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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:47 am
by Kal
Geoff650R wrote:**thread jack: Any UK only/first news on the hampster?**
Not since he started walking and talking, it really does look like he is going to be fine. Earlier this week he has been moved from Leeds Infirmary to one closer to his home. Top Gear producers are currently sayingnthat atohough the next on air date has been canceled the series will return when Mr Hammond is feeling a little better. Other news stories have pushed him to one side.
Hampster crash footage released...
grrr pop ups are murder today! Can scarcely post!
Re: I am so bored I am calsifying!
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:06 am
by storysunfolding
Kal wrote:
You are of course reffering to the famous victory of British colonists over a German king???
)
Britain didn't lose the revolutionary war, we just arranged things so that we wouldn't be responsible for the States anymore! 
Didn't want to deal with us anymore eh? Sure you didn't have the sellers remorse when you came back for more in 1812?
Way to burn the whitehouse you limey bastards.
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:07 am
by storysunfolding
Sure. I'd start a fight with you, but since we own the UK through Tony Blair... you're sorta already our "dog"
Re: I am so bored I am calsifying!
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 5:28 am
by NorthernPete
storysunfolding wrote:Kal wrote:
You are of course reffering to the famous victory of British colonists over a German king???
)
Britain didn't lose the revolutionary war, we just arranged things so that we wouldn't be responsible for the States anymore!
Didn't want to deal with us anymore eh? Sure you didn't have the sellers remorse when you came back for more in 1812?
Way to burn the whitehouse you limey bastards.
wasnt that us that did that?
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 5:51 am
by storysunfolding
No
. President Monroe couldn't turn them with the force he had to protect DC (wasn't nearly as important as other areas of the country at the time). The british didn't have a big enough force to occupy it so they destroyed anything they could that was associated with the government.
like we'd burn our own whitehouse? Or are you saying that Canada did it? In that case you might be partly right but I'm pretty sure the main force were british regulars hardened from the war with Napoleon.
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 5:54 am
by storysunfolding
Wow. According to Wikipedia British PM Tony Blair apologized for this in 2003.
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:37 am
by NorthernPete
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:46 am
by storysunfolding
Sure Canada claims credit for what the british did while you were their colonies. If I was from Canada I'd grab at straws too
Good video though.
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:50 am
by NorthernPete
we takes what we can gets....
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:04 am
by Kal
Isn't there some quote about Canada and the U.S to the effect f
"we're bigger than you, and we're on top. In prison you'd be our b!tch!"