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A message from The Queen of Britain to The USA
#41
RE: A message from The Queen of Britain to The USA
(November 15, 2012 at 7:42 pm)festive1 Wrote: We have roundabouts here in DC... Many have stoplights in them... Somehow I think this wasn't the intended purpose of either roundabouts or stoplights. And driving on the left... I'd die my first venture out! Tongue

It's so easy to get lost with those bloody roundabouts or if you're a pedestrian, get killed.
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.
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#42
RE: A message from The Queen of Britain to The USA
(November 15, 2012 at 11:01 pm)jonb Wrote:
(November 15, 2012 at 10:56 pm)Stimbo Wrote: See, this is what happens when I don't use smilies. I thought you lot would've got used to me by now..?

Some people will never understand irony.

What's troubling me more is that the picture I painted of how we English take tea must be such an internationally recognised one that it apparently cast no light on the irony of my alleged doubt.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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#43
RE: A message from The Queen of Britain to The USA
(November 15, 2012 at 11:08 pm)Polaris Wrote:
(November 15, 2012 at 7:42 pm)festive1 Wrote: We have roundabouts here in DC... Many have stoplights in them... Somehow I think this wasn't the intended purpose of either roundabouts or stoplights. And driving on the left... I'd die my first venture out! Tongue

It's so easy to get lost with those bloody roundabouts or if you're a pedestrian, get killed.
They're really easy, after you get used to them, they're a bit scary at first but once you cracked them, they're a piece of piss. And as a pedestrian I have grown up with them, so they're easy, you walk around them not thought them, or you use the Underpass. And if we Brits can go over to the USA and drive on the WRONG side of the road with relative ease I think you can to.
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful" - Edward Gibbon (Offen misattributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca or Seneca the Younger) (Thanks to apophenia for the correction)
'I am driven by two main philosophies:
Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
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#44
RE: A message from The Queen of Britain to The USA
(November 15, 2012 at 8:41 pm)festive1 Wrote:
(November 15, 2012 at 8:31 pm)The_Germans_are_coming Wrote: [Image: victoria.jpeg]
She would definitely win the cage match.

Pretty sure she'd take the swimsuit event too. But it's the mud wrestling I'm most looking forward to.
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#45
RE: A message from The Queen of Britain to The USA
Henceforth, anyone who bags on American beer is cordially invited to hoist pints with me at my favorite pub.

Afterwards, you can STFU and be wrong all you want.

Big Grin
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#46
RE: A message from The Queen of Britain to The USA
Granted; if you stump up the airfare, travel expenses, lodgings etc, I'll buy the booze.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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A message from The Queen of Britain to The USA
(November 15, 2012 at 11:34 pm)whateverist Wrote:
(November 15, 2012 at 8:41 pm)festive1 Wrote: She would definitely win the cage match.

Pretty sure she'd take the swimsuit event too. But it's the mud wrestling I'm most looking forward to.

Just great... Now I've got a mental image of Queen Elizabeth in swimwear... Forget sexy time tonight...
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#48
RE: A message from The Queen of Britain to The USA
(November 16, 2012 at 12:05 am)festive1 Wrote:
(November 15, 2012 at 11:34 pm)whateverist Wrote: Pretty sure she'd take the swimsuit event too. But it's the mud wrestling I'm most looking forward to.

Just great... Now I've got a mental image of Queen Elizabeth in swimwear... Forget sexy time tonight...

ROFLOL I can't imagine it, maybe because that's not how my brain works.
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful" - Edward Gibbon (Offen misattributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca or Seneca the Younger) (Thanks to apophenia for the correction)
'I am driven by two main philosophies:
Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
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#49
RE: A message from The Queen of Britain to The USA
(November 15, 2012 at 11:08 pm)Polaris Wrote:
(November 15, 2012 at 7:42 pm)festive1 Wrote: We have roundabouts here in DC... Many have stoplights in them... Somehow I think this wasn't the intended purpose of either roundabouts or stoplights. And driving on the left... I'd die my first venture out! Tongue

It's so easy to get lost with those bloody roundabouts or if you're a pedestrian, get killed.

The trick to surviving as a pedestrian in DC is to always check for idiots turing before entering the crosswalk. Don't trust them to check the crosswalks. I've been known to slap people's hoods before... they don't like that, but I don't like almost getting run over.
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#50
RE: A message from The Queen of Britain to The USA
(November 16, 2012 at 12:44 am)festive1 Wrote: I've been known to slap people's hoods before... they don't like that, but I don't like almost getting run over.

Though filmed in New York rather than DC, the famous taxi scene in Midnight Cowboy came about in just this way. It was filmed in secret, with a hidden camera, and as Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman started to cross the street a rogue taxi driver ran the light and almost ploughed into them. Hoffman slapped the car and was about to yell out "I'm acting here", but he didn't want to ruin the take so he stayed in character (though lost his accent) and instead yelled out "Hey, I'm walkin' here!" The rest is cinema history.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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