06-04 18:14|| 2006-06-04 18:14|| Front Page Top

#5 This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,--
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.

Apparently not any more

Posted by DMFD 2006-06-04 19:55|| 2006-06-04 19:55|| Front Page Top

#6 This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.

Perhaps not even that-- just eyes downcast in shame.

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2006-06-04 20:08|| 2006-06-04 20:08|| Front Page Top

#7 What are muslims doing in pubs anyhow?

Posted by Crereth Shins5345 2006-06-04 20:18|| 2006-06-04 20:18|| Front Page Top

#8 The Greek-Roman flags are out, as would most of the historical flags used by Spain, France and Germany, State-specific Tricolor(s) notwithstanding. That leaves the Cold War Commie flags, i.e. HAMMER-SICKLE-STARS resembling the MUSLIM CRESCENT-STARS, and the Sino-Nipponese Red = Yellow Sun flags or other pan-Asian pennants. THE US NINTH WILL BE HAPPY BECUZ, ASIDE FROM DECLARING AMERICA BEING AN ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL NATION - WID NO STANDING TO EITHER INVADE OR PROSECUTE NOR TO PROTECT ITSELF AND SO-CALLED AMERICANS FROM INVASION AND PROSECUTION, ANY AND ALL AMERICANS ARE EUROS WHOM ARE ALL GERMMANS, AND ALL GERMANS-NORDICS ARE JUST WEIRD-LOOKING ASIANS-CHINESE-AFRICANS - you know, Columbus and Leif Ericson, etal. declaring America = Vinland, etc. for God and China-Asia.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-06-04 23:08|| 2006-06-04 23:08|| Front Page Top

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