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Isn't Europe a Country???
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:11 pm
by skipple
WOW
god bless America
http://www.kontraband.com/show/show.asp ... e=0&page=1
"now i've heard of Turkey...don't they speak French there"
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:33 pm
by dubloke
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:49 pm
by chu
Friday night in Brookyn NYC...
"How far is England from London?"
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:56 pm
by d_three
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:32 am
by dr ddd
Chu wrote:Friday night in Brookyn NYC...
"How far is England from London?"
hahahaha!!
I think NYC is quite good for that - was out there working one summer a few years ago and got chatting to this guy. After a while he asked where i was from. I said London. His response was:
"JEEZ!!! You speak really good english for a foreigner"
erm....
ok!
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:35 am
by wil blaze
dr ddd wrote:Chu wrote:Friday night in Brookyn NYC...
"How far is England from London?"
hahahaha!!
I think NYC is quite good for that - was out there working one summer a few years ago and got chatting to this guy. After a while he asked where i was from. I said London. His response was:
"JEEZ!!! You speak really good english for a foreigner"
erm....
ok!
LOL
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:54 am
by pdomino
HA HA Madness
The quiz thing is shocking.
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:36 am
by pk-
so without looking on wikipedia or anything, what would you have said to the question they always have in the advert for this on sky - "how many countries make up great britain?"
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:51 pm
by future producer
pk- wrote:so without looking on wikipedia or anything, what would you have said to the question they always have in the advert for this on sky - "how many countries make up great britain?"
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He comes out with a very true line. She says something like "I only hear what I want to", he says "That's called being a woman" - "Woman don't really wanna hear men's opinion, they only want to hear their opinion in a deeper voice".
I think that Southern accent is pretty hot, she reminds me of Patricia Arquette (Alabama) in True Romance.
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:54 pm
by boy_arena
TUT!
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:08 pm
by auan
Future Producer wrote:pk- wrote:so without looking on wikipedia or anything, what would you have said to the question they always have in the advert for this on sky - "how many countries make up great britain?"
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Isn't the Isle of Man another country?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q566ys0sqVQ
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:23 pm
by auan
Actually Great Britain might just be a geographical thing too, referring to the mainland. So two and three quarters. England, Wales and Scotland minus the islands.
Maybe Britain is the mainland, Great Britain is the mainland plus the islands, United Kingdom includes Northern Ireland and the British Isles includes both Irelands and everything from Orkney to Jersey.
What a lot of stupid names for a fucking country.
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:35 pm
by pk-
exactly, it's not a clear cut answer is it. it could arguably be lots of different numbers - for most extents and purposes great britain is governed as one country
i fucking hate Are You Smarter Than A Ten Year Old. who the fuck teaches nursery rhymes or characters in pantomimes at school
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:58 pm
by monkeytown
I would have to say that Eurpoe is no more or less a country than the USA.
I mean, the different states have different laws, different European countries have different laws. However, American law is bound by the constitution, European Law is bound by Strasbourg Jusisprudence.
Then there is is the issue of different states and cities being in different stages of Economic and cultural development.
Great Britain is like, say New England or New York State
Florida is like Spain or Italy.
Washington State like maybe Denmark.
Alabama or Louisiana is like maybe Albania or Kosovo.
United States of America, United States of Europe, its all the same innit.
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:18 pm
by badger
its not really the same thing. the united states of america is run by a federal government that gives a degree of indendent rule to its member states which you can't really say is the same as europe
legal/judicial systems are just a part of what makes the american federal government, along with legislation and executive powers. it's getting to the stage that the european union is approaching a kind of federal government like there is in america but it's not quite there yet. legislation and criminal/judicial laws are increasingly being set by europe but to a large extent executive decisions are left up to the individual countrites
give it a few years though...
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:09 am
by flippo
monkeytown wrote:I would have to say that Eurpoe is no more or less a country than the USA.
I mean, the different states have different laws, different European countries have different laws. However, American law is bound by the constitution, European Law is bound by Strasbourg Jusisprudence.
Then there is is the issue of different states and cities being in different stages of Economic and cultural development.
Great Britain is like, say New England or New York State
Florida is like Spain or Italy.
Washington State like maybe Denmark.
Alabama or Louisiana is like maybe Albania or Kosovo.
United States of America, United States of Europe, its all the same innit.
there may be some metaphorical truth in what you are saying, to an extent., but it in no way justifies how poorly educated this woman is. hah
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:56 am
by parson
americans are getting dumber daily
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:55 pm
by dubstep_warrior
dr ddd wrote:Chu wrote:Friday night in Brookyn NYC...
"How far is England from London?"
hahahaha!!
I think NYC is quite good for that - was out there working one summer a few years ago and got chatting to this guy. After a while he asked where i was from. I said London. His response was:
"JEEZ!!! You speak really good english for a foreigner"
erm....
ok!
Americans forget there history. What annoys me is when they refer to speaking "American"
America forgets its history. If you actually learn about american history its just a history of conquering,stealing, and buying land off other countries in a deceitfulful manner called "manifest destiny"
A joke really.
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:58 pm
by Jennifer
Dubstep_warrior wrote:dr ddd wrote:Chu wrote:Friday night in Brookyn NYC...
"How far is England from London?"
hahahaha!!
I think NYC is quite good for that - was out there working one summer a few years ago and got chatting to this guy. After a while he asked where i was from. I said London. His response was:
"JEEZ!!! You speak really good english for a foreigner"
erm....
ok!
Americans forget there history. What annoys me is when they refer to speaking "American"
America forgets its history. If you actually learn about american history its just a history of conquering,stealing, and buying land off other countries in a deceitfulful manner called "manifest destiny"
A joke really.
At least some of us know our grammar/spelling.