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louisb
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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Reply #30 on:
May 07, 2008, 19:54:18 pm »
Quote from: danny gabbard on May 06, 2008, 16:30:28 pm
will there be darkness by lucas
And little roadsters that leak in the rain?
--louis
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Louis Brooks
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Rennsurfer
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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May 07, 2008, 20:05:49 pm »
My Dad was a car enthusiast and also German. Thankfully, he gave our family the joy of owning a few rear engined cars and kept 'em detailed better than they were when they were new. But, for some reason, he always referred to the antenna as "aerial." Which , to this day, I still do. It was the only British term that made sense to me. The rest of the stuff (see below) brings me to one conclusion; Brits made this stuff up back when carriages were still horse-driven and said people must've been drinking quite a few pints of grog or mead.
Having been a car nut, myself, since I was old enough to say the word "car", I've been around people from all over the world that share the same passion, so I've heard these British terms, before. In case a few of you haven't... here you go:
antenna = aerial
circle, traffic circle = roundabout
divided highway = dual carriageway
drive shaft = propeller shaft
driver's license = driving licence
drunk driving = drink-driving
dump truck = dumper truck
fender = wing
four lane road = dual carriageway
ground (electrical) = Earth
high beams = full lights
hood = bonnet
low beams = lights dipped
median = central reservation
muffler = car silencer
odometer = clock
overpass = flyover
reflectors = cats eyes (embedded in road)
rental car = hire car
right turn = turning right
towing = recovery
trunk = boot
tire = tyre
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louisb
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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May 07, 2008, 20:18:36 pm »
Why don't the British build computers?
They can't figure out how to make them leak oil.
--louis
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Rennsurfer
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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Reply #33 on:
May 07, 2008, 21:47:49 pm »
HAHA!! That and the Lucas thing will, most likely, never probably be lived down.
Sorry, Keith... can't resist. [inner-monologue]Besides, you started this.[/inner-monologue]
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team97
DKK
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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May 07, 2008, 21:48:16 pm »
When is England going to reclaim Jaguar? Or maybe those English road oilers ought to stay where they belong.
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Der Kleiner Panzers III
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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Reply #35 on:
May 07, 2008, 22:15:57 pm »
Quote from: team97 on May 07, 2008, 21:48:16 pm
When is England going to reclaim Jaguar? Or maybe those English road oilers ought to stay where they belong.
What's the matter, Glenn... you don't care for the English Ford Taurus, I mean... new Jags?
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team97
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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May 07, 2008, 22:16:36 pm »
Quote from: louisb on May 07, 2008, 20:18:36 pm
Why don't the British build computers?
They can't figure out how to make them leak oil.
--louis
I think they figured out how to do it. Its a Jag, it has to leak.
www.jaguar.net
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Der Kleiner Panzers III
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Zach Gomulka
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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Reply #37 on:
May 08, 2008, 02:34:10 am »
I spent some time with a couple english guys in Florida about 8 years ago. One of the things I picked up from them was the pronounciation of the word
asphalt
... it now became
"ashphelt"
, and still is to this day
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Russell
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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May 08, 2008, 21:33:22 pm »
who cares !
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danny gabbard
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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May 09, 2008, 15:51:04 pm »
hey ! start off by reclaiming santa ana ca. please!
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dougmische
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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May 09, 2008, 20:49:33 pm »
Quote from: team97 on May 05, 2008, 22:45:57 pm
Keith, did hell freeze over or did Doug get his car running? Now about this aluminum thing.
Glenn
Doug who?
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Fastbrit
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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Reply #41 on:
May 09, 2008, 21:25:01 pm »
Quote from: dougmische on May 09, 2008, 20:49:33 pm
Quote from: team97 on May 05, 2008, 22:45:57 pm
Keith, did hell freeze over or did Doug get his car running? Now about this aluminum thing.
Glenn
Doug who?
Sooooo. spill the beans, pal! How's it coming along?
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Der Kleiner Panzers VW Club
12.56sec street-driven Cal Looker in 1995
9.87sec No Mercy race car in 1994
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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May 12, 2008, 20:34:23 pm »
What if we keep the country, but give you the Government !
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Fastbrit
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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May 12, 2008, 20:52:58 pm »
Quote from: Richard Roth on May 12, 2008, 20:34:23 pm
What if we keep the country, but give you the Government !
We've had your bloody government for years, run by George W's bro Tony Blair! You can keep it, thanks (along with his new bitch, Brown).
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Der Kleiner Panzers VW Club
12.56sec street-driven Cal Looker in 1995
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Seems like a lifetime ago...
team97
DKK
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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Reply #44 on:
May 12, 2008, 21:54:21 pm »
Go ahead and reclaim the country but, you'll never lay claim to CAL LOOK
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Der Kleiner Panzers III
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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May 12, 2008, 22:06:07 pm »
Quote from: team97 on May 12, 2008, 21:54:21 pm
Go ahead and reclaim the country but, you'll never lay claim to CAL LOOK
Ouch.
+1 for the win.
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Fastbrit
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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May 12, 2008, 23:08:37 pm »
Quote from: team97 on May 12, 2008, 21:54:21 pm
Go ahead and reclaim the country but, you'll never lay claim to CAL LOOK
But it took a Limey to write the book...
+1 for the draw!
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Der Kleiner Panzers VW Club
12.56sec street-driven Cal Looker in 1995
9.87sec No Mercy race car in 1994
Seems like a lifetime ago...
Rick Meredith
DKK
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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May 12, 2008, 23:16:25 pm »
You wrote the book but we LIVED it!
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Fastbrit
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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May 12, 2008, 23:34:20 pm »
Quote from: DKK Rick on May 12, 2008, 23:16:25 pm
You wrote the book but we LIVED it!
Judging from some of the stories I've been told, I think the word "survived" is more appropriate!
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Der Kleiner Panzers VW Club
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Rick Meredith
DKK
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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Reply #49 on:
May 12, 2008, 23:42:29 pm »
Quote from: Fastbrit on May 12, 2008, 23:34:20 pm
Quote from: DKK Rick on May 12, 2008, 23:16:25 pm
You wrote the book but we LIVED it!
Judging from some of the stories I've been told, I think the word "survived" is more appropriate!
ROFL! You may have a point there!
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Rennsurfer
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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Reply #50 on:
May 13, 2008, 08:01:12 am »
HAHA!! Okay... stalemate.
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Mc New
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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Reply #51 on:
May 15, 2008, 00:13:24 am »
Quote from: Zach Gomulka on May 08, 2008, 02:34:10 am
I spent some time with a couple english guys in Florida about 8 years ago. One of the things I picked up from them was the pronounciation of the word
asphalt
... it now became
"ashphelt"
, and still is to this day
Sorry Zach, I couldn't resist..... LOL
If you "spent some time with a couple of english guys" lol well,,,,,,that's ya own ASS FAULT !
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DKK
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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May 15, 2008, 00:15:07 am »
Quote from: DKK_Fred on May 13, 2008, 08:01:12 am
HAHA!! Okay... stalemate.
(rhymes with JAILBAIT) LOL
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"If we painted a white stripe with pink polka dots down the center of our cars, people would start doing the same on theirs"
Zach Gomulka
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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May 15, 2008, 01:33:44 am »
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Rennsurfer
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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May 15, 2008, 08:56:28 am »
Quote from: Mc New on May 15, 2008, 00:15:07 am
(rhymes with JAILBAIT) LOL
Wow... you're like a small child that wanders into a theatre in the middle of a movie and tries to figure... nevermind.
(apologies to The Big Lebowski)
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gingabloke
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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May 15, 2008, 10:50:27 am »
At last, years of expensive public school education have finally paid off.
When Humphrey Davy, son of Cornwall and inventor of the safety miners' lamp, first identified his new metal he called it
Aluminum
but the scientific community of the day referred to it as Aluminium so that it fell in line with other metals such as Sodium, Calcium, Potassium etc. In the end Davy capitulated and referred to it as Aluminium in his later work.
Now, where's my anorak...
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Ivan
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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May 15, 2008, 18:54:19 pm »
Quote from: nicolas on May 06, 2008, 07:30:03 am
the French won't be happy...
Why not?
They have half of Canada, (we kept the other half just because it appealed to our sense of humour or, humor if you prefer!)
Also, they got all those places no one cared about like Corsica, Polynesia and a few places in Africa like the Ivory Coast.
It'd be hard work for everyone if we let them have the U.S.A. Nicolas Sarkozy is too busy getting drunk and dribbling over Carla to teach a new language to the Americans - and anyway what would it be known as Americais? Anyway, he'd probably insist America learned Hungarian.
I'm not interested in taking the USA back - you earned it and have made it a great place to go on vacation. However, if in return we could just have In 'n' Out Burgers, Claim Jumper and Dennys, oh, and VIP passes to the Playboy mansion - we'll call it quits.
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Chris Andrews - The Mailman
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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Quote from: Fastbrit on May 05, 2008, 22:28:33 pm
Great Britain is Repossessing the U.S.A.
In light of your failure 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 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, currently Gordon Brown (but hopefully not much longer…), 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 'favour' 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 U.S. English. We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of -ize. You will relearn your original national anthem, God Save The Queen.
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 adult enough to be independent.
Guns should only be handled by adults. If you're not adult enough to sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist then you're not grown up enough to handle a gun.
6. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. A permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.
7. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and this is for your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we mean.
8. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left 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.
9. The Former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline) - roughly $8/US gallon. Get used to it.
10. 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.
11. 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.
South African 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 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.
12. 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.
13. 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 South Africans and Kiwis will thrash you, like they regularly thrash us.
14. 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 that 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.
15. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad.
16. 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).
17. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 pm with proper cups, never mugs, with high quality biscuits (NOT cookies) and cakes; strawberries in season.
Keith, that is some very funny material that you had composed. Nice!
Oh, by the way, Keith, do you know why GOD, LOVES the United States?
Take a peek at this video clip, then tell me what you make of it.
http://he.fi/video/view/NNS
GOD BLESS AMERICA and the NNS.
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at.....how many want in.......and how many want to get out."
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"...Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth."
-Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863
"A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle."
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Fastbrit
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Re: Sorry America, we're reclaiming your country...
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Quote from: Chris Andrews on May 16, 2008, 04:41:01 am
Keith, that is some very funny material that you had composed. Nice!
Oh, by the way, Keith, do you know why GOD, LOVES the United States?
Take a peek at this video clip, then tell me what you make of it.
http://he.fi/video/view/NNS
GOD BLESS AMERICA and the NNS.
[/quote]Hi Chris – I can't take credit for the quotation – I just found it on the 'Net!
By the way, I've joined up to the NNS, too...
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Der Kleiner Panzers VW Club
12.56sec street-driven Cal Looker in 1995
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