[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

Ironically in the geological past most of Scotland was attached to what is now north America and England and Wales was a part of Europe.
The Channel only appeared 10 thousand years ago or so and before that the Thames was a tributary of the prehistoric Rhine which flowed north along what is now the North Sea bed

haha this reminds me of something from when I was veeeeery young

I think Hong Kong had either just become independent or it was one of its early anniversaries, there was a thing on the news about it followed immediately with footage from the Titanic's departure (or some ship anyway) and the two things mushed into one in my young mind, so I thought Hong Kong was literally being waved off as it left the mainland to become independent ...