Rule Change (New Staff Power)

[ignoramus]

I would have thought a prisoner of mother England is called an Australian?

[Losty]

No idea. But why would the English be pomegranates lol

[Homeless Nutter]

No idea. But why would the English be pomegranates lol

I don't know, but the British are also called "limey", by inhabitants some of their ex-colonies, allegedly because of consumption of lime-juice enforced by the British navy, as a way to prevent scurvy. Understandably - most of the Brits encountered by people in America, or Australia would be in the navy. I'd venture a guess, that maybe pommegranite could have been used instead of limes by some sailors, but I base this on absolutely nothing.

[robvalue]

Pom is funny.

It's funnier when we get married, we make a pom-pom together.

[Losty]

No idea. But why would the English be pomegranates lol

I don't know, but the British are also called "limey", by inhabitants some of their ex-colonies, allegedly because of consumption of lime-juice enforced by the British navy, as a way to prevent scurvy. Understandably - most of the Brits encountered by people in America, or Australia would be in the navy. I'd venture a guess, that maybe pommegranite could have been used instead of limes by some sailors, but I base this on absolutely nothing.

According to Google it's because Brits look like pomegranates when they're sunburned hehe.

[Edwardo Piet]

* Edwardo Piet whistles

poms taste good. nice fruits.

[Homeless Nutter]

According to Google it's because Brits look like pomegranates when they're sunburned hehe.

Well - my google search results seem to imply, that it might be because the words "pomegranate" and "immigrant" rhyme... Which they don't. So there...

[Losty]

According to Google it's because Brits look like pomegranates when they're sunburned hehe.

Well - my google search results seem to imply, that it might be because the words "pomegranate" and "immigrant" rhyme... Which they don't. So there...

Google gave you a different answer than me!? D:
Now I will spend my life wondering haz Google betrayed me, or you, or both.

[Cyberman]

I don't know, but the British are also called "limey", by inhabitants some of their ex-colonies, allegedly because of consumption of lime-juice enforced by the British navy, as a way to prevent scurvy. Understandably - most of the Brits encountered by people in America, or Australia would be in the navy. I'd venture a guess, that maybe pommegranite could have been used instead of limes by some sailors, but I base this on absolutely nothing.

According to Google it's because Brits look like pomegranates when they're sunburned hehe.

Supposedly it's the happy coincidence between that, plus that pomegranate sounds sufficiently like immigrant to make a workable insult.

[Cyberman]

TBH, this thread shouldn't have been made in the first place. Us users that haven't been in the position of the staff's don't exactly know how good they are. If they really are as good as they say then opening a thread like this would've only resulted in either drama or an irrational fear in the minds of users with unpopular views.

I wonder what the purpose was to opening a thread like this?
It's important to have diversity in a forum, users with unpopular views are part of this diversity, without a diverse member list a forum will eventually get bland and tasteless. Perhaps it would've been better to not create such a thread at all. If someone is purposefully ruining the experience of other users then give them 3 warnings before banning them, all this can be done without a dramatic name like "Nuclear option" ... Perhaps a thread with content that says "We care about the experience of users and won't tolerate someone purposefully ruining it. We will issue 3 warnings before banning you. If you think the warnings were not justified, report the issue." would've worked better really, I think. Just saying..

What was the purpose of this thread?

Well gee, I dunno - to solicit opinions and suggestions like...

Hey, like the one you gave! How 'bout that